This weekend I went back to Easton Mountain for the first time in a very long time. I used to go there a lot and have attended numerous Body Electric programs and kink events sponsored by APEX .. but mostly I attended these things with Nelson. Nelson and I were together for just over 6 years and those were 6 of the happiest years of my life. I loved him dearly and we learned a lot from each other but as time went it became clear that we had to move on and even though it was an extremely painful transition for me .. I have since grown and evolved in ways I would not have been able to had we stayed together.
Nelson passed away on Aug 1st of 2008 and I was blessed to have been sent some of his ashes by the wonderful woman with whom he spent his final years. Those ashes have been on my bedroom altar for over 4 years but I took them with me to Easton this weekend because something inside my heart told me that that is where I needed to let him go. So on Friday afternoon a wonderful man and residential shaman of Easton Mountain Retreat named Hunter lead myself and some people who knew Nelson in a really beautiful ritual of honoring and remembrance of his life and the way that he touched ours. After the ritual we carried his ashes to the small cemetery on the grounds of Easton to say goodbye. Later on I went back and created a small circle of stones and a marker with his name. I think he would have been pleased to know part of him will always be at Easton Mountain.
Here are two other blog postings about Nelson …
