Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. Margaret Fuller Day 8 - April 1, 2013 Today is the 8th day after Jess’s accident and surgery. I’m not a numerologist, although I am fascinated by the language of numbers. Each number has a different set...
Day 7 - Sunday, March 31, 2013 Yesterday put me over the edge. The entire week of stress and spikes of worry along with little sleep or food and no exercise to diffuse the stresswere enough, but this latest crisis and emergency routine were the proverbial straw that...
Day 6 - Saturday, March 30, 2013 Jess started his first day of therapy today. We started with occupational therapy (also abbreviated as OT), which is “the use of treatments to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of patients with a physical,...
Day 5 - March 29, 2013 Peter came to relieve me at 6:00 am after a night shift; Jess slept a bit, but I couldn’t rest because every time he shifted mama bear wanted to make sure he was safe. I left to get some much needed sleep and collapsed until I awoke at...
Day 4 - March 28, 2013 I awoke at 2:15 am Thursday from bad dreams and feeling fear, anger and worry. I was not due at the hospital to relieve Pete until 6:00, but I got up and wrote because I couldn't get back to sleep. I posted Wednesday’s update and got in the...
March 27, 2013 - Day 3 The day began with some success; I got 6 hours of sleep, which was a miracle and restorative to me. When I got to the hospital at 6:30 am, I found a Starbucks and got mocha lattes for Pete and I (a little victory-bad coffee is a...
Life is different for us as of 1:00 am Monday, March 25. My eldest son, Jess, received a head injury in a skateboarding accident that required brain surgery. BRAIN SURGERY. It is a strange, surreal landscape we are walking right now. I am closer than ever to my...
I have been writing and publishing online since 2001; in tandem with opening a practice in Asheville NC, I created a website called "Healing Alchemy" to describe my process of working with my inner guidance. This was after years of being an educator and bringing my...
At the edge of the cosmos there is a sign that says “for a good time call 1-800- EARTH.” -Terry Musch Earthlings are so entertaining. We think we have it together, think we know stuff, think we are better than others...and then life comes along and reminds us that...
"The 5 Stages of Healing from Trauma" copyright Licia Berry 2013, All Rights Reserved While organizing my local One Billion Rising event in Tallahassee, I was reminded of the different stages of the process of healing after trauma because I saw women in every stage...