An update for you, Augusto: Trevor and I decided, after years of toying with the idea, to take a class on basic pistol shooting. After our four hour class and first time shooting, we left the range in a sort of shock. It felt like an initiation. It took a day or two to plant our feet back on the earth. Our goal was to push our boundaries and learn a new skill, and my oh my was this a push.

I'm thinking that your Healing Hands practice may well have tipped the balance. It seems to me we had the help we needed to step into what is for us a totally unfamiliar world. And what did we find over the past two weeks? An indoor shooting range nearby, ready and friendly help, the last two Glock 44 newbie-friendly pistols in the store, and a willingness to continue to step into our fear. It all has a choreographed "yep, time to do this thing" feel to it. Why this, and why is it time? I've no idea. But it feels oddly right.

Thanks again,
Valerie