[Magdalen] Mom's 80th birthday

[Lynn Ronkainen]

do you still have a key? Bring her breakfast in bed on her birthday from 
wherever you end up staying....
Lynn, on the fly

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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:09 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mom's 80th birthday

> Thanks, Mike. Yes, I'd want us to spend max time with Mom and not use
> the hotel as a way to minimize it. I'm thinking stay up with Mom
> catching up on Friday, meet her for breakfast (on us) Saturday
> morning, and then we have the dinner event at 3. Hang out, then church
> in the morning at Mom's church and homeward we go after that.
>
> Just don't want to feel like we're spurning Mom's hospitality or
> leaving her alone. If we're with her all day and evening, we won't be.
> (But she'll wake up alone on her 80th birthday, says The Voice in my
> mind...)
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:50 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 
> wrote:
>> I vote for the hotel, but stay as late as need be (till your mom goes to 
>> bed?) each day so as to fill it up for her with yourselves as much as 
>> possible.
>>
>> When Anna and I visited Mom this past June, if it weren't for the Sparks 
>> Nugget we'dve lost our minds.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA