News about Lokita’s Blog
In August 2015, I started a blog to share the journey my late husband, Steve, and I embarked on as we faced a rare, aggressive, and chemo-resistant form of breast cancer. The blog was meant to document how we, as a tantric couple, navigated the diagnosis, treatment, and the profound impact it would have on our loving and marriage.
However, after my second chemotherapy infusion, tragedy struck. Steve was brutally gunned down and killed by three young homeless drug addicts when walking our dog on a popular hiking trail in Marin County, California. Coco, who was also shot, survived.
The blog evolved into a chronicle of the horror, trauma, and the impact of the murder and the cancer and their aftermath. Thousands of readers followed my story, witnessing my journey from utter devastation to eventual resurrection.
Time passed. Despite the grim prognosis I overcame the cancer, and the acute grief slowly began to fade. In July 2021, I decided to write a book about the entire experience.
Initially, I planned to transform my blog entries into a book. However, I soon realized that more wanted to be written, and some parts required expansion to create a cohesive narrative. So, I started afresh, revisiting what had already become my past. It was an intense yet rewarding process that ultimately led to the creation of Reaching for Sunrise: A Widow’s Memoir. Writing the book not only helped me find peace with everything that happened but also allowed me to let go even more.
Now that the book is published and I’m beginning to ponder ideas for my next project—perhaps a how-to guide—I’ve decided to remove the old blog entries from this site. If you’d like to read them, please feel free to reach out to me.
I’m delighted to conclude this post by sharing that I’m vibrantly alive, healthy, and inspired to embrace new adventures, living life ecstatically. My doghter Coco, at age 12 years and 7 months, continues to be my sweet, loving companion, though she’s been hard of hearing lately—or perhaps it’s just become “selective hearing”, as in: she hears what she wants to hear!
With lots of love,
Lokita ♥️
PS. Reaching for Sunrise is available as an ebook and audiobook, narrated by me, on this site, and in print and digital formats where books are sold.
If you really want to be more and more alive,
then come closer in every area of life with intensity and totality.
~ © Osho. Gratefully excerpted from Satyam Shivam Sundaram—Truth Godliness Beauty discourse #23
Dear Lokita
I enjoyed reading your book, you are a amazing writer. Do continue to write and keep me posted
Sending you so much love.
Mange tak 💞 dear Karin, sending love to you, too.
Sending love and hugs..Our chnce meeting in Costa Rica now has evolved into Bill and I following your journey of love, loss, and living..much love from Montana xoxo
Lovely to hear from you! Sending appreciation and hugs to you both 🤗🤗
Thank you for telling us so clearly about everything that happened. You worked through and bore the unbearable and showed us all something of what makes you a special person. I wish you the best of everything for the rest of your life, you deserve it.
Thank you so much, dear Anne. 💐
Dear Lokita,
I am excited to hear that a new book is in the works!
I don’t think dogs have “selective” hearing 😅
Our dog Willow is 13 now and lost her hearing over the last couple of years. She is pretty much deaf now, and we had to learn a different way to communicate with her.
At first, she was depressed when it started, but now she is fine. Sending lots of love to you and Coco! 💝
♥️ Thank you, dear Corinna. At first when Coco started not listening to me, I thought she didn’t want to listen; she’s quite headstrong. And she was still listening to others but not me. But now I’m pretty sure that her hearing is failing, and yes, I am learning new ways to communicate – handsigns, touches, movements. She responds well. Sending lots of love to you and your beloved, and to Willow 🐾
What an honor to have studied with you and Steve, and later, with you, at Omega Institute. Your joyful spirit is astounding! Sending lots of love to you and to Coco! Kate
Thank you, Kate 💕 sending love right back to you and Scott!
So good to hear from you Lokita. It seems so long ago that we were all up at Harbin “before” this Earth ride took a deep dive off the cliff! I love hearing that you are doing well and that Coco is still there for you. Hope life continues the blessings abundantly.
I wish you continued great love in all the many forms that Earth can bestow upon you. Hugs