[Magdalen] another phase

[Grace Cangialosi]

I love the Baldwin quote, Jon.

> On Dec 5, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Since I've gotten ill, I've gotten great comfort in the oddest place: the
> prose and poetry of Charles Bukowski.  He can be brutal and ugly, but his
> words keep me going.  A few:
> 
> "We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death
> will tremble to take us."
> "What matters most is how we walk through the fire."
> 
> This quote from James Baldwin means a lot to me now, too:
> 
> "For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed;
> the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does
> not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we
> are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The
> sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling
> to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the
> light goes out."
> 
> 
> 
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Prayers with you and Dawn as you go down this path.  Confronting one's own
>> mortality is one of the hardest things we can do.
>> 
>> Eleanor
>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Listmates,
>>> Yesterday a mutual friend of ours, Deacon Beck Schubert, one of our
>> senior
>>> deacons, stopped by to see us.   What happened when she visited was a
>> small
>>> surprise, but one that Dawn and I had talked about.  Beck works for Grace
>>> Hospice as a chaplain:  http://gracehospicellc.com/
>>> 
>>> After much talk and tears I agreed to hospice.  Beck assured me that
>> she's
>>> had hospice patients for nearly four years...and please know, I don't
>> think
>>> I'm anywhere near death.  The Nurse Practitioner visits us tomorrow for a
>>> medical intake and to get the ball rolling on their services.  This was a
>>> huge relief for Dawn, and now ornery me is accepting it as well.
>> <grumble
>>> grumble>
>>> 
>>> My main issues are mobility.  I use a cane because I get very dizzy
>>> sometimes when walking and have fallen a lot.  Their on-call people would
>>> come to help Dawn when I fall...but when I have fallen I always get up.
>>> 
>>> Beck had a 'come to Jesus" meeting with me about how difficult it is for
>>> helpers to ask for help.  Of course, she was right.
>>> 
>>> I'll have more to report after the intake tomorrow.
>>> +++
>>> Grace & peace,
>>> jon
>>