Four of our members who attended and hosted the national BP/USA 2001 Gathering in Dallas last summer joined the Ottman's at their home in mid-June to burn the letters which attendees at the Gathering last year wrote to their deceased children. This simple ceremony was borrowed from American Indians who believed that as the smoke rises, the words are carried to those who abide in the spirit world. The ashes were scattered in the Ottman's butterfly garden. Incidentally, several butterflies were witness to the ceremony as well---one was a large tiger swallowtail. Shirley Ottman made a posterboard of snapshots taken during the burning to take to the national BP/USA 2002 Gathering in New Orleans the last weekend in June.