Homeward Bound

24 January 2011

Dearest Friends and Family,

 “I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year;
Give me a light
That I may tread safely into the unknown,
And he replied, “Go out into the darkness
And put your hand in the hand of God.
That will be to you better than light
And safer than a known way.”  Louise Haskins  (One of my mom’s favorite poems!)

I had planned to write you this past Saturday from Maua.  I had so much to share about the hospital and what has been happening, the alternative rite of passage and our wonderful time at home. However, Bill and I are not in Maua but in Santa Fe, NM.  We left Maua on Wednesday night to fly to Albuquerque, NM as my mom was in critical condition and we were praying we would have an opportunity to say good-bye.  As we left Maua in December, returned to Maua in January and left Maua again on 19 January, we were homeward bound.  My mom was also, but the difference was she was bound for her final home.

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