I Am a Healer

I am a healer.
I bring my heart
and my skill to others
so that they may be released
from pain and fear.

I touch new life.
With knowing fingers
I bring forth children
into the world of breath
sunshine, and smiles.

I know the blessing
of these healing gifts
bestowed upon me by God.
Where I can help… I do.

I have given so much of myself
these past years
and been rewarded
in ways too sacred to describe.

Yet there is so much pain,
so many who need my strength,
my love, my gifts.

But now, it is time for me to heal,
to give to my Self and my family
the courage and the love
we now need.

So I rest,
and through what pain and dis-ease
comes my way,
I grow deeper compassion and
understanding—
for my Self
and all those whose lives I touch.

For Dr. Rita Payne, M.D., Ob-Gyn, September 5, 1994 (the doctor who delivered Jimmy & Rebecca, before her sabattical)