Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people stay for a while
and move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to a new understanding,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.
- Flavia Weedn
“This quote sums up the many themed women’s retreats my dear friend Anastasia (Cha Cha to me) has tirelessly and lovingly orchestrated over the past two decades. I have traveled to every one of them. All six of them. The friendships they have sparked, renewed, and nurtured are to be cherished.
Fond memories of discussing a chosen book in front of a wood-burning fireplace, teas with proper teapots and cups, pajama parties with hula hoop contests and musical chairs, dancing, laughing, sipping wine, guest speakers like firefighter Susan Hagen who, along with investigative social worker Mary Carouba, wrote “Women at Ground Zero”, hearing other first-hand accounts from fellow ‘sisters’ - on breast cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, eating a spaghetti dinner in our posh frocks with our hands...well...Anastasia did provide us with gloves tied in a pretty little bow, quiet walks in the woods of St. Dorothy’s Rest, homemade pillow gifts and more.
It will have been 10 years since Cha Cha’s last retreat and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us in August of 2020!! Hope to see many of my retreat sisters then!”
