10 Years Ago I Woke Up

On Mother’s Day 2016 I opened Facebook to see RIP Robin.

My head wobbled, my heart sank and time stopped.

Several months prior to Robin’s death I had begun to toy with the idea of being happy. Did I get to be happy, even if it causes pain in those I love?

Sitting in my backyard the morning after Robin died, I wondered to myself, “Where did she go?” and in an instant it felt as if the top of my head opened like a funnel and the words, “it’s all made up,” came tumbling down from above and into my knowing.

The death of my friend revived me. That day began my Reunion Tour — a journey of revisiting my life with compassion, curiosity, and the willingness to remember my own truth.