the party left me feeling all aglow with love and smiles. truly wonderful to see the friends that came and shared their love and concern. this has been an extraordinarily stressful couple of weeks. a lot of fear and anxiety has been kicked up. the party couldn't have come at a better time, to soothe my nerves and to remind me of the overarching love that fills our universe and my community.
the weather that day was very dramatic. the whole arc of the day seemed in some way to mirror the arc of my last year, or maybe what the course of the disease has been and will be, or my life..? ... sun and clouds shared the sky earlier in the afternoon and the air was steamy, and then the clouds grew, blotting out the sun, while the air remained thick. it was about half way through the party when the wild storm blew in - the rain came driving down, the heavens thundered, strong winds rattled the barn. two big barn doors slammed shut, the musicians stopped playing abruptly, half the party jumped up and rushed over to the doors to fully close them and keep out the driving rain. one of the guests dashed out into the rain to help because she so wanted to go swimming that day and came back very much like she'd jumped in a lake fully clothed. two kids huddled by their grandmother, moaning with fear - meanwhile, the grandmother herself gets profoundly disturbed by such sky ruckus. everyone was electrified, mostly in a thrilled and happy way at the drama of the moment, the startling and immediate contact with big Mama nature. then the rain slowed, and stopped. a cooler breeze blew in... and at the tail end of the party, just after we'd brought the paintings back into jean's house for safe keeping, the light in the sky became absolutely exquisite. the clouds glowed with soft golds and pinks, and the blue of the sky to the east was dusky cerulean. our faces lit up, glowed, glowed from within and from without, in the presence of such gorgeous light.
many thanks to everyone who shared that day with me, and to the musicians who shared their sound, and to the very fine friends who participated in making the day happen. special thanks to jean and liz for hosting this lovely event in their wonderful barn in that beautiful landscape.
while the love quotient - the juice of all juices - was most certainly met, our fundraising goal wasn't. please visit this page for ways to help: support my healing journey Thank You!
love you all!
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