When It's Time to Retreat
Webster's Dictionary defines retreat as either a verb or a noun - something you do or a directive - to retreat/withdraw or to signal a "retreat." For years women have been actively engaged in a yearly activity called A Retreat. A Women's Retreat. If you've ever been part of one you know that there is food, a copious quantity of chocolate and caffeine and an equal quantity of tears and tenderness. These two to three day adventures are centered around a theme and there is teaching. Because, we'll we're women and we enjoy all that stuff. But, the operative word here, Beloved is RETREAT. A withdrawing. Retreat is not a negative and oftentimes it is NECESSARY. This summer after an extended season of exquisitely painful struggle, we found ourselves in need of retreat. While we can look back and admit that we should have pulled back a little earlier than we did, mostly to spare our hearts and minimize the impact the season had ...