[Magdalen] Thanksgiving--Swamp Mom-in-Law!

[Ginga Wilder]

Oh, Joy!

My study group is reading a study book called Living the Resurrection -
Reflections after Easter by C. Franklin Brookhart, Bishop of Montana.  It
is a wonderful study, and Michael's story certainly indicates he lives the
Resurrection.  Alleluia!!

Ginga

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Indeed a wonderful tale!
> Rejoicing for all and Swamp mama too!
> Lynn
>
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:01 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great story, Jay.
>
> > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Prayers of thanksgiving are in order for the last of my Swamp Rats to get
> > married. Michael Jones, who was one of the first Swamp Rats, married
> Kelly
> > Loveday on Saturday last. I can now breathe a sigh of relief <g>
> >
> > Michael my Adam got in and out f scrapes together through high school but
> > somehow survived them. They worked at Dollywood in the summers, played
> loud
> > music in the basement, chased girls, and of course managed to endear
> > themselves (and irritate) several sets of parents. Then Michael split off
> > from the group and dropped out of sight. By his own account (told to me a
> > year and a half ago) he got heavily into drugs and dropped out of school
> > his last semester. One day, he said, he woke up in a nasty house, looked
> > around, and wondered what he was doing. He somehow managed to get himself
> > together enough to call his mom and ask if he could come home. She told
> him
> > only if he went to detox and got good and clean first...which he did.
> After
> > that he straightened up, took the money his grandparents offered, and
> went
> > off to the evangelical college they specified, where he spent three years
> > before transferring to UT to earn his degree in English...,magna, he told
> > me, without pride. He also embarked on a brief, ill-fated marriage to a
> > girl he'd met at the evangelical college, which lasted about 3 years.
> After
> > UT, he headed for New England and a master's at Emerson, then a PhD in
> > English Lit at UConn, where he taught for a number of years. He moved
> back
> > to Tennessee several years ago when his mother became ill and has been
> > living there and teaching at ETSU and looking after his stepdad (who was
> my
> > P&A instructor) since. I don't know exactly how long he and Kelly have
> been
> > an item. but I'm delighted that they are now married.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan
>