[HANASHIR:16401] RE: HANASHIR digest 2106

[Sheri Pacitto <jspac...>]

Dearest Ellen,
Even though we have never met, you are in my heart! My condolences for your
mother's passing.  I'm glad she finished her life with such a loving family
to attend to her.  She was very lucky.  I will pray for you and your family
at services!  My life coach recently sent me this quote about grief that I'd
like to share with you.
"Grief deepens you.  It allows you to explore the perimeters of your soul.
Grief is the only gateway to certain levels of consciousness, and it is a
hard task-master.  Through grief you can explore every aspect of your
darkside- anger, pain, abandonment, terror, loneliness; and these aspects of
the sacred wound that in our daily lives we usually try to ignore.  Grief
forces you to look at those parts of yourself that are not yet healed.  If
you can look at grief as a teaching you will grow. The pain of grief is not
the only teacher in this life, but if looked at properly, with awareness and
an open heart, it is one of the greatest teachers of all.  The seeds of
wisdom and enlightenment are planted within the wounds of grief.  What is
lost can only come back to us again in higher ways.

May you grow and may you be happy again.
Sincerely,,
Sheri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Allard" <ellen (at) peterandellen(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:16381] RE: HANASHIR digest 2106


> Dear All,
>
> Thank you, all of you, for your very kind words and prayers. I sent
> them, on wings, to my mom as she lived her last days at the hospice in
> Florida, passing away this past Sunday, Dec. 28th. It is truly the
> saddest time in my life....I am heartbroken with her passing.
>
> My three sisters urged me to sing at the funeral, despite the difficulty
> they knew it presented. After five other family members spoke, I
> concluded the service by talking about mom's last days and the peace
> that seemed to come over her at the end of her life. I then asked
> everyone at the service to do something unconventional for a funeral. I
> asked them to think outside of the box, mostly because along with my
> sisters, I knew it would've been something my mom would've loved, having
> been surrounded by music her whole life. I asked everyone to sing a song
> as a final tribute to her. Though I trembled as we sang it, it was the
> most heartfelt and beautiful way for us to honor her and celebrate her
> life.
>
> We sat shivah in Florida, at one of my sister's houses. But when we
> returned to Worcester yesterday, my local friends reached out and asked
> if they could join us to sit shivah here in our home town. We will be
> sitting tomorrow at a friend's house from 5 - 8 PM. If anyone in the
> central Massachusetts area wants to join us, we would most welcome your
> company.
>
> I know this has fallen outside the usual purpose of this list, and I
> humbly ask for your indulgence. It is a tender time for me, and reaching
> out to my hanashir family has helped me. I traveled to Florida with
> printouts of the lovely messages you emailed to me, and it truly was a
> comfort. If you want to email me in response, please feel free to do so
> at my private email address ellen (at) peterandellen(dot)com(dot)
>
> With much thanks,
> Ellen Allard (and Peter, too)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org] On
> Behalf Of Jewish Songleading/Music
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 3:00 AM
> To: Jewish Songleading/Music
> Subject: HANASHIR digest 2106
>
>
>     HANASHIR Digest 2106
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
>   1)  Re: please say your prayers for my mom
> by "Aura Lipski" <aura (at) jewishaustralia(dot)com>
>
>
>


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