Last summer, everywhere I went, I saw blue dragonflies.  It felt like I was being watched over by them.  I was recovering from my divorce.  When my relationship with my husband began, I kept seeing all these signs in nature that it was meant to be — a close encounter with a heron, an eagle sighting.  When the relationship ended, I felt like I couldn’t really trust signs, or my ability to read them.

Looking back over last summer’s journal and the scant drawings I did there, I found a few unfinished sketches of dragonflies.  I remembered that conflict between wanting to believe in a magical presence, and just seeing what’s around me as what it is and no more.  Dragonflies are summer creatures.  Of course I’ll see them , nothing magic about that.

And yet, they are so beautiful.  Delicate but voracious.  They see better than almost any other creature.  I know this coming summer, I’ll  see them again, and my heart will be delighted.

A relationship is magic, then it fades.  A dragonfly flits into my life for a few summer weeks.  Whatever it means, may I always allow myself to see the magic.

I’m drawing daily to help manage depression, long-term disability, and life in general.  If you’d like to see the beginning of this project, you can see it here.  You can also follow me through WordPress or on Facebook.

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