Foot and Fire

A mother's pride By Gerlie M. Uy I carried you four for a hundred and ten days. when I finally dropped you on earth, I chose a secluded den, a cave it was. The rest of us should not see you; (In the past, your brothers were born in a thicket, or a reed-bed). I will stay with you all for a while, while you are still helpless because you are all born blind and will see only after a week. You are all born tiny at a little more than a kilo, thus, you are almost helpless, especially when you try to crawl on your own. But only less than a moon past, you can walk on your own, albeit slow. Then, I will move you from den to den, lifting you by the nape of your neck in order to escape the predators who can trace you through the build up of your scent. After about two moons, you will all be ready to see the rest of us. You are all my pride; welcome to our pride. By Gerlie M. Uy Copyrigh...

This the Garuda, my animal sign. *** While visiting the Reclining buddha in Yangon, I was approached by an old man and he accompanied me in circling the area. He brought me in a sort of an altar with buddhas on top and corresponding animals below each. The pilgrims were bathing the Buddha and there were eight of them and eight animals forming a circle. While preparing for this blog, I found this helpful website in determining what animal I am in the Myanmarese's planetary post. Here is the link.  I found out here that I was born on a Sunday and that my zodiac animal sign: Garuda (mythical bird, Hindu/Buddhist bird diety) and my Ruling Planet: Sun; Ruling Direction: Northeast. And being a Garuda, my personality /Attributes are: You are kind and generous. You would give the shirt off your back to someone in need. Some think you are overly gracious. You love a challenge. The tougher the obstacle the more motivated you are to crash through the barrier to reach your goal. Y...