[Dialogue] Jay Antenen, Sr.

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Ann and family,

 Your names are surrounded by the light of our healing candle with prayers
for each member of the family and circle of friends.

Over and over again I realize the power and strength of the circle of spirit
colleagues who come into my life daily through the internet, and I am
grateful.  The stories we have to tell connect us in so many ways, sharing
the various and wonderful facets of each life.

The story of the Antenen family, Ann and Jay, that I want to tell goes back
to 1990.  Our son Bruce and his wife Nancy were living in Cincinnati, far
away from the rest of our family.  They were expecting their first child in
November.  Ann and Jay were two of the folks who took on the role of
surrogate grandparents when Rachel arrived on November 7th.  They were
present when Fred and I arrived for Rachel's naming ceremony in December.
We are grateful to them and the other dear colleagues/friends who supported
Bruce and Nancy with their love and care.  Thank you.


CIRCLES
    Within the circles of our lives
We dance the circles of the years,
 The circles of the seasons, within the circles of the years, the cycles of
the moon, within the circles of the seasons, the circles of our reasons,
         Within the cycles of the moon.
Again, again we come and go, Changed, changing.  Hands Join, unjoin in love
and fear, grief and joy.  The circles turn, Each giving into each,
Into all.  only music keeps us here.
Each by all the others held.  In the hold of hands and eyes,
We turn in pairs, that joining,
joining each to all again.  And then we turn aside, alone, out of the
sunlight gone. Into the darker circles of return.
                                            Wendell Berry

Nancy and Fred


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Carolyn Antenen <cantenen at mac.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Jay Antenen, Sr.'s health is in serious decline, following surgery.
> The family is collecting stories and thoughts to give to Ann and Jay as
> they prepare for
> his passing.
>
> Jay was on the EI/ICA boards for many years and was an active supporter of
> the Cincinnati Metro. He organized RS1 courses, led hundreds of town
> meetings
> throughout all the counties of Kentucky and initiated many civic activities
> in his beloved hometown of Hamilton, Ohio.
>
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