2002 - “Pillar to Post” (Linda’s Mother Often Muttered), Return from China. Clouds of Uncertainty, No Jobs, Nowhere to Live, Whether to Divorce; Impact On Alia
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Linda in the next years moved with her practice from Conifer, working inside but independently within a chiropractor’s office. She developed a thriving Worker’s Compensation acupuncture referral practice, starting with Paul referring from his own Occupational Medicine HealthOne clinic. In that sense, so long as she remained independent, they worked together and collaborated. But even with Paul helping her nascent independent practice, Linda would accept little of it, and then she accepted none of it. At one point Paul joined an integrated medicine group practice, chiropractors, Ayurvedic medicine, Yoga Therapy, functional medicine, and three medical doctors. Linda came in to do acupuncture for a time. But her steady course led higher.
From 2001 until 2004 they tried staying together, or at least still living in the same household. It was hard for Alia in the face of the growing conflict between her parents, and the next few years were perhaps among the toughest in her life. Her parents hoped so, hoped she’d never have to go through similar trials and travails ever again.
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