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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Saturday, November 01, 2003
Sad News
I've been part of an online NHL support group and kept up with the people on there but haven't read the posts much since summer. One of the women on there, Judy Weinstein, and I kept in touch for a while since she read my blog and had one herself. I have a link to her blog Finding Joy in the Midst of Cancer Treatment on here. She's had several rounds of different kinds of treatment and a difficult struggle with lymphoma. I was happy to read that she went back home and could eat real food again. There haven't been any posts since the beginning of June, so I hadn't read her blog for a while. I admired how she kept doing things she liked as much as possible and even met a man she enjoyed spending time with around a year ago. Judy was the one who copied and pasted Brian's posts when I was in the hospital for the NHL group to let them know how I was. Last night I decided to see what was going on with her and found out she died two months ago. The man she's been seeing posted it as a final chapter to her blog. This is sad news, and I mourn the loss of Judy. I went back to read posts on the group and read what her sister-in-law wrote about her. What a tribute this is .....
Dear all,
This note is the hardest I've ever had to write. My dear sister-in-law and dear friend of 36 years, Judith Weinstein, died last night. She spent the past month in and out of the hospital, and it was just so hard to watch...not the way she wanted to live.
Judy was one of the kindest, most inspirational people I've ever known. We met as kids and truly grew up together. We shared life, marriage, divorce, kids, gains, losses...and much Truth together.
My respect for Judy, how she lived...the way she loved...and for the way she also died knows no bounds. She planned the way she wanted her death to happen and it all came to pass. In the weeks before her death, she said good-bye to everyone close to her. She healed the very few last relationships that had any glitches left....and she made sure that her kids were cared for, and that every possible detail was carefully in place so as to minimize any extra challenges for those who loved her.
In the end, she was surrounded by loved ones, we held her and loved her through the transition from this lifetime, and her poor tired body, into whatever comes next. Never really experienced so much love...before.
Letting Judy go was the hardest thing I've ever done. May we all commit, again, to fighting this disease, to the discovery of a cure...and to controlling the one thing we can--the way we love each other. Judy has set the bar very, very high....
Sadly, and with gratitude for your support to both Judy and to me,
nan, aka pooh
I'm thankful for my recovery and glad to be here and am reminded once again of how serious this disease can be. It's is taking a while to get over the effects of chemo and the entire experience. I'm making progress. Thanks to all of you who have been and are here for me. You don't know how much I appreciate you. Hugs to you all!
12:26:00 AM
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