<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Riantee for your sharing your visit with Gracie! Makes me happy to think of the two of you sharing this precious time together......
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<div>I went to see her just a few days before her passing. She had called me suddenly in the morning, and asked me if I could go right away. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"> This never ever happened before. </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">I was really worried that she needed help , so I rushed, but it was the opposite of what expected. She explained, that she had had an infusion the day before and she felt energized and wanted to use the moment to share some time together. I was deeply touched. We had seen each other only occasioanally during the years.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">She did not need me, she wanted to give. And so she did. </span></div>
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<div>And indeed , she was bubbly and vital when I arrived. Just came out of the shower, radiant, wearing her silk robe.</div>
<div>She had a delightful project in mind for us. </div>
<div>She asked me to help her to sort out her huge heap of fashion jewellry.</div>
<div>We spread a buffet of sparkling adornments, out of two boxes onto her bed and put them into small plastic bags. Took hours. Paired earrings, and matching objects. Mended crooked silver hooks, and through away broken parts. She wanted to make it all in order to be donated , possibly to girls of an orphaneage Raintee had mentioned to her earlier.</div>
<div>She emphazied to me , how important it was for her, that all her objects find meaningful purpose and get to the right person.</div>
<div>And she talked. She told me about magical , life changing moments in her life, about her family, specially about her beloved grandaughter, who inherited her excuberant , wild spirit and heart , she said, She showed me her little drawings, and her notes to grandma. She showed me a huge box full of thank you cards, birthday cards received during the years. She was so touched to read, how many people had loved her, and had thanked her , many of them were her patients from the hospital. These cards were all sparkling nuggets of concentrated love and gratitude, and she had tons of them ! She savored all those good memories and fruitful encounters in her last days and they made her glow even more. </div>
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<div>Before I left she asked me to give her a back massage on her massage table, which was set up between the piano and the fire place in her beautiful living room. She had severe neck pain. She handed me a special rubbing oil, she loved its fragrance very much. <br>
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<div> She was delightful, and glowing with deep inner joy of spirit , during our visit. </div>
<div>She gifted me an absolutely beautiful book when I left. </div>
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<div>I had the feeling she was going to live much longer and I would be visiting her many more times.</div>
<div>Thinking back, I see, that she knew this was not the case. </div>
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<div>Thank you All dear hearts, for giving me the opportunity to reflect on our last visit.</div>
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<div>Viktoria </div>
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From: Riantee Rand <riantee@mcn.org><br>
To: thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org; D. Sangraal <chirising.dyana@gmail.com>; Danleigh <grokme@mcn.org>; Toni Bernbaum <tonijean@mcn.org>; Taylor Slevin <tslevin@mcn.org>; VIKTORIA ZAITA <giopanaro@aol.com>; Paloma Carmona <mendomorf@gmail.com>; Roz <roz@mcn.org><br>
Cc: Ron Nadeau <ron@spirithousehealing.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 8:45 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Thespiritexpress] Grace (Cathy) Fantulin ~ "Farewell"<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you dear friends for all your beautiful, heartfelt testimonies. My heart is so full and so joyful for the amazing journey Gracee is taking.<br clear="none"> I was blessed with a full afternoon in her presence. I didn’t know her very well and had not spent time with her before, but in those few hours she gifted me with her full story, so exuberant as she recounted, so full of life as she shared her visions, her wisdom, her hope that she might have a little more time to fulfill a few wishes . . . The story was important to be told in the way she told it to herself at that moment.<br clear="none">At the same time her indomitable spirit totally embraced 'what was’ with fearlessness, inquiring about where it was taking her, ready to step into her new life with courage and some curiosity, some excitement even. <br clear="none">When I told her about how beautiful, healthy and radiant she looked, the little girl she still was delighted in telling the wild story of her new haircut. <br clear="none">We watched her cat Tiki getting acquainted with her boy friend from next door and encouraged them to get closer. We laughed a lot, we talked about the passage openly, inquired into the mystery. . . A perfect case of give and take as one. <br clear="none">I was so full, so inspired by her radiance her playfulness, her song. There was so much light that day, in her house, all around her, in our heart, I left totally energized. Such a blessed day!<br clear="none">Thank you Gracee for your great spirit as you weaved the many faceted tapestry of your life. Thank you for all you have given to so many, thank you for your compassion, your love, thank you for the example you are to us all. We will miss your great spirit, but it is with us, in us, as us.<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
<div class="yqt5561069046" id="yqtfd39189"><br clear="none">> On Apr 13, 2021, at 08:03, Roz via Thespiritexpress <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">> What beautiful and heartfelt loving words from you all, my heart opens<br clear="none">> widely! It's so good to hear from those who knew her well and that I can<br clear="none">> know more about her.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> This short passage of the Mary Oliver poem The Summer Day comes to mind<br clear="none">> about Gracie<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> "Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?<br clear="none">> Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br clear="none">> with your one wild and precious life?"<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Gracie's passing brings it home to me of how precious our life really is.<br clear="none">> She knew this and lived life so well, with so much radiance, beauty,<br clear="none">> inspiration for life and courage to face illness and death. What a teacher<br clear="none">> she has been and a gift to us all. She will be sorely missed.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> With love, Roz<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Thespiritexpress mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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