Thank for for a wonderful webinar Kevin.
At first I was stumped by the 55 word limit, and had a bit of a block during the seminar. And, although I knew before hand that we were to think about our life narrative, I just didn't know which aspect to address. Since then I have been writing away any free moment I have.
On Being a Healer (the one I wrote in the webinar)
Always told "become a doctor".
Dissected cat heart by 7.
Back surgery at 16,
surgeon was a jerk.
Both wanted nothing to do with medicine and to be a caring doctor.
Studied hard, family practice.
Was sued, although dismissed, security shattered.
I quit.
With SALC- I leaned into pain-
Return to work.
A healer and being healed.
Seeking
Father left seminary for science
Grandma said
"why did you give 2 children to God and 2 to devil?"
Inside "it can't be true"
Looked for church
Home messages- objectivity, dualism, patriarchy, hegemony
Made me seek
Drawn to sit
In the silence, Divine spoke "Love"
My own voice emerged
There is more than can be observed
I seek the middle path.
My life so far
Sunburned free-range 1970's child
Three older brothers
Told to make their beds
But also to become a doctor
Thank god for BFF
Met love in unlikely Iowa
How to be a doctor and a mom?
Thought safer to choose career
When my mom-soul spoke
Wonderful daughters in mountain town
Lawsuit rocks my foundation
Leaks me to seek...
...revisiting pain and growth
Relationship
Met first day of school
Biking, exploring and studying!
Said our vows intern year
Lived apart- our commitment sealed.
Moved to Bend- grew family of four.
Stress at times- leaned on each other
Now- my inner work
Awakening views
Aging- less physical, less intimate
Neither of us knows how to communicate hard feelings
Help needed to navigate.
Beautiful...all. This practice so allows us to reclaim our resiliency. I think Fintan would approve.