Learning to Dance with the Dragonfly: Healing Lessons of Nature

Description: On a beautiful spring day Holly N. Fordyce received devastating news: A recent biopsy revealed she had breast cancer. Her physical healing began almost immediately with the usual medical treatment and alternative medicines, but fixing the spiritual damage to her soul and dealing with the ensuing anger, hurt, and fear was more complex.Fordyce, a clinical social worker in private practice, discovered the only way to claim her life and stand in her own truth in the present was to journey past the darkness. Through journaling, photograph, and her passion for nature, Fordyce was able to come to terms with a life-threatening illness and begin the healing process. In this collection of journal entries, essays, and poemshighlighted with dazzling, color photographsFordyce shares her innermost thoughts, hopes, and fears."On this bright Tuesday afternoon when the light was so blue it hurt your eyes to look at it, I no longer felt comfortable in my own skin," she says of the day she discovered she had a life-threatening illness. "My body had betrayed me and now felt alien and threatening. The tenuous sense of control Id once known dropped off like an old coat. This magical month when I live in my garden and dig in the earth, loving its moist raw fragrance, when I plant seeds filled with surprise for the months to come, when Im surrounded by birdsong wild as a symphony, became a backdrop to terror."The titles of the essays and poems themselvessuch as "A Transformation Begins," "I Am," "Coming to Terms," and "When I Dont Feel So Much Like Me"offer insight into the authors journey and inspiration for others trying to cope with life-threatening situations. She writes extensively about self-acceptance and the fragility of her connection to life. With honesty and openness, the author adds an eloquent voice to those who have conquered their own difficulties and become stronger for them.Her poems, exuberant photographs, and gentle warmth invite the reader into that deeply centered place where each of us can experience passion, the power of healing, and the strength to move with the relentless unknowns of life.

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Location: Boston, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-11-20T04:44:05.000Z

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