[Oe List ...] from the Averys

[Ann Avery]

Dear Dorothea and Jim

I think of you and all the family often these days.  I want to share one little--long lasting memory from around 1980.  Jim, you gave a witness in the daily office that has stuck in my image and memory bank.  It had to do with the experience of looking at a person through the viewfinder of a camera and really really seeing them.  That's all.  It stuck.  In fact--strangely--it is the only witness from anybody over all those years that I remember clearly.  Thanks for that.

And thanks to you all for taking care of little Joan in 1974.  I'm sure we never adequately thanked you.  I only know that I was so impressed with Mark in London that it seemed right to ask you to take on that responsibility for us.  I am attaching a picture of Joan and Desmond at the ceremony in London where she got her PhD in July.  She lives outside Vienna with her Austrian husband Georg.

Much love to you both, and Diane, Nathan, and Mark.

Ann, for the Averys
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dorothea Jewell 
  To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:31 AM
  Subject: [Oe List ...] Word from the Jewells


  Greetings -

   

  We, Dorothea and Jim, want to share with you that Jim has just recently been diagnosed with advanced cancer in his lower esophagus. The first signs in August were difficulty in getting food down. Many tests and consultations ruled out surgery and while chemo and radiation might provide more time, the quality of life in that time is problematic. So, after due consideration he made the decision to go for palliative care and has been admitted into hospice home care. 

   

  He currently feels good and has no symptoms except for difficulty in eating, moving toward more "slippery" foods such as soups, yogurt, Ensure, and a favorite - ice cream. He's putting off using his new feeding tube until it's absolutely necessary.

   

  So, it's a journey that we're on. Dorothea talks about it as being on the yellow brick road with uncharted terrain ahead and unknown experiences waiting at every twist and turn. Fortunately there are awesome companions to travel it with.

   

  We'll keep you posted.  Our best to all of you, Dorothea and Jim Jewell

   



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