Epilogue
My retreats returned me to my imagination. They initiated me into an experience of self-love and self-forgiveness. I remembered who I am. I became grounded within myself. Friends commented that my voice sounded stronger. Though my life did not become easy, I lived it with more ease.
After completing my year of solitary retreats, I entered Jungian analysis and began working with my dreams. This discipline continues to strengthen and support and deepen the self-knowledge and self-acceptance birthed by my year of solitudes.