The summer of 2023 was quite eventful. Our family was on location for what was supposed to be several months, but a strike-shortened our time away. We decided to make lemonade out of what was looking like some seriously bad lemons! You know what I mean – any-hoo…we decided to travel down south, up east and across the country. We covered over 20 states, but right before we left on our adventure – someone said to me, it sounds like you are going on a healing tour. I thought that was kinda interesting…I was going to visit with my siblings and friends, but I did not quite process her words until all of it unfolded in real time.

Six days with my sister and her family were full of food, laughter, and rest.  Visiting with my brother in Queens allowed me to see he is safe and at peace, and going to Pennsylvania allowed me to witness the miracle of my brother’s health; you see, not too long ago, I was standing alongside his deathbed. 

After I visited with friends and family and began our drive across the country, I realized I was on a healing tour. I was allowed to see that my siblings were well. They were living in their truth and I needed to let go of my worry. I also had to let go of what I thought were the next steps in my life and my family’s. I needed to release the relationships I had romanticized.

I am always, and I mean always, amazed at how time reveals truths. You must sit still, but when you move, you move forward in truth, love, and kindness, not manipulation and selfishness. 

When we live with an open heart to the possibilities of change, we see the answers unfold before us. 

I used to be a strict type A personality. I needed to be in complete control of everything, yet the tenderness of time has shown me that is not how life unfolds. That is not how life evolves. 

I am thankful that I did experience a “Healing Tour.” I am grateful that I was able to accept the things I simply cannot change –

Are there areas in your life where you need “healing?” 

Let this year be the year you release what you hold on to with dear life. You might be choking a situation that will only thrive with change.

It may require you to change…to heal.

Healing is curative, beneficial, and life-giving…we all deserve that.