Lindbergh described the feeling of being soothed by the rhythm of the waves and the freedom of quietly contemplating all that God was teaching her through the sights, smells, and sounds of the sea. Betty was amazed to read that she had the courage to leave her family and take a weeklong retreat to be alone and walk on the beach. She spoke of a solitude that could be therapeutic and life-giving rather than fearsome and debilitating.
She encouraged women to take time to care for themselves, to simplify their external lives, and spend some time each day being still, quiet, and inwardly attentive to their own feelings and longings and God’s presence with them. Lindbergh, married to a strong, famous, highly ambitious man, urged women to develop and live from their own unique center rather than being constantly drawn into and drained by their husbands’ energy. It touched a deep chord with many women by giving voice to their feelings when men were in charge of the family and all the cultural, economic, political, and religious systems. Popular author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, became a mentor of sorts to her through her best-selling book, Gift from the Sea.
In her mid-thirties, Betty struggled to keep her head above water when she found an unlikely friend who gave her a little hope that things could be different.
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