FEMININE DIVINE
by Jessi Lane Patient Advocate
Jessi Lane, Patient Advocate is a writer and Oklahoma cannabis industry professional since 2018. She is a Certified Cannacian III and Trichome Institute Certified Cannabis Consultant with a “full spectrum” Postpartum Wellness background.
mother, Lupe, that Lally would rekindle and reconnect with her customs, opening that legacy lifeline for Theresa and her children. “I will never be a Gatekeeper,” she tells us. Theresa understands her role is to amplify the voices of those who are directly affected by racism and bigotry.
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“Good morning, beauties. Rise to shine!” This is the way Theresa Goughenour, owner and operator of The Magic Dragonfly Farm, begins each new day; by inspiring those that lean into her, be it friend or flower. When you walk into a Latina’s home, you better bring your appetite. This is certainly the case when visiting Harmony Star Farm, the sprawling 80-acre property that includes a private lake. “When I found this house it had no roof, no doors. The wood floors were good, but no water or power,” she tells us. This house and the farm have been a labor of love. Beautiful Avocado toast with fresh spinach, tomatoes, and fruit that looked like it fell right off the cover of Food & Wine was served at a large welcoming kitchen table big enough to comfortably feed 12 people. Big enough for Theresa to unpack the journey and transformation that is The Magic Dragonfly Farm. Theresa is a spicy mother of 4 from Kent Island, Maryland, with which her Marylander accent still lingers. Born in Guam, Theresa grew up in Southern California and was raised in a holistically practicing home by Patricia Lally, the current Director of Racial Equity Works for the Greater Seattle Area. Lally has served as the Director of the city of Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights and as Assistant US Attorney where she was responsible for over 300 grand jury presentations leading to felony indictments. Lally and her three siblings are very accomplished in the Western sense, all of them becoming doctors or lawyers. While education was clearly very important, they were not brought up with Mexican traditions and were instructed to only use English in the house as they were whitewashed to assimilate. It wasn’t until the passing of Theresa’s Grand-
Maryl a n d when her then spouse was transferred for work. They chose to build a sprawling, marbled home in the Maple Ridge neighborhood of Owasso purely by selecting its location on a map. “There was water, and there was land,” she recalls. She quickly found she was a - albeit beautiful and rare - fish swimming against the current that is the typical nuclear family Owasso culture. Upon deciding to homeschool she told her son Jack, who happens to be neurodivergent, “I’m not gonna make you change to fit in.” Theresa found like-minded mothers in crunchy mom groups but wasn’t fond of the cultural appropriation and gatekeeping she witnessed. Theresa was interested in holistic living without the mom-shaming. She had grown to love Great Pyrenees dogs and got the crunchy idea to weave her dog’s hair into a woven wrap. But in typical Theresa fashion, she wanted to learn to use the loom herself, so she purchased one. However, Theresa hated spinning and - ever the environmentalist - she hated the waste this craft produced even more. She created wool dryer balls and learned to extract lanolin, commonly used
