[Oe List ...] Hello
A. M. Noel
amnoel at comcast.net
Fri Jul 9 14:01:02 CDT 2004
Dear Margaret,
thank you for the update does she have access to email do you have her
number. What is your nuber as well.
A.M.Noel
---- Original Message -----
From: "aiseayew" <aiseayew at iowatelecom.net>
To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Hello
> Dear A.M.
> I may have been unclear. Mary Lou's life is not completed, it is
just
> irrevocably moving in that direction. I am sure there are lots of
laughs
> and awesomenesses still to come. I know there are giggles every time
Naomi
> takes my three grandchildren over to visit her. Connor (3) thinks
climbing
> up on Mary Lou's bed for tickles is really great. Kathryn (2) is
convinced
> she can drive Mary Lou's wheelchair as well as Mary Lou can (although
Mary
> Lou is weak enough that she really can't take the kids on her lap for
more
> than a minute or two). Austin (8 this month) is far more serious
because he
> senses the bigger story.
>
> She is still in a position to address as many lives as cross her path
and
> does so with great love and compassion.
>
> Take care and greetings to the family,
> Margaret
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. M. Noel" <amnoel at comcast.net>
> To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Hello
>
>
> > Dear Margaret,
> > Thank you for sharring the completed life Of Mary Lou Petersen.
> > A.M.Noel ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "aiseayew" <aiseayew at iowatelecom.net>
> > To: <OE at wedgeblade.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:15 PM
> > Subject: [Oe List ...] Hello
> >
> >
> > This is Margaret Aiseayew and I have just gotten added to this list
> > (because I became immeasureably confused in all our list shifting and
lost
> > track of my request to get connected here). I just sent this message
to
> the
> > colleague dialogue list and since I haven't participated on this one I
> have
> > no idea how many of you may be on both. so I will apologize in
advance.
> It
> > was really the desire to send this message to the OE dialogue that
pushed
> me
> > to try and figure it all out one more time. Hope this finds you all
well.
> > Thanks for being there.
> >
> > Remembering our Colleagues--especially Mary Lou Peterson
> > Since we have been spending some time reharsing our journeys and
> > remembering our colleagues, I thought I would like to catch people up
a
> bit
> > on Mary Lou Peterson. She interned in Rochester and was assigned at
least
> > to St. Louis, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Chicago with sojourns in
Indonesia
> and
> > Mexico. Since some of us were as known through the assignments of our
> > children as we were by our own, I will rehearse that hers are Rob
Jinks
> > (married with three girls and a boy) and Michelle Jinks Warnimont
> (divorced
> > with two sons), both of whom now live in the Chicago area.
> >
> > Some of you may know that a couple of years ago Mary Lou was
diagnosed
> > with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease/Tuesdays with Morrie, etc.). We all
have
> > those in the circle with whom we have been closer or remained closer
than
> > others. This is the case with Mary Lou and me. She had been a
> participant
> > in, lurker on the dialogue for awhile, but as managing her computer
became
> > more difficult she separated from the list.
> >
> > Just four years ago she went with me to New Mexico to visit Esther.
We
> > went horseback riding and mountain climbing. Before I moved out to
Iowa
> to
> > be with Dad, I helped her move from her condo on North Sheridan into
> > independent living in the Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois. I
went
> > back less than a year later to help her move into the Nursing Home
there.
> >
> > Mary Lou's spirit is as effervescent as ever. For all of those of
you
> who
> > remember her exceptional problem solving skills, she has applied them
in
> > every way you can imagine as her physical ability has diminished. She
> even
> > took a position on the resident board that worked with the home
> > administration to make the entire Presbyterian Home facility more
> accessible
> > to the variety of handicaps represented in the population there.
> >
> > Her condition is deteriorating at an increasingly rapid pace. She
is
> > dependent on others for nearly all movement as control of her
extremities
> is
> > gone. Her swallow reflex is almost gone (they have put in a feeding
tube)
> > and you can hear it in her voice. Our phone conversations that used
to
> last
> > until all the news was shared, now last ten minutes at most.
> >
> > I share this with you, probably selfishly, to disperse the intensity
of
> my
> > care. Then I say that there have been times I have learned only after
the
> > fact of the journeys and struggles of some of my colleagues and have
felt
> > cheated that I did not have the opportunity to at least send energy
their
> > way. Some of you may have read some of the work of Larry Dossey on
the
> > effect of prayer in the medical milieu. His research showed that the
most
> > effective prayer of all was "Thy will be done." I suspect it is the
most
> > useful because it helps us let go of our own desire to control reality
and
> > leaves the subject of the prayer free to do their journey.
> >
> > I guess I want the highest possible quality of life, considering the
> > prognosis, to flow through Mary Lou for all her remaining days. Some
of
> you
> > may wish to participate in enhancing it. Thanks to you all for
listening.
> > Grace and Peace, Margaret
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