[Magdalen] Hospice

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

_The witness of illness (really!)_

A young woman who was suffering from a life-threatening illness wanted to
go to a graduate school in theology to study to be a parish minister. She
made an appointment with an admissions counselor who explained the
application process and gave her the necessary forms to complete.
 At the end of the meeting, the woman put her hands in the crutches she had
leaned against the admissions officer's desk.
"Do you think they'll accept me?"
"Yes," the college rep replied, "I really think they'll accept you."
"But I'm dying," she said.
"Well," the rep said, "we're all dying."
"But I'm really dying."
"Well, we are all really dying. I've never seen anyone not accepted because
they were really dying."
"Really?"
"Really. Maybe you are called to be here to help us all remember this truth
- that what we call 'living' is really 'dying.'"
"Really?" she asked again.
"Really."
[From "A poetic reflection: what we call living is really dying" by Minka
Shura Sprague, _The Living Pulpit_, July-September 1995.]

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, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This list will not be the same without you, Jon, but you will (eventually,
> perhaps not too soon) be in the glorious company of others of our number
> who have gone on before you. I'm sure they will be waiting to welcome you
> into those realms.
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My listsibs,
> >
> > After many thoughts and prayers, I was admitted to in-home hospice with
> > Crossroads Hospice and Palliative Care.
> >
> > This ornery deacon continues walking with Christ and prays that he may
> have
> > a good and peaceful death. I miss my folks, especially my father, and
> look
> > forward to seeing him again in this thing we call Heaven.
> >
> > I have pain most of the time, and finally admitted that I am tired of it.
> > I don't have much of an appetite, and sleep more and more every passing
> > day.
> > I love you all,
> > ​ornery 59 year old deacon ​
> >
> > --
> > Grace > Creed
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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