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

[Jay Weigel]

No, we're planning the funeral for next week and I'll go then. Adam wanted
his body sent to the VA for study first. He thought something might be
learned. *Something* happened to him on his second tour that he never would
talk about and he received a Bronze Star (which I didn't even know). I
think he might have had some head trauma, possibly from a nearby explosion,
or exposure to burning oil wells, something of the sort, as well as
whatever caused his PTSD.

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jay, I just saw your post on FB--it's lovely. I'm keeping all of you in my
> prayers. Are you in TN now?
>
> > On Dec 30, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sally, that is absolutely beautiful. I would like to use it on the
> Facebook
> > post I am preparing about him, and also in the funeral bulletin. It
> > expresses so well what I feel. Thank you.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm so sorry to hear this, Jay. May God bless and comfort you and
> everyone
> >> who loved Adam.
> >>
> >> He may only have fallen now, but he's fallen in battle just the same.
> "At
> >> the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them".
> >>
> >> May whatever was bright about his life continue to shine in the lives of
> >> those who remember, and the darkness he walked through be forgotten in
> the
> >> everlasting Light.
> >>
> >> Sally D
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> >> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I recall a death mentioned on this or some such list a few years ago,
> and
> >>> the person was not what we would call a member of the faithful
> >>>
> >>> A person commented what a wonderful moment awaited them when, in utter
> >>> astonishment, they stepped out of their earthly bonds into eternity and
> >>> discovered the love awaiting them with open arms. I like that image
> very
> >>> much.
> >>>
> >>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> >>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> preserved,
> >>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com
> >>> <javascript:;>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I am so sorry Jay. We will pray for his repose at our Theophany
> Liturgy
> >>> on
> >>>> Sunday. May his memory be eternal and may God lift him gently into His
> >>>> expanded life where there is no sorrow or crying!
> >>>>
> >>>> Joe
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> >>>>> Sent: Dec 29, 2015 5:35 PM
> >>>>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>" <
> >>> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>, Jay Weigel <
> >>>> jay.weigel at gmail.com <javascript:;>>, L R <houstonklr at gmail.com
> >>> <javascript:;>>
> >>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] a death in the family--prayers please
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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.
> >>
>