[Magdalen] A prayer, please

[Jay Weigel]

Hi, Arthur. One of my nursing instructors had only one kidney, and she
pointed out to us that she was a pretty good example that one is all you
need! I also functioned with just one for several years due to something
going on in my insides which is too complicated to get into here, but that
was fixed and it's working again now. Prayers that your one continues to
sustain you as it has for this long

I'm Jay Weigel, currently resident in the rural Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia where I live with my significant other out in the country among
the cows and the Mennonites. I'm a retired RN, now a jewelry designer,
mother of three and grandmother to three fantastic grandsons. Baptized
Episcopalian somewhat by accident, I became one by choice at the age of 8
but now worship with Lutherans for somewhat complicated reasons, though
that is subject to change. I'm also one of the keepers of the list's prayer
request summary. In addition to jewelry design, I'm interested in
astronomy, genealogy, history, and languages.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> Arthur, I am Molly Wolf of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, and I add my
> prayers.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Aug 31, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Arthur, I am Marilyn Cepeda currently resident of Mobile, Alabama. I send
> > my welcome and my prayers.
> >
> > M
> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:49 AM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> A
> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 7:30 AM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Welcome Arthur.  You have my prayers.  I am a long time member here,
> but
> >>> posting less often in the last year.  I have a geodesic dome for sale
> on a
> >>> small lake in Michigan.  You could pray for its sale.
> >>>
> >>> I am married to an Episcopal priest who at 85 still works every Sunday.
> >>> We
> >>> have 4 sons, the oldest is chancellor of our diocese.  This past
> week-end
> >>> we visited a grandson in Chicago.  He is newly enrolled at Roosevelt
> >>> University and a baseball player.  RU's urban campus is a huge culture
> >>> shock for him.  Classes and baseball will be the comfortable parts of
> his
> >>> life.
> >>>
> >>> We also visited my favorite Episcopal church ever, St. Paul and the
> >>> Redeemer.  For their 10 am service they had to add extra seating and
> ran
> >>> out of bulletins.  There had been a shooting/killing on the usually
> quiet
> >>> corner where the church is.  The rector preached a phenomenal sermon.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.sp-r.org/download_file/view_inline/1588/399/
> >>>
> >>> There was great music from diverse cultures, African drumming at the
> >>> gospel
> >>> procession; familiar hymn tunes Ton-Y-Botel and Tidings; Leaning on the
> >>> Everlasting Arms; chanted psalm.  All well done.  The service included
> >>> lots
> >>> of announcements.  No one appeared to be in a hurry to leave.
> >>>
> >>> As we drove back to Michigan I said to Bill (my husband) "What would it
> >>> take to be there every Sunday?"  Too bad we can't afford a pied a
> terre in
> >>> Chicago.
> >>>
> >>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> >>> Western Michigan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> >>> Western Michigan
> >> --
> > Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
> > Mobile, Alabama
>