tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510499696891370605.post1577644657662192143..comments2017-08-30T20:33:05.652-05:00Comments on Living Franciscan: When Sisters DieFranciscan Sisters of Little Fallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585792493147758030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510499696891370605.post-39118082974180126422010-03-24T23:20:12.250-05:002010-03-24T23:20:12.250-05:00Clare's Well is the one place I feel safest to...Clare's Well is the one place I feel safest to sit with my grief. I can't imagine how you move through the grief of losing 10 sisters a year, Jan. Truly, I can't imagine. But I do believe you are surrounded by angels at Clare's Well, and that they will guide your gently along the path. I love you!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510499696891370605.post-85946234270142943922010-03-01T09:06:00.761-06:002010-03-01T09:06:00.761-06:00Sr. Ann Marie, I appreciate your comment. Thank y...Sr. Ann Marie, I appreciate your comment. Thank you for sharing a bit of yourself with us. Perhaps we are helping more members of religious communities recognize the impact of the deaths of community members on us emotionally and spiritually. The losses affect the scope of our ministries and we have talked about that; we haven't so much spoken of personal grief. I hold you in my prayer, too. Sr. JanSister Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00536230442781607247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510499696891370605.post-31809451570194785902010-02-28T16:40:15.908-06:002010-02-28T16:40:15.908-06:00Jan, your thoughts on grieving truly hit home for ...Jan, your thoughts on grieving truly hit home for me today. We've lost two of our sisters recently--both of who had been our former congregational ministers. Although we grieve the loss of all of our sisters, these two seemed to hit me really hard. I also just got back from visiting my brother who just this week moved to a nursing home. He was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)last April and it has progressed faster than anyone ever imagined. I'm one who has always as you said "stuffed" my grieving down and tried not to show it. I'm learning more and more that I really need the support and love that others--especially our sisters--are so willing to give and sometimes that means letting my grief and my tears show. Guess learning it later in life is better than not learning it at all!Sr. Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306386663608358131noreply@blogger.com