[Lekooks] Erin's father passed

[Christina White]

Dear Erin,

I’m sorry for your loss, Erin. It sounds like you gave careful thought to
your decision to remain in WI. We all have to do what’s right for each of
us.

Sending you comfort and peace ~
Christina White

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 5:29 PM Erin Jay via Lekooks <lekooks at lekook.org>
wrote:

> Hi fellow quarantiners
>
> My father passed away yesterday morning..July 14th
>
> I've been avoiding telling people this but feel free to pass it on to the
> group.
>
> It's been very challenging since he entered hospice to have people tell me
> I should fly out there or I should have flown out there.....
>
> So I just want to make it clear that it was not an easy decision to stay
> here.... And I'm going to explain the decision in case you have to make a
> similar decision before the  virus goes away
>
> Here are some of the reasons I had to decide against travel:
>
> -- If I had gone out there I would have needed to quarantine for 14 days
> because I did not want to put my 90 year old mother in jeopardy.
> --so, If had flown out there I would have been in quarantine and missed
> talking to him before he passed away
> --flying really isn't safe right now ..I'm not going to go into the
> details...but trust me my niece works at the CDC
> --the funeral homes mortuaries etc are very limited in how many people can
> come visit and there is a two week wait for a cremation....( Which means I
> would have had to fly back before the burial)
>
> And here is a very surprising unknown:
>
> The transformer outside my house was hit by lightning (warriors were
> sparking and up the road at least a quarter of a mile) and I had to
> evacuate .....
> if I had been in California, there's a good chance the house would have
> burned down and there would have been no one to call inthe fire  since
>
> Summary
>
> A storyteller recently told about going to see her dad before he died and
> I almost shut the zoom concert  off because it was too painful ...but then
> she mentioned her brother whose wife was giving birth and couldn't come to
> be with her father......It was at that moment I felt peace in my heart with
> my decision because there are a million different reasons why we can't
> sometimes be with the person we love at the end.....
>
> Thank you for reading this (if you did) and for understanding....
> My prayer and hope is that you never have to make a decision like this
> ...and that if you do people do not question you
>
> Be safe... be healthy
>
> With love
>
> Erin
>
>
>
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