[Thespiritexpress] Grace (Cathy) Fantulin ~ "Farewell"

[Danleigh]

Oh thank you.  thank you.  thank you for sharing this Riantee.
Dani

On 4/13/21 8:45 PM, Riantee Rand wrote:
> 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.
>   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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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!
> 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.
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>> On Apr 13, 2021, at 08:03, Roz via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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>> What beautiful and heartfelt loving words from you all, my heart opens
>> widely! It's so good to hear from those who knew her well and that I can
>> know more about her.
>>
>> This short passage of the Mary Oliver poem The Summer Day comes to mind
>> about Gracie
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>> "Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
>> Tell me, what is it you plan to do
>> with your one wild and precious life?"
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>> Gracie's passing brings it home to me of how precious our life really is.
>> She knew this and lived life so well, with so much radiance, beauty,
>> inspiration for life and courage to face illness and death. What a teacher
>> she has been and a gift to us all. She will be sorely missed.
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>> With love, Roz
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