Wings: How Traveling the World Freed My Soul to Fly
by Kathy Wright
Balboa Press
Author Wright, a world traveler, embarks on a new kind of journey—described in personal, passionate detail in this enlightening volume—when she receives a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Her background as a nurse and her visits to many parts of the world give her a sense of balance as she undertakes her latest adventure. The varied aspects of her preparations and realizations are offered for those facing similar challenges. Initially, she says, curiosity impels the traveler, so she studied her condition, learning as much as possible about cancer survivors.
Wright adds to her “packing” list the need for small but comforting rituals of the sort she encountered when she visited Varanasi, India, addressing the many ways that death can be approached. She soon discovers that any choice she makes is acceptable, taking heart from those who have overcome seemingly insuperable barriers. Faith, resilience, gratitude, and sacred moments all became part of her discovery, combining to give her a sense of a soul in flight. Wright undertook her wanderings across continents spurred by her natural wonder and personal determination.
It is clear from this creative endeavor that, perhaps underpinned by her career choices as a nurse-midwife and a scientific researcher, she has an innate impulse to dig deep, brushing aside conventional fears and restraints. She vividly describes the places she has seen and their effect upon her in equal weight to the journey of experience as a cancer patient with the techniques required in her treatment’s progression. In doing so, she gives others encouragement, expressing her wish “to have every woman recognize her power and strength.” This generously conceived work reveals Wright as a well-organized and sensitive writer, likely to garner a wide readership among those who need and will appreciate her practical support and spiritual inspiration.
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