Oma was showered by love this week. First a dear friend from India came to visit and anchor her light with Oma this week. She was planning to come here next summer but traveled here especially from her village in India to be with Oma before she makes her transition. They had been introduced on a previous visit and instantly found that they had been soul mates. The love between them was palpable.

Then Birgit took the time out to be here this weekend. After sharing her love through her music Birgit spent a lot of time just sitting with mother, holding her hand and being still. It was precious. They shared moments of love and light as you can read from Birgit's own account. At one time mother smiled at me and tilted her head toward Birgit as Birgit had, in a classic way, fallen asleep beside her.

Last night there was a bright, bright moon that illuminated the yard and garden. We were up a lot as mother got accustomed to the new medication that comes through her patch. That medication takes a while to accumulate in her blood to the proper dose so we had to go pee a lot (pretty much once and hour). At one point we heard an owl in the trees outside and  then a late night flock of geese honking as they made their way through the moonlit sky.   

Mother awoke yesterday to tell me that she had been taking a bath. Today wherever she was, she came back from wondering what all the children are doing and where they are. By children she meant "kindle", little children so once again she is visiting other life streams. When we talk about that in the evening or the morning she always has a wonderful smile of peace on her face. It gives her great comfort to know that our love is like a thread that brings us together again and again as through our consciousness we traverse the cosmos in multiple life streams.   

When mother goes to bed and is settled in, on clear nights she can see a star, twinkling between the branches outside her window. It is always the same star, it stands in the east Its about 10 degrees due south of east and about 35 degrees down from the apex of the night sky. It is as yet an unnamed star located about 1104 light years from us and it twinkles at mother every night. We talk about the abundance of life in the vastness of god's cosmic creation. I have often stated that if only one in a million stars have life supporting planets like our solar system then there are over 200,000 earth like planets in our galaxy alone. And as these photographs... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0507/hcg87_gmoss_full.jpg http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040309.html ...of a tiny spec of the night sky show there are billions of galaxies like our own in the vastness of god's cosmos. Like the leaves on a tree or the grains of sand on a beach seem to indicate it is not part of god's grand design to forge just one place in this vastness for life to unfold. The magnitude of love that brings us together in such a huge creation is indeed a marvel and a gift to be repeated again and again. To quote a famous prophet: "I am the living one that has become dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen."  

Right now mother is resting comfortably on the couch in the living room. We are still fine tuning her medications but it looks like the patches are starting to do their thing. I expect we will get back into a routine by tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest.   

On a beam of light,
Thomas   

Here is what Birgit shared with us about her visit on Saturday for those of you who did not receive it yet:

I was going to take a day at home on the computer, then realized it was time to go to Friday harbor again. so I got up at 6am missed the 7:45am ferry but made the 9:35 ferry, stopped by my favorite 2nd hand shop and headed for the cottage. Mother was resting on the couch. with the oxygen on. Tom is doing an incredible juggling act monitoring and adjusting her medications and working with her accepting her and handling her care. I thought we might have the usual Thai, but mother did not move from the couch... I gave her a couple of kisses and she said " how nice of you to kiss me" - that feels nice! then she continued to doze- sleep off and on in sitting position on the couch. Thomas prepared a nice lunch of tofu and mashed potatoes and wonderful red cabbage. mother ate every bit of it and washed it down with a glass of red wine. Then i found some persimmons on sale at Kings market which Tom and i shared for desert and mother had "ice cream" tofu of course. we had a wonderful visit together... it was about the 1st time in my life that mother called me "beautiful" ! we held hands and she told me she loved me continuously. it was a very rich moment/day with mother and I am glad we were able to share it. I did bring my accordion and played for her, various tunes including some Christmas tunes, and we almost got her to smile.and sing! but for the most part mother was very subdued and quiet and in thinking mode. it is hard to see her every time, because you never know if it is going to be the last time. Right after lunch she wanted me to play music, even though we had all afternoon.. Tom says there is no such time as now with mother! we sat and held hands most of the rest of the afternoon until i had to leave around 6pm. Tom commented on how we all have our own relationships and experiences with mother but that every day you have a few precious gems or at least one of those gems. It is definitely another shift in the stage of her condition. She is not going to go to county park or to the Thai restaurant or palendaba as much. I stopped in at palendaba for tea before getting on the ferry and they had a benefit concert there for medical expenses i think for someone who worked at the store. so:-) we are blessed that mother's expenses are covered as well as they are. and I think it is a real gift that we do have Thomas to care for her as he does. I am glad I went to see both Thomas and Mother at the cottage! what a rich experience indeed!  

xoxoxoxo 
BIRGIT