[Magdalen] October status

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for each one, Cady, and also for you.  As Jay says, that's a lot.

I will miss seeing you at the PB do.

Ginga

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, that's a lot of prayers, Cady! We'll certainly all do our best.
>
> My dad spent his last 6 weeks in a VA home in Knoxville and we could not
> have asked for a better place for him to be. The care he received was
> wonderful! They even allowed his beloved pug to come and visit him. In
> fact, the last picture I have of him is with her curled up on his bed.
>
> Amazing about your MIL. That sort of thing is usually very damaging and can
> be fatal.
>
> Interim times can be difficult, but so glad you have a good interim. My
> former parish is going through this again, after they thought they'd had it
> done with the first time.
>
> As a late bloomer myself, I can sympathize greatly with Samantha. I had
> some Bad Things happen to me along the way too. It takes time to recover
> but with support, she will. Flowers will bloom, but when they are supposed
> to, not always when we want them to. Hugs for mom and daughter too from one
> who has been there and done that myself *and* with a daughter.
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:41 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear ones,
> >
> > I did not "win the lottery" for a ticket to the Presiding Bishop-Elect
> > Michael Curry event. Some favorite times have been meeting list sibs
> > at the National Cathedral for various events. Disappointed to miss it.
> >
> > Prayers for comfort for my father Alan Soukup requested. My father's
> > health has been declining. At 92, he has not only slowed down but
> > nearly stopped - just in time to miss his Honor Flight (as a WWII Navy
> > Veteran, deployed on a mine sweeper in the Pacific) to Washington, DC.
> > He is no longer able to live at home under my brother's loving care.
> > He has a space in a VA home, but is not currently well enough to be
> > transferred.
> >
> > Prayers for thanksgiving for my mother-in-law Shirley Grover. Her
> > health has been declining. She had a blood clot in her femoral artery
> > and refused to have it treated. Her children and grandchildren were
> > all notified, some visits, many phone calls & packages, she received a
> > lot of attention. She has rallied and her spirits and health have
> > improved. We are amazing creatures!
> >
> > Prayers for the rector search for Trinity Episcopal Church,
> > Washington, VA. We have a good interim rector, Bill Queen from
> > Richmond, VA, thank you to the hard work Michael Mahoney put in as the
> > Senior Warden last year. There is a lot yet to do. May our rural
> > parish continue to do well in a very small county where the only
> > demographic increase is "young" retired people.
> >
> > Finally, prayers of encouragement and discernment for my daughter
> > Samantha Landrum. She returns home in November from far northern
> > Arizona, where she has been working at Lees Ferry Lodge for almost 2
> > years. She is mostly recovered from her disastrous first semester at
> > college (during which a very evil thing happened to her, shattering
> > her sense of self and self worth). She may stay in Virginia rather
> > than return to Arizona. A mother can only hope and pray for the best.
> >
> > Thank you all,
> >
> > hugs too - Cady
> >
>