Category Archives: Healing

Broken

Posted on September 20, 2015 by jenny

I was typing up the entry from Thursday, August 18.  I usually try to type them about month after they were written.  This blew me away because it’s such an obvious lead-in to the post about the “flash” of knowledge … Continue reading →

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Kindred Spirits

Posted on September 18, 2015 by jenny

At the end of August I went to a gathering at Rowe Camp and Conference Center of Kindred Spirits.  I decided to go because it was the last of the three weeks my therapist had been away, and I was … Continue reading →

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Process Toward Feeling OK Just as I Am

Posted on August 31, 2015 by jenny

Friday, August 21 I went in to Karen feeling lost.  I said “I don’t know what to do with my life” and saw it stretching grey before me.  Karen was very fierce “Your dancing, your art, your writing…”  She said … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on August 20, 2015 by jenny

July 18 Erica said I needed to reassure the baby that it was OK to be scared, but I also needed to contact the ones who don’t want to be scared.  One of those is upset because she doesn’t know … Continue reading →

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To Write Love On Her Arms

Posted on August 14, 2015 by jenny

Friday, August 14 I went to the Co-op in Montpelier hoping to get blueberries.  No blueberries!  what a disappointment!  And a little scary.  What happened to the blueberry crop? I was on my way to see my therapist Karen.  I … Continue reading →

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“In Touch With Who I Really Am”

Posted on July 15, 2015 by jenny

The two days of feeling “extraordinary” were an amazing experience.  They didn’t feel amazing at the time, nor did I feel “extraordinary.”  A good friend didn’t like the word “extraordinary,” she thought it referred to people who were an elite, … Continue reading →

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“This is the Work for Now”

Posted on June 27, 2015 by jenny

Dialogue between Jenny of now and Jenny in the hospital.  I was afraid the hospital Jenny would be uncomfortable with her much older self, and even with almost any adult.  I decided to be a “Great Aunt,” and couldn’t find … Continue reading →

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My Life Has Meaning

Posted on May 21, 2015 by jenny

I can’t remember the session with Erica well enough to write.  I did most of the talking — talking very fast, getting lost in stories and forgetting the point.  I don’t even remember what I was trying to tell her.  … Continue reading →

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In Transition

Posted on May 17, 2015 by jenny

Thursday Told Karen about waking up feeling not quite myself, unfamiliar, on two days. Yesterday morning I realized I am in transition — letting go of the old trapeze, new one not yet visible in the fog.  Karen said that’s … Continue reading →

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New Dog!

Posted on April 25, 2015 by jenny

I’ve been searching for a new dog since before Christmas, without success and some painful disappointments.  At first it was too hard to look.  I was going to go to a shelter with a friend and got sick at the … Continue reading →

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