Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Celebration of Alison's Life July 10
You are all invited to come together for a Celebration of Alison’s Life on July 10, 2011 at 6 pm. This event will be held at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park, in Berkeley, CA. For directions, you might use your map coordinates of Wildcat Canyon Road at Shasta Road, in Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, or try this link http://www.ebparks.org/activities/corpfamily/br/br#directions
Kirk and Dani will have additional details, to follow. I know you are encouraged to bring your fondest memories of Alison to share with all who loved her.
Peace,
Deborah
Kirk and Dani will have additional details, to follow. I know you are encouraged to bring your fondest memories of Alison to share with all who loved her.
Peace,
Deborah
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Our sweet Alison
Alison left us this morning. Kirk says she had been sleeping without awakening for at least a day. She died early this morning with Kirk by her side.
I know Kirk will post something soon about her, and about her memorial service. He'll let us know those details when he has them.
I will look for her spirit when I hear someone laugh, or hear the many songs we loved together, or watch someone dance with joy, or watch someone perform an act of kindness for someone.
I will miss her so much.
I know Kirk will post something soon about her, and about her memorial service. He'll let us know those details when he has them.
I will look for her spirit when I hear someone laugh, or hear the many songs we loved together, or watch someone dance with joy, or watch someone perform an act of kindness for someone.
I will miss her so much.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Little by little
Alison’s brother and sister (me) and spouses have seen Alison a few times over the past 10 days. She is sleeping more, coming to lucid moments less, communicating more with nods and head shakes than any words. She still seems to understand what is being said, but her ability to communicate out to others is more and more truncated.
It is so heartbreaking to see someone who was so vibrant and life-embracing have all that ebb from her. Her spirit is there, but she has to battle this horrid tumor which has not only robbed her of all independence, but of peace and tranquility as well. Her battle is with episodes of uncontrollable crying. This is just my interpretation, but I don’t think it is an “in-the-moment” emotional reaction to her condition, but the tumor itself asserting itself in those emotional centers of the brain that affect emotion. Talk about a raw deal – a miserable disease that even robs her of being able to be peaceful much of the time.
Kirk and Dani continue to minister to her. She is where she wants to be. She does not seem to be in pain. I hope that when she sleeps that is able to go somewhere light and free…
It is so heartbreaking to see someone who was so vibrant and life-embracing have all that ebb from her. Her spirit is there, but she has to battle this horrid tumor which has not only robbed her of all independence, but of peace and tranquility as well. Her battle is with episodes of uncontrollable crying. This is just my interpretation, but I don’t think it is an “in-the-moment” emotional reaction to her condition, but the tumor itself asserting itself in those emotional centers of the brain that affect emotion. Talk about a raw deal – a miserable disease that even robs her of being able to be peaceful much of the time.
Kirk and Dani continue to minister to her. She is where she wants to be. She does not seem to be in pain. I hope that when she sleeps that is able to go somewhere light and free…
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