Chapter 16 - Queen Lucy
She stayed behind because she thought it would be worth while trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise it opened quite easily …
—C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Suggested browsing song: Yellow Flicker Beat by Lorde
This was the statue I was drawn to near the main mausoleum. It felt like the energy was pulling me in.
She was confident, determined, assertive. Everything I wished I was ... and wasn't.
Exploring the mausoleums in Forest Lawn. I've been drawn to mausoleums and crypts since I was a kid ... really not sure why.
The locked door to the Gardens of Memory. I wonder if it opens ...
It does! Into a secret paradise ...
And this was one of the first statues I encountered. The same one from earlier.
She was elevated higher and bathed in the sunlight. That's when I realized she was a symbol of who I wanted to become.
I never wanted to leave this space. I felt so at peace and outside of time.
