Hello, dear friends -
Many of you know the most amazing Laurel Doersam, an Open Space colleague of ours who lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Laurel has been living life magnificently, gracefully, courageously, self-lovingly since her diagnosis with ovarian cancer in August of 2001. Yes - a long rich time with friends, family and life after such a serious diagnosis. She married dear Rick and he officially adopted her kids, they have done marvelous things shifting his cleaning business into an environmentally 'green' model, one of the first in their nation; she has lived to see her eldest daughter's marriage, and she has been present at the birth of her first grandchild, the miraculous baby Ava. She has been living her life in Open Space, as has her sweet family. And although her struggles and challenges and strength and wellness keep dancing the dance of shifting and changing, she has recently been having a much harder time with the steps of that dance. She has had a harder time with another round of chemotherapy, she has been in and out of hospice, and now she has decided to return home to spend the last days and weeks of her life, as she breathes and prepares for another transition. She is resting, and breathing, and exploring this new shape of things, and being surrounded by friends and loved ones, and sensing love from everyone else sending prayers and warm light-filled thoughts. Perhaps you would like to send some thoughts and prayers her way, too. Her daughter Chelsea created a blog: http://laureldoersam.blogspot.com/ And if you wish to send anything by post, their land address is: (for Laurel Doersam Nathorst and her husband Rick, and their wonderful kids Chelsea, Brett, Jessica, Breanna, and Chelsea's baby Ava.) 213 Helmcken Road Victoria, British Columbia V9B 1S5 Canada Fly, my angel. Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist