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The Wizard of Oz was a story of
searching for courage, intelligence
and self discovery so it was with
that outline that I wrote the
following:
The "tornado" was death....taking
my home away..my twin
The Wicked Witch is the
grief...that flies by at any given
moment ..to take our breath away
and to instill fear and uncertainty of
our future...
I was Dorothy.....searching for my
"home" with my twin......for I know
there is no place like home.
I came across the tin man within
myself..for I thought I no longer had
a heart...and I left the conference
with a new heart, full of love...for
all my twinless friends.
And I found the scarecrow.within
myself: who had no brains...I
thought self-destruction was the
answer for the past year...and now
have the brains to know that my
twin would not have wanted that
for me...
I found the cowardly lion within
myself and now have the courage to
continue on and live my life fully for
my twin and not to be afraid.to love
again, to have the courage to face
our birthdays and our milestones
head on ....with nothing but love
for her memory...
And You Dr. Brandt, you are the
Wizard...who taught me that I can
find the scarecrow, the lion, the tin
man and to face them with a new
meaning in my life.and to befriend
them, not make them my enemy..
And my twin, she is the ruby
slippers that will shine on in my life
and keep me safe.
The rainbow....it is there for all of
us twins...for somewhere over the
rainbow, is our twin...waiting with
love...for there is NO PLACE LIKE
HOME.
Written in honor of
Cathy Murphy...my twin
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