But in the midst of all of that, my mother at some point hurt her back by falling off of a donkey, and she ruptured a disk in her back. So once we come back stateside, I didn't have much family at all. And so my mother and I were pretty much on our own. But she just lost her husband to cancer. She watched him slowly, unfortunately, pass away, and she was dealing with some pretty excruciating pain
Stephanie Dove
@stephydove · 5:00
So I started thinking about the weight of that loss, and I also started thinking about my friend who also lost her husband to cancer. It was a really, really hard thing, and we kind of walked through that with them. And it made me think of my mom and what she walked through with my dad. And also, too, it made me just think about the loss of someone that you love in your life, whether it's a parent or a loved one
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:53
We think back, or let me speak for myself, I think back to my childhood, how I was raised, my parents, but as Rita, that's my mother and Gail, because on my healing journey, part of my healing journey also includes healing the inner child
Stephanie Dove
@stephydove · 1:14
That is something that we do as humans throughout our life at different periods, and it looks different at different seasons. And so, anyway, I just want to say thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on that, because I find it very inspiring, and I really appreciate it