Dreams Unwind, Love's a State of Mind

I'm a baby witch, so I'm still learning a lot and I'm still slowly collecting supplies as they come to me. Today I found my wand.

A few months ago, my boyfriend's grandmother was talking about her property, which I haven't seen yet but sounds beautiful, and she said she would bring me a piece of elder wood. I was a little confused as to why that was significant enough as a gift, especially since her beliefs are not the same as mine, but I was receptive and enthusiastic. She came to visit a couple more times but never brought it, and I didn't remind her because I had no idea what to even do with it, though it did stay in my mind.

About a month and a half ago, she brought it when she came to visit, and I accepted it and thanked her. My boyfriend jokingly said something quietly to me about it being for a wand, but I told him no. I didn't have plans to use it for that and I thought maybe it was too thin for that anyway. That night I researched magical properties of elder wood, and I had the passing thought of using it as a wand, but I decided it would stay near my front door for protection.

So this morning, I was in my kitchen reading out of Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, and got to the part about wands. The second wood listed was elder. I still don't have a wand, but I looked over at my piece of elder and it just felt right. I became super excited about it and felt a connection to it. I can't explain it better than that. I measured it from the crook of my elbow to the tip of my forefinger, and there was a knot in that place that made it super easy to break in that spot, almost like it was meant to be.