Thank you, Mary Pipher
Recently a close friend's parent from my childhood passed away. This parent holds a special place in my heart. When I reflected on my relationship with her I referred to her as my "other Mother". During her last few weeks I considered my current relationship with my own close friend's children, and stepped into a generational placement seeing myself as her. This empathy brought both joy, and intense grief. Since her passing, every couple of weeks I find myself returning to her online journal, thinking I might find something new, but knowing that her presence is now only available to us in dispersed energy. During her last months as she battled with cancer (#fuckcancer) I purchased a copy of Mary Pipher 's book Women Rowing North . I had heard a short interview with Pipher on NPR in the spring and thought that the book might help me feel closer in spirit to my other Mother, and better understand what she might be going through, even though I could not be physica...