The Eye of the Storm
by Robyn Gaillard of Mind-Body Connection Integration Healing Arts
My son turned four during a particularly swirly period of time. Two weeks earlier, I left the family house. I was staying with my son at my mother's until I moved into our next house. We made arrangements to meet at a restaurant with his dad so we could all be together and celebrate (His family? The family? Our family? Still in pronoun transition, too...Daddy to your dad… mommy to your mom...).
It was a peace-filled and joyful birthday lunch. Thankfully we were protected on our son's birthday by the love we share for him. There was a rainstorm outside that day, however, and when lunch was over, we all drove away during very whipped up weather.
My son fell asleep. I cried. The hazard lights were on, and I gripped the steering wheel while driving on the straight, long road while the rain poured down.
I cried because I actually felt the grace surrounding me. I cried because I still felt like we were a family who loves each other even though how we live and look will be different. I cried because It’s hard to experience good moments during hard times and not wonder, why can’t we just be a family? And I cried because I understood it all. I understood how I was healing. I understood how I can still be loving and set boundaries. And it was not lost on me to stay the course no matter the weather.
On that special day, we loved and lunched together in the eye of the storm.
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