Dear Friends, I had a small miracle occur the end of summer. I got well. After complaining to doctors about increasingly endless fatigue and shortness of breath the last few years, a new doctor found the problem. I’ve had 4 infusions of iron and am feeling very well again. I’m not 100%, but 80% is […]
Tag: Year-End Letters
Year-End Letter 2020
Dear Friends, Well, this has turned out to be a year of stunning revelations and struggles. I began with a writing retreat in Southern California that became a race across country as the pandemic set in. Home by end of March, Marshall and I quarantined and adjusted to the new norms – masked ventures to […]
Year-End Letter 2018
Dear Friends, Two more states this month and my work travels for 2018 are done. My calendar shows this has been a very busy year. There’s been lots of work and lots of Light- 18 trips in 11 states. I’ve been on the road for 36 years. There was a wide range of work also […]
Year-End Letter 2017
Dear Friends, Another busy year is finishing up with a last work trip and a writing retreat. As you can see by my calendar this 35 th year in the work has been busy. Helping people to heal from trauma and mentoring healers has continued with wonderful teaching opportunities. While there are no prisons or […]
Year-End Letter 2016
Dear Friends, This annual letter shares news of my work travels this past year. It’s also a reminder that I live primarily by gifts. Some of you have already been so kind to send a Fall gift and I am especially grateful for this. Working mainly by invitation and living mostly by gifts is a […]
Year-End Letter 2015
Dear Friends, I am preparing for my last work trips of 2015 as I write this. It’s been a busy and wonderful year as my calendar shows- a dozen trips to work in 8 states and provinces to work with Congolese torture survivors, people with AIDS, abuse survivors, among other life- wounded people. Plus I’ve […]
Year-End Letter 2013
Dear Friends, Thank you for all your good care and strong support over 2013. It’s been a very full year. I’ve been working with several people – helping some to live, helping some to die. I’ve traveled the country and worked with groups in 10 states. I’ve been teaching massage, energy work, healing from trauma, avoiding burnout, among other […]
Year-End Letter 2012
Dear Friends, I’ve recently returned from my final travel work for the year. I taught in 7 states to 14 groups. It’s been a wonderful time of teaching healing from trauma, avoiding burnout for caregivers, and updates on American torture and the Quaker work to end it. This is my 30th year of traveling and teaching as a […]
Year-End Letter 2011
Dear Friends, It’s been a year full of wonderful invitations and good work. I’ve been welcomed into beautiful teaching opportunities all across country. And for this I am very grateful. A life’s work is a gift to keep learning, more and better. I began my work of healing trauma in 1982 and began to receive […]
Year-End Letter 2010
Dear Friends, A good year of teaching and hands-on work is ending. I am closing in on 30 years of traveling since beginning my healing work in 1982. This year was another layer of time with wonderful invitations to teach about healing from trauma, avoiding burnout during hard work, and the on going task of […]