MAY 19, 2012
We just became
aware that Thai had gone back into the NYU Medical Center this morning.
Apparently, last week, Thai
had a Cardiac Event - we are a bit short on details - for which she went to
the ER at NYC, and was admitted. They did an angiogram, found a
problem at or near one of her valves, and put a stent where it would provide
the support her circulation needed. She was released the next day,
after the angioplasty (the implantation of the stent), and came home.
This morning (Saturday, May
19) Thai had pain around her heart, and Liberty and Jeanie rushed her back
to the NYU ER - Cardiac Unit - where she was checked and admitted. The
good news is that Thai is in the best hands possible. Unfortunately,
they do not perform angiograms, or other cardiac diagnostic procedures on
weekends, so Thai will have that done on Monday and, depending upon what
they find, will have it taken care of.
Please, send
Thai Strong Prayers for Healing, Comfort, and Calm, and direct the Divine
Spirit to guide the hands of the Cardiac Care unit, so that they take the
best care of Thai, and return her to us all healed.
Thank you, All, for your Prayers of Strength and Healing; may
you all have your Karmic Credits increase, many-fold.
Water Lilly Lotus
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
MAY 17, 2012
Hi, Alex can you
please put a very special prayer for our dearest friend Sue Ballinger and
her niece ...
Thank you,
L & J
Sue Ballinger started on May 15, 12:36 PM, with a disclaimer for her
spelling and grammar errors, which puts her solidly in the center of our
Group and should help her feel right at home.
Sue goes on to say that her niece, Bryce, went to the ER on May 14 at 11 AM,
thinking that her cold may have turned into pneumonia.
She was admitted to Alta Bates Hospital. Her breathing quickly became more
difficult and she began coughing up blood. She does not have pneumonia but
an infection with an unknown source.
Bryce was moved to the ICU, put on pain meds to knock her out, put on four
(40 different antibiotics, and all night long she held the high fever as her
breathing became even more difficult.
The doctors are (were, as this was on May 15) putting her in a medically
induced coma and preparing to put her on dialysis, when her kidneys fail.
Infectious diseases specialists are coming to see her.
So far, no one can figure this out and Sue, family, and friends are so very
afraid that they will lose her.
This is why she is asking for our prayers, both for her and for the
brilliance of her medical team. Sue thinks there is nothing else they can
do.
On May 15, at 6:07 PM, Sue followed with this: Sue is thanking us for our
Prayers and Good Wishes – [Note: at this point, she is getting only the
smallest part of the group sending prayers; small, not weak!]
Bryce is holding on; not much has changed, and there is yet no diagnosis
from the doctors and specialists. While Bryce is receiving platelets, she
has not yet been put on dialysis. Her temperature continues to spike but
Sue says, Bryce is a tough cookie but they really need those prayers and
well wishes.
On May 16, at 9:48 AM, Sue wrote (all on her iPad) that she (Sue) is going
back to the hospital and that there has been no diagnosis from the doctors
as of yet. The doctors have been trying to stabilize Bryce enough to get
her to Stanford.
Sue said they are still in the dark but they keep walking and even though
they have no information yet, they will keeps us all posted as to what is
going on. Sue asks that we keep praying [still not knowing that the Whole
Group has not been advised yet.]
Okay, Sue is writing on May 16, at 9:08 PM, “Ok, a bit of good news ... some
of Bryce's numbers are moving out of the critical range. Her oxygen level,
blood pressure, and skin temperature are improving. Finally, something [is]
going in the right direction. I'm (Sue is) hoping that we can keep this
going!
Bryce is not going to Stanford, but the Hospital has requested a special
machine and team to operate it from UC. Let’s celebrate small for now!
Thank you for your prayers and well wishes !!!!!!!! They are working!”
May 17, 4:18 PM – Now the whole Group Medical Prayer Team is being made
aware of this situation. If only half the Divine Energy, Prayers, and
Healing Power are sent to Bryce, as were sent to me all those years ago,
it’s only a matter of time until Bryce will be taking a hop, skip, and a
jump, right out of that hospital! She's in Great Hands now, and her
recovery should take off like a rubber band being snapped back – take off
like a rocket.
Please, everyone, if you have a Prayer Wheel, start turning that thing with
super speed. If you don’t happen to have a while, find a friend or extended
family member and get those wheels rolling with Super Divine Energy for
Healing Bryce and Sue, who is amazingly calm, given that she has been
communicating all this to us during Bryce’s illness.
Be Strong, Sue, and keep Bryce in your thoughts and Prayers, as we will do,
and you two will soon be out of the woods and back to the prime of health in
no time. Bless you both, and Bless the Entire Group for your selfless
strength and Divine Energy you are directing their way; two people we hardly
know, but who are close friends of our sisters, and that’s good enough for
us. Be well all of you; do not allow yourselves to take on whatever is
holding Bryce down. Lift her up on the Strength of the Divine Spirit, and
may your Good Karma be returned to you all, many-fold.
[A Buddha painting by Iadriano Valentino; all rights reserved and reprinted
with permission.]
MAY 15, 2012
We received a call from one of
Su's friends, who is at Englewood Hospital with Su.
She had been sent for coffee, as they were
examining Su in a private way, and Su did not want company for that.
The bottom line is that Su came through the surgery just fine, and
is healing quite nicely, thank you. Pink Cloud is on temporary
assignment at Englewood Hospital with Su, just to keep her Sensa Uma up and
running.
[Owl Butterfly; by permanent permission from ET.]
Please continue to send the Divine Spirit to surround Su with
Strength and Healing, and to keep both Su and Mr. Ginger Cookie calm while
Su heals at the Hospital. Thank you all for your Strength and Prayers.
MAY 14, 2012
We received an email from
Su Nissan this morning, in which she requested we post this notice:
Dear Prayer Call,
Would you please post
this request on Prayer Call for me?
Tuesday (tomorrow!)
May 15th at 8:00 a.m., I am scheduled to have an Atrial Tachycardia Ablation
procedure at Englewood Medical Center, in Englewood, New Jersey. I'll
be in the hospital for 3-4 days and then, Spirit willing, they will send me
home.
It's a fairly
uncomplicated procedure, done to regulate my heartbeat.
Thanking you ALL in
advance for your prayers,
xoxo,
Su
P.S.: Please
also send prayers of comfort and calm to Mr. Ginger Cookie (Su's wonderful
feline companion) and give him a healthy appetite as well.
Thanks again, so very
much!
Su
It is of
the utmost importance that Mr. Ginger Cookie gets the Prayers of
Strength,
Calm, and Comfort, while at the same time, Su gets those Strong Prayers of
Calm, Strength, and Comfort, so that she worries not about things over which
she has no control. Like the timing of this posting for her health.
Please
everyone, be certain to let Su know how much we all love her so much, and
that we are wrapping her in a Soft Blue Blanket of Healing and Comfort,
which she is being completely protected and surrounded by the Healing
Strength of the Divine Spirit, and the Steel Tower of Protection, to help
keep Su out of trouble while she is a guest at the hospital.
April 27, 2012
From Valerie, we have an update
on Marcia:
Hi,
I
finally was able to speak to Marcia, who's been in intensive care in Santa
Fe until yesterday (April 26, 2012). She's still very sick; her lungs and
heart were much damaged by the loss of her spleen, and she needs continued
prayers for healing.
She
faces at least a month of rehab before she can go home, but her spirit is
strong and she now is confident that she will live through this ordeal.
Marcia is deeply grateful for the prayers on her behalf and sends much love
to everyone.
Thank
you, ... for posting, and ...
Love,
Valerie
As you all can see, Marcia
is much better but not yet out of the woods. Please continue sending
those Strong Prayers for Healing and Comfort to Marcia, and of Calm and
Comfort to Harmon, as they work through this ordeal. We know the
Divine Spirit will bring them out the other side of this in so much better
shape, and pray for that day to arrive soonest. And we thank you all
for your continued Love and Support, in their time of extreme need.
[Buddha image painted by Adriano (Iano)
Valentino; all rights reserved.]
In another update, we have learned the
results of Alex seeing a spinal surgeon: there is actually no
surgery currently available which would relieve the problems in Alex'
back. However, there is a way to relieve the nearly constant pain.
There is a procedure in which a Pain
Management Surgeon will implant a so-called pain pump, where a tube to
deliver medication is implanted in the spine. The tube is fed by a
small motor or pump, implanted in the abdomen, which contains a
reservoir of pain medicine. The doses delivered are actually
miniscule, compared to the levels of pain medication currently taken
orally, but by being delivered into the spinal area, they can relieve
the pain in a much more efficient manner.
Alex will begin looking into the five or
six surgeons recommended, and if all goes well, and he doesn't have a
real attack of "what am I thinking of," he will have the procedure done,
as soon as the proper surgeon is found. Additionally, none of this
should have an adverse effect on his newly confirmed heart murmur.
Please send Strong
Prayers to Alex, that he makes the right decision finding the right
surgeon, and that he and Eliza can get through this situation in
relative calm. And our thanks to you all.
April 23, 2012
From Su, we have another update:
Eirene had same day surgery. Came home the same day.
She's dealing like a hero with the knee and the resulting
healing actions, which are challenging to say the
least.
Please keep the prayers to her going.
Thanks so much for your prayers.
And
so we ask that you do continue sending Strong Prayers for Healing to Eirene,
to help her get back up on her feet and running around in no time, and that
she be comfortable while healing as well. Thank you all.
April 21, 2012
From Su, we have this update:
Eirene is on the mend.
Her spirits are good,
and she is taking good care of herself.
Dealing with anything that
has to do with the knee is a a challenge for anyone and continued prayers of
healing sent to her would just be wonderful.
Please, keep those prayers coming for Eirene. Check in with her to see
whether she needs anything, since she cannot go out grocery shopping just
yet.
I'm
sure the Divine Spirit is not anywhere near overloaded by all of our
extended family who need prayers for healing and strength, and with a knee
operation, Eirene is going to need loads of prayers to overcome the pain,
the newness of the patch work the surgeons did to help her walk normally,
and throw in a little extra Love for Eirene. After all, she can't go
out dancing for a while, no matter how much Su is going to try and get her
to go out <BG>! And thank you all for your Love, Strength, and
Prayers. They will all be returned to you, many-fold. Your Good
Karma is building up and up ...
This
bears repeating, as it arrived separately from Dalita, and is relevant to
our request from April 19th:
Dear
Alex,
Please
post this on the Prayer Call Site.
Please send prayers of healing to my sister, Elizabeth Rubinstein.
Please send Prayers to keep my sister alive.
Please send Prayers of Strength for her upcoming surgery and a
strong healing for both her legs.
Please send Elizabeth Rubinstein the right energy to keep her believing in
the Light and the Spirit and envelop her in a blanket of healing blue light.
Thank
you.
Dalita
Once
again, we urge you all to send the Strongest of Prayers for Healing and
Strength to Elizabeth Rubinstein, and envelope her in a Blue Blanket of
Healing, to help focus all of our prayers. Thank you so very much, for
all you do in the name of the Divine Spirit!
April 19, 2012
We heard through Su, that Dalita needs Particularly
Strong Prayers for her sister. The Call for Prayers is from Dalita
herself, verbatim (with a tiny bit of editing from your Prayer Wrangler):
Please send prayers of healing to my sister, Elizabeth
Rubinstein.
Please send Prayers to keep my sister alive.
Please send Prayers of Strength for her upcoming
surgery and a strong healing for both her legs.
Please send Elizabeth Rubinstein the right energy to
keep her believing in the Light and the Spirit and envelop her in a blanket
of healing blue light.
Thank you.
Dalita
Please note that Dalita has not sent us any
explanation as to what her sister's condition is, what is causing her to sit
at the edge of the door, trying to not go on ahead of us all. We can
only ask that you truly Crank Up the Prayer Wheels, Surround Elizabeth with
a Blue Blanket of Healing, and ask the Divine Spirit to send the Spirit
Specialist, Thane Beltoth, to pull Elizabeth back from the door to the other
side, as we understand that it is truly too soon for Elizabeth to take a
journey of such irreversible consequences. Please, may you all send
the Divine Spirit to Elizabeth, and to all of her doctors, both on the
physical plane and on Thane Beltoth's Plane, to help heal Dalita's sister.
And we know that your amazing selflessness will be returned to you all,
many-fold.
Forgive us for printing this here, but it seems
especially appropriate in this case:
We sent an angel to
watch over Elizabeth, but it came back.
We asked "why?"
The angel said: "Angels don't watch
over angels!"
Twenty angels are in your world.
Ten of them are sleeping, nine are playing, and one is reading this
message.
Please read ... not joking ... God has
seen Elizabeth struggling with something. God says it’s over.
A blessing is coming her way. If you believe ... please don't
ignore it, you are being tested.
God is going to fix
two BIG things ... in her favor. If you believe ... drop
everything and pray on it.
Tomorrow will be a much better day.
[We have modified this prayer to match
the circumstances; that Elizabeth will benefit from the Angels watching
over one of their own!]
[A photo taken of a
'faerie,' from a book containing similar photos.]
At this point, we have heard no updates on Eirene's
surgery. Many of you have asked, but we do not have an answer.
If you have her home phone number, perhaps you can call her and maybe
cheer her up a bit, as well.
We are still requesting prayers go her way. All
Prayers will help her.
Meanwhile, Alex Howard is beginning a marathon of visits
to spinal surgeons, to learn if there have been any new developments for
his spinal problems. Even his current Pain Management Specialist
has told Alex, "I don't know how you can put up with the kind of pain
you experience. Not too many people would live through what you
have happening in your lower back and the associated pain down your
legs. Especially since Medicare has blocked the use of the
medications we used to prescribe for you - they have blocked it to
anybody who does not have Cancer and, Thank God you don't have Cancer.
However, it was the only medication that was able to give you nearly
instant relief when your breakthrough (acute) pain hit you, and was the
only medication that kept you on an even keel during normal days with
your chronic pain. And Medicare has blocked this medicine to all
patients, no matter who their supplemental insurance company is.
So I urge you to find a spinal surgeon who may have a new technique that
Medicare will approve." The marathon begins on Monday, as Alex
works his way through the surgeons at Englewood hospital, then
Hackensack University Spinal Center, and so on. Please send Alex
Prayers that the Divine guides him to finding the proper surgeon to take
care of his back, to alleviate the pain which is currently running
across his lower back and down both legs, to his hips, then knees, then
ankles, and feet; the feeling is similar to a hit knife cutting
length-wise through the bones in every part of his lower abdomen.
So if he acts strangely, please forgive him for he is trying to muddle
through.
April 16, 2012
Thai received an email from Marie Crilley about her
Aunt Edna.
Following her operation on the 28th, she was doing
fairly well, although still a little confused.
Last Monday, she had a massive stroke and has been pronounced brain
dead.
Her wishes were to not resuscitate, and so her feeding tube has been
removed.
Marie says, "we lost the epitome of unconditional love, who I am happy to
say was in my life for 60 years."
Marie is requesting prayers to help Edna make the transition.
Hopefully she will be welcomed and lovingly greeted by her brother Harry,
who was killed in WWII, and her husband Joby.
We can only request that you send the Strongest Prayers of the Divine Spirit
to Marie, her aunt Edna, and the entire family, so that all are able to live
through this sudden transition; we also Pray that Edna is indeed welcomed by
her brother Harry and her husband Joby, in the most tender way possible, so
that the Divine Spirit is able to bring Edna into the next step tenderly and
lovingly.
We thank you all for your Incredible Prayers and Strength, as Marie needs
all the Prayers she can get during this very difficult time. Bless you
all for your help and kindness.
April 12, 2012
[With an update on April 14, 2012]
This was passed along by Thai:
Hello All!
Once again we are producing our Brooklyn College concert.
We have a wonderful line-up of choreographers, including the Graham 2
Company, doing 2 duets from early Martha Graham. Both Artis and I
(Germaine) are doing new pieces, but the evening is not specifically
themed.
Please see the attached flier; we would love to see you,
if you can make it. If you can't would love to see you anyway but
after the 20th of April.
If you have a group mailing list we would be ever so
appreciative if you could send this on out. For some reason I
still don't have Liberty's email and only have a few from "group"
people.
The concert is on Friday
April 20th at 7pm at Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College.
Thanks very much.
Love,
A&G
Please, everyone, make an effort to get out and
see this concert. It is incredible beauty, and we all know how
wonderful Artis and Germaine are at their craft. One this is for
certain, they will not disappoint you; on the contrary, the Big Apple
Circus doesn't hold a candle to this performance. These are some
of the finest dancers in the Entire World, and they've put together a
concert just for you! so get off your tushies, get in the car,
drive all the way to Brooklyn, and have the Times of your Lives!
We will see you there!
April 11, 2012
We received an email today from Valerie, with:
An update on Marcia
Harmon tells ... she's out of the ICU and has
been transferred to a regular hospital room. She's recovering, slowly, and
still needs prayers.
Love,
Valerie
We thank Valerie for bringing us this update on
Marcia.
Please, continue to
crank up those Prayer Wheels, and ask the Divine Spirit to keep a Blue,
Healing Blanket around Marcia, that she continues to heal and get stronger,
and send Strong Prayers to Harmon, that he is able to remain calm and
purposeful during this ordeal. And our thanks to you all.
Water Lilly Lotus
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
Just a short note:
Alex has been confirmed to have more of a situation with his heart in the form
of a heart murmur. It had been suspected in the past, but his cardiologist
confirmed it last week.
[With an update on April 14, 2012]
In addition, his bones from
the waste down have become susceptible to the abnormal excruciating pain which
companies his damaged disks and nerve damage, such that with the medicine
Medicare has limited Alex to using, the pain does not actually go away but
worse, it stays attached to Alex' bones, kidneys, Crone's Disease of the
gastroenteritis system, and more, such that there are now very few times during
the day or night when Alex is actually not experiencing pain on a serious level,
and Medicare confines the medicine that Alex had been taking to only people with
cancer. So Alex must choose between expensive pain medicine or food,
medicine or living expenses, or living or utilities, and s on, Clearly at
some point Alex' choices are not going to be so simple for he and Eliza
will need t make a serious choice of putting Alex into a home, where he will
live the rest of his days in pain and discomfort, looking for a way to end the
pain, and only seeing his dear friends on special occasions, like birthday
parties,
We only ask that you send
strong prayers that he be able to survive and remain alive but not in
pain.
Please send a few short prayers his way
to help strengthen his heart function, as well as his bodily functions. And our
Love to All of You!
April 10, 2012
From Su, we learned that
Eirene is going to have surgery tomorrow morning April
11, 2011 at 7:30 A.M. on her right knee to repair a torn meniscus.
We ask that a blue light of healing surround Eirene with a special spotlight
pinpointed on her right knee as she goes through the procedure and that the
doctors are guided to complete the repair in a timely manner and in the best
of best ways. Please also guide the hands of Eirene's surgeons, that they do
the best job they have ever done.
Thank you
all for your prayers. Please know
that your Good Karma will be returned to you, many-fold.
March 30, 2012
We received email from Harmon, relayed through Valerie:
Marcia had surgery yesterday, Thursday, and is now in the ICU at St.
Vincent's in Santa Fe (not Albuquerque, as was said before). Harmon
said that, after four hours of extensive surgery, her condition is serious,
and prayers are urgently needed.
Marcia's "... vital signs are good and steady, they removed the mouth
respirator and she is already starting to heal."
So thanks to everyone for all your thoughts & prayers, and please send
continued prayers for Marcia's healing!
Please continue to Pray that the Divine Spirit's Healing Strength is focused
around Harmon and Marcia, and a Blue Blanket of Healing envelopes
Marcia. Please know that your Good Karma will be returned to you,
many-fold.
March 29, 2012
We received email from Harmon, through Valerie, last evening:
Hello,
Harmon asks that we send prayers for Marcia, who is in
St. Vincent's hospital in Albuquerque. A routine colonoscopy damaged
her spleen, and she is going to be in the hospital for observation for
five days.
They may have to operate.
Please send prayers that she may have the best possible
care and the best possible outcome!
Love,
Valerie
We thank you all, for your Strong Prayers for Healing and for Strength, for
Marcia, and for Strength for Harmon. You help focus the
Divine Spirit's Healing Strength where it is needed, and we pray for a Blue
Blanket of Healing to surround Marcia. Please know that your Good
Karma will be returned to you, many-fold.
Water Lilly Lotus
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
March 20, 2012
We received email from Marie Crilley, through Thai, this morning:
Hi,
Edna came through over 4 hrs under an aesthetic, and the Doctors are
pleased. They didn't have to remove as much of the descending colon as
they had thought, and she will not go to the Intensive care unit, but to the
high dependency ward.
We're all very relieved. Thanks for your concern and prayers.
Los of love,
Marie
Once again, we thank you for your Strong Prayers and good wishes, for Aunt
Edna, and Marie, and the whole family. You have helped focus the
Divine Spirit's Healing Strength where it is needed, and we have a great
outcome. Please continue to send prayers of Healing and Strength to
all.
Also, through an email from Thai, comes this message from Anne Bates:
Sorry I haven’t been in touch for a while. I’ve been in hospital.
It was one of those dramatic moments, when I was being told (on the phone by
my very young GP) that I must immediately go to hospital. Blood
results back from the Lab implied a very serious anomaly in the Liver.
I don’t know who was more worried – me or the Doctor.
After many tests, scans, etc. the Hospital Docs decided it was “probably” an
allergy to Penicillin (duh!),but further investigations have to be done.
My blood clotting time went completely adrift, leaving my blood the
consistency of pink water! That’s been dealt with now, but I’m having
to get blood tests every day to make sure.
I feel like shit – even less of an appetite than before; and absolutely no
energy. My ankles and legs are gradually getting less painful, but I’m
still having problems walking. So – today (online) I bought a cheap
self-propelling wheelchair, so at least I can get to the local shops, plus a
very lightweight “transporter” – a kind of buggy/stroller – in which people
can push me, but I cannot propel. It’ll go into my car and can be used
for going for “walks”, theatre, etc. The 2 chairs came to just under
£200.00, but I think they’ll be worth it.
The Local Council is sending someone urgently to assess me for further aids,
such as a moving “post” to get down the stairs.
There was a moment last week when I thought I might have cashed in all my
chips, so ill did I feel. But I’m getting the better of it now.
Please ask everyone to say prayers.
Love, Anne x
Anne Bates
44+(0)207 731 8840
44+(0)771 568 2763
Please send Strong Healing Prayers to Anne Bates, that this situation be
resolved and she gets back to normal quickly. Wrap her in the Blue
Blanket of Healing, and keep her in your prayers, along with the others who
need your energy and strength. And may the Divine Spirit hold you all
closely, to return your goodness, many-fold.
March 19, 2012
We received email from Thai this morning:
Please edit Marie's email about Aunt Edna and post on Prayer Call.
Marie's Aunt Edna is 93 or 94 and the last of her generation in Marie's
family. She never had children of her own, but her nieces and nephews
adore her.
Thanks.
Love,
Thai
Hello Thai,
I thought you would want to know that Edna has been in hospital for a few
days. She has a perforated bowel and will be operated on tomorrow.
This morning all of us are going to a bedside family conference with her
surgeon.
She's very tired, but in good spirits and quite stoic about the operation.
For that generation who have lived through a world war, almost 2, as she was
born in 1918, the Depression, and all that life throws up at you, it's just
one more thing.
She has a small toiletries bag which isn't big enough, so she asked me to
buy another one ... just a cheap common one will do!
I'll let you know how she's going.
Love,
Marie
Please send Strong Prayers of Healing and Strength to Aunt Edna, so that her
stay in Hospital is short and she comes out feeling stronger and better.
We know you will join her family in providing the wishes that the Divine
Spirit will hold Edna in a Healing Blanket of Blue, and will guide her
surgeons' hands that they are able to provide the best care. And we
pray that your Karmic credits are increased, many-fold.
February 20, 2012
We received the following email message this morning:
Dear Alex,
Please post this on the Prayer Call site.
Erwin Frankel passed over Friday, February 17,2012.
He was a very loveable person, a storyteller of the first order, a survivor
of the Nazi terror. He was an individualist; a pioneer.
Erwin was influential in bringing folk music of the world to us via his
radio program and concerts. He was instrumental in producing concerts
of various musical and dance genres before it was popular to do so.
He presented to the general pubic the best of the music and dance of the
Middle East before it was popular to do so.
I pray that he has a beautiful, easy passing and that prayers of healing,
protection and love be sent to him.
I'm grateful for the blessing of knowing him this lifetime.
He will be missed.
Thank you for your prayers.
Sabah Su Nissan
Please join Su in sending Divine Strength, Guidance, and Love to her friend
Erwin Frankel, who has touched her life in so many positive ways. It
is always a difficult time when we lose a friend because they have taken a
different road, to go on ahead of us. We must try to fill the spot
Erwin took with Joy, not Sadness, such that we will always remember him with
warmth in our hearts. May the joy he brought to the world be reflected
by Sabah Su, towards all of Erwin's friends and family, as we work to accept
his passing. And Thank You All, for your Prayers and Strength.
Bless you all. And he thanks you as well, for your help .
February 8 to 19, 2012
Please send Prayers of Healing and Strength to Alex, who has been recovering
from a stomach virus and upper respiratory ailment for nearly two weeks.
Unable to keep anything down, or in, for the first week, he lost more than
12 pounds, and is now struggling to regain his strength and energy. He
has returned to eating normally, and hid strength is coming back slowly.
So Alex needs to ask for strength to complete his recovery.
Many thanks to all who have sent him prayers of strength.
Red
Tulips
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
February 5, 2012
We spoke with Su today.
We learned that she has been ill for the better
part of two weeks. While we are not at al sure what kind of illness
has taken her down, we are asking all of you to send her Strong Prayers for
Healing. Wrap her in a Big Blue (not necessarily the Giants) Blanket
of Healing, and send Su energy that she recovers quickly, and is able to go
back to work feeling fine.
And we Thank you All for your Strength and Generosity, and for
sending the Divine Spirit to help Su regain her strength and her health.
Pied-billed Grebe
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
We also spoke with Eirene:
Apparently late last week, as she was leaving work to go home, she
turned back to say goodnight to her coworkers. Unfortunately, while
her body turned in one direction, her knee turned in the other, and she
"heard a crackle." She has been keeping the leg and knee elevated,
treating it by icing it down for fifteen or so minutes at a time, and
staying off of the leg as much as possible.
Eirene intends to return to work on Monday, so long as she can walk
- carefully - on that leg.
As with Su, please send Eirene Strong Prayers of Healing and
Strength, and envelope her in a Blue Blanket of Healing, too.
And we Thank You All for your Generosity of Spirit, sending the
Divine Spirit to help heal both Sue and Eirene, so that they can recover
quickly and fully.
May you all be Blessed by the Divine, and may your Strength and
Prayers be returned to you many-fold.
Two Mallards
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved;
reprinted with permission.]
January 30, 2012
This is just a quick note to let you all know that Prayer Call has a
95% chance of continuing on into the New Year with no major changes.
Whoopee!
January 16, 2012
Today we received an email
from Joy Bright; we did not know that Joy was in such distress, and we
apologize for not wondering whether we should post this. We felt that the Group would
send Prayers and thus, help Joy to heal better, quicker, and more easily
wherever possible.
Here now, the message from Joy:
Hi, I'm right here in Beacon with a
relapse of Epstein-Barr and Chronic Fatigue. It came on before Christmas.
So sorry about no holiday greetings or sweet breads or birthday wishes.
Paul's picking up the essential slack
around here as I sleep 12 hours out of 24 and nap or rest the other 12,
ugh! I'm hoping this is a short relapse.
I am beginning to feel a little better. (BB, got your postcards, thank you).
Well, I gotta go lay down again.
Love
you all, oh so much!
Joy is our friend, our
sister, our extended family member, and has sent each of us prayers when
we needed them; she certainly should get loads of our help if we can
send it her way! Please send Strong Healing
Prayers to Joy and also to Paul, to give him the strength to, as Joy said,
"pick up the slack around there." Wrap them both in a
Healing Blue Blanket, and hold that Umbrella of Safety over their heads,
while they get better.
[From the book,
FAIRIES, published 1945, Staples Printers Ltd., London, England]
January 16, 2012
Update on Eliza's leg problem: the swelling has gone down such that it
looks nearly normal. Eliza has been cautioned to elevate her leg as
often as possible when not at work, and to ensure that the exercises she
does at the gym do not adversely effect her condition. She is nearly
over this episode.
Update on Thelma T. Kitty: While
Thelma continues to lose weight, she has a healthy appetite and is not
dehydrated. She has indeed lost weight, but does have energy for an 18
year-old kitten, and her personality is strong.
Update on Alex's various
pain-producing ailments: Alex' Medicare Rx Coverage has refused to
approve the medicines he has taken for more than 8 years for his four
ruptured, herniated, and non-existent disks, and caused both
Alex' doctor - now Mayor of West New York - and Alex, to appeal a number of
times.
So heavy Prayers to help them approve Alex' medicines would help greatly. Even
his local congressman has gotten involved, by sending letters of support and
encouragement to the prescription coverage people, to try and convince them
to pick up where Alex' former private prescription coverage people had to
stop, due to his becoming covered by Medicare.
Unfortunately, the numbers work this way: without insurance, it costs him nearly $600 for a box of 30
lozenges; with insurance, it would cost $139 for four boxes of 30 lozenges;
under his private (COBRA) insurance, it cost Alex $10 for four boxes of the
same generic medicine.
At present, Alex is not able to afford the proper medicine to alleviate the
excruciating pain with which he lives daily.
Ain't
the Congressional method of administering Medicare, to help people in need, a
wonderful thing?
Another case of food or
medicine; or utilities or medicine. If any of you know of charities
which help people pay for medicines when Medicare or Prescription coverage
will not pay to help the person in pain, please let Alex know, so he can
apply to them, to be able to walk, sit, sleep, and basically live with so
much constant pain. His Pain Management doctor has now administered
two separate treatments of cortisone shots in Alex' spinal regions, disks
and facet joints, and plans a third series in late January or early
February, to help reduce the constant pain. But the medication Alex
has taken for nearly 8 years is the only one which provides nearly instant
relief from the pain.
Enough
with the soapbox.
December 30, 2011
Eliza
and Alex' cousin, Pat Howard is doing better, though she is still in the
hospital. Please do call her when you have a chance - her cell and
hospital numbers are below.
Eliza is
home from the hospital - she does not have a DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) but
does have a Baker's Cyst which ruptured, and a 5 centimeter (I don't know
metrics either) hematoma bled into her leg muscles, which caused her leg to
swell to thrice its normal size, and produce tremendous pain. Eliza is
taking medicines to reduce the swelling and occasional pain meds.
Alex'
Kidney infection along with his Urinary system infection have combined with
his Ulcerative Colitis and his four damaged lumbar disks - along with having
had an auto accident last Saturday - to produce a combination of non-stellar
influences (or not?) which have caused him pain and discomfort, but then
what else is new.
Thank
you all so very much for your Prayers for Pat Howard, Eliza Howard, and Alex
Howard; and
Prayers to help them get better quickly. Thank you all and Bless you
all!
[A Buddha painting by Iadriano Valentino; all rights reserved and reprinted
with permission.]
December 29, 2011
We received a call from
Thai:
Pat Howard was rushed
to the hospital last night, unable to breathe. They stabilized her and
will most likely keep her for a few more days, until they are sure she is
okay.
Her hospital room phone
number is 609-343-5519 and her cell phone number is 609-335-3006. If
you get a chance, please do call her and wish her good Health and a Great
New Year!
Thank you all for the
Strength that you send her, and the Healing Powers with which you surround
her with a blue blanket of Healing. May your good wishes and prayers be
returned to you, many-fold. Bless you all!
December 26, 2011
Eliza
and Alex received an email from Alex' First Cousin, Once Removed, Adele Stern
(known to the family as Delly):
"If ... I determine
I and /or my family can attend the 2012 one (Family Reunion), I will make my
arrangements. I appreciate the work you and others are putting in. Especially because it has provided me with contact to others of later
generations I never really knew.
So, ... my hesitation is only
because of health!
With happy memories...
Cousin Delly
We Pray that you all can send
strong Prayers of healing to our cousin Delly, so that her health improves
and she can attend the Hillman Family Reunion, later this year (2012).
And we Thank you All for your selflessness in sending prayers to our cousin,
to help her get better, to help her get well, by wrapping her in a blue blanket of healing and
Good Health!
Sweet William
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights
reserved; reprinted with permission.]
December 21, 2012
Eliza has been released from the hospital,
with medications she must take, to help with both the pain and the swelling.
Her diagnosis is a "Baker's Cyst" broke, behind her knee, and bled into her
muscles, causing a hematoma (bruise) about 5 centimeters long, oval, to
form, causing the swelling from the knee down to the ankle.
she is home now and much better, thanks to
your Prayers. Please, keep sending them for a little while longer.
Our Love to you All!
December 21, 2011
Eliza Howard was seen in the Emergency
room of Palisades Medical Center tonight at about 8 PM, after her doctor,
Dr. Mark Gabelman, diagnosed the possibility of a DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis)
in her right leg. Eliza's leg has been swollen and increasingly
painful for about a bit more than a week and she finally decided to see her
doctor.
The Hospital did some initial tests and
found no signs of an imminent DVT, but did find a subcutaneous,
intra-muscular hematoma (bruise) of about 5 centimeters in length, oval in
nature, under her right knee.
They decided to admit her and have a vein
specialist examine Eliza so at around 11:30 PM she was taken to room 549,
bed 2, to spend at least one night and possibly more.
Please, send the Strongest Prayers you can
to Eliza to heal her leg, and to her doctors, to make sure they do all that
is necessary to diagnose and treat Eliza. And Wrap Eliza in a Blue
Blanket of Healing, so that she heals and gets out of there as quickly as
possible. Thank you all so very much. Her cats and bird, and
Alex need her at home, very much.
Meanwhile, Alex' Kidney infection is
running its course, with high fevers at night, but he is otherwise
feeling much better with the medicines he is taking. Thelma
continues to hang in there, losing weight, but eating and drinking well.
2:00 AM.
December 1, 2011
(Update
for)
November 24, 2011
Dear Friends and Extended Family.
Once again, we need to ask you for
your strongest prayers. It appears that Eliza and Alex' oldest
kitty, Thelma (18 years old),
has begun exhibiting symptoms of kidney failure, similar to her
sister Louise's kidney failure last February, when Louise went on
ahead to wait for her sister.
Alex has similar
Kidney Failure and Kidney Diseases - among these is one called Hydronephritis
- combined with
other Kidney and Prostate ailments. Unfortunately, we have begun to recognize
Thelma's problems as being similar to those which preceded her
sister, Louise, just before she left last February.
We are extremely aware that
your Strongest Prayers may be able to hold off Thelma's Kidney
diseases for a short while, we do ask that you attempt to help Thelma
by sending your Strongest Prayers her way, that she is at least
comfortable as she approaches a transition.
We can only thank you from the
bottoms of our hearts, for all the prayers you have sent our way
during these trying times for Eliza and Alex, and we do indeed Pray
that your Prayers and Good Wishes be returned to you, many-fold; we
love our little girl very much, and do not want her to suffer any
more than is necessary.
May the Divine Spirit bring you
all the best and the strongest Good Karma possible, for what you have
been doing for all of us while we help in trying to heal Thelma.
We also know that your Prayers have helped Alex, so if you can send
Strong Prayers to Alex, we will be very grateful for your good
Wishes and Prayers.
May the Divine Spirit send you
Peace and Strength, during this transfer of Positive, Healing
energies. Our thanks to
you all for your Strength. May the Divine Spirit Bless you all
for your help and Strength.
Please do forgive my being
overly emotional while writing this posting. It has not been an easy
one to write.
Louise
[Our sweet Louise, in the Spirit.]
November 22, 2011
Update on Alex' health:
Alex spent the morning in
Englewood Hospital yesterday (Monday, November 21), having an
Endoscopy done. Apparently they had to redo it because Alex
does not get enough oxygen into his lungs, and therefore into his
system, to sustain him during that procedure at the Ambulatory
Surgical Center. He must be monitored and taken care of at a
hospital, where they have all the neat toys, and a specialist in
cardiac anesthesiology.
The test was a success; they found
and removed a number of polyps, to be sent for testing at a
laboratory; results that probably won't be back until early next
week, given the holiday (T-giving).
Alex' unrelated urinary infection
seems to be diminishing but he must continue to take the strange
antibiotic twice a day, to ensure eradication of this infection.
Thank you all so very much for putting in a good word
with The Spirit. I know that this helped to make the testing go
smoothly on Monday.
Please, also
put in Strong Prayers, as Alex is applying for a job with the
West New York Board of Education. Alex' pain management doctor,
Dr. Felix Eduardo Roque, recently elected mayor of West New
York, NJ, has promised Alex a job with the board of education.
After some legal wrangling, due to illegal (fraudulent)
maneuvers by Dr./Mayor Roqué's predecessor, the Mayor finally
has control of the Board of Education and can now make serious
recommendations - the kind that those at the top of the Board
will take seriously. As such, Mayor Roque is arranging for
Alex to meet with the people who can help Alex get a position
with the Board. Because Dr. Roque is aware of Alex and
Eliza's situation, vis a vis the foreclosure, Dr. Roque has been
galvanized to action, such that he will do all he possibly can
to put Alex on the Board of Ed.
According to Alex, all he needs is to show the
bank that he has an actual well-paying job, and they will modify
his mortgage, such that he will be able to pay the monthly costs
of the mortgage, and Eliza and Alex should then be able to stay
in their home, along with their three cats, and one bird.
Please, please pray as hard as you feel you are able.
All Eliza and Alex need to show the bank that is that Alex has a
well-paying job, that he is now gainfully employed, and the Bank
will modify their mortgage, such that Eliza, their three cats and
one bird and Alex, can stay in their home. So Prayer, Big Time
Prayer, is needed. We don't want to be the first family in the
Group to be homeless, due to foreclosure.
[We
don't want ANY family in our Group to become homeless, due to
foreclosure or any other reason!]
Alex
has
become so verbose; it’s difficult to practice brevity these days
<BG>! Please forgive Alex for running on and on.
[We
do wish to thank all who have helped us to continue on, especially
eating, while we work our way through this nightmare.]
We simply need Strong Prayers from our Extended
Family and Friends. And our thanks to you all, along with our
sincere wishes that all Good Things be returned to you All,
many-fold!
Sweet William
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights
reserved; reprinted with permission.]
November 14, 2011
We have an update on Alex' procedures, and
his health. We will try to keep it shorter than the last entry
(below), in order to prevent too many people from dozing off ...
Friday, Alex' went to the Ambulatory
Surgical Center, where his gastroenterologist was going to perform an
endoscopy. Alex was prepared, put on the table, given a short time to
say his prayers, and put to sleep.
When Alex was brought to full awareness,
or what passes for it, he was told that due to some combined technical and
medical circumstances, they were not able to perform the procedure and it
would have to be rescheduled, this time to be done at Englewood Hospital
instead. (Alex guesses they have a much larger mallet with which to
hit him on the head and put him out ...).
In the meantime, Alex has been playing
phone tag with his Urologist's two secretaries, finally reaching the doctor
himself, since Alex' family doctor/cardiologist has insisted that the
urologist be involved in figuring how to treat Alex for his urinary
infection, which is very resistant to most antibiotics, except those of the
Penicillin family.
Alex is, or was, allergic to Penicillin.
He may need to be tested again, since it has been more than 40 years.
When all of this is straightened out, the
procedure will be rescheduled and then done.
In the meantime, Alex spent the entire
weekend in bed, sick with the major symptom the inability to urinate, and
with terrible pain, which continued when he was able to begin again.
Eliza has been incredible, given this was
her chance to find a way to finally get rid of Alex and her restraint was
admirable.
So to try making this shorter, when we
know more, we will post more.
Thank you all for your Prayers and kind
wishes. We again ask for Strong Prayers to help Alex get well again,
and to help Eliza to help Alex. You have all been incredible, and your
prayers have been felt and appreciated by both of us. And we pray that
they be returned to you, many-fold. May the Spirit be with you All.
Bless you, so very much!
.]
November 11, 2011
First, we ask your forgiveness for such a
long explanation of why we are asking for prayers from our friends and
extended family. We do apologize for such an incredibly lengthy
explanation.
Eliza and Alex have asked that this be
posted to the Prayer Call site immediately: During a series of tests
done on Alex over the past two weeks, it has been determined that Alex has a
number of physical problems which can only be resolved by surgical
procedures of one way or another. First, Alex has a urinary infection
of an antibiotic-resistant strain. Apparently, it can be treated
through IV applications of Penicillin or derivatives of Penicillin.
The problem with this is that for the past
40 or more years, Alex has been allergic to Penicillin and all derivatives
thereof, like Ampicillin, or similar derivatives. So Alex' doctors are
not sure how they are going to handle this particular problem.
In the interim, Alex is going in for an
ambulatory procedure called an Endoscopy, as his gastroenterologist called
him yesterday, after an office visit of Tuesday, to tell him they want him
in their operating suite by 2:30 PM on Friday, November 11, 2011. Alex
will be there and, because Eliza does not work on Fridays, Eliza will be
able to drive him there and bring him home afterwards.
Last Thursday, November 3, 2011, Alex also
had Cortisone treatments in the lumbar region of his spine, performed by his
Pain Management Specialist, to help with the pain from his damaged disks and
the associated nerve pathways, to try and relieve him of the excruciating
pain, with which he has been living for the past few months. In one of
the problems between the disks, it has been described as "bone on bone" and
in that particular case, there is no way to fix the situation. In the
other three disk problems, two of them may indeed be cured by inflating them
with an inert material which will not cause rejection, and the third
situation may indeed be resolved by the same kind of inert material, which
would not require the inflation to be repeated.
The facet joints between disks and other
parts of the anatomy which help to keep the spinal column's nerves in the
proper place while it transmits the pain, or lack thereof, to the brain, can
be helped immensely by these methods of non-invasive surgical techniques.
Strong Prayers can help to relieve these
situations and help the pain to be minimized and kept from transmitting
excruciating pains from the lower back, where the pain is transmitted into
quite serious pain.
A week later and Alex reports that the
shots have had a positive effect on him, as the major pain has been reduced
quite a bit from the cortisone shots, along with the pain medications he has
been prescribed.
Please, if you can find a few moments
during your day, send Strong Prayers that the surgeons are guided to the
areas necessary to relieve the internal ulcerative colitis and the other
colon-related areas of pain and discomfort, so that Alex can live for a
while in a near pain-free condition. And send Strong Prayers to Alex,
that he comes out of the anesthesia feeling less pain inside than he has for
a while, to help him try to live as pain-free for as long as is possible.
Finally, please send Strong Prayers that
the doctors can find a way to treat the urinary infection Alex suffers from,
without sending Alex into anaphylactic shock from the possibility that he
may still be allergic to Penicillin. If Alex is no longer allergic,
the IV treatments for this urinary infection may indeed be helpful such that
they do not have to perform more drastic surgery to remove something called
a fistula - a pinhead sized hole between the colon and the bladder pathway -
which would necessitate major surgery and the implantation of a colostomy
bag. (Then, Alex would have to find shoes to match the bag ...).
We ask for your Strong Prayers to help
find non-surgical methods of healing Alex' various problems, so that he
returns from these procedures without having to go through major surgery for
these problems.
And we Thank You All, for your Prayers and
your Good Wishes, to help with Alex' healing.
[Louise. who left us in February of 2011;
Alex' favorite cat of all .]
August 17, 2011
We received this email from
Valerie: Hello, Alex,
|
My sister Carey passed away on the morning of August 15th, in
Springfield, Virginia. Please send prayers for a peaceful and
blissful transition.
Thank you and love to all,
Valerie
Please send prayers of
Healing and Strength to Valerie's entire family, and specially to
Carey, as she moves into the next plane. She has had a very
difficult time with her illness, it is time for her to have an easy
transition and a lovely life on the planes to follow, as she goes
through the teachings.
And may the Divine
Spirit Bless you all for your Prayers to Carey and Family.
|
August 10, 2011
We got a call from Su
about her supervisor's best
friend, Ella Gotlibovsky, who lives in Israel. Ella has contracted a
disease which attacks every organ in the body, and the doctors have no idea
how to cure this disease. The doctors in Israel are about the best
there is anywhere, and yet this disease has confounded them. We ask
that you send Super Strong Prayers for Ella, and her family, and Larissa,
Su's friend, and Ella's life-long friend. Healing and Strength and all
goodness to Ella and all involved.
And we thank you, as
always, for your incredible spirit of help and strength.
August 8, 2011
We received a request from
Regine, to post the following:
"... I wonder if you could post a request
from a good friend of mine for prayers - for Alison Armstrong - her best
friend who was in a car accident and is in serious condition, but not
paralyzed thank God.
Her car hit a tree. If
prayers could be sent her way for strong healing and wellbeing, my friend
Kathy would be very grateful. Apparently she really needs these prayers.
Thanks,
And be well,
Regine"
Please do, send strong
Prayers to Alison Armstrong, that she is able to heal quickly, that her pain
is minimized, and that she returns to good health soon. And our thanks to
you all, for your Special Blessings.
August 2, 2011
With sincere apologies,
we post this request for prayers, which arrived over the weekend.
We were having similar problems to the person noted here, and did not
spend any time in front of our computer.
Gillien wrote:
Please ask for prayers for
Charlene, the twin sister of my close friend Sharon. Charlene is going to
have her 4th surgery on her back this coming Monday, Aug. 1, at Englewood
Hospital in Englewood, NJ. Thank you!
Gillien
Please, send the Strongest
Prayers for Healing to Charlene, who had this back surgery already, that
her surgeons did the job they were born to do, which is heal her.
Charlene deserves more than a person skipping the request for her
prayers. And we Thank You All and send our Blessings to you too!
July 22, 2011
Please,
extend your prayers for Healing, Comfort, and Guidance of surgeons' hands
through the weekend and on into the coming week, as Eliza's supervisor and
friend, Libby, continues to have work done on her, which was not scheduled
but which is completely necessary.
We Pray
that the work done will be successful, and that Libby will emerge from the
hospital totally cured of any and all possible problems for which she has
been there, and that she will no longer need the help of those surgeons and
doctors, nurses, and support staff from now and into the future. Libby
is a gentle soul, and needs our Prayers to get through this period in the
best way possible, such that she will be able to be completely cured and
feel so very much better, and so much more relaxed and calm after all the
hubbub of this week's activity.
We thank
you all for your Support, your Prayers, and your Help in these trying times
for Libby, and please know that without your Prayers and Help, this may have
been a much more difficult weekend than we have made it out to be.
[Central Park Relaxing spot; permission in perpetuity by
author/photographer.]
Our
sincere thanks for all you have done to help this situation, and we
genuinely pray that all be returned to you many-fold. Our Thanks and
Our Blessings to All. And Our Love to you, too!
July 19, 2011
From Eliza, we have learned
that her boss, Libby, is going for a biopsy today,
Tuesday, July 19, to test for breast cancer. The procedure is
scheduled for 1:45 PM this afternoon; we are not certain when she will
receive the results.
Please, send strong prayers for Libby, that
she comes through this test calm, and completely healthy, and strong prayers
to her doctors, that the Spirit guides their hands to do their work
flawlessly, such that all goes well, with as little discomfort as possible.
Thank you all for your
Prayers and Strength.
July 16, 2011
Prayer Call received this
email today, from Joy:
Dear Joy,
[July 11, Monday] Had
very sad news this morning around 11am: Kevin (Meru) passed away.
He made it to New Delhi hospital Saturday, and
the Doctors put him in the ICU shortly after arrival. Tests showed that
bacteria had spread all through his blood stream - in a matter of a couple
of days he had gone into cardiac arrest; he could not be revived, and was
gone.
I have been working closely with the US
Embassy since last week and cannot give them enough praise for their help
and caring. I know he was in a good hospital with good doctors. His
funeral will be in India, as that seems to be where he was the happiest. I
will miss him so much, but do let's keep his memory in our thoughts always.
I feel you were his best friend.
Love, Shirley
Dear Friends, Family, and
others who kept Meru (Kevin) close to their hearts.
Please send Strong Prayers to
Meru / Kevin, so that he will be guided by the strongest light towards the
next level. Many of us were dear friends of his, and so he will be
missed by a great many people in Ellen's Group, as well as others not in the
circle. During part of Meru's life he was a teacher, and those of his
students will miss him greatly, as he brought beauty and knowledge into
their lives. A renaissance man, Meru was many things to many people.
He was to us, a Friend; a Dear
Friend!
Meru was a gentle soul,
brilliant and at times contentious, but that is one of the things which made
him such an intense friend. We all learned a lot by
conversations with Meru, and we all will be somewhat diminished by his
absence.
Crank up the Prayer Wheels, as
this loss is among those which cannot easily be smoothed over. Just
know that Meru is on his way to being taught how it really works by his
Spirit Guides and Spirit Teachers, and he will enter a period of intense
growth during which time many of us will feel his presence. That is
only Meru's way of showing us all that he has progressed; he will be playing
with us from that next level.
We send our Love and our
Prayers to Meru, and ask that all do the same. And may your Prayers be
returned to you many-fold.
JUNE 21, 2011
Today, Eliza and I awoke to discover that
our phone service and internet service, and all things related to
Verizon had been turned off, due to our non payment of their bill.
A week or so ago, we were fortunate enough to have a dear, very dear
friend pay a bit less than half of our PSE&G Bill, so we did not lose
our gas and electric service. Unfortunately, we had no such angel to
swoop down from the heavens and help with the communications bill.
That I am able to put this on the Prayer Call Site and then send the
reminders is due to the fact that we have paid Verizon with the money we
had saved to use for our COBRA, our Health Insurance. If we
cannot pay the COBRA before the end of this month, we will lose our
health coverage, which includes the expensive medications Alex uses for
his damaged disks and facet joints in his back.
We have taken to selling heirloom jewelry
to a jeweler we have learned to trust over the years, someone in Edgewater
Commons, and Alex will be selling more today, to enable us to pay for our
COBRA.
All we can do is thank those of you who have
been so generous as to find a little work for Alex, and to donate some small
amounts of funds to enable us to pay the outstanding bills we owe the
utilities.
It is our dream and hope that Alex gets work
- full time work - but it is beginning to look more and more like his age is
getting in the way, and stopping employers from hiring him.
We thank you all for your generosity in our
time of need, such that we can continue to pay for the things which are
absolutely essential to be paid, while we explore the many charities which
may assist us in our hour of dire need.
Thank you all for your help and prayers to
get us through this incredible time. May the Divine Spirit Bless
you ALL in the most wonderful ways possible, and keep you all from
ending up in this sort of situation. It is a terribly difficult spot
in which to find ourselves, and the word terrified doesn't come close to
covering it. I pray that none of you ever find yourselves in a similar
position!
Bless you all, and Thank you all, for your
generosity and your help.
Love,
Eliza & Alex Howard
MAY 17, 2011
Due to a combination of stellar influences and some
of Verizon's email strangeness, I got this email today - it has been
batted back and forth to Prayer Call since
March 29, 2011!
Here,
now,
under the date of May 17, and corrected, is this
piece about Regine's late father. Her version appears at the
end.
Sidney Zacharia Cohn
April
15, 1914 - March 19, 2011
Temple Beth-El of Bellmore
Monday, March 21, 2011
PROGRAM
Service conducted by:
Rabbi
Gary D. Kessler and Cantor Eitan Binet
Speakers
-
Marian Cohn, daughter
-
Regine Urbach, daughter
-
Meyer
Goldstein
Sidney Zacharia Cohn was almost 97 when he passed away on March 19, 2011. He
fought valiantly and heroically till the end. Honored by Temple Beth-El for
his long and dedicated service, he is beloved by his family and friends.
Even the most distant stranger who made his acquaintance could not help but
see the pure light and gentle, loving kindness coming from this wonderful
man. He accomplished many things including becoming a New York City Police
Captain and building his own wholesale stationery business which became the
largest of its kind on Long Island. His wife, Marlene Cohn, remains the love
of his life, and his two daughters, whom he adored, are lucky to have called
him "Dad."
[Sidney Zacharia
Cohn]
Regine wrote:
My dad, Sidney Zacharia Cohn,
was almost 97 when he passed away on the morning of March 19, 2011, at 7:30
a.m. He had been fighting a valiant battle against pneumonia, heart
disease, kidney failure and many other ailments that have ravaged his body
in the past few years. Everyone loved my father. With a moon/Venus
trine, you can imagine. He was honored in his synagogue, he was
beloved by his friends and family, and everyone who met him couldn't help
but see the pure light and loving, gentle kindness coming from this
wonderful man. He accomplished many things, including becoming a New
York City police captain, and building his own stationary business, which
became the largest of its kind on Long Island. My mother was the love of his
life, and he adored his two daughters.
If possible, please include him in your
prayers for a peaceful transition and for everlasting light and love.
Thank you so much,
Regine
Please everybody, send Strong Prayers that Regine's father
has a peaceful and calm transition to the next level of the Divine Spiritual
World. He seems to have deserved all the Loving Prayers we can send to
him, and the Strong Prayers we can send to his family, that they are
surrounded with Strength, Beauty, and Good Health, while Sidney makes his
way into the next level of the Spirit world. I am certain that there
are many of us who would love nothing more than to have this kind of
description about them, as they pass through the Bardos, learning and
growing as they go.
Thank you all for your Peace, Prayers, and Divine Good Wishes
for Sidney Zachariah Cohn, a model for us all.
May 16, 2011
Just a
heads up that we will be celebrating the
Memorial Day Holiday,
Bar-B-Que and Temple meeting at
Thai's home in Pomona
on Monday May 30th.
We will Bar-B-Que at around 2PM and the
Temple
meeting will be at 6PM.
I hope you
all can make it up there for this festivity.
[From the book,
FAIRIES, published 1945, Staples Printers Ltd., London, England]
Please
anyone who will be driving I ask you to make
room for others to come up with you.
You can
also take a ShortLine bus from the Port
Authority and I can pick you up in Suffern.
Looking
forward to having all of you at my home.
If you need
to speak to me I can be reached on my cell
phone. (917) 669-1013.
Love,
Thai
[Calming Trees in the
Forest; published by permission.]
May 9, 2011
Just a note:
May
9 is Alex' late father's birthday. He would have been 99
today. May the Divine Spirit Bless Nat Richard Howard
(Horowitz) for his selfless life of charity and sacrifice.
[Photo by ET; permission by the
photographer in perpetuity.]
April 30, 2011
In an email from across the pond, Anne Bates wrote:
A very dear friend of mine –
Ris – who is British, but now lives in Cleveland, is married to Art.
Art has just been told that he has a cancer that appears to be untreatable.
Art turned 90 a few months ago and has been battling a number of health
problems, including heart disease, for some time, but this news has been
devastating for him, for Ris, and for their entire family.
In addition, Ris’ son –
Jeremy – has Krohn’s Disease, which has become a greater than usual
challenge in the past few weeks. Jeremy is in and out of hospital at the
moment and probably facing more surgery in the near future. As if this
is not enough Jeremy’s wife, Dawn, has a painful kidney problem, which is
usually only resolved by the passing of stones.
I have known Ris since we
were teenagers together in London and I love her like a sister. She
has lived in the US for around 40 years. Her marriage to Art followed an
unhappy first marriage but which produced two lovely children, Jeremy and
Kate.
Ris especially will need to
be very strong during the coming months and I ask that prayers be said, not
only to sustain her during this very worrying time, but also for her
husband, Art; her son Jeremy and her daughter-in-law, Dawn, asking that the
Doctors will find the right treatments to ensure their healing and comfort.
Thank you All,
Anne Bates
44+(0)207 731 8840
44+(0)771 568 2763
Dear
Friends and Extended Spiritual Family, we ask that you send your strongest
prayers towards Ris and Family, so that the Doctors can properly diagnose
and treat the serious health problems of the entire family, and the family
comes out of this situation as pure as they possibly can. We Pray that
all health situations be healed, that Art and his son. Jeremy, are treated
by doctors on both the Earth plane and on the Spiritual plane in such a way
as to help them to heal in record time. May the Divine Spirit grant
you all good health and good spirits, with which to battle both the cancer
and the Krohn's disease, and may your Good Prayers and Wishes be returned to
you, many-fold.
April 27, 2011
We received email from Su:
My dear friend,
Phyllis
Markuson -we've known each other since we were 8 years old- had a kidney
transplant 22 years ago. It appears that her transplanted kidney is not
functioning well as of this day.
Please send Phyllis prayers of healing and
that the medication she is now taking will help get the transplanted kidney
back to "normal", and that the doctors proceed with the correct action to
help the kidney get back to a functioning mode.
Please send prayers to guide the doctors
so that they make the right decision regarding her treatment so that Phyliss
can heal properly.
Thank you,
Su
Please, do send Strong Healing Prayers to Phyllis and her
doctors, so that they not only properly diagnose the problem, but provide
comfort and healing as quickly as possible. Divine Spirit: wrap
Phyllis in a Healing Blue Blanket, and give her strength and comfort while
she is on the mend. And we thank you all, for your Prayers and your
Caring. May your Goodness be returned to you, many-fold.
A Short Prayer
from Ellen, from 1981:
Hello,
You are very Dear to me.
Thank you for your spiritual assistance.
Many dreams have been fulfilled, many will never come to
pass. It has been, and always will be, my concern to pray for, and
work toward soul-growth and well-being all around. Sometimes Karmic
Flaws prevent instant or full success. Continue to make a fervent
effort to understand more of Spiritual Work.
Be more Receptive (Hxg. #2) to the Divine Energy and
Protection in 1981, the Year of the Iron Bird and of Abstemiousness.
Create new room inside for the listening ear and tenderly
loving care for one another.
With many blessings and Love,
Ellen
April 24, 2011
Eliza and Alex need your help:
Usually this web site does not get involved in politics. However,
due to the possibilities in the West New York, NJ elections, coming on May
10, 2011, we have decided to humbly request your prayers. Dr. Felix E.
Roque - Alex' pain management specialist - is running for Mayor of West New
York. If he is elected to that office, he has promised that he will
hire Alex for a top position in his administration. If that does
happen, it will allow Eliza and Alex to retain residence in their home,
avoiding foreclosure.
Please
do send Strong Prayers to the Divine Spirit, such that Dr. Roque does get
elected, and hires Alex to be his top assistant. Thank you all very,
very much.
March 18, 2011
Through
Thai, we have learned that the arrangements for Martin's mother, Agnes
McNamara, are as follows:
The wake
for Martin's mother Agnes, will be held at Hodder and Son, 899 McClain
Avenue in Yonkers, NY. Their phone is 914-237-5800.
[Central Park Spring, by ET; with permission of the
photographer.]
It will
be today, Friday March 18, 2011, 2PM to 4PM and 7PM to 9PM. There will
be a funeral mass at St. Barnabas Church, East 241st Street, in the Bronx, a
few blocks from the funeral home, Saturday morning at 9:45 AM.
March 16, 2011
Through Thai, we learned that Martin
McNamara's mother, Agnes, passed away yesterday. Martin let us know
she will be buried with her late husband, Joe. All her sons are
still living. So it'll just be mum and dad in the grave, as well as dad's
parents.
Mum's passing was very peaceful with lots of loving
family around her. She had some pain along the way but it was well
managed. She is definitely free of all that now.
The wake and funeral will be here in NY, then the
wake, funeral and burial will be in Ireland. Martin will let you know the
details. They will also be buried with
Joe's parents.
Martin wants to let you al know that "I'm ok, a bit
numb."
"Hugs,
Martin"
[Calming Trees; permission
to publish by photographer.]
Please send Strong Healing Prayers to
Agnes
McNamara and to Martin, that they be Wrapped in a Blue Blanket of Healing
and Love, and that all goes well, going forward.
Thank you all for your Strength and your
Kindness, and Love and Peace to you all.
March 11, 2011
We
heard, through an email from "B," that Thai's Uncle Sonny passed into the
next world on March 11.
Please
join us all as we send the Strongest of Prayers to Thai and her family, as
they celebrate the passing of Uncle Sonny. While it may seem to be a
difficult thing to think and say, it is quite true that Sonny will be much
better off as he walks with Ellen, Winn, and the Spirit Teachers in his new
environs, Uncle Sonny was, from all accounts, a wonderful, generous,
thoughtful man, who himself wanted to be able to look after all of his
friends and family, such that he would know that everyone was being taken
care of.
We are
saddened to say that Uncle Sonny cannot do this from the Earth Plane, but is
more able to do so from the next plane, on which he is able to ensure that
his family and friends are taken care of in the best possible way. In
return, we Pray that Uncle Sonny is himself taken care of in the best
possible way from the Divine Spirit Level, where he will be guided to learn
just how to help from his new vantage.
May your
Strong Prayers wrap Sonny in a Blue Blanket of Healing, and wrap Thai in a
similar blanket of healing, such that he will now be able to ensure that his
large, extended family and friends are taken care of, such that all will be
protected by the Divine Spirit and similarly all will be protected by Uncle
Sonny and the Divine Spirit.
Thank
you all for your diligence. May the Divine Spirit Bless you all!
March 11, 2011
Emergency Call for Prayers!
Please send Strong Prayers for the people of
Japan, and all peoples effected by the 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami
activity, which has already begun to hit the West Coast of the United States,
and is moving to hit all the way down the Western shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Thank you All!
Emergency Call for Prayers!
March 4, 2011
From Eliza:
On Monday, March 7, sometime
in the morning, Eliza's boss, Libby Peters (a Lovely Libra) will be having
Cataract surgery on her eye. As she has had this done on the other eye
first, she is having it done again, on the second one. (They don't
have cataract surgery for the Third Eye!)
Please, send Strong Prayers
to guide the hands of the surgeons, the anesthesiologists, and all involved
with this procedure at the hospital where this will be done. The
procedure has been surrounded by serious amounts of protective layers of
secrecy ... only because Libby Peters is a Libra and being so totally unsure
of how to handle it, she opted for complete protection. We, however,
have the Divine Spirit on our side and are asking that the Spirit and all
the Divine Surgeons be guided and made to perform flawlessly, such that
Libby will be able to walk out of the hospital with no pain, and with
nothing but successful procedure for the surgery, as well as a calm and
protective period of healing following the surgery.
We wish Libby to walk in to
the office when the time comes for her to return to work, get a full update
on what has gone on during her absence, and give an equally full update on
the progress of her procedure.
Please, Spin those Prayer
Wheels to get them gong such that they will make a very difficult and
intricate procedure as smooth and trouble-free as possible.
We send Strong Prayers of
Healing to Libby anther family and doctors, and equally strong prayers for
her recovery, wrapping her in a blue blanket of healing and recovery.
Thank you all for your help and
your strength. And lour Love to you and all who have been involved in
sending strength while this goes on, such
that the healing is as smooth as it is possible to be.
And Our Love to You.
March 4, 2011
Appropriately, March Forth! Eliza
and Alex have a short update on their foreclosure mediation meeting from
Tuesday, and before the salient points are forgotten (okay, so we did
take notes!), we wanted to let everyone know how your prayers have
helped us.
Going into the mediation on March 1, at
9:00 AM, we had a few very hard and fast rules by which the mediation
was going to be conducted. And coming out, about two and a half
hours later, there were very few changes:
-
We
had been given until Mid May to sell the house on our own, and make a
profit, so that we could pay the bank what we owe them on the mortgage,
hopefully take something home with us to enable us to buy a new house,
and move.
-
In
the same time frame, if Alex were to get a real job, and were able to
show the bank a month's worth of pay stubs showing that he is earning
enough now to pay a modified mortgage, then we could go for a new
modification on the mortgage.
-
Also
in that same time frame, we had to sign a document that basically said
we would not attempt to try a new mediation on our mortgage; we got one
bite at that particular apple and that was it.
-
Again, in the same time period, we could allow the bank to sell the
house in what they call a short sale - meaning equal to or less than
what we owe them on the mortgage itself, and come away completely broke
with not a prayer as to where we could possibly go to live, especially
with the cats.
-
That is the long and short of it.
We sat and listened to the mediator tell us how the whole thing works.
We then listened to the bank's lawyer tell us the bank's stand on the
situation, and then we listened to the bank's other representative, via
Blackberry, telling us all the other details that the lawyer on site was
not prepared to read to us.
When that was all over, we asked salient
questions about how things will and can work, how the bank feels about
throwing us out on our rears, and so on. The Bank is - to their
credit - not in a big hurry to throw us out. But they will stand
by their original time frame of Mid May to End of May, with that as the
time frame for us to get a job for Alex and the ability to prove to the
Bank that Eliza and Alex can actually make the mortgage payments, if the
modification is actually successful. It all hinges on the amount
of money we bring in during the month, versus the amount we spend on
expenses in the same time frame, in a percentage of assets versus
liabilities on a percentage, such that we may actually earn enough to
re-balance that percentage, and prove Alex is now contributing to the
payments and they can make the monthly mortgage payments.
-
Given that Eliza and Alex have nearly no other expenses or bills, no
credit cards to pay off, their cars are both completely paid for, and
they only need pay for Utilities, including phone, TV, heat,
electricity, and the like, it is more than possible to get to the point
where they can actually make it.
-
In
the biblical sense, rather than giving Eliza and Alex Fish to eat, they
need to get fishing lessons and maybe a trawler, to catch enough fish to
feed themselves, and pay for the other expenses every month. Were
they to make that successfully by Mid to Late May, then they can stay in
the house, apply for a new Mortgage Modification, and see about keeping
the house.
-
As
an aside - it may just make the most sense to find a "sweet spot" at
which to sell this house, pay off the remainder of the mortgage, and
with the balance of money over and above what they make by selling the
house, buy a smaller, cheaper house ... one that is also in foreclosure.
At which point they would need to have help painting and moving in and
the rest, since they're both in the mid 60s and no longer strong enough
to carry furniture and paint and the rest of that. They will, in
the process, sell any and all they can from their current home, like
older computers and components, such that they can make a little
electronics money, and help pay for the cleanup and modifications to
paint and so on in the new place. But that will indeed require
help for all fronts.
-
And
that is about all we can say for now, given our circumstances. If
anything more comes up, we will bring it to light. In the
meantime, we will continue to let all know the circumstances.
And
Thank You All for sending such Powerful Prayers our way, that we were
not thrown out of the house at this first meeting, and given a little
time to see about getting our stuff together in order that we might be
able to survive. Thank you all for your Prayers and your Strength,
and Please ... don't stop now, while we need to find the strength and
ability to get it all done in a timely fashion. With our Love to
you all!
February 17, 2011
Eliza and I want to thank you all for your incredible outpouring of
Prayers, Good Wishes, and Sympathy, at the loss of Louise, our
sweet, loving cat. She was a wonderful little girl, and seemed
to be so much smarter than the average cat - and Lord Knows, Eliza
and I have had quite a few cats over the years.
So just a quick Thank You to all who have sent their good wishes our
way, at losing Louise. It's not certain that we will get
another cat at all, but if we do, we would like to have Louise
return to us.
May the Divine Spirit Bless you all for your kind wishes, prayers,
and wonderful words at Louise's passing. You are an incredible
group of people, one which could never be found anywhere else in
this whole world. Bless you, all of you.
February 13, 2011
Some
time, between 4:30 AM and 8:40 AM, Louise left us to go on to a better
life. Eliza and I each, in turn, held her and together we said the
Lord's Prayer for this exceptional kitten.
We
have never known a cat so intelligent and wonderful as Louise, and
probably never will.
She
was so attentive to our illnesses that she would park herself near or on
the problem area, and purr and give of herself, while making us feel
better from the pain and suffering. Louise even found me when I
was in Palisades Medical Center, just to show that she could, and to
bring care to me.
Eliza said the Lord's Prayer for Louise today.
We
will bring her to Secaucus Animal Hospital for burial, as we know that
they will take care of her in a decent and humane way.
Please, say Strong Prayers for Louise, that she finds her way to Ellen
and Winn's side, that she is received with love and affection, and that
her suffering is finally over.
We
have never known or loved a cat as much as Louise, and it is difficult to
let her go, even difficult to write this for her.
Please also send Strong Prayers to the rest of our family, Thelma, Skye,
Goldie, Bowie, Eliza and me, that we can recover from her loss quickly,
and remember only the good about Louise. After all, it was easy, since
there was nothing bad about her. She was, in all possible ways,
the perfect feline friend.
And
we thank you, and the Divine Spirit, for taking Louise into the arms of
the Spirit, to give her solace and Peace.
May
the Spirit Bless you All, and bless your four legged friends as well,
with health and strength.
February 11, 2011
We received this email from Thai:
Dear Friends, I just received the following email from Rob's wife
Meg. It seems that the hospital felt that they had done all they
could for him at the hospital and sent in home in a body cast to
continue, for what they anticipate will be a long haul,
his healing.
Love,
Thai
And, this email is what Thai received from Rob's wife,
Meg:
Subject: rob's condition
Just wanted to update you guys on Rob's condition. Amazingly enough,
Rob is home. He has 4 fractured back bones in his upper back
and two in his neck. The fracture is on the outside edge
though, and high enough in his back that his shoulders seem to
stabilize the back. He is wearing a hard neck collar and
probably will for a while.
He is uncomfortable and will be for a while but, it is just a
miracle.
We had hundreds and thousands of people praying for us and we have
received a miracle!
Meg
What is a miracle is that Rob sustained these injuries by
skiing a few weeks ago, and the doctors were not sure how he would come
out of it all. Thai's original emails on Rob's condition, and her
requests for prayers got this going such that Rob has improved way past
his doctors' expectations and is, as you see, at home now.
Truly a medical miracle.
Please do continue to send Strong Prayers to Rob,
wrapping him in the Blue Blanket of Healing, so that he continues to
recover completely and sooner than his doctors expect.
Also send Strong Prayers to Meg and the Children, that
they are able to take care of Rob and be relaxed and calm about his
condition and progress. No riding the non-electric bull, or other
games with his body cast please <G>.
And Thank You All for your Prayers, which have brought
Rob this far in so short a period of time. May the Divine Spirit
Bless you All!
February 11, 2011
Report update on Eliza and Alex' kitty, Louise: Lou continues to
lose weight, even though she eats with great vigor, and begs for extra
food when they eat dinner;. Eliza and Alex continue to give her
subcutaneous Lactated Ringers every evening, to help flush out her
kidneys, and Lou still has a great spirit to continue on, so Lou will be
with Eliza and Alex, and the rest of the cats, as long as Louise wants
to continue on.
And
an updated
report on Alex' Psychotic Break of last week: While his doctors have said that
this was caused by taking too much of his medications - pain medicines
as well as heart medicines - it was exacerbated by the situation Eliza
and Alex are in with the foreclosure of their home.
On
March 1, they are to go to court in Newark, for a mediation meeting with
representatives of their mortgage holder, to see if there is any way to
get their mortgage modified, and to get the foreclosure date put off
while Alex continues to try and find employment, of a level that will
help pay the mortgage.
Thankfully, before Alex was laid off in December of 2008, Eliza and he
had paid off all their credit cards but one - as that one saw others
from their bank being paid off and tripled the interest and late fees,
to ensure that Eliza and Alex would not be able to pay this one off so
easily.
However, were Alex to gain employment at a reasonable salary, Eliza and
he would be able to pay off the mortgage on a monthly basis, and pay
their utilities as well.
Please, send Strong Prayers to Alex, and to Eliza, that the Divine
Spirit is able to step in and surround them with protection at the
mediation meeting, such that Eliza and Alex will be able to get the
extension needed, and that Alex is able to get the work that he needs.
And we thank you All, for your Selfless Acts of Kindness and Prayers.
February 6, 2011
Alex
Howard lost his common sense. He had a psychotic break where he
first put on about 8 warm sweatshirts and an equal number of
sweatpants, left them on for a while, and was completely without his
normal balance, unable to walk without falling down. Then he took
a scissors and started cutting them off himself, started crying, and
wouldn't let Eliza near him until he had cut all the sweatshirts off
again. Alex seems to be in a better place now and quiet, and
resting comfortably for now. He has calmed down considerably.
Please send Strong Prayers to Alex, that he gets his mind together
again, and that his outburst this morning does not permanently hurt him.
Thank you all for your concern.
February 6, 2011
Eirene's next door neighbor, Rob Carson, was on a ski trip when he ran
smack into a tree. It destroyed his back and hips and other areas,
but did not damage his spin cord.
He will be in the hospital for a while
in intensive care, while they put him pack together and the good news is
that though he lost his job, he still has coverage until the end of this
month.
Please send strong prayers to Rob to
surround him with the blue blanket of healing so that he can get his
strength and body back in good shape. Thank you all for your
prayers for Rob.
February 3, 2011
We
ordinarily do not use Prayer Call for such reasons. A letter was
received from the New Jersey Supreme Court, by Eliza and Alex Howard.
Apparently on the first of March, the foreclosure proceedings will go
into operation, and Eliza, Alex, their four cats and one bird, will most
likely lose their home for the past 28 years.
Please click
this link, to see the
begging being done on their behalf.
Thank you.
February 2, 2011
Yesterday, Thai sent us all a note about Esmeralda:
"Our spiritual sister
Esmeralda (Helen Peterson) needs our prayers for her physical and
emotional well-being. In addition she needs strong protection
surrounding her teaching job."
Today, Thai followed
that request with this poem that Alina (B) unearthed, so to speak, created by our sister Esmeralda.
Please read it through a few times, in order to get the message in the
poem. Esmeralda is going through some very deep changes right now,
and we need to give her all the support we can, to help her through to
clarity on the other side. This is a poem she wrote a few years
ago:
"INFINITE"
"Between oneness and
separation
I grow;
in the silence of
meditation.
I feel my dreams.
Awake
I
forgot
My
words ramble.
I
missed the point
I miss
the soul;
When I
act
I
forget to flow
I
forget to think of others
I lose
my way.
When I close my eyes
again,
I see where to go.
In the silence I find
The words I need,
I feel the flow of love
The path opens.
Mortals speak in
words
The soul speaks
in light
The sentences of
mortals are finite
The sentences of
the soul art infinite.
Helen Peterson,
December 1992
Signed:
Love,
Esmeralda"
Please send Strong Prayers
to our friend, our spiritual sister, Esmeralda (Helen Peterson) needs
our prayers for her physical and emotional well-being. She has created
a wonderful poem which can serve all of us - her extended family, along
with her family and her close friends, and her students. In short,
all of those who she touches in all ways, may they be better for having
met and touched. And we Thank You All, for allowing the Divine
Spirit to guide you to sending the prayers Esmeralda needs, to bring her
Strength once again.
As Ellen pointed out a
number of times, "The hardest thing to do, when we are going through
heavy changes, is to remember that we are going through heavy changes!"
Pray that this insight is given to Esmeralda, to help lighten her load.
And thank you all for your support of our Darma Sister.
January 24, 2011
In
an email from Eric G., we received this sad news:
The father of Eric's
partner died on Saturday, January 22 in The Netherlands. Your
prayers of healing and support will be deeply felt and appreciated.
Wil Jobse (Sr.) was
born in 1927 in The Hague, and had a long career with KLM Airlines. He
is survived by his wife, Johanna Maria; his son Wil (Jr.) and partner
Eric; daughter Jolanda, her husband Hans, and their three children
Alexander, Caroleine and Deiderick.
Thank you,
Eric G.
We ask that you send
Strong Prayers to Eric's father, Wil, that he has a smooth transition on
the road to his next level, and equally strong Prayers to his entire
family, that they can deal with their loss. And the Divine Spirit
will return your goodness, many-fold.
January 15, 2011
I
have an anecdote regarding Laura Beaujon, and the early days of my
(Alex') friendship with Laura:
I
had moved into Manhattan, to an apartment on 14th Street near 7th
Avenue, when I met Ellen and other members of what was to become her
"Group."
Laura was one of the early members, due to having met her through
Donnie's former (or future ex-) mother-in-law, Betty Hannifin.
When
Laura learned how barren, so to speak, my apartment was, she was kind
enough to give me a plant, a pothos or philodendron plant. I
treated this plant like gold, watered it as told to, and so on, because
I wanted to have something live in the apartment.
Later, I moved upstairs to a bigger apartment, then moved to New Jersey
and while there, got married to Eliza and moved a few more times until
we finally bought the house - the one we are struggling to keep.
Laura's plant kept growing and became large enough to put on a hanging
planter.
From
this plant, I was able to take cuttings and when they developed roots,
plant the 'babies' in new pots, both hanging and stable.
It
is now more than 40 years since Laura gave me this plant and it still
grows, still gives me 'babies,' and continues to amaze me. As the
babies develop roots, again they go into planters of their own, to keep
the house filled with growing things.
Eliza and I remain grateful to Laura for introducing growing things into
our home so that, besides cats and a bird, we are able to foster growth
in our home, as well as in Eliza's vegetable garden in the spring and
summer.
For
this, and many other reasons, we thank Laura Beaujon or, as Donnie
lovingly called her, Laura Beaujolais (Laura knew!), for just one more
thing. Laura was (and still is) an amazing person. She is
probably teaching people on the next plane valuable lessons.
May
the Divine Spirit Bless Laura and Guide her on her way to the next
level. Bless Laura and Bless you all.
Please note: If anyone has
short stories, anecdotes,
about their relationship with Laura, please send them to Prayer Call by
way of alexh1@verizon.net, and I
will be sure to post them, perhaps -f necessary - on a separate page.
The name for this separate page may also be suggested by you all, the
readers and contributors. That page will reside here on Prayer
Call, but again, separately from the main Prayer Requests.
Thank you All.
January 14, 2011
Report from the Howard recovery room:
First,
Louise, our ailing kitty, continues to receive subcutaneous Lactated
Ringers every evening. While she doesn't like this treatment,
and squirms a lot, she does put up with it long enough to get a
dosage infused.
Next, Alex:
at nearly 6 PM Thursday, his doctor's office called, to let him know
that they had scheduled Alex for a series of "foramina shots" in his
lower Lumbar disks, from L3 to L5, for today, in the morning.
The shots were administered about 10:00 AM and he returned home by
11:30 AM. Because of what they compound with the cortisone, a
chemical similar to lidocain, and because they do put Alex to sleep
for a short period, when he returned home, there was nearly no pain
associated with his disks. For the past two weeks or so, he
had been experiencing nearly unbearable pain in his right side, down
all the way through his right leg, to the bottom of the right foot.
This pain was temporarily discontinued but came back later in the
evening. The shots should provide increased relief after about
two days, when the treatment has had time to work its way through
the nerves and tissue.
Please send Strong Prayers to Louise,
that she continues to respond to her daily treatment. And wrap
Louise in a Blue Blanket of Healing and comfort.
Please also send Alex Strong Prayers to
reduce his back and kidney pains, so that he may
live an existence of reduced pain.
And Thank You All for your Prayers and
Help. May the Divine Spirit return your Goodness to you,
many-fold.
January 12, 2011
Thai relayed an email from
Eirene: 1/11/11 as per
this afternoon, surgery for Joan Doljan was changed from Wed 1/12/11 to
Thursday 1/13/11.
She has to go to the hospital at 11:00
AM. Surgery time is not known yet. The doctor is supposed to put a
plate or plates in her ankle/leg.
So please put this on the prayer list
for Thursday Surgery 1/13/10.
Joan may be in the hospital several
days. 201-315-6446.
Thanks,
Eirene
We pray that the doctors hands and eyes
are guided so this is the only other surgery that is needed. And for a
speedy recovery. Please send Strong Prayers that the surgery and
afterwards are as pain-free as possible for Joan, and wrap her in a
Healing Blue Blanket. We Thank you All.
January 10, 2011
It
is with great sadness that we pass along this message from JK:
Hi Everyone,
Thank you all for your support.
Laura passed over last night at 11:23. We went back to the hospital; it
was quiet and peaceful after the helpful but intrusive busyness of the
oxygen mask and tubes.
It was Laura's wish to be cremated; my brother and I will pass along
information as we make arrangements.
Warm thanks,
JK
We will
keep it short and simple. Please, send Strong Prayers to Laura
Beaujon, that she be guided on her new path. We know the Divine
Spirit will welcome her, and comfort her on her way. And send
Prayers of Strength and Comfort to Laura's family and extended family.
Peace.
Laura Beaujon
by the
Newspaper of Record!
An
article about our own Laura Beaujon, was published by the
newspaper of record, the "New York Times," in 2007,
when she was once again "discovered" by that paper.
The Times lauded Laura, for decades of her incredible
work behind the lens. We
reprinted it here.
January 9, 2011
We do
apologize for the delay in posting for Laura Beaujon. We have
been waiting for approval and suggestions from the family on what,
exactly, to say. As you all probably know by now, Laura is in
a hospital, or hospice, using Oxygen to breathe, and sleeping a lot.
She is otherwise okay, so to speak. Her broken bones have been
attended to. Here, now, the short posting from JK:
Hello All,
Nicole arrived
yesterday afternoon and went to the hospital with Mackie, Tim came up,
and Antonia and I arrived in the early evening. We think Laura
knew we were there because her respiration changed a little when we were
talking, but she was not awake.
We will be meeting with
a hospice nurse, probably Monday, to see if there is a more comfortable
place for her to be.
Thank you,
JK
And
from Regine, Jan 6, 2011:
We
went to see Laura today. I was a little more disturbed than ... let on
in her e-mail. It was hard to see Laura struggling to breathe, (though
she was sleeping, the nurse said she doesn't talk very much even when
she's awake because of the oxygen mask.)
I was sad that I wasn't
able to talk to her, though I'm sure our presence was important.
Laura seemed very weak
and I hope that she can fight the pneumonia off. My prayers are with
her. Her prayers have gotten me through many difficult situations, and
I feel so grateful to have her in my life.
She really does need
our very strong prayers now.
xo
Regine
As has been said, Laura has sent so
many of us Strong Prayers over the recent years, and those Prayers
have helped us all, in so many ways. Now is the time to crank
up the Prayer Wheels, and send the Strongest Prayers from the Divine
Spirit to Laura, and surround her with a healing blue blanket, for
her comfort. Please ask the Divine Spirit to send the Spirit
Doctor, Thane Beltoth, to comfort Laura and bring her back to a
Strong Healthy Place. We thank you All for your Prayers and
Selflessness on Laura's behalf. May all goodness be returned
to you, many-fold. Peace and Blessings to all.
[Lotus, by ET; photo published with
permission.]
January 7, 2011
We received a request from Anne
Bates, in the UK, relayed through Thai. Minor edits have been
made; no important information has been changed:
Dear Thai,
I'm writing to ask for prayers.
I have been suffering increasing breathlessness,
after the slightest exertion, for the past few weeks, which I had
thought was probably being caused by our very (untypical) cold weather.
Not so, I'm afraid. My doctor says that my heart problems are worsening
and I need to see a Cardiologist. I have an appt on 1 February. In the
meantime, even getting as far as the little corner shop for my newspaper
is agony. You will remember that the distance from my house to the
shop is minimal. I'm staying positive, but being almost house-bound and
experiencing restricted mobility is not good for me - either physically
or emotionally.
I'm striving to stay strong. I hope that the
Doctors will be able to stabilize my condition, so that I can return to
my hitherto reasonably active life-style very soon (including visits to
NYC).
Love,
Anne
Please send the Strongest
of Prayers for Healing, and wrap Anne in the Blue Blanket of Healing.
Please also guide her cardiologist so that she/he finds the exact
problem and provides a quick and perfect remedy soonest. We pray
for both Stabilization and Removal of the problems affecting her health.
Provide Anne with extra strength so that small tasks do not overwhelm
her condition. We thank you for your Prayers and selflessness, and
hope that the Divine returns all good things, many-fold. Our Love
and Prayers go to Anne Bates.
["Calming Trees," by ET;
published by permission of the photographer.]
January 6, 2011
A short note: Alex
is able to post requests on Prayer Call now. So long as he
does not have to spend hours at the computer, he can handle
this. He will be seeing two specialists on Monday and
Tuesday of next week, to get fresh ideas about his ridiculous
number of problems and, hopefully, some solutions. Thank
you all for your Prayers and good wishes. They do help
Alex, though his ability to walk and sit in one position is
still a daunting task at times.
January 2, 2011
A
brief note: Alex will post to Prayer Call as soon as he is
physically able to sit in front of his computer again, due to his
physical pain. We are all hoping that it won't be more than a
few more days.
Thank you all for your patience.
s
Please, Help Animals Survive; help them eat!
[We would put
this at the bottom of the page, but it is too important to lose visibility down
there. Please forgive the advertisement, as it were.]
December 31, 2010
Happy New Year to
All!
With
Apologies to all, also.
It
has been learned that Joan Doljan
broke her ankle in three separate places, apparently doing cartwheels
from her front porch to the sidewalk. Somehow, nobody had warned
her before this that cartwheels are not the best way to move from the
porch to the sidewalk.
The
best news is that a friend is taking care of her animals (cats) while
Joan is in Palisades Medical Center, where they either have already done
surgery, or will do surgery, to make her all better.
With
your Strong Prayers, and with you wrapping Joan in a Blue Blanket of
Healing, and finally, with you guiding her surgeons hands while they do
the surgery then we can feel secure in the knowledge that Joan will be
coming out of the hospital soon ... but not by doing cartwheels.
Please, please do send Strong Prayers to Joan, to help her heal faster
than normal, and allow her to continue having a generally good outlook
while she is in the hospital. We know that with your help, Joan
will heal just nicely, and has found a new way to get out of work for a
while.
Happy New Year to Joan, and to All of You who spread the Divine Healing
Vibration to Joan, and to all who need healing, and may the Best Prayers
be returned to you many-fold. Thank you all for your Prayers and
Caring. Bless you all!
s
December 31, 2010
A quick update on Louise, Eliza and Alex' 17 year
old cat, who is suffering from kidney problems. They are
giving Lou subcutaneous fluids daily, along with her food and normal
water. While she has not gotten any worse, she has gotten slightly
better. There really is not way to tell how much better she has
gotten but Eliza and Alex will continue to treat her in the best ways
possible, according to the Veterinarians, and do everything to help keep
her going.
We ask that you send
Strong Prayers for Healing and Painlessness to Louise, so that she can
get better slowly and surely. She des not want to leave us, and we
certainly are not ready to let her go. Her Spirit is very strong,
and that helps her to heal.
Please do send Louise Strong Prayers for Healing and Wrap Her in a Blue
Blanket of Healing, and help her to become healthy again.
And
thank you all for your help and your Prayers, and all that you do to
help this small person to heal. Bless you all or al that you do.
s
December 31, 2010
We have learned that Alex' back went completely
over the edge late Monday / early Tuesday, such that he was completely
unable to walk, or even move a little bit, without the most excruciating
pain al un and down his right side. Having
had a lot of pain over the years, Alex stated that this has to be
probably the most incredible pain he has ever experienced from his back.
Unfortunately, with no pain medicine in the house, Alex spent Tuesday
through Friday morning in bed, except when he crawled to the bathroom,
to relieve himself. Then, back to bed and sleep, if possible, or
watching TV, hopefully to put him to sleep.
We
ask that you Send any spare prayers towards Alex to help relieve his
pain and discomfort. This morning, he was able to get to the
pharmacy - Eliza drove, with no backseat driving from Alex (he was in
the front seat!) and they picked up his weekly allotment of pain
medicine. While it usually takes one, or possibly two of those
lollypops to relieve extreme pain, Alex is already on his 5th within a 4
hour period, and the pain is finally diminishing somewhat.
We
can only ask that if you have any Spare Prayers for Healing to send Alex
way, please ask the Divine Spirit to wrap Alex in a blue blanket of
healing to relieve his pain and discomfort until this attack goes away.
There is actually a small possibility that Alex will accompany Eliza to
the New Year's Party tonight, if the pain has lessened enough and if he
can make it up the stairs in Thai's building.
We
thank you all for the constant incredible Strong Prayers you have sent
Alex' way over the years, and especially lately, to help him make it
through this series of disabling situations. May you All be
Blessed with the Best that the New Year can bring you, and may you also
have the best of health going forward. And we thank you all for
the Divine Spirit's Strong Prayers to help Alex and Joan heal as quickly
and painlessly as possible; may your Prayers and Good Wishes be returned
to you all, many-fold.
And
may the Divine Bless you all, very much!
s
December 24, 2010
We received a request
from Gary Michael:
I want to ask if you can
send out a prayer on the Prayer site:
I have been struggling
since August with an old back injury that you may remember that Ellen
asked the group to pray during the surgery in the late 1980's.
In August, due to a
masseur (which I will not do again), my left leg and left foot have been
weaker and pulling severely with weakness in my left toes. I have had
three cortisone injections from Sept to Dec. and every day has been a
struggle to walk and function - today is a little better and I am in
physical therapy.
I am asking for continued
prayers since another surgery may not be an option and past prayers have
worked to keep me walking.
Thank you all and have a
happy holiday and new year.
Gary Michael
Dear Divine Extended
Family. Please Send Gary Michael Special Strong Prayers to
overcome the damage done by a masseuse and manipulator, who caused more
damage to Gary Michael than was repaired. May your Healing Prayers
overtake the pain and suffering he goes through, until that pain is gone
for good. and our Thanks to you all.
s
December 23, 2010
We received an email from
Thai:
Dear Friends,
Just to let you know that our dharma
sister Esmeralda Peterson is in emotional distress and needs strong
prayers. She has asked me to send out this email because she is certain
that our prayers will help her.
Thank you in advance for reaching out
to her through prayer.
Love,
Thai
Please, send Strong
Healing and Calming Prayers to Esmeralda, that she get past her
emotional distress and into a quiet, calm state again. And our
Thanks to All.
s
December 19, 2010
Prayer Call has
suggested to Regine, that we be allowed to post for her!
Regine
has been suffering from, and recovering very slowly from, a stomach
virus. She has had this for more than four days, so we need to
send Strong Prayers Regine's way.
Please pray that she gets
enough fluids in her system, as a stomach virus has a nasty side-effect
of dehydrating the patient.
We
should also Pray that the Divine Spirit Envelope Regine in the Blue
Blanket of Healing and Love, and keep her there until the Healing has
completed.
We
thank you All, for your generosity, especially in this time of year,
when your focus is on things other than the Healing that our Extended
Family needs.
s
With that in mind, we
ask for further healing Prayers, and Prayers for Strength for the
following:
Valerie's
sister, Carey,
who will be having her first Cyber Knife treatment tomorrow through
Tuesday.
Carey will be having the Cyber Knife treatment again in a week following
this initial treatment. We Pray that the Doctors and Technicians'
focus be as finely tuned upon Carey as the laser is tuned in upon her
tumor, and that the team eradicate all which is negatively effecting
Carey. We further Pray that these treatments bring Carey out the
other side, feeling well, strong, and healthy!
And we Thank You All
for your incredible Spiritual Support for Valerie's sister Carey.
May the Divine Spirit Bless you all and return your energy, many-fold!
Thank you so very much.
s
Also, please send Strong Healing to
Eliza and Alex' little
friend, Louise
- aka Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, who has spent her 17 year existence as a
cat providing healing to Eliza and Alex, and their other cats.
Louise is
recovering, slowly, from a kidney ailment,
which is normal for aging felines. Lou looks and acts somewhat
better lately, and continues to get subcutaneous fluids daily.
In
addition, please
send a few spare Healing
Prayers to Alex,
who is having his periodic roller-coaster of Renal Failure and is in a
valley, having been in a peak only a couple days ago. It seems a
normal experience, that he go through the up and down on a monthly or
six week schedule.
Sweet William
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights
reserved; reprinted with permission.]
s
December 17, 2010
We received an update
from Valerie on her sister, Carey:
My sister Carey has started her chemo, and is tolerating it relatively
well so far. On Monday December 20th she will begin 5 days of
cyber knife therapy, a very narrow-beam, focused, computer-guided
radiation treatment intended to strike only the tumor with great
intensity. I would like to request prayers that the cyber knife
treatment target the tumor with great effectiveness and not harm any
adjacent non-cancerous tissues. Right now she's scheduled for Dec.
20-22 and then again on the 27th and 28th.
Thanks to you, for posting, and my heartfelt thanks to all who are
praying for my sister.
Love,
Valerie
As we have asked our
Extended Family before, this is a Prayer Wheel Event, which begs the
Most Powerful Prayers you can give, to surround Carey with the Blue
Blanket of Healing, and to guide the surgeons' and technicians' energies
to focus directly and specifically on the tumor and eradicating it in
the most safe manner possible. Please, continue sending your
Prayers to Carey and all involved, so that she come out the other side
of this with renewed strength and vigor and Energy of Life. And
Thank you All, for your incredible giving. May the Divine Spirit
return your Energies to you, many-fold.
s
December 17, 2010
We have an update on
Louise, Eliza and Alex' little kitty:
Louise has been receiving subcutaneous fluids on a daily basis, to
enhance her system's ability to flush away the poisons of her kidney
issues, and her appetite for foods of the feline and human kind is
amazingly strong. In addition, she is drinking lots of water, but
the subcutaneous fluids are necessary to rid her of the poisons.
She is still staying in her ICU unit - the second floor bathroom - where
she is most of the time, but she shows more strength and for that, and
your Prayers, we are truly grateful. Please, if you can spare more
Prayers for Louise, send them her way, to help her heal and come out of
this with good life force and vigor. Bless You All, for helping a
little four-legged person to heal as you do, You are all truly
incredible and we thank you so much!
s
December 10, 2010
Dear Friends and
Extended Family.
As I sit here and write this, tears well up in my eyes.
I don't know how much more I can ask of you, to send Strong Healing
Prayers to Louise, our 17 year old kitty. Throughout her entire
life, Lou has been our healer, finding ways to heal Eliza and Alex, and
the other cats, when necessary.
Well, it's now necessary to send the Strongest Prayers to
surround Louise with a Blue Blanket of Love and Healing, such that she
is strong in everybody's inner picture, their inner view, wrapped in
that Healing Blanket of Love and Spiritual Strength.
Louise is our baby, and it is tearing us apart to
watch her lose weight, and not to be able to do anything to help
her.
Please ask the Divine Spirit to help wrap healing of all
kinds around Louise, so that she will be able to pull through this, just
as she has been able to pull Alex through all the serious ailments Alex
has had in the past few years, when he was hospitalized, and she found
him in the Spirit, so that he would not be alone during the night time,
when he needed the Spirit to heal him. Please find the Spirit
Doctor, Thane Beltoth, to come and Heal Louise, in the same way that she
has been able to bring Thane Beltoth along to heal our Family and
Friends.
Please ask the Spirit to bring Louise through this with
renewed strength and energy, so that she can continue to keep healing
Eliza and Alex throughout all of their ailments.
If it would help, Alex would give himself for Louise,
just to have her healthy again.
We can only thank you all for your Prayers and Through
your Strength, your ability to heal Louise. Alex remembers when
you all sent the Spirit to heal Alex, to heal Hash, so that he was able
to be around to help Alex fulfill the work that the Divine Spirit has
had for him. In that same way, please give the Spirit the strength
so that Louise can continue her work.
Thank you all for your Love, your Strength, and your
Prayers. We hope that the Divine Spirit gives you all the strength
to help bring Louise through. And May your Prayers and Strength be
returned to you, many-fold. God Bless you all!
Eliza and Alex.
s
December 09, 2010
In a short but sweet
email, JK asked me to post this about Laura Beaujon:
For posting:
Laura seems to be adjusting well to her new residence in
a memory care facility. Her roommate, a Japanese-American lady,
seems sweet and welcoming. We couldn't have asked for a better
first evening, and hope it continues to be a good fit for her.
Thanks!
J
We have been asked to
keep JK as just that, for legal reasons related to her work. And about
Laura herself, it was also suggested that we not post anything until we
all knew more. She had fallen, she was fine, she wasn't fine. ad
nauseum. So we waited until JK came up from her school, and took
charge, and now we ask for your Strong Prayers for Laura, such that she
gets her memory - of all levels - back, and she regains her
independence, too. Laura has been one of the best friends I have
ever had, having taken me in during my first "real" year in New York.
Though' I lived with my brother in Brooklyn for a bit more than a year, I
cannot say that counts. Laura made New York Real for me, and
treated me like a long lost friend. I watched as she treated
everybody with graciousness and with love, and learned a lot about how
to deal with people in New York. Please, send Very Strong Prayers
to help Laura Heal, send equally Strong Prayers for Tim and JK to be
calm and relaxed, and not concerned while Laura is living in the special
place. She will come out of it much stronger and better than when
she went in. And our Love To You All!
s
December 08, 2010
Dear Friends and Extended Family. We are experiencing a problem
that many cat lovers experience, when their cats reach an age. I, too,
am having some of the same symptoms. Renal Failure. I have been in
hospital many times for renal failure.
Louise, of "Thelma and …" our two oldest cats who are sisters, and both
now over 17 years old, has been experiencing a problem with her thyroid
for a few years. However, she just started, about a year ago or
so, having problems with her kidneys. Most veterinarians will tell
you that it is a cat's lot, when they reach an age, to begin suffering
from kidney problems, and Louise is no exception.
We love Louise dearly; have called her Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, from some
old book Alex read when he was very young, because whenever one of us
has been sick, she has zeroed in on that part of the body where the
illness is, and quietly sat either on it or near it, bringing her warmth
and love and healing to it. The thought of losing her is extremely
difficult to take. We will do nothing to speed the situation along in
any way. The longer she stays with us, the happier she and we will be.
While we both believe very much in the ‘quality of life,’ Louise will be
with us so long as we can determine that she is not experiencing any
pain or suffering in any way at all.
All we ask of you is if you have a few
minutes each day, please send Strong Healing Prayers to Louise.
Maybe you can help her feel better and who knows, heal a bit, too.
Surround her with a blue blanket of Healing and Love. And send
Eliza and Alex some Prayers for their own Strength, that they can deal
with Louise as she goes through what may indeed be her "farewell tour."
We Love Louise Dearly and of course, do not want to lose her. If
we do, she has been an exceptional friend and companion for all of her
years, more so than any cat we have had before her. So, please do
Help in any way you can, and our Prayers to you, in return. Thank
you all, so very much.
s
November 24, 2010
We received an email from
Regine, who is passing along one from a dear friend of hers. We all
have had four-legged friends over our lives, so we thought this might be
important to pass along in the Prayer Call fashion:
I know that you do not
usually print prayers for others, but my friend Kathy, who lives in
Puerto Rico, has a beautiful dog named Peggy Sue who has gotten
suddenly ill... Those of us with pets will all be interested to be
aware of what the symptoms are in Peggy Sue ... If you can find it
in your heart to put in a prayer call for her we would much
appreciate it... Thanks Alex...
Regine
She writes the
following:
Dear Friends and Family,
Many of you know, and all
of you have heard about, my dog Peggy Sue.
She is currently very ill,
with seizures and other symptoms. The vet has her stabilized on meds,
but still doesn't know what is causing the problems. She's ruled out a
number of things, but Peggy's going to need a full blood panel to
(hopefully) figure it out. She won't be able to have that until next
Monday because of the meds she was given yesterday at the vet and will
be taking for the next two days.
At the moment she's doing
all right: the seizures have diminished drastically and she's eating
and getting around a little bit.
This email is for two
reasons:
Firstly, for those of you
with dogs, this started with a bloody nose out of nowhere, which neither
I nor any of the people I spoke to who have dogs had ever heard of.
According to the vet it's a sure sign that the dog's blood has gotten
thin, whatever the cause. So if this happens to your dog, please get it
to the vet as soon as possible for a blood test. It can be caused by a
number of things, many of which are treatable with either simple meds
like antibiotics or a change in diet.
Secondly, I'd truly
appreciate any good wishes, prayers, candle-lighting, wishing on a star
or however you deal with the Great Unknown out there on Peggy's behalf.
You all know how much this dog means (and has meant) to me over the nine
years I've had her, and especially now when we're strangers in a strange
land together. (Actually, she adjusted faster and better than I have!)
So, thanks for your good thoughts, and I'll keep you all posted on how
she's doing after her tests next Monday.
Happy Thanksgiving to all,
and a very special thanks to Patty, Ray, Ramon, Jaiq and Jamie, who
rallied together in an amazing way when this happened and made getting
Peggy Sue in for treatment and back home in a comfortable manner much
easier. (Almost needless to say, I was something of a basket case!)
Love and good holidays to
all. Give your pets a special hug and be thankful they're not scaring
the heck out of you with weird symptoms.
All my best, Kathy
Please do send Strong Healing
Prayers to Peggy Sue, and Send Calm Vibes to Kathy, so she can handle what
is happening with her little friend. And we Pray Peggy Sue does get
better very quickly. Thank you All.
s
November 22, 2010
On November 19, Prayer Call
received an email from Su, with an email from her dear friend Aszmara
attached. With apologies for the delay, we bring these to you now:
Dear Prayer Call:
Attached is an email
from my dear friend Aszmara regarding the passing of her Dad.
I ask that prayers for
a smooth transition for her Dad be sent to him and that prayers of
comfort, strength and healing be sent to Aszmara and her family
during this time.
Thank you.
Su
My
Dear Friends,
On
the morning of November 18th, holding my Mother's hand, my Father
passed away quietly and without pain. His last night was with a gathering
of his wife, daughters and granddaughter as we celebrated his life, his
love, his mischief, the good works he gave to this world and the examples
of living that he gave to us. His life was blessed and we are blessed to
keep his spirit within us. I and my family thank you for your prayers, good
wishes and support over these past few difficult months. Be well and hold
your family and friends close this Thanksgiving as I hold you close to my
heart with Blessings.
Love,
Aszmara
There is not much else that
Prayer Call can add, save for requesting Strong Prayers to help Aszmara's
Father find his way in the transition period, and Prayers of Strength for
Aszmara's family, that they are calm and able to go on, knowing that Father
is in good hands, and will be fine. Thank You, and Bless You for your
Generosity of Spirit.
[Yellow Rose for Guidance, by ET; All rights
reserved; published by permission.]
s
November 20, 2010
We received an email
from Valerie and it was marked as urgent, so at 5 AM, we are posting
this:
Hi, Alex,
I have an urgent request for prayers for my sister, Carey, who has
recently been diagnosed with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer.
Our family is just devastated for her. When it was first diagnosed,
from elevated liver enzymes, she had no symptoms, but it appears to be
progressing rather rapidly and she is now in considerable pain and suffering
from nausea. I ask for prayers for her healing and her comfort, and
especially for relief from pain.
With thanks to all healers, both in spirit and on the earth.
Love,
Valerie
Folks, this is a
devastating illness. It is time once again, to bring out the Big
Guns - the Prayer Wheels, and send the Strongest Prayers to Carey, to
help heal the pancreatic cancer, to Bring down the level of pain, and to
help provide Calm to the family. Most of all, to Wrap Carey in a
Healing Blue Blanket, and ask the Divine Spirit to send a specialist her
way. This doctor is named Thane Beltoth, and his area of expertise
is strictly in the Spirit and on that level, where he can bring healing
to those of us on this level.
We need the Strength of
the Divine Spirit to provide Comfort to Carey as she goes through this
terrible illness, and we need the extra Strength of Prayers to help
Carey get better. With All of our Love and Healing Prayers, it is
possible for Carey to come out on the other end of this illness a
survivor. Let us all pray that this is indeed possible for Carey.
And our thanks to all!
s
November 15, 2010
It is so good to get
positive news to post! Today we heard from Elizabeth Rose, so we
wanted to pass her message along to all:
Thank you for the prayers
you are sending my cousin, Jean. As of yesterday, I found out that she is
responding more significantly mentally.
She is even writing down a
few words to communicate with her daughter, Georgette. She is now able to
sit in a chair with help. Soon, the care-giving team at her new facility
will start her on more physical therapy.
I thank you, with all my
heart, for your continuing prayers.
Elizabeth Rose.
It is truly wonderful
to hear that a person is improving, and to know that your Prayers have
had something to do with that improvement. We can only Thank You
All, from the bottom of our hearts, for sending such Strong Healing
Prayers to Jean, and ask that you continue to keep her wrapped in that
Blue Blanket of Healing, to help her make even more forward progress!
Thank you All!
And May the Divine Bless You
All!
s
November 6, 2010
Having had the distinct
pleasure of meeting a wonderful actress, Jill Clayburgh, once, I felt it was
a necessary thing to do, to post this to Prayer Call:
Jill Clayburgh, "known for portrayals
of empowered women" on stage and screen, and Oscar-nominated for her
take on a divorcee in the 1978 film An Unmarried Woman, died yesterday
at 66, after a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Jill lived her life with joy in her heart and a smile that started on
her face but went all the way through her existence. Her family
and her friends will miss her terribly.
Please send Strong Prayers to
guide Jill into the next phase of her existence, so that the change of
existences does not take her too much by surprise. Jill was not only a
wonderful actor, but also a lovely person, who truly cared about other
people, and about how they got along on this level of existence. She
was a true "mensch" and an example to all of how to live a life of giving
and love. I pray that she makes the change without too much sadness or
shock. Thank you all for your Prayers for Jill. Bless you, and
may the Divine Spirit Bless you with hope and Love.
[Forest Stream, taken by ET; All rights
reserved; published by permission.]
s
November 4, 2010
We received this from Su:
"Dear Prayer Call:
Sunday around 3:00am, I
got up to go to the ladies room. As I got up, I felt a searing pain
below my tummy that was shooting down my right groin. I went to work on
Monday using a cane, came home and wasn't able to move. I called my
doctor and yesterday I had my pelvis and both my hips x-rayed. Result:
everything OK. The pain in the groin is awful and the Doctor gave a
diagnosis as "Strained Hip" because the muscles that are injured
surround the right hip. At the present time I'm using my crutches from
my first hip replacement that was done in 1997!
I'd appreciate prayers so that I can
heal speedily. I'll be away from work for 3 weeks. and will be off my
feet so that I can heal in the right way.
Your prayers would be
very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Su Nissan"
Please
send Strong Healing Prayers to Su, that she heals quickly and is
relieved of her pain soonest. And thank you all, so very much, for
your Caring and your Prayers. Bless You All!
s
November 2, 2010
We received this email
from Elizabeth Rose:
Please send prayers for my closet cousin, Jean, she is 61 years and just
suffered a double stroke. The doctors did major brain surgery on
her
without first taking a cat scan. The cat scan would have showed
that the
damage was too severe for surgery.
They
went ahead with the surgery anyway. As a result she was in a coma
for a while then paralyzed all along her right side. She can't speak,
hardly recognizes family members and is severely brain damaged. She's
going to spend the rest of her life in a nursing home. Please pray
that she will recover some of her physical and mental abilities.
Thank you.
Elizabeth Rose
Please send the
Strongest of Prayers for Elizabeth's cousin Jean, that she might recover
some of her faculties and not live like a vegetable, as it appears she
might. And Strong Prayers for Elizabeth and the rest of her
family, that they can remain calm during this difficult time.
Thank you all for your kindness.
s
October 30, 2010
Just a brief message to let you know
that Alex is responding to his medication, and his Kidney Disease
has quieted down once again. He saw one of his doctors yesterday,
and they took samples which should be back Monday. In the interim,
he will be seeing his Urologist next week, for more tests on the
kidneys - both of which seem to be giving him problems lately. If
there is any further news, we will post it here.
Thank you all, for all
of your Strong Prayers. Clearly, they have helped Alex once again,
as the lessening of pain and discomfort shows. Thank you all very
much!
s
October 29, 2010
We had two emergency calls from
Eliza's sister, Helene. One around 8 AM, and another just now, to give us
details.
Her husband,
Stephen, had another attack last night and early this AM and has been taken to
the ER. What they have found, so far, is his blood level is low, so they
will transfuse him with a pint or more. His white blood count is over
22,000, which indicates infection, so they are giving him antibiotics by IV.
His lungs are filled with fluid; they don't know exactly why yet. They had to
put a tube down his nose, to give him the medicines that they cannot give by IV.
And more. He will be taken up to the ICU as soon as they clear him from
the ER. Right now, he cannot even respond to his name.
We need Very Strong Prayers for
Stephen, so that he is able to heal quickly, and come back to a better place
soonest. And Strong Prayers for Helene, so that she is able to remain calm
because, even though she is a nurse, she cannot retain the detachment she does
with her patients, for obvious reasons. Please wrap them both in a Blue
Blanket of Healing and Strength. And we thank you all, and we Pray that
your Incredible Goodness be returned to you many-fold. And our Love to
You.
[Coleus, taken by ET; All rights
reserved; published by permission.]
s
October 27, 2010
We received an email from Su, and
have posted it below, along with the email from her dear friend.
Here's an email that I 'm forwarding on to you
for posting.
Aszmara has been a dance colleague and a good friend for years to numerous to
tally. I ask that the Prayer Call Circle send Aszmara, her dad and her family
prayers of strength, courage and healing. It would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Su
Dear Sabah,
My Dad has been in the hospital and rehab
since the last week of August - after a long standing and winning battle with
prostate cancer, his body is succumbing to the disease as well as the ravages of
the medications.
Yesterday, he was put back into the hospital
with kidney failure. I am not sure if he rallies from this - I am preparing for
his journey and appreciate prayers for this good man...
Love To You,
Aszie
Please send Strong Healing and
Calmness Prayers for Su's friend and her Father and Family. They need all
the help we can give them. Thank you all.
s
Once again, Alex is having
problems with his Kidney Disease. We only ask for Prayer to help him Heal
and get Stronger again.
Thank you very much.
s
October 25, 2010
While we are not completely
certain about these facts, we do want to get the word out, so that prayers may
follow. We pray that her daughter will set us completely straight, in the mean
time.
It is our
understanding that Laura Beaujon is having some problems with her cognitive
abilities ... otherwise known as a mild case of dementia.
Laura does
not want to have anyone come into her apartment to clean for her, or to help her
get things straightened up, so that she might find things she needs.
What we are
asking the Group to do, is to Send the Strongest Prayers that you possibly can,
to Ask the Spirit to Protect Laura in Every Way Possible, such that her mental
abilities return to her in full strength, and bring back her amazingly Strong
Mental Abilities on all areas.
Laura, many
of you know, is a Lady with an incredible history of life (no Pun intended) as a
photographer for magazines, like Life, Look, The New Yorker,
and other Top of the Line Magazines from the 30s until the 50s or 60s.
Laura could practically write her own ticket for Photographic Assignments both
here, in the USA, and on the other side of this incredible world. She was,
as they say, one of the very best.
Please, send
Strong Prayers to Laura, so that her cognitive abilities return to her with the
greatest of strength and her abilities come back, too. Grant her the
ability to find the right person to Sit with her, and Write a Book based upon
her extremely incredible life as a photographer ... and no, she was not a
paparazza, but someone with the Skills and Honor and Ability to capture the most
incredible photos of her time. Then that book, "Life with Laura,"
can help to pay for her necessities, going forward. If it makes more sense
to put it on the Internet, we can buy her a Domain Name - "Life with Laura"
- and hosting fees, so that the "ghost writers" can put it all up there.
Thank you all for your Strength
and Prayers to get Laura back to strength again. And Bless you all for
your help.
s
October 21, 2010
Just when things seemed to be
nice and quiet - Alex not in hospital, no one else in distress ... we received
this email from Martin McNamara, Down Under:
I am without a home computer at
the moment, so writing from the Apple store in Sydney. Could you please
pass on a request to Prayer-call for me.
Mum has been having trouble
drinking and eating and was admitted to Montefiore (Hospital) on Monday last,
for
dehydration. She turned 92 in September. They found fluid around her
heart and in her lungs and moved her to the cardio ward, after removing the
fluid. I am scheduled to arrive in NYC on 10 November for my niece's wedding,
but may come earlier if things take a turn for the worse. Mum is in
Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York.
My citizenship ceremony and
passport interview are scheduled for next week but can be postponed.
Please send strong healing
prayers for Agnes McNamara and for me to be guided. Guide me guard me and
protect me.
Thanks and love,
Martin
Please All, Crank up the Prayer
Wheels, Sit Down in front of your alters, and start sending Specially Strong
Prayers to Martin and his mother. Agnes who, at 92, has gotten problems
with fluid around her heart and has been put in hospital, needs the attention
not only of the fine doctors in Australia, but of those in the Spirit, as well.
There is a Spirit Doctor - a Specialist named Thane Beltoth - who has pulled
many of us out of the fire and put us back in the column of the living, and
living well. Pray that Thane will visit Agnes and turn her situation
around for her. And give Extra Special Strength to Martin, so that he need
not worry, because the Spirit is truly surrounding Agnes with a blue blanket of
Healing, Strength, and Love. And, as always, Thank You All, for your
incredible strength to lend to one of our extended family, no matter how far
away he may be. May your Strength and Energy be returned to you,
Many-Fold! Love to you All!
Buddha Image by Adriano Valentino, with permission of the painter.
s
October 18, 2010
On Thursday last, October 14, Eliza and
Alex celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary. On Saturday last, a
small dinner was held for Thai's birthday. A Grand Time was had by
all!
Otherwise, we have been fortunate to say that
there have been no health problems to report or for which to post notes on
Prayer Call.
May the Divine Spirit Bless YOU ALL with
continued good health and good spirits. And may you all be surrounded
by LOVE and HAPPINESS.
s
October 4, 2010
We heard from Gary Michael, who asked us to
renew his requests for prayers.
What he said is, "What
it is - is that I have no disc left in that part of the vertebrae due to past
trauma on my spine," and - from personal experience - that means bone on bone,
which makes the pain travel down either or both legs, to his hips, then his
knees, then finally his feet where it can be either intense pain, or almost
complete numbness. Either way, Gary Michael has an extremely difficult
time trying to walk or otherwise function like that.
We ask that you all send the Most Strong
Prayers you can, to help generate healing for Gary Michael, so that his pain is
alleviated, and he can function more normally with this situation.
We Thank you all for your kindness and
generosity, and your strong prayers to help Gary Michael, and to help guide his
doctors to help him in the best ways possible. And may your Prayers be
returned to you, many-fold.
s
September 19, 2010
First, a status report on the Prayer Call
web site: Alex is back on-line, so to speak, and will be posting
Prayer Requests on a limited basis. Please refer to your guidelines,
and send in your requests.
Thank you all for your prayers for my
conditions: COPD, Kidney Disease, Gastro complications, and the
damaged disks. I cannot find words to cover how grateful I am for all
of your Strength and Healing, without which it is possible that I probably
would no longer be able to write Prayer Call. As well, your strength
and prayers served to hold Eliza in their embrace, so that she was able to
help me to heal.
I truly wish to offer prayers that this
incredible Strength be returned to you, many, many-fold.
Love,
-a.
s
Prayer call received Gary Michael's request, as
sent to Thai, and contacted Gary Michael, to ask if he wanted his request on the
web site; he does. This, from Gary Michael:
"I am asking for prayers - I have been struggling
to walk (for the past month - now with a cane, limping with pain) as I did when
Ellen asked the group to pray for me when I was getting back surgery in 1987.
The disc in my back is almost all gone and the nerve down the left leg is
pulling my foot severely. I went to get an epidural injection on Sept 17th but
it is not yet taking effect (& I go on Oct 1st for a 2nd one).
I had to cancel
a few of my clients last week - please send strong prayers for me to be able to
function, to be able to help others as I have been doing.
Also I had to recently
go on medications for the first time in my life (July) & I am doing better now
with the other 'big' problem - please send prayers - thank you so much.
Love,
Gary Michael"
Please send Strong Prayers of Healing and
Strength to Gary Michael to enable him to walk with no pain. Also, to
guide his doctors to deliver the next cortisone shot to the exact position
necessary to relieve this intense pain and discomfort. And we ask that you
send Strong Healing Prayers to help Gary Michael with his other "big problem."
Protect him with your Blue Blanket of Healing, and bring the Divine Spirit
Doctors to consult and heal. Thank you all for your selflessness; may your
goodness be returned to you all, many-fold.
[Lotus Blossom, taken by ET; All rights
reserved; published by permission.]
s
September 2, 2010
Alex serious problems began on August 20, after
an angiogram at Englewood Hospital. (The results were good!) He
had completely lost his appetite and could not sleep. He tossed and turned
so much, that Eliza slept on the couch.
The next evening, Alex began
projectile vomiting, on an nearly empty stomach.
Sunday, again, the same.
Only this time, he must have aspirated something, because all of a sudden, he
was completely unable to breathe. An ambulance was called, and they
stabilized Alex then took him to the ER at Palisade Medical Center, at about
1:30 AM. By late Monday morning, Alex had finally been admitted to their
cardiac floor but, due to his heart having not been adversely affected, they
moved him to a general medical floor, the fifth, on Wednesday. (This was
especially important because he had had a roommate who was constantly making
loud noise. Very ill, with dementia setting in, the man, for whom Alex prayed
a lot, was in serious condition, of a different type than Alex.)
They did many tests, found
that Alex had a bacteria growing in his urinary tract, so they also did a
cystoscopy. (This may be called a medical procedure, but they probably also
used it in Iraq to try to get information from spies.)
Finally, late Thursday
evening, Alex was sent home with prescriptions to take, and guidelines to
follow, and gratitude in his heart, for all the prayers sent his way by all of
you, and for Eliza's incredible strength to take care of everything while Alex
was away. The cats, however, were mostly pissed at his absence, but that
is a story for another time.
I thank you all for every
single Prayer you sent me. I feel terrible for having to ask for prayers
so many times in the recent past. I will do my best to keep my name off
the Prayer Call pages in the future.
Thank you all, once more, for
your incredible selflessness, your Strength, your Caring, and all you have done
and continue to do for me and Eliza.
s
August 18, 2010
Just a brief
note: Alex has been released from the hospital. This was August 18,
when all he had was an angiogram. They did the
Angiogram, and happily, they found nothing more upon which to perform any
procedures.
They love
to explain, as a patient is coming out of
anesthesia, and can barely remember her/his name, what they did or did not find.
Fortunately, Eliza actually knows a lot more about Alex' conditions. But
the good news is there was no Bad News.
Thank you
All for your Strong Prayers for all involved. May they be returned to you
many-fold!
s
The posting
about our soldiers has been moved, as they are now on their way home. We
thank the Divine Spirit for their safe return.
s
August 17, 2010
In an email from
Martin, we learned this: "Just
wanted to share some good news:
Received a letter from Immigration today confirming my application for
Australian Citizenship has been approved.
They'll let anybody in. :O))
Glad it came through when it did, as there's an election on here at the moment
and one of the issues being debated is around curbing immigration and keeping a
small Australia. Immigration has been running at 2.1%, one of the highest rates
in the world, but they are finding they are not keeping up in terms of
infrastructure (e.g. houses, schools, hospitals, public transport, ...). There
are now 22.5 million people in Australia, land mass roughly equivalent to
mainland USA.
One
of the side affects is that property values keep going up (not a bad thing in
the current global economic climate but the bubble could burst). On the flip
side one of the arguments for maintaining a high immigration intake (300,000
immigrated to Australia last year vs. 100,000 new births) is to grow the tax base
to support the baby boomers in retirement.
It
becomes official once I attend a Citizenship ceremony, which is up to 6 months
away.
It's
good cause I can keep my US citizenship and spend an extended period out of the
country if I want and not lose my residency rights. As a Permanent Resident,
which is my current visa, I have to spend two of every five years living in
Australia to maintain residency. I also get to vote here now, voting is
mandatory (they fine you if you don't vote) and am eligible for consular
assistance if I get in trouble overseas.
Aussie, aussie, aussie,
Love and hugs,
Martin"
s
In an email from Jo Anne Klement, we received
this request:
"Dr. Tom Little, the doctor murdered by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week, was
the brother of Jimmy Little, a very close friend of mine in college.
If
it is possible, could prayers be sent for a good transition for Tom, and strong
prayers of healing for his family.
Thank you,
Jo
Anne "
We couldn't have
said it any better: Please send Strong Prayers that Tom Little makes a
gentle transition to the next level, given the rough way he was made to move
there. And Strength to his entire Family, too. May the Divine Spirit
Bless you all.
s
August 14, 2010
An
Angiogram for Alex
Friends,
Next Wednesday, August 18, 2010, I will be going into Englewood
Hospital for a test called an angiogram. I have to be there at 7 AM!
Depending upon what they see when they're in there, I may also be having another
angioplasty.
What are these things?
From the Internet, this is the description of an angiogram:
Most heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis, a narrowing or
blockage of the coronary arteries that convey blood to the heart. A test called
an angiogram can show the degree of arterial blockage by enabling the healthcare
provider to observe the blood flow to the heart through those arteries.
In
an angiogram, a flexible catheter or tube is inserted into an artery, usually in
the groin area, and guided through the arterial system into the heart and into
the coronary arteries. A dye is then injected through the catheter into the
bloodstream and x-rays of the heart and coronary arteries are taken.
Also from the Internet, here is what they say about an
angioplasty:
Under local anesthesia, an x-ray guided catheter is inserted into
an artery in your leg or arm and a second, balloon-tipped catheter is placed
within it. With the help of a guide wire, the balloon catheter is advanced to
the area of the blockage and inflated and deflated several times until the
blockage is successfully compressed and the narrowed artery is widened.
So,
I will go in on Wednesday, and they will do the angiogram. If they find what
they expect to find, based upon the tests I underwent last week, they will let
me come home right away. If not, I will get an angioplasty.
Then, they will release me to go home, sometime on Thursday, and
I’ve been told that I must stay home on Friday.
Please do not be concerned; my cardiologist is very, very good.
Love.
-a.
[Monarch Butterfly, taken by ET; All rights
reserved; published by permission of the photographer.]
All I ask is some special Prayers for Strength, that I can get through these
tests with both my health and sense of humor, and even more Prayers for Eliza,
who will be with me all the way. She is incredible, and I would not have
gotten this far without her. And my thanks to you all, especially those of
you who were able to visit with us for my birthday party on Saturday, the 7th of
August - what very well may have been the last party at that location, or any
location.
My
Love to you all, my special Family. I cannot tell you how much I love
having such a special Extended Family!
s
August 8, 2010
We received
an email request from Sabah, "Alex,
I'm sending this request to you from a high school friend. Do you think
that even though the request doesn't, as I understand it, meet the criteria for
Prayer Call requests could you use your judgment on this one and see if it can
be posted.
I am well
aware that many of us do not believe in any war of any kind, and that this
Prayer Request might be taken as a "support " of the war. We are losing
our young people who believe in what they're doing. It might not be my personal
take on things but the young people who have this belief need our prayers.
Thanks,
Su"
Su
actually did get it right. This person is a friend of hers from high
school. someone she knows directly and, as such, does qualify. We
need you to send Strong Prayers to all of our military people who are following
their leaders into battle, to stop the enemy from making it to our shores, and
from making our streets and cities from becoming the next war grounds. And
May your Prayers Keep our people Strong, help them to bring about a lasting
peace, and bring them home in good health, good Spirits. Thank you all.
Coleus
[Photo by Eleanor Tauber; all rights reserved; reprinted with
permission.]
s
Also, Alex
and Eliza want to thank everybody who came to Alex' 64th Birthday barbeque.
It may very easily be the last such party in the back yard of their home,
considering the situation they are in. But it was a lively one, for there
being fewer than 10 guests there.
We thank
you all for showing your support and your kindness, and for bringing such
Positive and Wonderful Energies and Spiritual Values to the home on 79th Street.
Thank you all, and may your energies be returned to you, many fold.
-a.
PS:
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Sixty Four?"
(With thanks to John and Paul!)
s
August 4, 2010
We
received an email from Esmeralda:
"Dear
Spiritual family, friends and fellows,
Thank you
for your prayers. They are helping me to grow stronger physically, spiritually,
economically -- more soul growth!
My love and
peace to you,
Esmeralda"
Prayer Call
thanks you, too, for your unfailing Prayers to support our Spiritual Family
Members. May your Generosity continue, and may the good Karma be returned
to you, many-fold.
s
July 27, 2010
In an
email from Su, we received this:
"Dear
Prayer Call,
My friend,
Dina Harris Walker, called me this afternoon requesting that prayers be sent to
her dear high school friend, Arlene Steurzl. Arlene took ill suddenly and
passed over on July 23, 2010.
I ask that
prayers of protection and peace surround Arlene as she takes the next steps
on the journey of her soul.
Dina thanks
you all.
Su"
Please
send Strong but Gentle Prayers to Arlene, that she be guided on her steps into
the next level. Thank you all
for your generosity.
s
July 21, 2010
From Su,
we received this: Dear Prayer Call,
Little Miss
Camiera Jade Miller came into this world 1 month and 5 days ago.
Last Friday
she was diagnosed with Meningitis and is now at Montefiore Hospital.
Please send
prayers of healing to Camiera. Please send guidance to the doctors
treating Camiera so that they can apply the right procedures for her. Her
mother, Latonya Green works with me and she and her family needs our prayers of
strength and courage at this difficult time.
Thank you.
Su
Please
send Strong Healing Prayers for this little one, that she gets the Best Help
from her doctors, and makes a full recovery. Thank you all.
s
And,
from Eric G.:
I'm down in
MD with family. Not sure what the outcome will be with my mother. She's
in an ICU at a local hospital. The preliminary diagnosis is a stroke,
though tests are still being evaluated. I would appreciate you posting
this on prayer call:
Please send
prayers to Eric's mother Helen G., who has had a stroke and is in a
hospital in Tacoma Park, Maryland.
Eric
Please
send Strong Prayers to wrap Eric's mother Helen, in a Blue Blanket of Healing,
that she comes through this stroke as quickly as possible, and with the minimum
of permanent damage. Thank you so much!
s
July 18, 2010
In an
email from Maggie, she asks we post a link to Travis' annual swim. The web
page is www.swimacrossamerica.org/TravisPeace
Thanks,
Maggie
And from Travis himself:
Dear
Friends,
Next
Saturday is my one mile swim! I can hardly believe how fast the summer has
gone. I've been swimming every day, and did a one mile ocean swim a few
weeks ago in preparation for this event. I feel great and really prepared,
and I'm looking forward to a strong swim.
Many of you
have already made a generous donation, but there is still plenty of time to add
your support if you are able. Whether you make a donation or not, I hope
you will add a note of encouragement to my web page ... it means a lot to me.
Again, my thanks for all of your best wishes.
Love,
Travis
Click here to visit my Web page.
Swim Across
America, Inc., [SAA] is dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer
research, prevention and treatment through swimming-related events. With the
help of hundreds of volunteers nationwide and past and current Olympians, SAA is
helping find a cure for cancer through athleticism, community outreach and
direct service.
s
doctors have diagnosed that he has a
B-Cell Lymphoma of the stomach," a Lautenberg spokesman said in a
statement released Friday. "This is a curable tumor, and will require
treatment over the next few months. 
