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

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What a beautiful encounter and sharing. A perfect encapsulation of Gracee.
--  Lenny


> 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......
> 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.  This
> never ever happened before. 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.  She  did not need me, she wanted to give.  And so she did. 
> And indeed , she was bubbly and vital when I arrived. Just came out of the
> shower,  radiant, wearing her silk robe.She had a delightful project in
> mind for us. She asked me to help her to sort out her huge heap of fashion
> jewellry.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.She emphazied to me , how important it was for her, that all her
> objects find meaningful purpose and   get to the right person.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. 
> 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. 
>
>  She was delightful,  and glowing  with deep  inner joy  of spirit ,
> during our visit.  She gifted me an absolutely  beautiful book  when I
> left. 
> I had the feeling she was going to live much longer and I would be
> visiting her many more times.Thinking back, I see, that  she knew this was
> not the case. 
> Thank you  All dear hearts, for giving me the opportunity to reflect on
> our last visit.
> Viktoria 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Riantee Rand <riantee at mcn.org>
> To: thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org; D. Sangraal
> <chirising.dyana at gmail.com>; Danleigh <grokme at mcn.org>; Toni Bernbaum
> <tonijean at mcn.org>; Taylor Slevin <tslevin at mcn.org>; VIKTORIA ZAITA
> <giopanaro at aol.com>; Paloma Carmona <mendomorf at gmail.com>; Roz
> <roz at mcn.org>
> Cc: Ron Nadeau <ron at spirithousehealing.org>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 8:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [Thespiritexpress] Grace (Cathy) Fantulin ~ "Farewell"
>
> 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.
>    
>
>
>
>
>> On Apr 13, 2021, at 08:03, Roz via Thespiritexpress
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>> 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
>>
>> "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?"
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> With love, Roz
>>
>>
>>
>>
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