[Magdalen] Prayers, for me, and Dawn

[Lynn Ronkainen]

prayers for 'things' winging your way... each of us has to learn our own 
personal lessons about things... I'm still a novice, after a huge 'stuff 
dump' after my divorce and move almost 8 years ago.... now I've added 
'things' of my mom's as I've 'de-thinged' her condo (bags and boxes of 
things I could not believe had, saved, or even realized she had hung on 
to)... one thing I do know is that each and every one of us has a different 
relationship with our things, many of which we do not even regard as 
'things' but as a part of us.... my prayers are that you and Dawn are each 
able deal with your own 'things'  in your own ways.... maybe even packing 
some 'things' away and keeping them for a while before revisiting in less 
stressful times allowing one to look with different eyes of the heart then 
at this time of great transition.

hugs from a far
Lynn

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ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 7:13 PM
To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Prayers, for me, and Dawn

> Listmates, we move this coming Monday to our ground level, no stairs
> apartment.  I will be happy to be IN Kansas City finally.
>
> The things I have are simply things and I have no attachment to them.  My
> daughter gets some things, my son gets some things, and I'm getting rid of
> my amazing collection of Dylanalia that I have.  What I need is packable 
> in
> just a few boxes.
>
> Dawn has attachments to
> ​ her> 
> things thatI don't comprehend.  She's saved tons of stuff and I have
> reminded her that we are downsi​zing​, and we end up arguing things.  I
> have photos of my folks that are simply photos of my folks...they serve me
> no purpose, yet Dawn berates me for not saving them for my kids.​  My
> things will take about 3 hours to pack up
> ​, and that's it.
>
> Listmates, stuff is stuff, and I'm sick of "grrrrrring" under my breath.
>
> I ask your prayers for us as we move.
>
>
> ​+++
>
> Grace & peace,
> jon