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Sisterhood.<br />
Have you ever created something from nothing? Felt it before you<br />
could touch it? That’s what this journey to sisterhood has been like<br />
for me. Sisterhood was this far off thing that I felt I needed but<br />
didn’t know how or where to find it.<br />
I was sitting on the laundry room ugly crying and trying so hard<br />
to pull it together. There wasn’t enough of me to go around — not<br />
enough sister, mother, lover, wife, or friend to be what everyone<br />
needed. I had finally hit my breaking point which has proven to be<br />
one of the greatest moments of my life. The breaking...the moment<br />
when truth can finally make its way in. When we have to let go of<br />
our ego and connect with something bigger than ourselves.<br />
Sitting there in that broken place, the word "rise" sang to my soul<br />
and gave me the will and courage to begin this journey toward<br />
sisterhood. In that dark place I realized something— I couldn’t do it<br />
all and I didn’t want to.<br />
I got my ass up off the floor and wrote these words down:<br />
‘I crave community! I need support, laughter, and magic. I need<br />
to be seen and heard. I need truth and I need support...I need<br />
sisterhood. Does that even exist? If it does, I want to find it!’<br />
- Journal entry, July 2007<br />
“She is the healer, the<br />
nurturer, the tender of the<br />
garden, the guardian of our<br />
future, the kitchen witch.<br />
She is the magic maker, the<br />
creator, the lover, the mother...<br />
she is woman and her work<br />
is sacred.”<br />
I had finally figured out what I needed.<br />
That’s half the battle, right there. Most<br />
of us don’t know what we need or what<br />
we want so we spend so much of our<br />
lives feeling alone and unsupported.<br />
When really it’s just that we never<br />
asked the universe for what we needed.<br />
You gotta put your order in. I knew I<br />
wanted sisterhood. I put in my order to<br />
the universe, but I didn’t actually know<br />
what that looked like. Manifesting gets<br />
tricky when you’re trying to call forth<br />
something you’ve never seen before.<br />
I just had to wing it (story of my life). I<br />
moved forward with nothing more than<br />
soul level certainty that sisterhood could<br />
exist and that if I found it...if women<br />
really could stand together, it could be<br />
wildly healing and powerful.<br />
It was an ancient song in my blood,<br />
asking me to build community, to become<br />
a bridge between women.<br />
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