In the days and hours before his death, Simon and the donkeys circled around Jake constantly, they smelled death, I think, long before I could see it. There are many messages coming to me from the white lambs, one is a call for rebirth, a message for Maria and I to commit to our lives, to our art, writing, photography, to a simple and meaningful life. We are thinking hard about this and talking about it.

We need to make some decisions about our lives, about our obligations, about money, about keeping focused on a spiritual life and on our work. Maria is an artist, I am a writer, photographer, blogger. That is what we do, that is what our lives are about. I think this is the message for me from the lamb, a message of rebirth and re-commitment. That is why he came, that is why he left.