[Magdalen] Traveling mercies

[Jay Weigel]

If we have any drama it will most likely happen tomorrow at the service.
She thinks she has some kind of "right" to show up.

Um, no. Just no. If he was "too much trouble" for her life, then not now.

On Friday, January 8, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, Mike, it really does, and as a hospital chaplain I saw it all!
> One patient was in the ICU after a serious accident, and three different
> women showed up at various times, claiming to be his wife. Because of
> rotating staff, we didn't figure it out right away.  One was his ex-wife,
> one his current wife, and one his girlfriend!
>
> I hope and pray for Jay's sake that they were spared any drama.
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:03 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > >>>Yes. He supported her through all her addiction problems, but as soon
> as
> > she got past those, she dumped him, saying he was "too much" for her to
> > deal with and she had to "save herself". Now she wants to play the
> grieving
> > widow. Big drama queen.<<<
> >
> > Wow.  This apparently really does happen in real life.  When my brother
> > died, his ex-wife, from whom he'd been estranged for six years before the
> > divorce and suffered the racism of after (he married a black friend from
> > work), made sure to show up, not just at the funeral parlor to weep and
> > wail like a Greek chorus with a southern accent, but even before that at
> > the hospital when he was dying, acting like she was his wife and not his
> > actual wife who was right there in front of her.  Amazing.
> >
> > Prayers, Jay, for you and all.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
> Dorothy Day*
>