[Magdalen] damned sarc

[Georgia DuBose]

Life isn't fair, life isn't easy, and people die.....hard wisdom that
we wish those we love could avoid.

As best we can, "electronically," we are walking the path with you,
and wishing that we did not have to do so...for your sake, and for the
sake of grandchildren who need to know you.

Do what a friend of mine did, if you think it would help, and leave a
recording for your grandchildren, telling them how much you love them,
and that you will always be loving them and praying for them in the
Body of Christ. Show them things that have meant a lot to you, include
pictures of your children (their parents) and what they were like when
they were little ones. I don't know if you are feeling up to this
right now, but it is a very meaningful process if you can do it. One
of your kids, or Dawn, can interview you--it is easier to have
questions to answer.

You are in my prayers. I have also asked our very prayerful and
wonderful deacon, Steve Avery, to pray for you.

Love,

Georgia+



On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> My friends,
> This thing called "Sarcoidosis:  The Thing That Kills You Slowly," has
> taken more from me in the past two weeks.  Pain meds that have worked
> wonders for me are now doing nothing for this pain. My vision is getting
> worse, my spelling is worse, and my shortness of breath is worse. I have
> trouble holding things and dropping said things, and the only thing I can
> do is vent about it.
>
> My nurse, who is very good, was sad last Friday when I told her that my
> prayer, every night, is that God take me while I sleep.  When I saw Annie
> and Ben last week (Pizza and Documentaries) I told them I want to live to
> see a grandson! They want a boy and have already have a name for him:
> Joseph Zephaniah Afton,  Joe after my dad and Zephaniah because it's
> Annie's favorite Book of the Bible.
>
> Thank you for letting me vent. Naively, and with 30 years of nursing under
> my belt, I hadn't realized how how difficult it is to die. I'm reminded of
> our first lecture in Nursing 101, delivered by Mrs. Audrey Fay: "Whether
> you graduate and get a nursing license, or wash out for whatever reason,
> you will learn three things: Life isn't fair, life isn't easy, and people
> die."
> Grace and peace,
> jon