[Magdalen] IMO

[Marilyn Cepeda]

It makes me sad to think about it!  I have wonderful letters between my
parents during the war and letters from others in the family. We write so
rarely these days that my children
Will have few clues to my life.

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> In going through three boxes of correspondence dating from the 1950s
> through the early 2000s I just recently came across *all* the information
> and letters of condolences that my mom received/kept from when my father
> died (Jan 1975). She had lists of people to thank for contributions to a
> charity she had named in the obit. ...and many letters from people who were
> friends of my family, now all deceased themselves, who spontaneously wrote
> to my 51 year old mom about the sudden and unexpected death of my 53 year
> old father and their friend. These notes had such a powerful effect on me,
> just reading them.  I had been married a year and lived a day's drive away,
> and had not lived at home for 5 years. I went back home and lived in a kind
> of vacuum regarding my dad's sudden death, and  'moved on' without much
> grieving because of the distance and separation from my own family, a new
> marriage and work. These notes and letters brought me a realization that my
> mom lived many days (months, and years) with the grief and 'what might have
> been/what was supposed to have been, but was also surrounded by so many
> people who loved her.
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:18 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] IMO
>
> Yes, it's a good thing and it feels wonderful.
>> A good way to deal with an annual experience of grief & loss.
>> -M
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think I will begin doing that for my mom and dad.
>>
>
>

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Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda