Carol Lynn Pearson
 
News & Views
 
January, 2007

CLPnews
 

 
Welcome to: Carol Lynn Pearson’s "News and Views," January 2007
 
A Newsletter devoted to sexuality, spirituality, and healing
 

Carol Lynn is the author of:

No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones
Goodbye, I Love You
Facing East, and many other works (see www.clpearson.com)
 
 

IN THIS ISSUE:

 

1–"Ron" votes for life, not death

2–Facing East given "Best Drama" award; SLC, NY and SF runs planned

3--No More Goodbyes continues to inspire

4–Mother Wove the Morning DVD now available

5–Look for the Magic in 2007

 
 
1--"RON" VOTES FOR LIFE, NOT DEATH. Those of you who have read my new book, No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones, will remember "Ron," who had chosen April 1 as his suicide date ("Moving Toward the Light," page 57). An email he sent me after seeing Facing East in Utah in November should move all of us to claim life even more deeply. After telling how the play profoundly affected his sister and others of his large "support team," he writes:
 
"....Your beautiful words, couched in Marcus’ optimistic effort to get Andy to realize that ‘God loves me and I am gay’–finally, in some miraculous way, touched my heart, and I have come to know in recent weeks that I, too, am loved by God....You literally have saved my soul from the depths of a hell that I created for myself. Is that not what Christ asked us to do–to bear one another’s burdens, to strengthen one another, to love one another? I love you and I love life and I love my life...."
 

A great theme for 2007: love, strengthen, bear one another’s burdens.

 

 

2--FACING EAST GIVEN "BEST DRAMA" AWARD. (Playbook available at www.nomoregoodbyes.com. )
    After an 11 performance sold-out run in Salt Lake City of Facing East, the story of a Mormon couple dealing with the suicide of their gay son, the play was cited by the Deseret Morning News theatre critic as the "best drama" of the year. (Well, tied with that little piece "Hamlet" by that upstart Utah Shakespeare Festival.) This year look for--
 
    ¨ Another Salt Lake City run in April
    ¨ The off-Broadway run in May-June
    ¨ San Francisco in August.
 
For details, click http://www.planbtheatrecompany.org/facingeast/index.html
 
 
3-- NO MORE GOODBYES CONTINUES TO INSPIRE. Just about every day I’m receiving emails from individuals and families who have been blessed by the new book, No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones.
 
    ¨ "I recently received a copy of your book, signed by you, from my Mom with a note attached. It was the first time I have felt in my heart that my Mom really meant it when she wrote ‘I love you very much.’ I have never doubted that my Mom has loved me but I don't think she ever understood what it was like for me to be gay, until now."
    ¨ "I am pretty much speechless as I reflect on your latest book....I think of all the times I have almost given up....I have a larger perspective on life now and feel there is no need to fear the future. The universe is expanding and becoming more enlightened. Many thanks to people like you who remain undaunted and hopeful. The years and generations which follow us will glow with the growth, freedom and joy of our experiences."

Read more comments, post comments on website or Blog, read two free chapters, or purchase No More Goodbyes and Facing East at www.nomoregoodbyes.com. 
 
4- MOTHER WOVE THE MORNING DVD NOW AVAILABLE. Among my most important work is another theatre piece that explores vital gender issues from another perspective. The one-woman play that I wrote and performed over 300 times internationally, Mother Wove the Morning, features sixteen women throughout history in search of the female face of God.
 
    ¨ "...an amazing experience; a passionate performance of theater at its best. It makes us cry, laugh, and remember what we did not even know we knew. I wish everyone could see it and be inspired by it." Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade
    ¨ Available now on DVD with book (complete text and photos of performance) at www.nomoregoodbyes.com.
 
 
5--LOOK FOR THE MAGIC IN 2007. Doing last minute Christmas shopping in Utah, where I was with my daughter Emily and her kids, I uncharacteristically bought for myself the CD of "Carnival," a musical I saw in NYC many years ago. Back home and unpacking to the music of that show, I heard Lili’s clear voice singing, "...Stop living for reason, time to start living for rhyme...." at the exact moment that I was lifting out of my suitcase-- my rhyming dictionary! I stared at the little book, laughed, and committed right there to accept this "message from the Universe" and let "living for rhyme" be one of my themes for the new year. Many of you know I track my daily "synchronicities," recording these meaningful coincidences in the diary I’ve kept since high school. Those of you who don’t know my book Consider the Butterfly may want to look it up; such fascinating stuff (more at www.clpearson.com.)
 
    ¨ Leonardo deVinci attributed his genius to the fact that he looked for the hidden meaning behind all things.
    ¨ How about watching this year for these personal, magical nudges in your own life and see what wisdom the Universe is sending to you? Let me know when you get a good one.

May your best hopes for the New Year be realized. And remember as we venture into 2007-- "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." –Maria Robinson

Together you and I can help end prejudice and division and promote healing. As one mirror said to the other—"It’s all done with people!"

Thanks for walking with me!

Love,

Carol Lynn

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