Wednesday, December 03, 2008

CLOSING THE CIRCLE

Well, I promised to let you know how the whole fence mending thing went, and so I will.

It went better than I could have imagined, in both cases. I tend to forget that I'm not the only person working to better understand myself. It was obvious with both these old friends that they, too, had done much "personal work."

Put two women with shared histories together, add a large amount of middle-aged, hard lessons won, put them in a safe, neutral environment, and voila - love.

I don't think anything will change on a day-to-day basis with either of them, the roles they once played have been filled, or simply no longer exist. There is no need for "more," but there was a big need for peace.

I feel like two ghosts that had been taking up room in my psyche, have been exorcised.

Whatever sacred contracts we had with each other, have been fulfilled.

Completely.

Now.

Amen.


* Photo from www.earthlight.org

14 comments:

pixiemama said...

You are brave, and right now, you're sort of my hero...

Kathi said...

Beautiful. Full circle. Move on, oh brave one. Love.

Anonymous said...

Love it, I so love how you look at life and I love that you would put yourself out there not knowing how it would go and I love that it went soo well!

Wanda said...

Love. Let it be. Amen.

Angie Ledbetter said...

So glad. Goosebumps on the postage. :)

Robin said...

Carrie, what a coincidence that I also just called someone I had quit talking to over a year ago. There was no big breakthough or change but certainly some peace was restored in part of my life.

Jenny said...

Happy for you.

Michelle O'Neil said...

Amen and God bless. Good work Carrie.

kario said...

Can you hear the angels singing? "Hallelujah!"

You are one of the most courageous people I know. I love how you attack things head-on.

But mostly I love you.

Anonymous said...

So happy for you. Glad you are at peace with it and maybe they are too. Love you.

Rev. Christine said...

Releasing and letting go...Powerful stuff. Great job Carrie. I'm working on some of the same.

Ask Me Anything said...

God even came through the writing, baby!

Deb Shucka said...

So happy for you, and amazed by you.

Amber said...

Amen.

:)