Thanks. It turned out that she and her family were so far ahead of me that I never did go record-- instead, I gave them their own MP3 recorder so they could use it as they wished.

The Bishop had assigned another priest to help him be her family's personal pastoral care people, and that leaves her parishes to our mercies for as much positivity as we can muster. It is quite a lot, actually, as Greg had worked with her and as I'd had the privilege of worshipping with her two parishes several times in recent weeks, including witnessing Leslie's powerful last sermon.

I may write about all that sometime, but... I've been MudBurnt often enough that I will probably not do it here.... it's too close to the proseltytizing line, everything I saw.... this is what "witnessing" really means, saying what you have seen, you know.... but I'll share when I am ready to edit together the many notes I've taken, via email, if asked via PM.

The central theme is that Leslie was just a human bean, a pretty average one as a matter of fact, who just happened to be willing to accept an invitation and who followed the directions to the party.

~Susan