
24/10/2024
To all our dear friends & family who I have not responded to yet, please forgive me. Just to give everyone an update: Normen Schindowski was in Germany for 4 months and I stayed home and maintained our lives here in the U. S. Through 2 hurricanes and we were fine with me simply needing to clean up debris from our beloved trees.
On October 2nd, I visited him and friends & family there. We had a wonderful time, even though I fell October 11th and hurt my left hand very badly (the one I broke a few years ago) and am operating with one hand still while it is recovering. It is healing but the stress of everything keeps triggering pain responses.
Our family here in Sarasota stayed in our Sanctuary home during Milton because they lived in evacuation zones. They fared well even though electric went out before the storm actually hit. When it was over they all went back to their respective homes to deal with any cleanup. Jackie Viggiani Mori was kind enough to go back to the house the day after the electric came on to do the sheets for us. She was as the British are fond of saying, gobsmacked, when she opened the door and everything was black and reeked of toxic fumes.
To date, we are living in our RV in our driveway and sadly many trees have suffered not just in our yard but all over Sarasota. The entire area is devastated. We have been working on the yard continuously dealing with insurance investigators, adjusters, remediation companies, etc...
We are waiting for final judgment but everyone so far agrees the house is needing to be gutted at least, if not rebuilt. Don't know if anything is can be salvaged..
Normen and I have been overwhelmed and exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically. Many people have reached out to ask how we are and we realized every time we talk about it another stress factor is ignited. Long winded to say, once again, sorry to those who have been trying to connect. We love and appreciate you immensely. It's just our bandwidth is stretched beyond our stress threshold at the moment.
I have canceled sessions for now because our house is toxic (it got into my lungs and believe me, I do not want to expose anyone else to that.) My office was the only space spared, although this smoke permeates everywhere. We are blessed with that as we can shower. Until I can honestly say I am present fully and functioning well I will not resume sessions. We are taking every day one moment at a time.
I think that's enough details for now. We know we will come through this and ultimately everything happens for us and for good reasons, which are often understood when "the smoke has cleared".
Not fun for sure but surely educational and I have no doubt somewhere in the near future I will be reflecting on the entire experience and discover the jewels and the blessings that were being received as a result of it all. 💛🙏💛
Until then and always, I am wishing everyone well and praying for Peace of mind, body, heart, soul & spirit for each of you and our entire world.
I Love & Appreciate You All 💛🙏💛
Infinite Blessings & Love 💛🙏💛
Debbie & Normen