The Journey Daybook, Inc.

This month our Alumni Adventure held its set date of 16 September. The annual Pirate Invasion was cancelled because the Pirates were need to do their volunteer work helping Irma survivors elsewhere in Florida; however the weekend will be rescheduled to December 1-3. Six of us were beautifully organized in City Park by Patty. After one and a half hours of work and a lovely lunch provided by our precious Martin and Terry at 1842: The Daily Grind, we settled for a very meaningful Review. Overwhelmingly, although none of us was affected in large measure, it was agreed that we were all exhausted emotionally and physically from the aftereffects of the hurricane. Robin even spent several hours in the early morning working on the “Coastal Cleanup” project! All of us had small and inconvenient damage of some kind: a damaged shed, leaks, broken and downed trees, days without electricity, etc. Without realizing it, most of our work reflected our feelings around this tremendous storm and the huge damage that it caused. As we talked about our pages, we were astounded to realize the effects of Irma on our psyches. Everyone’s pages showed something of our individual disturbance, once again, showing us the therapeutic value of the Journey Daybook Process.