Summer Storm

A SUMMER STORM 8/2003 JEANNE BUESSER
A NEWLY BEREAVED MEMBER LAST NIGHT HAD JUST TOLD
HIS STORY IN THE GROUP. I WAS REMINDED OF HOW I FELT
WHEN IT HAD HAPPENED TO ME NEARLY 8 YEARS AGO. IT WAS
LIKE A SUMMER STORM WITH FIERCE RELENTLESS WINDS AND A
WHIPPING RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. YOU ARE BARELY
HOLDING ON AND THE STORM PUTS ITS TOLLS ON YOUR BODY.
EMOTIONS ARE TOSSED AROUND . LIGHTNING STRIKES YOU AND
YOU HAVE A NEW WOUND. YOUR BODY IS REELING AND CANNOT
HOLD ITS GROUND. SLOWLY THE STORM SUBSIDES AND YOU ARE LEFT
TO TRY AND STAND. SLOWLY VERY SLOWLY YOU BEGIN TO
TAKE BABY STEPS AND LIFT YOUR BADLY BRUISED BODY UP. IT WILL
TAKE A LONG TIME BUT LIKE THAT TREE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT
WOUND, BUT YOU WILL SOMEDAY GROW ROOTS AND BRANCHES. THERE WAS
ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE STORM WOULD RETURN
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