[Oe List ...] Hello
A. M. Noel
amnoel at comcast.net
Fri Jul 9 14:35:02 CDT 2004
My number is 206-527 0845
cell: 206-321-6274
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. M. Noel" <amnoel at comcast.net>
To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Hello
> 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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