I first met Reverend Violet at a Healing Circle during my first visit to the Lung Transplant Team at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. The powerful energy of her group filled me with hope and encouragement, spiritual awareness and strength to go forward with my intentions. One of my greatest one-on-one encounters with Rev. Violet was in the early days of my 12 day hospital stay following my bilateral lung transplant. Although I was doing very well, I did have some post-surgical issues and, as you can imagine, a tremendous overload of feelings and emotions. Fear to gratitude to joy to fear again. Rev. Violet brought with her an immediate sense of peace and calm. She allowed spirit to flow through her to minister to me. And her touch, both physical and spiritual, provided a healing balm to my body and my soul, allowing me to truly celebrate knowing her for two years now!