[Magdalen] Prayer request (Kathy)

[Ginga Wilder]

You have my prayers, Kristin.  This is all so hard.  May your mother's
passing into the life to come be peaceful and painless.

Ginga Wilder

On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 5:00 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh dear! This must be very difficult for you on so many levels. We are
> thinking of you and your Mom.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure how to write about this situation, so I will just write.
> >
> > Earlier this week, my mother (Kathy) was admitted to hospital. And…it
> > seems like this is the end. Just over five years ago, she received the
> > news that her cancer had returned and was given a one-year prognosis.
> > The passport I renewed on that trip has now expired.
> >
> > I am here, hundreds of miles away, living in another country, and with
> > an expired passport. Our move is only partially complete, and we have
> > two weeks to finish getting our old place ready to be turned over. There
> > is no way I am traveling home any time soon.
> >
> > And… there is the complications of my relationship with her. I had
> > always been really close to her. But… that disappeared over the last few
> > years. My guess is that my coming out factored into it, though she
> > denied that. That certainly changes the emotions I am feeling around
> > this.
> >
> > As for Mom's condition, as well as cancer, there is necrotizing
> > fasciitis. Her doctor said Thursday evening that he didn't believe she
> > had any more than a week left, and that the only thing they can do for
> > her at this point is to keep her pain at bay. This morning's message was
> > that she is no longer eating or drinking by mouth. And that yesterday,
> > she did not speak to anyone, sleeping most of the time. It sounds close
> > enough that each time I see my a family member's name in one of my
> > inboxes, I am expecting it to be The News.
> >
> > So prayers, please, that she moves from this life in peace and in as
> > little pain as possible. Prayers for my family who have gathered there.
> > And prayers for me, as I navigate my complicated reaction from afar.
> >
> > Kristin
> >
> > --
> >   Kristin Rollins
> >   kristin at verumsolum.com
> >   Chesapeake, VA
> >
>