The Garden of Roses: Stories of Abuse and Healing

Healing is a Sacred Journey Lake Ewauna Morning Walk, Klamath Falls, Oregon by Virginia Pickles Jones Start out at Veterans Memorial Park just before dawn on a summer morning.  Pause by the shaded woods along Lake Ewauna.  Watch the rising sun paint the sky watercolor shades of pink and blue through the branches of the trees. Turn around and walk across the road to the Veterans Memorial.  All veterans of any war are welcome.    The wounded and the well alike are honored by having a brick inscribed with their name. Come sit in the middle of the memorial on a bench and meditate on the sacrifices veterans made:  Suffering the wounds of war or the selfless giving of time more comfortably spent with family and friends or working for better pay.   Think of other veterans -- women, children and men -- who endured violence and sexual assault on the home front. There are no memor...

Klamath Falls Third Thursday Evening Walk or Fun is Healing by Virginia Pickles Jones June, who walked across Oregon in September 2008, to raise awareness about child abuse says,  “Fun is healing because when the hard times come, they are easier to take if you have been having fun.” Sitting at home all alone may be safe, but it is NOT fun.  When the feet get moving, the mind follows.  So get up and get walking and have fun! One place to walk around having fun is in Old Town Klamath Falls every Third Thursday evening from May until  September. Start at the West end of Main Street at Third and walk east. You may pass by a lovely young lady who has spent her spare time this last year domesticating a wild horse.  Meet her and her horse and her dog. Read the literature at the young lady's booth and learn about this program for teens and wild horses. The Wild Mustang Foundation sponsors this prog...