Hello, all -- For those of you who have not been following this thread, Laurel co-hosted our last Open Space on Open Space in August in Vancouver with the lovely and vivacious Chris Corrigan. Just recently Laurel's life was thrown into chaos and letting go into the unknown when an ovarian tumor was found in her little, feisty, loving body. Many of you have been sending-faxing-emailing-calling in your prayers and support to her, which really means a lot to her: it's fierce medicine. My many thanks to those of you who have checked in with me and my apologies for not getting back to each of you directly -- but please do know that I appreciate your kind thoughts have been passing on your every word to her.
I had not been able to talk to her for several weeks now, as her telephone line is constantly busy and full of love and support, surrounded as she is by people (including you) who reflect her kindness and her passion. Selfishly, I have been waiting to speak to her myself. But this weekend she left me a telephone message, and I'd like to share it with you: "I just had my chemo treatment today. Rick did the most wonderful visualization with me while the chemo was being infused. We were there for six hours -- they're giving me the big, big guns, and later chemo treatments will probably be more like four hours. It's really powerful stuff, but I feel great -- man, I feel amazing! I can't believe how good I feel! And I feel like, okay, I'm in training now. I'm going to start training just like I did for the marathon [Laurel ran her very first marathon last year]. I'm going to be meditating 1/2 hour each day, which I've been really neglecting lately. I'm going to be dancing every day because people who dance every day get better. And I'm going to walk, and I'm going to rest, and I'm going to write, and all those things, and I'm ready, man -- I'm ready to get better!" She is fighter, mother, dancer, lover, believer, guide, gardener, trickster and shining star. She is an example of how to embrace even cancer with the principles of Open Space Technology. You can fax her in care of her friends Janet and Rick at (+01) 250 744-1697, or you can send me email messages which I will fax to her, or you can mail her at Laurel Doersam (and Rick her husband, and kids Breanna-10, Brett-14, Jessica-16 and Chelsea-20) P.O. Box 5233 Victoria, British Columbia V8R 6N4 Love, Lisa -- L i s a H e f t Consultant, facilitator, educator Experiential learning and Open Space Technology 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA (+01) 510 548-8449 www.openspaceworld.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
