Guadalupe

Today marks a beginning, and possibly an ending of sorts.  The mind is a wonderful thing, and what I'll write here will be something of a mosaic, fresco or photograph of what I am thinking. For better or worse, what is created here poses a risk, but I was long ago encouraged to take risks in order to make the painting better. 


A longtime friend is dying in a hospice facility (of her choice) in St. Paul. We are very dissimilar personalities, but perhaps have learned from that very fact.  For 15+ years she has grappled with cancer, and the good fight she has fought is nearly over. She has kept the faith, and she is ready. And I am hoping that it will be today, on the feast of Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Guadalupe Reina de Mexico y Emperatriz de America. Tomorrow (Santa Lucia) or the next day (San Juan de la Cruz) would be just fine, but i lean towards today. And she is very ready, so no need to delay.  But not for us to decide, just to try always to be ready.


In the many years I have worked in hospice, both in Southern California and in Central Minnesota, I have always known this: the mind is a wonderful thing.  What else enables us to create anything? Well, I guess we have to include the heart. 


Designing the visuals of this blog has to be understood as a fluid thing, a work in progress.  It will look better in time, I promise.