[Magdalen] Where are we

Marion Thompson marionwhitevale at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 15:54:32 UTC 2020


Thanks, Scott!   In the moment, It made my eyes leak a bit.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 10:21, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marion, congratulations on your ODT! Very well deserved, and I'm glad to
> see you recognized for your years of service! Scott
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 8:18 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I'm here, but distracted.  My crappy hip is blurring my thinking and
> > sapping my energy.  Even getting my garbage bins up to the road in the
> car
> > is pretty much beyond me.  There is all sorts of stuff, not major,
> > happening at the church.  At least I think they're not major and that
> > creates problems about things not proceeding as they should.  And there's
> > all the COVID protocols and the heroic and highly effective woman
> > overseeing that whole effort.  I'm weary.
> >
> > On the brighter side, i've been named by our Bishop to the Order of the
> > Diocese of Toronto  for years of volunteering in a wide assortment of
> > ministries and also serving  on Council and at General Synods.  Stuff.
> You
> > know.  So I join our Chris Ambidge, ODT, as a Dame, our little joke.  In
> > these COVID days there will be something live streamed from our Cathedral
> > on Jan 1, but we recipients will not be there in person but in photos and
> > bios we will make some sort of virtual appearance.  Who knows?  It comes
> > with a lapel pin for every day and a gong on a ribbon for state
> occasions.
> >
> > All I want for Christmas is a surgery date!
> >
> > Good health and happiness to you all at this holy time.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim, ODT   ... today my sail I lift ....
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 20:58, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Do we still exist? I started looking for posts a couple of days ago in
> > > between zooming.  I am not a frequent poster, but I miss the chatter.
> > > Judy
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
> > > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > > Western Michigan
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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