[Magdalen] One down

[Ginga Wilder]

Praying, Jay.  Hope today was not too difficult for you.  So sad.  Sending
much love your way.

Ginga

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
wrote:

> Jay, reading this brought me to teary-eyed gratitude.  I'm so glad it all
> went well.  I'm so glad you had some of those holy moments that we only
> notice when things are TERRIBLE.  You've been in my thoughts and prayers,
> and today before I got to this post, I was wondering how you were doing.
> I'm just so sorry.  I've said "so" a lot in this note, but I feel very
> emotional about and for you, as you might imagine.  Welcome to the club,
> sister -- that club that nobody wants to be a member of.
>
> Love,
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:59 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Today was my Adam's funeral service in the church where he was baptized
> and
> > brought up and where he was an acolyte for many years. It was a most
> > amazing day, though a very hard one. We began receiving friends an hour
> > before the service and I was absoutely dumfounded by how many people
> showed
> > up. There were people I hadn't seen in years, some since he was a little
> > boy, some since his high school days, others I only knew from him talking
> > about them, some I didn't know at all. The Swamp Rats turned out in
> force,
> > minus only two who live some distance away, and even the other
> > local surviving Swamp Mom and Swamp Dad (different families). His buddies
> > from the Guard were there, even those who had drill this weekend and
> could
> > only beg off long enough to stop by and pay  their respects to the
> family.
> > One of my brothers was able to fly in from San Francisco. The flowers
> were
> > done by a friend who had known Adam since he was a teenager and had cut
> his
> > hair numerous times and done flowers for all family occasions. The
> service
> > was performed by a deacon who'd known him since he was a litte guy in
> > diapers. Lectors were old choir buddies of mine, and eulogies were given
> by
> > Betsy's husband and one of Adam's closest friends (and my other-son) who
> is
> > a career Army NCO. John touched on the sucide rate of Iraq and
> Afghanistan
> > veterans very effectively in his talk and I was grateful for that. It was
> > an incredibly hard but very beautiful day but I wish I didn't have to do
> > it. This whole business just sucks. Monday I have to bury my boy and
> > I'll have to leave him behind here in Tennessee when I go back to
> Virginia.
> > This is just WRONG.
> >
>