A Closing Chapter

When I allow myself the time, I am an avid reader. I love turning the pages of a good novel, wondering what the next chapter holds. I fall in love, in-like and in dis-like with the characters. They become real in my mind. I "see" them and laugh with them. I mourn their loss when I close the book's last chapter.

Fortunately, I have a rich and full life that often does not need ANY embellishment. That said, I do not get to feed my desire to read much during my daily life. I find myself more often than not falling asleep with a book on my chest and the light on. Barely do I remember the last read words. So the following evening, I will re-read the words with shuttering eyes. It takes me months to finish a book, merely because I have to re-read so much of it. Any long drive, any vacation, I will pick up a book and devour it in a short time. 

The completion of an intense novel leaves me with an internal ache that dissipates depending on the characters’ impact. Just like life.

With gratitude, I am patched together with wire, pins, rods and resilience. I walk with a limp and laughter. My life's chapters have opened and closed with curves and creases, hills and dales. I have felt the internal ache in "real time". I have felt the hill tops and the deep valleys.

Cooper's Crossroad has been a chapter in many of our lives. CCR is, and has been, filled with courage to follow its mission. It has powerfully moved people toward a new level of trauma awareness. It has built dreams. The ripple effect of the work done in all of our programs is felt in many. It has built courage, gratitude, forgiveness and compassion. 

As founder, this chapter has been empowering, educating and enriching beyond belief. Now the chapter is ending. 

CCR will be closing this year as a formal not-for-profit organization.

 I have been, and will, mourn this page turn. I dream of recreating Farming For Resilience one day again. But if so, it will be in a new chapter. And we all know, "where one door closes another opens". 

Let us look forward to the page turn, while feeling the internal ache. Let us celebrate the joy, laughter, and learning. Let us remember the courage, gratitude, forgiveness and compassion. 

With heartfelt gratitude for hills and dales, for the volunteers, for the participants and those who supported the organization financially.

I will miss you all,

Christina

Christina Major 

Founder - Cooper's Crossroad