Today we heard that Lenka (freshman at Princeton) has non Hodgkins lymphoma. She has a huge tumor in her chest. She would be what you would think is a healthy and happy young thing. Now she and her parents are going on a journey they didn't plan. The prognosis is good for a full recovery but I'm sure this wasn't what any of them wanted to be doing right now.
On the home front Jeemes and Juules have a flu bug and chicken soup and sprite are flowing.
Brad's mom is in the hospital with symptoms that the doctors seem to be stumped by...
Today I'm CALLING ALL ANGELS by Jane Siberry with KD Lang. We have loved this song when we first heard it on the Until the End of the World film by Wim Wenders. We bought the soundtrack years ago and it continues to comfort us frequently. None of us really knows how this thing goes...all we can do it hold each other close.
Here are the words...
Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Domenica, Mary Angelica Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronilla Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir and all the rest
a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries and high above the church bells start to ring and as the heaviness the body oh the heaviness settles in somewhere you can hear a mother sing
then it's one foot then the other as you step out onto the road how much weight? how much weight? then it's how long? and how far? and how many times before it's too late?
calling all angels calling all angels walk me through this one don't leave me alone calling all angels calling all angels we're cryin' and we're hurtin' and we're not sure why...
and every day you gaze upon the sunset with such love and intensity it's almost...it's almost as if if you could only crack the code then you'd finally understand what this all means
but if you could...do you think you would trade in all the pain and suffering? ah, but then you'd miss the beauty of the light upon this earth and the sweetness of the leaving
calling all angels calling all angels walk me through this one don't leave me alone callin' all angels callin' all angels we're tryin' we're hopin' we're hurtin' we're lovin' we're cryin' we're callin' 'cause we're not sure how this goes
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