Santa Muerte smiles…
Death whispers: “Hope.”
©️ Laura Bennett
Today is Día de los Muertos, and I wanted to do a tribute to honor Santa Muerte, the personification of Death. Santa Muerte is a Catholic folk saint of Mexican origin who has been denounced by the church many times, unfortunately.
She has said to favor and offer protection to those who walk “close to Death.”
This is my first ever attempt at a Six Word (6WSP) Story – “Hope.” Thanks to Shweta for the prompt.
My apologies if I am behind on posts and comments. I will be at the celebration tonight in Fort Lauderdale. As always, I appreciate your understanding 😊 🙏
Black Moon Lilith 🌙 
Excellent.
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Thank you so much, John 😊 🙏
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You are so welcome.
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Well down, Laura 🙂
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Thank you very kindly, Michael 😊
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That should be *done. Well done.🙄
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“She has said to favor and offer protection to those who walk “close to Death.”” I think that is beautiful.
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Thank you Thomas 🙏 I think it’s very beautiful, too 😊 appreciated
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Excellent post for the first one Laura. You set the standard with this one. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you so much, Ernie 🙏 so glad you liked it 😊 yours was awesome, too!! ☕️ ✌️
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Have fun celebrating!:)
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Thank you so much 😊
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Oh that’s a good one, Laura. Welcome to 6WSP and thank you for joining in 😊
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Thank you Shweta 🙏 great prompt! Appreciate your kindness so much and so happy to be joining in 😀 six word story is much more difficult than it looks 🙏 ❤️
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You’re welcome, Laura. Thank you 😊
Yes, six word stories can be a bit tricky indeed. It’s hard to say a lot in such few words. But you’re off to a great start ❤️ 😊🙏
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Exquisite work. A fine tribute, indeed. 😊😊
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Thank you Kevin ❤️ 🙏 always appreciated 😊 I’m glad you liked it. I would’ve liked to have done more with this image but…this is what came 🤗
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And it was perfect, so no need to mess with perfection. 😊
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Beautifully penned as always. Thank you Laura.
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Thank you so much 🙏 I appreciate your words and kindness, always 😊
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Mexico and Catholicism have a very, very complicated relationship.
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Indeed they do, but even church leaders in Mexico have denounced worship to her. Just for associations alone to “unsavory” folks. 😩
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profound, Laura… 🤍💫
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Always so appreciated, Destiny 🙏 🩷
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🌷🤍🌷
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Destiny…pretty sure my comment on your most recent post went to your spam 🙄 just wanted to let you know! Lol 😆
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found in spam with many others 🤦♀️
thanks, Laura…🤍💫
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Excellent!😊😊
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Thank you kindly, Daisy 😊 😊 ❤️ ❤️
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Love this Laura 🤗💕
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Thank you so much, lovely Maggie 🤗 ❤️ I hope you have a great start to your week! 🙏 🥰
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My pleasure Laura 💕🤗
Thank you 🤗 and I wish you the same beautiful!
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Santa Muerte got that mischievous glint, huh? 😏🖤 Just when you think she’s all grim, she drops a bit of hope in your ear like it’s no big deal. 🕯️💀✨
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Haha, thank you. She can be a bit mischievous I think, you’re correct. It’s always nice to have a bit of a fun spirit, after all 😀 ✨ 🕯️
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Lovely art, Laura!
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Thank you so kindly, John 🙏 much appreciated 😊 have a great week ahead
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You are welcome, thanks!
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Oh, it’s a beautiful tribute. I didn’t know the story of Santa Muerte of Mexico. It’s very sad how orthodox religions in the past condemned many women who practiced healing, were clairvoyants, and were called witches. I thank you for sharing this story with us. I wish you a great start to the week. 🤗🙌🏻🧚🏻♀️✨
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it! 🙏 sorry, just back around to this comment ☹️ that’s so true, and you bring up a good point about the condemnation of people who were just outside the scope of “normal” but still healers who were persecuted. Very sad history. Appreciate your kind words as always! 🤗 ✨ 🌙 🌹 🐈⬛
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It really is a beautiful tribute and a beautiful story. I wish you a great weekend. 🤗🙏🏻🙌🏻🪩✨
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This is so wonderful, and if I’ve posted twice, I’m sorry! I remember reading and yet don’t see that I commented. As you know I’ve been um, let’s call it foggy! 😀
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No worries! I did that on someone’s post too. Couldn’t remember if I posted 🙏 I hope you are feeling less foggy soon ❤️
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Thanks. I have an ENT appointment next week, so here’s hoping!
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Fingers crossed 🤞
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