My professor's daughter of 10 years passed from this realm to the spirit world this week. I consider myself well-acquainted with death and somehow, instead of making this situation easier, it makes it infinitely more difficult because I know the pain that he is feeling. I know the hole that will never be filled. I know how hard it will be to go on with daily life.
It is amazing to me how in moments like this, nothing else matters. My paper outline that was due on Wednesday, my reading assignment about religious mobilization in Turkey, working on my research paper, etc. seems less than trivial. I'm consumed with a desire to make all of the pain go away and I've never wanted someone to have the knowledge of the gospel so badly.
I've been thinking about ways that I can help and I've decided to post a link to the little girl's website. It is beautifully thoughtful site and Mr. Crowley's last entry about what he has learned from her is good advice to us all. There is a fund to help pay for the family's medical expenses as well as a suggested cancer fund to donate to. Aid is needed would be welcome. "Because I have been given MUCH, I too must give."
www.oliviacrowley.com
2 years ago
2 comments:
I know Mar.
call me tomorrow.
It seems to me "these things" are, in actuality, less than trivial when compared to our intimate relationships. But "these things" you do are motivated largely by your relationships. Think about the topic of your research paper. Would you really be researching that if you didn't care about the people involved? Because people have researched cancer, someone somewhere has survived. Keep doin lots of good things for good reasons like you always have. love you.
But still, I know, and I'm sorry.
Thanks Emily. You're right. I was teaching a lesson on the Law of Consecration today and one of the things that came up was the importance of persuing education in order to consecrate valuable knowledge for the building up of Zion. The mundane daily tasks are much more bearable when we keep in mind the goal of sharing our time and talents to lift the burdens of our fellowmen.
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