[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Marion Thompson]

An update on this prayer request:  Yes, stress and more recently coupled 
with stomach problems.  So now, having given up the job, he is 
unemployed again, which rachets up the poverty anxieties even more.  
He's depressed.  I'm depressed.  What's new?

Marion, a pilgrim


On 9/16/2016 1:42 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
> This is for my son, Chris, for an upturn in his affairs.  He phoned 
> this morning. "What's up?" I asked, because there is always something 
> up.  "Do we have a history of heart problems in the family?"  "No."  
> So, for the last long time he has had irregular heart rhythmn.  
> "Stress!" I immediately said.  He saw a doctor yesterday and ya-da 
> ya-da.  Not clear that he thought to suggest stress, but that's where 
> my money is.  That medical exploration isn't over.   His crazy and 
> difficult ex, his irresponsible nominal student daughter who's living 
> with him and who is a financial drain as well as a worry, his working 
> virtually for minimum wage although they keep promising upgrades and 
> the possibility of F.T.E., all round and round in an endless cycle.
>
> On the brighter side, he has just made contact with a former colleague 
> in the high-end car business and that may well come to something.  He 
> has just done two TV auditions and has a call-back for one.
>
> Really, he is so over-due for a positive and permanent turn-around!  
> Mothers never stop worrying.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>