[Magdalen] Roland?

[Jay Weigel]

Prayers for those who stand, watch and wait at such a time as well as for
those who realise their physical body is becoming less able to support
their eternal spirit.

That is a lovely prayer, Roger.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for this update, Roger.  It rather sounds as if Roland is
> gradually slipping into the long sleep.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 3/30/2016 6:54 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
>
>> On 29/03/2016 20:46, Roger Stokes wrote:
>>
>>> On 29/03/2016 17:23, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seeing the birthday wishes for Peter reminded me that I've lost track
>>>> of Roland Orr. Is he still on the list?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't knoiw if he's still on the list but when I saw his Vicar in
>>> January she said he could get to church sometimes but his capacity to do
>>> anything is now very limited.  I have asked her to let me know if anything
>>> happens to him so I can let people know on the various lists he has been
>>> on.  I am sending her a bcc of this to check if there are any updates.
>>>
>>
>> I have just heard from Ruth, said Vicar with the following update (with
>> one obvious typo corrected):
>> "Roly got to church on Easter Sunday - he is still very determined to
>> come if he possibly can! He has now had several small strokes.
>> He dozes more now in the daytime. He is very quiet most of the time and
>> finds it hard to join in a conversation. He will sometimes suddenly ask a
>> question or make a statement that shows he has been listening, though this
>> is often a while after the conversation has moved on to a different topic."
>>
>> I am glad that he got to church at Easter but I know how hard it is on
>> friends and family when a loved one's like is slowly closing in on them.  I
>> can't remember Roland's wife's name but this must be extremely hard on her,
>> mentally even if not as physically hard as Jim's care for Marcy has been on
>> him.  Life can seem so cruel, especially as we witness the slow decline of
>> a loved one.  Prayers for those who stand, watch and wait at such a time as
>> well as for those who realise their physocal body is becoming less able to
>> support their eternal spirit.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
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