Aurelia's Grand Adventure! or: How she came to join the party! Pt 3

The weather while sailing has been smooth. Well, for the most part. I, however, have stayed below decks with a bucket by my side. Being incapacitated by my inability to move without disgorging the contents of my stomach is really not a pleasant feeling. It does, however, give one time to think.

I remember when I was little, my Mamma always said I was destined for a life bigger than a shepherd's wife, which is what I would have become had I not followed Diana. I always thought a Ranger in service of Diana, a close relationship to my Goddess was what she had meant. I never had dreamed as a little girl that my life would lead me away from the world I know and love to this frozen, forbidding land.

When I pledged myself to Diana, I knew that my will would be as hers. I knew I would never take a husband. I knew that for the rest of my life, I would honor the hunt and the wilderness. While I knew of and respected the rest of the Pantheon, I did not expect that their wills would also be as closely tied to mine.

I pray that Diana assists me in keeping the beauty of nature in my heart, but also does not let me forget the danger that that beauty keeps.