[Magdalen] A prayer, please

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for your health and that your anxiety will abate.

I look forward to your further introduction.

I am Ginga Wilder and I have lived in Summerville, SC ny entire life,
except for 18 months in Colorado when my husband was in the Army.  I am a
68 y.o.. Episcopalian who stayed with The Episcopal Church when the bishop,
most clergy and parishioners broke with TEC to form a nondenominational
stand alone church.  My friends and I (7 strong) vowed to reorganize an
Episcopal parish in Summerville.   We did just that.  That was nearly 3
years ago in October. I am senior warden of this congregation and serve on
the Standing Committee of the reorganized diocese (The Episcopal Church in
SC).  Yesterday morning, in our brand new church space behing a CPA office,
we worshipped with 86 Episcopalians.  Other than having enormous love and
committment to following Jesus in the Episcopal tradition, I am married to
John for 47 years, have 3 adult children in NC and DE, 4 grandchildren, and
still work a little as a marriage and family therapist.  Our sons live in
Charlotte, one with Hearst Media and the other as a professor of Psychology
at Wingate University.  Our daughter lives in DE and is an Episcopal
priest.  I am a yellow dog Democrat and enjoy following politics.  I do not
enjoy arguing about anything and will quickly drop out of such
conversations.

Welcome, Arthur.  Again, you have my prayers.

Ging

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Welcome, Arthur. Prayers for calm acceptance.   I had polio as a child
> which left me, among other things, with a withered arm which hangs out of
> the socket. Several years ago I had a routine chest exam. When the nurse
> called me at home to give me the results of the x-ray she asked if I knew I
> had a dislocated shoulder. Duh!
>
> Esther
>
>
> On 8/30/2015 9:39 PM, Arthur Laurent wrote:
>
>> Latest blood work brought a value that was a bit high for my PCP (though
>> it's been bouncing around those high normal numbers for five or so years).
>> So off to the nephrologist I went.
>>
>> He ordered a bunch of tests. In the first test (about 45 minutes into a
>> renal sonogram beginning at 7 this morning), the resident asked me, "Has
>> anyone ever told you you don't have a right kidney?"  I laughed, because it
>> reminded me of the time my cardiologist asked, "Has anyone ever told you
>> you have atrial fibrillation?
>>
>> (Why would anyone other than a specialist tell you information like that?)
>>
>> Funny I hadn't known that. I was in the Service for 7 years, and nobody
>> ever mentioned a missing kidney to me. I would have thought Navy doctors
>> would have been more thorough.
>>
>> It freaked me out, (maybe it was the dark lights and the cold slimy
>> gel...) though I'm a lot more calm now. Since I've apparently never had a
>> right kidney, I'll refine what I'm doing/eating now to minimize stress of
>> my kidney. And I suppose I shouldn't expect to live more than another 61
>> years.
>>
>> Please pray for my calm acceptance of this, or whatever else the Spirit
>> might prompt you to pray for. Presumably if God wants me healed, He'll do
>> it. I'll settle for just being calm accepting about it.
>>
>> Thanks for all prayers and good thoughts.
>>
>> (An exciting first post, no? Ha Ha Ha)
>>
>> Arthur
>>
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