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

[Georgia DuBose]

Dear Jay,

Wearing the blue lapis pendant to remind me to pray without ceasing, I wish
I could come and sit with you.

Thanking God for the loving efforts of Jonathan and Betsy, praying for them
and for Isaak, and for the kids, who may wonder why loving Adam "was not
enough." (Having been through this with a priest friend in West Virginia
exactly one year ago, I know some of the questions that can arise.)

I will say the Vigil for Adam now. I am so desperately sorry.

Love,

Georgia+

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>