[Magdalen] Where are we

[Ann Markle]

Congratulations, Marion!  I'm so sorry that your hip is giving you such
great trouble, but so happy that all your generous work is being
recognized.  Do you get a garter, too?  😄

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu


On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:18 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
> >
>