[Magdalen] IMO

[Jay Weigel]

While going through stuff at my parents' house, I came across the letter my
dad wrote to my mom when he learned he would be (finally!) rotated home
from Japan in 1946. It begins, "My dearest girl, I am coming home!"
I selfishly took that one home for myself. I'll probably share it with my
brothers eventually when he who is collating gets around to collating.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mcepeda514 at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> 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.
> He
> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','michaudme at gmail.com');>>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:18 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','houstonklr at gmail.com');>> wrote:
> >> I think I will begin doing that for my mom and dad.
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>