[Oe List ...] Gratitude

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

Hi Marilyn,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your rich and
wonderful report.  We felt that we were there.  We
considered going, but got cold feet when we realized
that it was about 650 miles to Toronto from
Bloomington.  Thanks again for allowing us to be
there.

Charles and Doris

--- Marilyn R Crocker <marilyncrocker at juno.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Joe and I experienced deep refreshment and gratitude
> this past weekend as
> we joined with colleagues in Canada to participate
> in a second
> celebration of the completed life of R. Brian
> Stanfield, who has been a
> beloved spirit presence to our family for almost
> four decades. Brian and
> Jeanette, Ben Crocker's godparents, cared for,
> guided and informed his
> journey since 1970 when we all were in the Sydney
> House.
> 
> Duncan Holmes led a powerful liturgy that included
> movement songs;
> prayers; statements about Brian's four great
> lifetimes (cf Tagore),
> modelled after the fine celebration that took place
> in Australia; and
> witnesses from Brian's longtime colleagues as well
> as very recent
> acquaintances, some of whom had only come to know
> him through his
> writing.  Jeanette's presence for this event and her
> witness as caregiver
> to Brian during his last year of life was
> particularly special.
> 
> We were struck by the ever-widening circle of people
> who have been
> nurtured/equipped/transformed by Brian's book, The
> Courage to Be and its
> leadership training extentions offered by ICA:
> Canada.
> 
> Following the service Stan and Miriam Gibson hosted
> an evening of
> reconnecting --  light and serious conversation,
> hilarious reminiscing
> and profound reflection.  All of this was enhanced
> by the Gibsons'
> delightfully gracious presence, lovely home and
> family, and matchless
> Indian cuisine -- food those of us who live in the
> woods of Maine would
> die for! 
> 
> We were encouraged as we learned about ICA:Canada's
> model of
> sustainability and program outreach -- a win/win
> construct that we hope
> will inform the ICA USA Board as it repositions its
> leadership direction.
> 
> Especially Joe and I remembered and remembered -- in
> ongoing
> conversations with Jeanette and Heidi Holmes, who
> hosted us with great
> love over the weekend.  Top of mind were those
> beloved ones in Australia
> -- Brian and Rhonda Robins; Barry and Margaret
> Oakley; Jim and Isobel
> Bishop; Garnet and Lis Banks; Robyn and John
> Hutchinson; Jonathan and
> Jeanine Barker; David and Susan White; Ann and Rob
> Duffy; Katrin and Ian
> Ogilvy; Ray and Elaine Richmond; Rebecca, Kathryn
> and Peter Bishop and so
> many others from our time in the Sydney House.  
> 
> And because so many of us gathered in that place had
> been assigned to
> India we remembered even more extensively:  Aisha,
> Madan, Jim & Judy,
> Bimrao, Manu, Miriam (as a teenager!), Vinod &
> Kamela, Cyprian & Mary, 
> Ellen, Sandra & Keith, Chokibaba, Singh, Brian &
> Helen, Sumanbai,
> Hausabai, Dondiram & Shankar.............
> 
> Joe and I drove back to Maine "levitating" --
> feeling deeply gifted,
> profoundly moved, and called again to serve.
> 
> Thank you, Jeanette, Heidi, Duncan and ICA Canada!
> 
> Grace, peace and love,
> 
> Marilyn and Joe
> 
> 
> Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D
> Crocker & Associates, Inc.
> 123 Sanborn Road
> West Newfield, ME 04095
> (207) 793-3711>
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