Dreamwalkers. . . 12 Years Later. . . a Tribute to my cousin, Lonny Stone, who died at the World Trade Center

Hello Dreamwalkers Family and Friends,

Songs are like children. They are born, have an infancy, a toddlerhood, an adolescence, and then emerge as adults. Some are healthy and strong, others not so much. You don't wish to play favorites, but sometimes you can't help it. 12 Years Later is one of those times. The bigger story is my cousin, Lonny Stone, was murdered on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York. He was the nicest guy in the entire family. About 1,000 people attended his funeral and a street was named for him in Queens, NY. The entire country was traumatized by the event, but the families and friends who personally lost someone more so. About four months later, I had this uncanny event where during an acupuncture session I went into a waking dream. My grandparents (long deceased) were at the top of the staircase in my childhood home motioning for me to come up the stairs. When I got there, my friend and mentor, Arnold Lee Glass (also deceased) greeted me and ushered me down a long hallway. At the end of the hallway, surrounded by a golden glow was my cousin. He was wearing a white shirt and faded blue jeans, no shoes or socks. He looked great, had all his hair back. I said, "You look pretty good for a dead guy." He smiled, then told me he was trying to get through to his mother and couldn't because her grief was so strong and asked me to tell her to let go that he was okay. When I gently told her about it, she laughed and said, "He's come to everyone in the family except me and his father with the same message." 

I wondered how the others who were killed on that tragic day would feel about a war being started in their names with countless souls murdered and many more lives decimated by the conflict. I didn't think they would approve. In the end, "It's love that keeps us strong. Now we are in a situation in which the entire world is united in the battle against COVID19. It's not dissimilar from the feeling I had the day Lonny died. Remember "it's love that keeps us strong."

I posted the song, done in a stripped down version with Debbie Stern on Keyboards and backing vocals. Send love rather than fear in these troubling days.

Peace, Love.

Dr Dreamwalker


 

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