Cedar Woman (125 page)

Lena
p
rep
a
r
e
d for
h
er w
edd
ing
in h
e
r
o
f
f
ice.
Lena’s
m
o
ther’s rib
b
on
dress, w
o
rn
at
h
e
r
own
wed
d
in
g
, fell
ju
st
a
b
o
v
e Le
n
a’s
an
k
les. Exquisitely
b
e
aded
white moccasin
s
, lov
i
ngly
fa
s
h
i
on
e
d by her
unc
i
, with
r
e
d
and
go
l
d
be
a
d
s,
graced
h
e
r tiny,
narrow
feet.
Her
m
o
ther’s we
d
d
in
g wrea
t
h
enc
i
rcled her sh
i
n
in
g hair,
a d
u
p
li
cate
of
w
h
i
ch
Mi
chael w
o
uld be we
a
r
i
n
g.
M
icha
e
l and Len
a
’s
m
o
t
h
ers
h
a
d
f
ashi
o
n
e
d
t
h
e wrea
t
h,
be
c
o
mi
ng
fast
fr
i
e
n
ds
d
u
r
i
ng
t
h
e
p
ro
cess.

Her
bo
u
q
u
et was
f
o
ur Artic Sn
o
w
d
ay lili
e
s,
t
h
e
i
r
crea
m
y
,
r
u
ffled, white petals
e
d
ged
i
n
go
l
d,
co
m
p
li
m
enting
t
h
e
f
l
ow
e
r
s
i
n
t
h
e dini
n
g
a
r
ea. T
u
c
k
ed
wit
h
in
t
h
eir
sil
k
y
p
e
tals
was
h
er
prayer
feat
h
e
r.
Her
wed
d
ing
b
and was sil
v
er,
fas
h
io
n
ed i
n
t
o
t
h
e
s
h
ape
of
an e
a
gle’s
fea
t
her.

Michael
finished
dress
i
ng
i
n
Vicki’s offic
e
,
and
proceed
e
d
to
the arbor
to
await
his br
i
d
e.
He
was
d
r
essed
in
a
fr
i
ng
e
d
,
w
h
ite
b
u
c
k
sk
i
n
j
ac
k
et.
A
t
u
rq
uo
ise
b
o
lero
tie,
w
o
rn
i
n
hon
o
r
o
f
h
is
br
i
d
e,
e
n
ci
r
cled
t
h
e c
o
lor
of
a
crisp,
w
h
ite,
c
o
tton
s
h
irt.
Black j
e
ans
a
nd black cowboy
boots fi
n
ished off
h
is we
dd
i
n
g attire.

The
sweet
s
o
aring
notes
of
a
flute
dr
i
fted
to
Michael’s
ears.
Brent Bl
o
u
n
t
,
⁸⁴
a
m
u
sician
of
high
r
e
gard
who
pla
y
ed
tenor
s
a
x,
cl
arinet,
blues and
jazz
guit
a
r
and
the
Native
A
m
er
i
can
flute,
was
playing
“
W
ank
a
n

⁸⁴
http://www.brentblount.com/

Tanka,
”
⁸⁵
a
s
o
n
g
a
b
o
u
t
n
e
w
be
g
in
n
in
g
s.
The
re
was
a
h
u
s
h
,
an
d
s
l
o
w
ly t
h
e
f
l
u
t
e b
e
g
a
n
a
g
ain.
This
t
i
m
e,
i
t was
“S
u
n
r
i
se
So
n
g.
⁸⁶
” A
lilti
n
g
v
ibrato filled
t
h
e
ro
o
m
s.
It
was t
i
m
e.

Lena
g
a
ve
a
start and
s
m
iled.
Brent was
pl
ay
ing
t
h
e
s
on
g
s
h
e
c
h
ose f
o
r
h
e
r
e
n
t
r
an
ce.
Tak
i
ng
a
deep
b
reath,
L
ena
o
p
e
n
e
d
th
e
d
oo
r
t
o
her o
f
fice,
a
n
d b
eg
an
her j
o
u
r
ney
as
a w
i
fe.