Me Moving Through

I have been away for a bit. Not even having written a post in August is weird for me, considering it is the 7th already. I traveled to Portland for some progressive inspirations (I swear, they are like a different species in Portland, everyone is so hip and healthy and there are 2 raw food restaurants!) I also had a chance to catch up with my fellow dear "L" ladies Laura (who I call Lar Lar) and Leila (my sweet Lippy Lippy Leila Lu...we say "Hi Lippy!" "Oh, Hi Lippy!!" when we talk. Being with soul sister gals who I trust and know love me no matter what cause they have seen me at my best and worst and still stuck around was exactly what I needed--a total blessing. I missed the boys terribly, I have been away far too much, but I tried to savor the solaness and let myself grow. It was good. Last night we commemorated the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through photos of the bomb and its effects we made the space for recognition of the atrocities. Through Japanese music on the Kyoto, a presentation of a plaque from the Mayor of Hiroshima, and a survivor story we honored the culture and the human bodies impacted by this past violent act. Then, a dear and lovely woman helped us move past the past to a place of peace and transformation as we meditated together about peace spreading to the world. I actually felt something radical in me shift in that moment and the feeling has been lasting. It all came full circle through the dances of peace we participated in at the end. Weaving our bodies between each other, looking each other in the eyes and singing lovely words the entire process moved from a cerebral remembrance to an embodied acknowledgment and wholistic transformation. This weekend I have my boys in the mountains again. I leave for a period next week. I remembered last night that even when I am away we are connected.