A TREE WITH MY NAME ON IT: Finding a Way Home

by Victress Hitchcock

A Tree With My Name On It, is a memoir set at the end of the twentieth century when the author and her husband left their familiar urban life and moved to a hundred-year-old homestead on 160 acres in a remote mountain valley in the Colorado Rockies. Within months, their lives unraveled, and out of the wreckage a path opened to a radically new way to be in the world, alive with both joy and sorrow. Guided by a rich concoction of Buddhist insight and horse sense, a deep friendship with a woman born on the ranch, and the unlikely support of a prison meditation group, Victress began a journey that broke open her heart, shattered old concepts and defenses, and loosened the grip of lifelong fears that bound her.

 This is a story told with humor and grace that will resonate with anyone who has reached that moment in their lives when they are ready to tear off the bandage, and take a deep look at the old wounds, assumptions, and fears that have been holding them hostage for too long.