tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039281714665809492024-03-05T13:13:29.241-08:00woman rising booksabout poetry and book arts and anything else I might decide to write aboutLaura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-19511412894477902912021-01-30T15:31:00.001-08:002021-01-30T15:31:49.824-08:00<p>An old poem written in 2009, revised in 2011</p><p>and now revised once again reflecting my grief <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">WHAT
RISES FROM FIRE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">the
flames licked her heart</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">reaching
upward devoured</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">her body, her mind<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">the
heat melting all</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">she
stood watching </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as
it collected to itself</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">all
she held dear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">then
consumed that too</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a
smoking shadow</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">all
that was left </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">everything
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">she
counted on</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">changed
& altered </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">charred
& transmogrified </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prometheus</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vulcan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Agni</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pele</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vesta</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brigid</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">fires
of inspiration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">fires
of the hearth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">sacred
fires</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">goddesses
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">dancing
the flames </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and
their teaching:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">this
guest</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">dressed
in an Inferno</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">rising
from the earth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">beneath
her feet </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is
not death</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">but
rebirth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and
awakening</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">3.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">listening
to the woodlands </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">sizzle</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">watching
the land</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">glow and pulse</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a
heart exposed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">beating,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beating</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a
dream in reds & oranges:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">fire
swirl</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">storm
of smoke </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">that
smoke <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hissing</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">mystery</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">give
your self </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">to
it</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">offer
everything</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">to
the sacred flames</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">saying
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">your
power</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">cannot
destroy what is timeless</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
still stand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">deep
scars charred</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">across
my heart</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
still stand</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">&
finally the rains came</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">&
with them a greening</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">what
had been there </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">underneath</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">not
destroyed but transmuted</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">something
new & beautiful</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">yet
familiar</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">there
in the ashes</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">5.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">what
alchemy </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is
this</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">that
rises</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">from
the inflamed heart?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">from
that pile of grief</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">&
burnt things came </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a
most magnificent fragrance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">myrrh
& cinnamon & spice</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">rising
from the ashes</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">smoky
& velveteen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a
black pearl</span></p>
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nacre lustrous</span></p>
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substance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">surrounding</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span>Laura
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 7;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span>Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-15994599483644869382021-01-06T08:52:00.001-08:002021-01-06T08:52:11.396-08:00<p> so interesting how just writing about how “it was” brings back that feeling deep inside me that has not been fully with me for the past few years. thank you for that gift</p>Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-36192573922615371342021-01-06T08:48:00.001-08:002021-01-06T14:33:43.909-08:00<p> WHO WAS THE PRESON YOU USED TO BE?</p><p>Laughter filled the air. I woke up in the morning with a smile on my face and love filled the air between us. It was mutual.. Dale even wrote (about himself) to one of our old zen teachers “I laugh all the time now.”. We lived with so much shared joy between us. Whatever projects we were working on — shared or individual — there was so much support and encouragement. “Patience. Support. Laughter,” was the food of our life together. I had never had a person who believed in me the way Dale did. And that went both ways. Early on, shortly in the weeks before we began living together, he wrote a card to me “Will you love me? xxxxxx”</p><p>AT first neither of us could believe the connection we felt or our good luck at finding each other at this later point in our lives. We were both flying free back in 1998. Unmoored after years of difficult marriages and not a clue as to what might be next. Then we met and all of a sudden things began to become clearer and I think we found an anchor in each other. When you are creative finding a person who truly believes in your ability to create is the most poewerful thing. You feel you have an ally in this process that can be both intimidating and powerful.</p><p>Some days Dale was the sun to my moon and other days the roles reversed. There was no thought to it — it just happened naturally. Like 2 pieces in a jigsaw puzzle that fit perfectly.</p><p>I had never had that kind of acceptance before and I blossomed with it. Here from a poet I wrote after we met:</p><p>blossoming</p><p>I realize that I am supposed to be writing about myself — who was the person YOU used to be? — but as our relationship deepened over time many of those barriers between self and other softened and became we.</p><p>Even in the depths of relationship challenges — and yes we had them from time to time — our bond was sealed and we understood our amazing luck in finding each other and making a life together that supported the dreams we both had before we ever met. My derams. His dreams. And now our dreams.</p><p>at first we marveled as we discovered all the things we shared: our practice our love of books our love of nature particularly the mountains</p><p>But Dale was forevere curious about so many things and he opened my eyes to a world I didnt’ really know. Our backgrounds were very different. I’d grown up in New York City without any reliegion because neither of my parents were religious — my mother a lapsed Catholic, my father Jewish but in a cultural way rather than a reliegious way. Dale on the other hand grew up in southern California. His father was a Methodist Minister and his arentas were very active in the church as was the entire family. How we both came to Buddhism and Zen in particular is a story for another time. But it is what brought us together. And was a strong foundation from place from where to begin.</p><p>Meeting Dale and moving to California and eventually making a life together as lovers, as partners, both gave me the opportunity to explore so many things that had seemed “just dreams” for years. He never told me what I should do (as both my father and my first husband had) but instead opened the world to me where nothing was forbidden.</p><p>And I blossomed. I flourished. I learned to be happy. I learned to find joy in each day (and yes each night). I learned to share my life with another who wanted to share his life with me equally. we were partners in every sense. We both gave each other the space to be as creative and as happy as we couold be. Because when you are creative, and supported in your creative projects, there is a joy that rises inside you that is contagious.</p><p>We wrote together and we wrote apart. I was in the studio making books and art. He was in the herbal itchen making potions and lotions and other wonderful elixirs. </p><p>Just one small example of what I’m trying to share with you all: for many years the banned alchoholic beverage absinthe had fascinated me. It showed up in my poems. I drank Pernod — a watered down version of the original absinthe. Dale, as ah herbalitst, collected herbs and made his own absintehe followed the original recipe from old herbals. The first night we spent together can you imagine what it was like for me when he offered me a glass of the “vrai absinthe” which I’d dreamed and imagined for much of my adult life?</p><p>We gae each other permission.</p><p>When that has been denied at best and squalched at least (???) what seems like all your life that is a very powerful thing.</p><p>So I went from afunctioning person to an ectastic one. A oife of joy and amaziemtn. No limits to the good result as we say in one of our zen sutras.</p><p>May all beings be so lucky. And so blessed.</p><p><br /></p>Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-22386816281233369662021-01-05T17:51:00.000-08:002021-01-05T17:51:33.725-08:00<p> </p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_lq"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">+who am I and why am I here?</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Mantis Hill is an alias. My name is Laura. Mantis Hill is the name my husband Dale and I gave to the beautiful land we found in 2002 and have lived on since 2003. Mantises are an omen, oracular and can help you find your way home. The first year we were here there were more mantises than you could count. Hence the name. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Dale and I met in 1998 in Death Valley on a zen backpacking trip. At t;he time I was still in New York and he was in Santa Rosa California. We both had a zen practice with a teacher based at a zendo in the Foothills of Northern California and found ourselves on this backpacking trip at a time when both of our marriages were ending. The spark between us was undeniable and 2 months later I moved from New York to California. Our first year together was a bit up and down because we were both coming out of difficult marriages. But after a year we began living together and got married in 2003 -- the same year we moved to "Mantis Hill."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It was about as idyllic as could be. We are both poets/writers. We shared a zen practice. We loved being in the mountains. We are (were?) the same age. We both cherished books and were able to build a library. For many years we had a camp at Burning Man (before it turned into a huge expensive gathering). After we met Dale wrote 8 more books. I wrote more poetry. It was a beautiful dance we did. We had wonderful energy together. Well that energy still exists. I carry it now for both of us.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">In 2014 Dale was diagnosed with liver cancer from having lived for many years with HepC (undiagnosed). Not all that unheard of for folks in our age group who grew up in the 60s. 2014 we traveled back and forth from the Foothills to UCSF each month for treatments. Dale was on the transplant list but his doc didn't think he could keep him alive long enough for him to get to the top of the list. Dale reached out to our community and a live donor appeared and volunteered half of his liver to save Dale's life. The transplant was in March 2015. It was a success and we all breathed once again. The next two years were full of the extra kind of joy you share when you realize how more than lucky you are. However on the Ides of March in 2017 a CT scan showed that the liver cancer had metastasized to his spine.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The wonderful docs at UCSF did everything they could -- radiation, surgery, chemo, more radiation but by the end of 2017 it was clear that they could no longer forestall the inevitable. Dale went on Hospice in December 2017 and passed on January 13, 2018.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Yes -- it will be 3 years next week.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I wandered around in a fog of grief for 2 solid years. I took myself into isolation because I didn't know what to say to anyone and no one knew what to say to me. At some point I found Megan's book and reading it allowed me to begin to attend weekly grief groups at our local Hospice. But I still kept to myself.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">A year ago on the second anniversary of Dale's passing (sorry I still cannot use what I call "the d word") I went to a week long intuitive painting retreat. I spent a week with a very supportive group of women and made plans to return to the world. Then Covid struck us all. It was as if the universe was telling me it was too soon for me to rejoin the world. So here we are a full year later and I have been pretty much isolated now for 3 years. Yes, I live alone. I never had children. Dale has a daughter and so I have a step-daughter -- and a granddaughter born 2 weeks after Dale's liver transplant -- but we are not close.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">So here I am on this amazingly beautiful 12 acres in the Foothills enjoying the rocks and the trees and the pond and so much nature. Dale is still very much with me. But I knew I had to do something to mark this 3rd anniversary and help me carry this grief which quite honestly is still overwhelming and paralyzing even at the 3 year mark. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I am attaching a photo of the two of us at Burning Man in 2007 that a friend took because of the rainbow.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Apologies -- I am not skilled at FB and so the picture is not in the comments because I am not sure how to do that. 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I am going to start posting small pieces from by book (project? manuscript?) a few times a week.<br />
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<span>Just about one month ago the phone rang in the middle of the afternoon and Dale answered it. After listening intently to someone he smiled and handed the phone over to me saying "It's your friend from Elementary School -- Helen Epstein."</span></div>
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<span>I took the phone and it was as if 57 years evaporated in the space of 57 seconds. </span></div>
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<span>Helen didn't miss a beat telling me how difficult it had been to track me down. Well, yes. I've traveled under the radar for most of my life. I've changed my name not once but twice. And, of course, they were still looking for me using my maiden name. That's all they had.</span></div>
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<span>Helen told me about the Reunion planned for May 7th back in Manhattan. I gracefully declined. She asked if I would prepare a "Timeline" -- you know, a summary of my life since 6th grade.</span></div>
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<span>Actually the timing of this request was interesting. Some of my friends might call it synchronicity. Others might just say "Hey Laura, the universe is trying to tell you something." </span></div>
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<span>I'm just encouraged. After all that's gone on over the past 2+ years, life here is beginning to settle. We are no longer making frequent trips to San Francisco. Life has changed from being about illness to being about wellness.</span></div>
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<span>Last December I had dusted off that manuscript I put away in 2013 with plans to return to it once again. Here was a chance to write a very brief summary, now called a Timeline, and use that as a segue back into the larger work.</span></div>
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<span>I wrote the Timeline and it has been sent to my former classmates, along with a few others, to give them an idea of how they might address the past 57 years. I've heard back from a few of the people I knew back then. Wonderful, heartwarming notes (to which I have yet to respond but am ever so grateful to have received).</span></div>
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<span>And I am limping back into my own manuscript. With its ghosts. And revelations. </span></div>
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<span>Thank you dear PS 87 friends for doing all that you did to find me. I know it wasn't an easy task. But I am filled with gratitude that you kept on looking for this woman who values her seclusion and shuns most forms of social media.</span></div>
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Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-86163242270089090122015-06-10T16:19:00.001-07:002015-06-10T16:19:09.081-07:003 months and still healingHi All,<br />
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This Friday, June 12th, will be 3 months since Dale's transplant. <br />
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Healing continues, albeit too slowly to suit Dale. Which leads me to wonder "Does anyone ever think they heal fast enough?"<br />
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There have been no major setbacks, but the road to full health is a bit rocky and it just takes time for the liver to regrow (we are told by the docs that it should be almost full size by now). Stamina is still a major issue. Dale was planning to teach at the International Herb Symposium which starts this weekend but had to withdraw. He's just not at 100% yet.<br />
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Meanwhile, Dale's donor, the generous and selfless Matt T., also continues to recover. His recovery has had its share of ups and downs. Since Matt's a "working man" he has lost 3 months from work and is also not quite 100% so hasn't returned to the work force yet. Major abdominal surgery is a big hit to the system, even when you're healthy.<br />
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Dale has set up a "Donor's Fund" to help Matt through this period. If you feel moved to contribute to this fund, you can make a donation through PayPal sending money to amulet@botanikos.com. Or you can send a check made out to Dale Pendell and marked "Donor's Fund" in the bottom left corner. If you prefer to use the traditional method and send a check -- it can be mailed to Dale at PO Box 1423, Penn Valley CA 95946.<br />
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I hope that this finds everyone of you in good health and enjoying the turn towards summer.<br />
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Blessings and love to all, <br />
laura<br />
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<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-6382224501390587922015-04-15T17:26:00.000-07:002015-04-15T17:26:50.979-07:00Elevated Liver Enzymes and a visit with ScarlettHi All,<br />
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A week ago Dale's blood tests came back with elevated liver enzymes which indicate some inflammation. So after an ultrasound to determine that all was well structurally they scheduled Dale for a liver biopsy. They did the biopsy this past Monday (4/13) which required an overnight stay at the hospital.<br />
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We were just told this afternoon that the pathology report showed "non specific inflammation" which means that there is no clear cut explanation for the elevated enzymes. The plan is continue to get blood tests twice a week and monitor the situation which the docs think will resolve itself on its own.<br />
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The upside of yet another trip to San Francisco is that we visited with Scarlett and her parents on Sunday. Here's a picture of Dale and Scarlett:<br />
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She is quite the sweetie and very beautiful. (But maybe all grandparents say that....)<br />
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Blessings to all............Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-91823449083079873972015-04-03T21:35:00.002-07:002015-04-03T21:38:33.278-07:00So far, so good (again)Hard to believe that it's been 3 weeks since Dale's transplant. Well, technically 3 weeks plus one day.<br />
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He was still in the ICU 3 weeks ago. Now he is here and there is daily improvement. There is still a lot of healing ahead but all is going well. The numbers from the twice weekly blood tests show that his new liver is functioning normally.<br />
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I am grateful to women in my Book Group as well as folks from our sangha who are helping with food and bringing us meals to eat. It makes a huge difference.<br />
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We are on this new path and the journey continues. <i> So far, so good</i> seems to be my mantra at the moment.<br />
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Thanks to all of you out there who continue to send healing energy this way. It definitely is making a difference.<br />
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<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-15622163676037291662015-03-26T22:50:00.000-07:002015-03-26T22:50:41.237-07:00Not much to reportDear Ones,<br />
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Nothing earth-shaking to report especially compared to all that's gone on over the past 2 weeks. Today is the 2 week anniversary of Dale's liver transplant. <br />
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I must admit I look forward to the 2 month anniversary and even more to the 2 year anniversary.<br />
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Don't be alarmed if I don't post daily after today. It only means there isn't very much to write about and make the jump that healing continues.<br />
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Also, for those who have gotten used to texting us while we were in San Francisco, may I remind you that here at Mantis Hill the smart phones are pretty dumb. Texts seem to come in better than they go out. So please consider the old fashioned email way of communicating. Or the even older telephone.<br />
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Sweet dreams!<br />
<br />
laura<br />
<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-43083611279307418982015-03-25T22:50:00.000-07:002015-03-25T22:54:10.595-07:00Special DayHealing continues.<br />
So does unpacking.<br />
Collected the mail.<br />
Paid bills.<br />
Mundane life goes on.<br />
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But today is special<br />
and so we remembered<br />
how after getting a license<br />
with the intention of having Nelson<br />
perform a ceremony during<br />
Mountains & Rivers in April<br />
we sat at a little cafe<br />
sharing a grilled cheese sandwich<br />
and smiled at each other and said<br />
"We could save our friends a lot of trouble"<br />
paid the bill, walked back around the corner<br />
into City Hall in Oakland and all the clerks<br />
gathered around and they loved it and<br />
we loved it too. Informal and spur of the moment<br />
I don't even remember what I was wearing.<br />
Perfect.<br />
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Still perfect all these years later.<br />
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Right now, every day feels pretty special.<br />
Today ... a little bit more.<br />
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<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-65527852872610735502015-03-24T23:18:00.003-07:002015-03-24T23:18:58.899-07:00Home Sweet Home<br />
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We are back in the land of green beings and birds and frogs and oh so many beautiful early flowers of Spring.</div>
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There is still a lot of healing to be done but it's easier here away from the bustle and noise of the city.</div>
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Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-52836974120928200692015-03-23T21:32:00.001-07:002015-03-23T21:32:42.607-07:00Day 11: Outside and InsideDear Friends,<br />
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We awoke this morning to a light rain and an early trip to the hospital for scheduled blood work. And later a call from Dale's Nurse Practitioner that someone had used an old "Standing Order" and so not all of the labs they needed were done. Could we come in extra early tomorrow morning and have the labs done again?<br />
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They need the labs because tomorrow is Dale's first appointment at the Post Transplant Liver Clinic. And the labs are an important part of figuring out how he's doing inside beyond how he looks and how things are healing on the outside.<br />
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We took another walk this afternoon. This one a bit longer by a few blocks than the previous walks. And we took advantage of San Francisco's hilly streets to upgrade it a bit.<br />
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The news from Santa Cruz is that everyone is in love with little Scarlett. Marici is recovering and I believe they are all on schedule to return home on Wednesday. <br />
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The morning rain was delightful. The afternoon sun was energizing. A good day for us although we are still pretty much bored and ready to go home ourselves. <br />
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I hope that wherever you found yourself today (outside or in) you enjoyed your day.<br />
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laura<br />
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<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-47529876801734257042015-03-23T06:56:00.002-07:002015-03-23T06:56:44.529-07:00Day 10: A Quiet DayHi Everyone,<br />
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Dale and I spent a relatively quiet day. No medical adventures. The baby's been born so we were not anxiously awaiting news. <br />
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We did take a walk which included a visit to Amoeba to pick up a few movies to watch. <br />
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In truth I guess it's getting a little boring. But under the circumstances boring is probably good.<br />
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Sorry I missed an update last night. Hope no one was concerned. <br />
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Dale continues to mend. I'm getting some sleep. New little Scarlett and her parents are bonding.<br />
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Deep bows to all,<br />
<br />
laura<br />
Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-36932124487437423172015-03-21T20:08:00.001-07:002015-03-21T20:08:20.815-07:00DAY 9: Introducing Scarlett Alexandra Macdonald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Born today, around 3 PM, bit over nine pounds and</div>
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with "linebacker shoulders" and a head of hair and</div>
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some attitude with lungs to back it up.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Mother<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and daughter
in hospital until <br />
Wednesday—so we hear. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Blessings from the Universe, for all.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Hoot and hoo-rah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Watch out world, a new bit of beauty</div>
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<br /></div>
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Dale's own healings continue at their own pace. So, ease.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Dale adds: thanks for all who respected my seclusion, and I'm going to
continue</div>
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to "cocoon" for a few days more.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Blessings.</div>
Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-34038357602242709052015-03-21T00:09:00.001-07:002015-03-21T00:09:31.629-07:00Day 8: continued recovery and some exciting newsDear Friends,<br />
<br />
Dale continues to recover. We took a walk today in the Haight and enjoyed some sunshine after all the days indoors.<br />
<br />
But the big news of the day is that Dale's daughter, Marici, is in labor as we speak. We anticipate news about the baby girl whose arrival is eagerly anticipated soon.<br />
<br />
Stay tuned!<br />
<br />
blessings from the universe to all,<br />
laura<br />
<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-87248297254373947912015-03-19T23:54:00.004-07:002015-03-19T23:54:28.935-07:00Day 7: Message from Dale<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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donor and I are both out of the hospital. Lots of healing ahead, but prognosis
is good. Laura and I are staying in the City for at least a week to be near the
hospital, see after that.</span></div>
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of stories … <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some soulful, some bizarre,
but they'll have to wait. Blessings.</span></div>
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Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-3981240513574707392015-03-18T22:12:00.001-07:002015-03-18T22:12:48.946-07:00Day 6: Sprung!!Good news to share!<br />
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Both Dale and his donor were discharged from the hospital late this afternoon!<br />
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We are now in a hotel just a few blocks from the hospital. Which also means that if anything unanticipated was to happen we are minutes away from help.<br />
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Both guys look pretty terrific considering what they've been through. <br />
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Everyone is planning to catch up on all that missed sleep!<br />
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Thanks to everyone for the healing energies, songs, incense and whatever else you've done this past week to make this go so well. Obviously, it worked!<br />
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We are all filled with gratitude and lots of love,<br />
laura<br />
Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-46895074847351406132015-03-18T00:24:00.002-07:002015-03-18T00:24:12.164-07:00Day 5: Tuesday nightHi Folks,<br />
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Another long day.<br />
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You must be tired of reading that. I'm certainly tired of writing it.<br />
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But here we are. Both Dale and his donor are still in the hospital despite hopes that they might be released today. There was a change of pain meds that set back recovery. But once again we are hopeful that DBD will be sprung tomorrow. Dale perhaps on Thursday or Friday.<br />
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That said they are both busy walking laps around the floor at 9Long. The transplant team gives you a very attractive t-shirt once you've walked 12 laps which is the equivalent to a mile. They both have earned said t-shirt.<br />
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I'm kind of punch drunk from lack of sleep so I'll sign off now.<br />
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And write more tomorrow.<br />
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May all beings be happy,Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-3044741988827947682015-03-16T21:52:00.002-07:002015-03-16T21:52:25.522-07:00Day 4: Monday nightHello Everyone,<br />
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Another long day. <br />
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The doctors continue to be very pleased with Dale's recovery. They are thinking he'll be discharged on either Wednesday or more likely Thursday.<br />
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And the DBD (Dear Bodhisattva Donor) turned the corner over night and today he was feeling much much better than he's been. We expect he'll be discharged tomorrow.<br />
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I am kind of running on fumes. But now that Dale is mostly out of the woods, as the saying goes, I hope to be able to go to sleep and stay asleep for my usual 6+ hours.<br />
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love to all,<br />
laura<br />
<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-28577833566561120942015-03-15T22:09:00.001-07:002015-03-15T22:09:43.119-07:00Sunday Night Day Three Encouraging News<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dale is doing so well that the docs say he may be out of the hospital by Wednesday! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His donor has also turned the corner and his pain is subsiding. You cannot imagine how happy that makes both Dale and me. Well, maybe you can. That this man has given Dale the gift of life is still too amazing to contemplate. Even the hospital staff think he is special. A true Bodhisattva.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With love and gratitude and blessings to all,</span></div>
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Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-29242532044564727022015-03-15T00:21:00.001-07:002015-03-15T00:21:11.138-07:00Day Two Post Surgery "So Far, So Good"Good news everyone! Dale is out of the ICU and into a regular hospital room. He's continues to do very well and the doctors continue to be very pleased. <br />
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The donor is also well but still a hurtin' cowboy. This was expected. We all hope that tomorrow he begins to feel a whole lot better.<br />
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Some of you have asked how I'm doing. I'm tired but really happy that all has gone so well. I am hoping that as Dale continues to improve I'll get some more rest. <br />
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I'll post again tomorrow.Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-5595678290277484762015-03-13T22:29:00.000-07:002015-03-13T22:29:51.534-07:00Day One Post SurgeryDear Ones,<br />
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All is going well. <br />
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Most probably Dale will be out of the ICU and back to the regular hospital floor tomorrow. Everyone (the doctors) is very pleased with not just how the surgery went but how Dale is recovering. He got out of bed today and even walked around the ICU unit. <br />
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The wonderful donor has been back in his hospital room since yesterday afternoon and he too is doing exactly as expected. <br />
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More news tomorrow.<br />
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Until then, gratitude and deep bows to all of you for your companionship on this journey. <br />
<br />
laura<br />
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<br />Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-69687037162523163422015-03-12T20:36:00.002-07:002015-03-12T20:36:19.426-07:00SurgeryDale is out of surgery and in Intensive Care. The docs say it went well and the new liver is working. It's been a long day and everyone is exhausted.<br />
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Thank you for all your prayers and healing energies. I'll post more tomorrow.Laura Pendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653967029940815915noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403928171466580949.post-89626740421004753512015-03-11T23:02:00.000-07:002015-03-11T23:02:15.844-07:00Day 0 (minus a few hours)Hello Everyone,<br />
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It's been a long day but both Dale and his DBD (Dear Bodhisattva Donor) are safely tucked in bed in the hospital.<br />
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No one will give us a definitive answer about the time of the surgeries in the morning, except that they begin with the donor and then start Dale's surgery about 1 1/2 hours later.<br />
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I'll do my best to check in again later tomorrow. In the meantime, do whatever feels right to bring them all the healing energies they might need to call on.<br />
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love and blessings to all,<br />
laura<br />
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