Tribute to Daphne

Okay. Daphne is my sister. She is the inspiration and the partner for my life's work. Just after she was born, it became apparent that due to chromosomal abnormalities definitely would not have a normal course of development. She did not develop language nor the motor control required for self care skills.

Her phenomenal sensitivity to music was the only source of comfort to the pain that she could not verbalize. Growing up together, sharing the same bedroom I sang to Daphne, now she is age 55 in the Texas state schools since age 12 and Daphne continues to teach me and valuable life lessons. One, the body does not define the person. Two, it's not possible to heal another three. Every spirit has a unique vibrational frequency and four there are countless ways to communicate. In addition to speech, dream thoughts, presence, gaze, touch and heart song. This dance embodies our relationship [inaudible]. Yeah. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]. All my life, I had been told that Daphne had chromosomal abnormalities, that something was wrong with her.

And as a result of making this recording on November 14th, 2013 I had the courage and the interest to ask what was the reason for Daphne's condition? Something I had been afraid to ask before. And what I learned was that she actually had developed quite normally right up until birth, and that it was a medical misdiagnosis. There were some mistakes made at her birth, which contributes to her current condition. Recognizing that now it's a powerful recognition and reframes my entire life and my understanding of it.

It also is a powerful reframing of our partnership and our collaboration, recognizing that Daphne has so much courage to stay present and to stay embodied and to keep her heart open, to teach me.