Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu

One of the huge upsides of this journey I’m on is a deeper connection with my community. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I even truly believed I had much of one before the procedure. Sure there were a few people I knew I could count on, my assistant at work, a close dean friend and a couple of others. But it’s difficult when in almost every interaction at work, it is with people who you supervise. While you can tell who the people are that are general colleagues and good work partners, as their supervisor it’s tough to know how far that truly extends if things get real.

As I’ve mentioned previously, to assist in my recovery, my wonderful assistant has been coordinating a group of volunteers, started as 8, then 12, the 15, 18 and now over 20. And these people have been beyond fabulous. They’ve come over for conversation, brought me more food than I can ever eat and even a lovely plant today. There have been many, many wonderful conversations, something I treasure.

So it’s been great, and the top image is from my 10 year old friend, the Tiny Dean, and really meant a lot to me.

So this is just kind of the first real re-start of my writing after surgery, more, really, a LOT more to come and thank you friends for the words, the comments of support, thoughts, prayers and vibes, it’s all incredibly appreciated. ~ Rev Kane