Watching the Ocean

We saw whales today.

We were watching the blue ocean
when suddenly, unexpected,
an ellipse of darkness,
a plume of white,
reminding us
of the enormous world
beneath the surface.

We were just remembering: five years ago, in August, we were vacationing here at Sea Ranch, sitting on the deck, watching the ocean.

Back at home, we had just started therapy, had just learned that we had DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder.  We are remembering: five years ago, we didn't know what DID therapy was about.

We had no idea what we were in for.

Sara