Tag Archives: faith

Essay. I See You.

Posted on April 29, 2015 by healingwoman

“I see you.” Not just I acknowledge you, but I truly see You. In Avatar, this is how a scientist translates and explains an alien greeting. I had not seen the film recently, and this scene struck me anew. Two … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Essence of Christmas.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by healingwoman

A reminder of what Christmas really is—The lesson I learned when I thought Christmas would not happen. I wrote this in a hospital in 2012 as I was recovering from two emergency operations to deal with an infection that set … Continue reading →

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Essay. Lily in December.

Posted on December 7, 2014 by healingwoman

Six years ago the Earth paused for a fraction of a second before picking up its rotation: my dog Lily died. That morning, I woke to blood around the bedroom, some of it so abundant it had mounded on the … Continue reading →

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Essay. Angels.

Posted on December 2, 2014 by healingwoman

My father always said that we sometimes need to look back. If not physically, we need to look back in memory to appreciate what has brought us to today. If we don’t do that, we don’t have all the tools … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Words that Echo.

Posted on October 8, 2014 by healingwoman

Sometime around 11 pm March 18, 1995, I was bleeding out on the OR table after an emergency delivery of Joseph and was less than a minute away from the obstetrician removing my uterus in a last attempt to clamp … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Road Home.

Posted on September 14, 2014 by healingwoman

Autumn is here. The sun was warm in the yard today, the breeze soft. The dogs chased balls without starting to pant. My jeans felt comfortable even though I was regularly wearing shorts until this week. In an earlier time, … Continue reading →

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Essay. What Happens Next.

Posted on July 1, 2014 by healingwoman

Once I was a promising young doctor, then a patient with a head injury, then a mother to a beautiful child with autism and bipolar disorder… and through all of it, a person. I’ve spent decades trying to help people … Continue reading →

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Essay. The train to Baltimore.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by healingwoman

I know babies were born today, couples married. I personally know of two people who died, one after a long fight with cancer and another in a road accident. In the way we interlace the fingers of two hands, we … Continue reading →

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Essay. Gentle knights, gentle night.

Posted on June 21, 2014 by healingwoman

In honor of two men who helped me find and keep the best parts of myself. My gentle knights. I have a photo of an older man sitting on a couch with legs outstretched on a hassock, lost in a … Continue reading →

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Essay. A New Leaf.

Posted on June 20, 2014 by healingwoman

When my brothers and I were young, our grandmother would occasionally tell us we needed to turn over a new leaf. It was her way of saying we needed to stop whatever bad thing we were doing and find something … Continue reading →

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