[Magdalen] Big Changes

[Jay Weigel]

Still hanging out here in our big house in the northern Shenandoah with no
plans to go elsewhere. Spousal unit started a new job following an
unplanned (and unwelcome) departure from his former company after 13 years
with them and an unfortunately long period between due largely to Covid.
However, in  hindsight, the departure may not have been a bad thing as the
president of the former outfit died last week and there is bound to be a
rather large upheaval. New position is with former company's largest
competitors <g> and a couple of other folks from former employer have also
gone over there.

In other news, I have helped my daughter and son-in-law buy a gorgeous
piece of land in Greene County, TN. At some point, after they've built
their house, they plan to build a "tiny house" for my oldest son and a
small place for us to stay (and where one of us could live permanently in
the event of the other's demise).

I continue to work in the stray cat jail at the humane society. I'm also
going to school learning to be a veterinary assistant. Not that I expect to
work as one, but it will help me at the shelter.

AND I am now a great-grandmother! Lilliana Rosemary Dawn Huertas was born
on August 16 to Zacchaeus (Jonathan's second oldest) and Tara. Alleluia!

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 12:26 PM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Take a century after those details about Archbishop Quigley and my mother.
> (g)
>
> Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Sent: Sep 18, 2021 12:13 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Big Changes
>
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I'll be 78 on the Feast of St. Martin de Porres November 3. . I will have
> 20 years with the Irs on June 9 2022 and expect to retire early in 2023 to
> keep me from quickly distributing funds from the thrfit savings account.
>
> I just received a surprise from the Archdiocese of Chicago which gives a
> monthly pension of $500 a month to priests who resigned from the
> Archdiocese after 20 years of service. I just found about this.  It is
> probably the next best thing to a secret. I had to be told by a classmate
> that this benefits has been around for close to 30 years and I just learned
> about it. Another classmate has been getting $400 since 2013 because he
> resigned after 20 years and made it his business to learn about such
> benefits
>
> Travelling back to Chicago in November for our 60h high school reunion
> (from the high school seminary Quigley named after the Archbishop of
> Chicago who founded the minor seminary in 2005. About the only the other
> thing I remember about him is that he confirmed my mother around 2012 in
> those days chlldren made their solemn first communion in the morning and
> were confirmed in the afternoon. Simple first communion at age 7 had only
> been  recently introduced by the then Pope (eventually Saint) Pius X
>
> Planning to attend Florencia de las Amazones at the Lyric during my visit
> which will feature my first plane ride in 20 years and since 911.
>
> Joe Cirou +
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Sent: Sep 18, 2021 11:56 AM
> To: Magdalen
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Big Changes
>
> John is still working everyday - broker in charge and selling broker of a
> real estate office. He turned 75 this past Tuesday. We talk "at" what we
> will do and admit the choice is exceedingly difficult. We live in a town
> where we grew up, where we will be buried, where each of us has been active
> in the community, especially our church, and where we have a lifetime of
> friends. Our children are all North Carolinians - sons in Charlotte with
> their families and Ginny and her family in Winston Salem. She is rector of
> a church there, and as we all know, she will not be there forever. She has
> no plans at this time to go anywhere, but when she is called in the future,
> that could be anywhere.
>
> So, we struggle with what to do and where to go. But, first, John has to
> retire, as we imagine our future from our recliners in front of the
> television. 😇
>
> Ginga
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 11:08 AM Marilyn Cepeda
> wrote:
>
> > So glad that you all have made this change and are happy with it. It is
> in
> > our future before long. We will likely go where my in laws lived where we
> > already have a number of friends.
> >
> > Marilyn
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 9:56 PM Christopher Hart
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Like many of you who are still hanging out in this little cyber pub I'm
> > > getting older and my wife in particular is less independent. We came to
> > the
> > > conclusion a while back that we needed both to downsize and to get
> into a
> > > safer living situation. Accordingly, after looking at a lot of options
> in
> > > our general area we settled on a 55+ community that we felt would be a
> > good
> > > fit for us. We engaged some professional help not only for the actual
> > move
> > > but also packing and removal of things we weren't bringing with us. The
> > > process was still hellish as I'm sure you can all imagine. In any event
> > the
> > > following are true statements:
> > >
> > > We moved into our new apartment one week ago today.
> > > We sold our former house yesterday after 30 years there.
> > > We changed my driver's license and Lisa's ID non-driver today.
> > > It's starting to feel like home here.
> > > If any of you had (or just want) my snail mail address please message
> me
> > > privately and I will gladly share it. I'm still in the Philadelphia
> metro
> > > area just a little farther out from the city if any of you find
> > yourselves
> > > coming this way. I do cherish staying in touch with my friends, but I
> > > haven't posted this on Facebook yet because it's just too darn public.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Christopher Hart
> > >
> > > List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> > > Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> > > Twitter: @cervus51
> > >
> > --
> > Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
> >
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