[Magdalen] a death in the family--prayers please

[Jon Egger]

Sistah Jay, I am so sorry to hear about this. Dawn tells me that the young
vets coming home are so sad that 22 to 38 commit suicide every day.  I'm
sad and angry about this.

In some ways my retirement was a gift.  We were starting to get some of
these young service people in our MICU, and most were 5 years younger than
my kids.  I could not deal with much of that, so I was glad to be retired.

I will pray for Adam, his friends, and family...and especially for you.
Mourn well, my dear friend.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Eileen Kinney via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Please know  that I send prayers up for Adam and all of you that love  him
> so much.  I am very sorry.
> Eileen In Northern Illinois
>
>
> In a message dated 12/29/2015 4:35:26 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>
> Dear  pubbies, I wanted to let you know that my son Adam, for whom we've
> all
> been  praying very hard this past year or so, could no longer bear the pain
> he  was dealing with and took his life today.  Very strangely, I was
> almost
> not surprised when Jonathan called to tell me. I feel like I have  been
> watching this coming for the last year, almost like watching an  accident
> happening in slow motion.
>
> Jonathan is taking this very  hard. He and Betsy have tried so hard to help
> Adam and he especially feels  like he failed him somehow. I tried to tell
> him that he did all he could  but sometimes you just can't help. I haven't
> talked to Betsy yet. She and  Adam were very close and this coming on top
> of
> losing her dad and her  grandmother in the last couple of years is bound to
> be another blow. It's  also going to be very hard on Isaak and on Betsy's
> boys, who loved their  Uncle Adam dearly.
>
> I don't know what arrangements will be. The only  request Adam made was
> that
> he be buried in a Veterans'  cemetery.
>
>