- Gorgeous sunny day - check
- Foot feeling MUCH better thanks to awesome yoga class and my remarkable ability to recuperate - check
- Got to go for a real bonafide bike ride with Gladys and Fede with my spiffed up bike - check
- Gardened like a maniac - planted all the veggie starts, put in creamsicle nasturtiums seeds, which will be an edging to the veggie beds, watered, weeded, and took a few pixs I will upload soon. - check
Amid all the sunshine and playing at Mass they made the announcement that Amanda had died this morning. She was a pillar of the community, one of the people who welcomed me to the parish as a newbie and recruited me for leadership. She and her husband came to every celebration at my home; she came to visit me after my miscarriage. Amanda was a good woman. Dependable. Kind.
She was dying of cancer and in a lot of pain, so her passing was not a surprise to anyone who knew her. Yet I can't help but feel shocked....can't imagine our church without her, wish I could have seen her when I stopped by last week with some flowers from the garden....although Sam said she was asleep. I confess that people in pain scare me.....I can drop off soup and flowers, but I'm frightened of seeing someone suffer.
Hi Rita, What an interesting blog! I've never been on one before! (I know, I'm a dinosaur!). So many things have happened in your life since we last connected. It's a joy to read about your gardening. Do you remember your first time planting when I was there? I don't take credit for getting you started, but it was great to be there at the start of your new passion. I leave Baghdad on Saturday. Back to DC and the rat race there. But it's spring and I hope to have some fun over the summer. Kirsten will be back to work as counselor at the summer camp in the Shanendoah so I get to see her some before I leave for Lebanon. I didn't know about Federico and his daughter or about the miscarriage. I'm so sorry! You have experienced such loss. I'm glad your foot is better. Think of me as I walk the 10 miles for the disabled in Iowa on May 3.
ReplyDeleteTake care and God bless. Shirley