As you may or may not know I lost my beloved dog Salem ,the first of this week, he got out and was run over. I knew that I was going to need help in this grieving process. So I looked up what stones that I have in my possession that would help me and this is what I have been using.I placed them in a medicine bag I picked up from an Apache store in the mountains of New Mex.
1. Rose Quartz. first off I feel terrible guilty and responsible for Salem's death. I needed a stone to help me love myself even though I don't want to right now, I know that I don't want to get so down on myself , more so than I am already.
Rose quartz brings deep inner healing and self love. It is calming,reassuring and excellent for use in trauma and crisis. It gently draws off negative energy and replaces it with loving vibes.This stones comforts you in grief. Rosie is a help for a Taurus providing me the underpinning to love and care for myself in this terrible time.

2.Smokey Quartz. Ancient Romans used smokies as a mourning stone and to help overcome grief. Yes I need some help here in that area. It is a grounding stone but also at the same time raises your vibration.It is protective and assist one in trying times. It gently neutralizes negative energies and vibrations, and brings in positive energy into your space.Smokies relieves fears, lift depression and bring emotional calmness, yes I need that now. It mentally promotes more positive thoughts.

3.Citrine. Is a powerful cleanser and re generator.This stone never needs cleansing and I am using it to assist my other stones in their work on my behalf.Citrine grounds negative energies.It will cleanse and balance my energies during this time. It will assist me to regain a positive energy  and attitude as I begin to move forwards. Emotionally it will help promote joy in my life as it releases negativity, fears and feelings at the deepest levels. This stone will help me move into the flow of feelings and become emotionally balanced.Depression makes me very sluggish and citrine will help to energizes me and recharging me with the sun's energies. As a Taurus, citrine will  give me a sense of safety and security.

4.Herkimer diamond . I am using a very small one to enhance all the other stones, which is what this stone does best.

5.Apache Tear Obsidian.A gentle stones that allows for you to bring up  the negativity slowly so it can be transmuted. It is excellent for absorbing negative energy and protective. It comforts you in grief and promotes forgiveness, and I need that, because I find it hard to forgive myself for Salem's death.

6. Quartz crystal, the one Salem wore around his neck for a while before it was knocked off. I keep it by just to feel his energies around me.

The first 3 days was terribly hard, and I cried non stop all day and cried myself to sleep at night. Each day I am getting better and I believe these stones are speeding up the healing process, and for that I am so grateful. Thank you Mother Father Great Spirit for gifting us these wonderful helpers on Mother Earth, life is tuff, and hard and full of hardships, and you knew we would need help along the way and so you provided us with helpers such as pets, herbs, rocks and crystals  and gems, to assist us. For that I am very thankful.
blessed be
Owlthena