Yesterday during a luncheon attended by Jim Killoran, community clergy and others, the wonderful Mary Bonner suffered a stroke. As of this posting she remains among us. Many of you know Mary as the rock of Habitat, the woman who is on the board and manages the downtown store.
Mary would ask for your prayers for others and I feel she would surely prosper from the prayers of all that participate in any way with Talk of the Sound; visitor, blogger, it doesn’t matter.
If prayers are not your cup of tea, simply turn inward and think warmly of this fine woman who is truly a light in this darkened community. She is truly Jim’s rock and she has been instrumental in helping me see the world in a different way. That is not easy given the selfishness, the mean spiritedness, and ugliness we experience daily.
To me the luncheon at Coromandel has spiritual significance because people of good will and faith were meeting to discuss what we talk about daily; how to make this community a better place for all people regardless of where they live, what their political views are, and well, you can fill in the blanks.
She will soar on the wings of your thoughts and or prayers and will rejoin our community in due time.
I appreciate your attention and I urge you put this in perspective regarding all other matters. I know I will especially the call to WVOX chastising Jim for having the audacity to call for change in our downtown area.
God Bless Mary and all those who will choose to make this community a place where every voice can be heard and all parts of this City elevated. That’s what she would want; that’s what I want.
