A Thank You

Submitted by kit on October 23, 2007 - 4:59pm
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Forum sisters, you have kindly offered advice at a time I really needed it. You have helped me come to grips and stand strong and ask the questions that need to be asked. I am headed for additional tests, I will update when I have some news. For now, I wanted to offer this as a thank you.

Christine, if this is not appropriate please feel free to delete, I will take no offense. But as it came so strongly because of my experience here, I wanted to share. Kit

We Give Wholly to the World…

We are whole women.
We love wholly, we live wholly, we give wholly,
Hopefully to ourselves, as well.
We realize that each part is connected to our whole.
Each part is a gift and all works together for our protection and strength.
We see the value in our connectedness and we seek to protect it.
Sometimes a part will falter, do we discard it easily?
No, we lend it our loving support instead.
We ask our “sisters of experience” for their wisdom.
We dig down and search and find faith in our ability to heal.
We offer respectful care to something that has supported us all along.
And we don’t let go or give up without good reason and a fight.

We realize that life has many seasons.
Sometimes winter moves in and stays the long while.
And if the thief of wholeness ever wins, it will not defeat us.
For we’ll reach into ourselves and find the light that makes us feel whole again.

We seek the light of knowledge from our sisters
As we set again to pass down our stories and leave our histories
To fortify the knowledge base of protection for our daughters.

Each day we rise and face whatever weather comes.
We help each other as only women can.
We’re lover, mother, sister, daughter, friend.
We find our strength to forge ahead and face what is.
And we give wholly to the world, and ourselves, again.

Love, Kit

alemama

October 23, 2007 - 7:39pm

simply beautiful

Christine

October 24, 2007 - 9:06am

Dear Kit,

I thank you with all my heart for creating and sharing this wonderful poem.

We need these sorts of reminders of what it means to be a whole woman and your words express it perfectly!

May we put the poem up permanently on the site - probably in the Reader's Write section?

With gratitude,

Chrsitine

kit

October 24, 2007 - 10:32am

Christine, please use it however you would like. I appreciate the comments from you and alemama. It came in minutes and with such certainty. I didn't let myself debate before I posted-- just trusted the power of the spirit that moved me. That is often hard to do.

I find myself amazed in the emotional depth these particular issues take us to, and equally amazed in the healing power I feel from this community of hope you have created. You must know so clearly that you are doing your authentic life's work. I wish it had not come at such a cost to you, but without the hardship there would have been no reason for you to take this path. Still, you could have chosen to just help yourself. What a lesson that is for us all.

Bless you, Kit

Zelda

October 30, 2007 - 9:14pm

Kit- Really intrigued by how you express yourself -and me, too. So
I checked out your other postings and LO- your poem.
Aren't you just Real Lovely ?
With Great Affection,
Zelda

kit

October 30, 2007 - 9:37pm

Oh, my, Zelda. Seven or eight years ago, when I first exposed my heart through my writing...to the outside world, that is, I remember telling those around me that I felt completely naked...it has been a long while since I'd thought of that. Brings back so many memories of feeling so bare but so completely accepted by the limited audience around me. I have grown much since then, don't feel naked anymore, more a part of those I touch. I have learned that most hearts beat with more similarity than difference.

I do believe these public forums give cause for anonymity...but, oh, there is so much I'd really love to share if I could. Thank you, you feel so much a kindred spirit. I hope you’re doing better tonight. My day improved greatly. Love, Kit