Day Twelve: A Safe Space Called Home

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Day Twelve: A Safe Space called Home

“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” ~Maya Angelou, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes

(Day 12 of 30 days of writing. All of the 30 days are posted on Medium or go to this link and purchase the entire e-book for 99 cents. The Sacred Feminine: Tuning into Your Personal Power. 30 days of Writing and Reflecting)

There was a tradition with each Heal My Voice book program. After five months of writing, when all the stories were complete, each woman signed up to read her story out loud. Twenty-two women from around the world gathered on an Instant Teleseminar call for a week of speaking, listening and witnessing. Each day, the call began with a prayer that honored each woman’s voice. All the phone lines were muted when the first woman was invited to read her story out loud. When she was finished, we held a space of silence for one minute. Her words lingering in the air, the breath, the pause.

I unmuted my phone line and thanked the woman for sharing her story, for using her voice, her words and her courage. She thanked me and muted her line. The next woman was invited to read her story and again we listened. Every day we gathered on the phone for one hour of holding a space for three women until all…