[Magdalen] Thanksgivings and prayers

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanksgivings that you were unscathed, Kristin, and prayers for your move.
Prayers also for your relative who is so ill in Canada.

Ginga

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On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Kristin prayers rising over Houston.... TBTG for all of the Godincidences
> surrounding your accident.
> peace
> Lynn
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> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Kristin Rollins" <kristin at verumsolum.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 5:53 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: [Magdalen] Thanksgivings and prayers
>
>
> From a Facebook post I just sent:
>>
>> First things first, amazingly I am OK. I literally walked away from this
>> crash, thanks to the side air bag, a doctor from Portsmouth Naval
>> Hospital who was on the scene immediately, and first responders from
>> Portsmouth. A couple of minor bumps and bruises is all.
>>
>> Now, to describe what happened:
>>
>> I was crossing Effingham Street, little more than a block from home,
>> when another driver hit me on the drivers side, there was a whole lot of
>> turning over, before I ended up with the van on its side with the
>> drivers side on the ground (so presumably there was about 270° of
>> rotation there).
>>
>> The biggest annoyance? My eyeglasses went missing. And the LensCrafters
>> we tried today didn't have any scheduled openings until Friday. So we'll
>> see if we have better luck phoning places tomorrow.
>>
>> Of course, there are plenty of other annoyances to do with contacting
>> insurance and rental car company, etc (despite everybody we spoke to
>> being wonderful), and dealing with figuring out what will succeed Carmen
>> for our transportation needs.
>>
>> And, of course, I am SURE I will be feeling it in the morning a whole
>> lot more than I feel it now!
>>
>> * * *
>>
>> For those who are Facebook friends, there are two photos of the van
>> there. The side curtain air bag deployed which probably saved me from a
>> world of hurt. There was a doctor on the scene in literally seconds, who
>> works at the naval hospital less than a mile away. So I was well
>> instructed (and prevented from doing anything which might hurt me while
>> waiting for the first responders to arrive…though he wasn't able to get
>> the collar on me, as he had hoped before I was helped out through the
>> cut-out windshield.
>>
>> The reasons for prayer are mainly logistics: getting me new eyeglasses,
>> since mine went missing (and we weren't digging through all the broken
>> glass to see if they were still in the van, especially since they were a
>> cheap pair), figuring out what it will cost to repair or replace my
>> iPhone which has a screen covered in cracks and shatters (fortunately
>> the iPad was in its sleeve and survived without damage).
>>
>> And on top of this, less than two weeks from now, we are moving. So this
>> is just adding to a busy time. And Heather and I would both appreciate
>> prayers for that.
>>
>> And also, prayers for a relative in Canada, whose cancer has spread to
>> the point where a doctor last week suggested that she likely has weeks,
>> rather than months, to live. This family member was told one year and
>> has survived far past that, but the reports I'm getting from family
>> there suggest that things are getting worse. But we both have expired
>> passports and a change of address in days, so I am not expecting to be
>> able to travel for this… was not expecting to even before this morning's
>> accident.
>>
>> Kristin
>>
>> --
>>  Kristin Rollins
>>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>>  Portsmouth, VA
>>
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