There is a tribe of women in our midst that moves and grooves, inspires and solidifies future generations silently, with no recognition.
And who are these women?
The single mothers of the 70’s and 80’s.
Otter Women.
Otter Medicine represents balanced female energy.
Otters are acrobats in the caring department, they are on the move and curious at all times, they will never start a fight unless attacked first, they are joyful creatures who assume that all others are friendly unless proven otherwise, they believe that the good fortune of others is to be shared and enjoyed, anchored in the understanding that all accomplishments are worthwhile for the entire tribe,
Otter Women…these women are pioneers They were born and raised with the Donna Reed archtype, and then in their mid teens, asked (required) to burn their bras and throw out their previously engrained concepts of womanhood, get on the pill, speak up, be independent, and gallop fast and hard! All an incredible beautiful powerful exciting rush, but wait a minute!
No one could think about or see the underbelly of what might lurk on the other side of this unexplored territory.. no security and questionable respect. Not important in the moment.
Ten years later, they have had lovers, been married, had babies, decided ‘no, not forever with this man’, left the marriage, and out into the blue with the children, shoulders back and knowing this was what needed to be… passionate, determined, strong, with zero history in the respected work world. They had grown up in a world where the word ‘divorce’ was whispered if spoken at all, and with the social revolution no one had anitcipated the fallling through the cracks of these heroines, and to this day, they are invisible.
Today there is a massive tribe of unrecognized women who brilliantly, courgeously, by their wits raised dynamic independent children who are now the adults of our society.
A sisterhood of crones and ‘soul knowing’ that the world could beneifit greatly from if only it should happen to wake up to their wisdoms and ways.
These grandmothers are the true queens of our world.
Otter Women.