One women's journey through spiritual healing.
My Journey to Healing
Lightning Crashes
I feel so much resistance to this blank page recently and find every excuse to avoid the work. Perhaps I fear the vulnerability, because I know once I am placed here, whatever is meant to flow from me will come – and sometimes, the truth is hard to acknowledge let alone depict with words. Alas,…
Thoughts on a Plane going Home
About an hour to touchdown. The youngest of girls is restless and I've got to keep her from losing it (after all, she is only 3, and four hours in one seat is hard even for my butt), a kind young college student has the baby asleep across her chest, and John and me are…
First Foster Placement Week 21
Where did the time go? I had anticipated writing a lot more about this journey as we went along, but four children, two pets, a large house, one handsome husband, and the short, busy days do not give me much time off. We have been battling illness to boot - for weeks it seems; I've…
The Recurring Dream of You
Of all the dreams - this one has hit me the hardest. Such a vivid portrait of everything I've left behind.
First Foster Placement, Week Two
Another long night awaits, but not for me. The wonderful thing about not breastfeeding an infant is that I do not have to do all his feedings; the burden, the joy of this work, does not fall solely on me this time. This is a new experience for me, and I look forward to an…
First Foster Placement, Week One
For months leading up to last Tuesday, I mentally tried to prepare myself for the addition of another child. Carefully selected nursery room-décor, sweet and soft blankets folded neatly under the changing table, moseying about materially preparing for what was soon to come. We had long conversations with the girls, talking about what it means…
Protected: From the Ashes
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Protected: Birth Day.
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Protected: Indifference.
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