[Magdalen] Thanksgivings and prayers

[Judy Fleener]

That is so scary, Kristin.  Thanksgivings for the positive outcome of your
accident.

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> > by Richard Rohr
> > "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they
> > oppress." F Douglass
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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
> >>
> >
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan