I appreciate the responses from my last, and first, entry!I am embarrassed to confess that I have no…

[Mary Barrett]

I appreciate the responses from my last, and first, entry!

I am embarrassed to confess that I have not done any drawing for at least two months. This is like telling my parents, when I was a child, that I broke something precious. Oh no,what will happen? They'll be mad!

Not that I think anyone will be mad. I fear judgment - being seen as a failed drawer. I've lost my sobriety. I stepped of the path!!
But of course I am the one judging myself.

Avoiding doing something creative and personally satisfying is common for me. An ongoing drama. A true concern. It's a pattern to keep me where I am, even if it's not where I want to be.

So, my shameful little secret is out.


I am a creative arts facilitator and want to be a TD facilitator but I won't do that until I do more drawing for myself.

So, please send me some good thoughts to help me do my drawing!

All the best to all, Mary

[Deborah Koff-Chapin]

Mary, Oh blessings on your healing. My daughter fracture a vertebrae when hit by a car while bike riding in the city. Thank goodnes for the healing capacity of bone!!!! I will email you a copy of an article that will be in the next enewsletter, on using TD in pain management. Timely, and maybe inspiring for you. We should start a small group on that. Keep healing on all levels.
I am doing a weekend at Omega this year. Any chance you could make it? Katrina will be there to help again. it would be great to see you. Blessings, Deborah

[Mary Barrett]

Deborah - Thanks so much for the reassuring reply!
I should let you know that on April 10 I fell while horseback riding and broke my pelvis and sacrum. It's not as horrible as it sounds. I didn't need surgery, which would have been a horrible complication and extended my recovery a great deal. Never the less, it has been extremely painful, so I am loaded up with painkillers and can be quite loopy. I was in the hospital for a couple of days and then was sent to a rehab facility for 5 days. I would have spent more time there but my sister flew up from Florida for 2 weeks to stay with me - the sister I went to Ireland with.
A PT comes twice a week and friends trained in various healing modalities have come over to do their thing. I use a walker and am able now to get about the house, although I tire easily. There is a bench in my shower with a hand held shower head and with the walker I can get in and out okay but someone needs to be nearby just "in case". And I need help with many every day tasks.
Before "The Fall" I attended a workshop with Helen Warren which of course was great. Several years ago I went to Maine a couple of times to work with her so it was great to see her again.
I will be drawing during my recovery! All the best to you, love Mary

[Deborah Koff-Chapin]

Mary, Please don't think you are the only onme who has 'fallen ofthere is no reason to have Td create a new area of guilt in your life! It is here to serve you....when you want to do it. Blessings, Deborah