Sango - Alaafin

Alaafin, ekun bu, a sa
Alaafin, (the king of Oyo) snarls like a leopard and the people run away
Eleyinju ogunna
One whose eyeballs glow like charcoal
Olukoso lalu
Olukoso, the famous one of the city
A ri igba ota, segun
One who uses hundreds of cartridges to win victory in war
Eyi ti o fi alapa segun ota re
One who used pieces of broken walls to defeat his enemies
Kabiyesi o - We honor you
Ase So be it

So I have an entire week to myself at home. The kids will be out of school in a few days to join me. I have no appointments but will not refuse them if they arise. I am looking forward to this. I am committing myself to a schedule of the following:

• Rest
• Artwork
• Reading
• Real Estate - minimal research at insuring next month's mortgage
• Research
• Exercise
• Cleaning - just enough to get by

I spent most of my midnight hours (11-3am) with my 10 year old daughter taking photographs. I let her sleep in another 15 minutes today to make up for it. Its just that we were addicted to images.

We have a shrine in our home. Sango is the Orisa that turns sand into gold. I created the shrine to celebrate Sango's presence and assistance in our destiny.

We had our family and friends over and we all danced together. The shrine will stay up until Thursday - his day. Until then, we are enjoying saluting daily and praying for the things that will make life most enjoyable.