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