Hard to even process all input from yesterday...

I should have taken notes as the day went on.  Trying to single out each thought now...challenging.  FEN blog boss with a wife leading him to this thought after I shared an incredible video with him and the others on the blog team - Very poignant and compelling... It's a huge difficult decision to stop treatment and accept the advance of a fatal disease. And on top of that, the problem of finding a decent hospice service and obtaining a hospice designation to start the process.  Then a request from Cape Cod DC facilitator - Hi Anne, I am wondering if you can help me with response to this inquiry. I am running out the door for a meeting(  with MAiD advocate) And know that I will have some ideas, but need to think on it. I also thought you would have some good ideas.  No coincidence in my mind that I had just watched the video and sent blog boss the email about sanctuary concept.  The request she got that led her to reach out to me - During a recent death café, the subject of support for those who are not actively dying, but for those who have chosen to eschew treatment and move toward a hopefully peaceful death came up. Three women, all with terminal diagnoses wanted to find support, hopefully through a group, for them as they approach death. They are not undergoing treatment, at present - one is currently on hospice care. I am well familiar with support groups from the bereavement side, but wondered if you know of a group, a method, an avenue, etc. to provide these three (and others) with that type of support. This makes so much sense to me and yet I felt I had nothing I could offer, other than their sharing their stories, their trajectories, and their humanity with one another. I’m open to any and all suggestions – both for them and for a greater, at large population, as well. Thanks, in advance for your insights and concern.

Full heart and mind for me as I responded to both.  

Balance of day - great walk with family friend and she offered me two tickets to the local lobster fest for me and sister #1 for Friday night dinner...had not shared yet that the gentleman caller was coming... So they are going to drop off a ticket for me so I can pick up a dinner on Saturday.  Gentleman caller's name is mud on many levels right now.  Ahhhh to be not concerned with GC issues.  :)  Great swim with swimming ladies.  We are getting down to the end of the season.  Will miss the afternoon dips and silly routine of me setting up the chairs for the ladies - we are a 75, 80, 85 year old spread in ages and I am sure the kids working at the pool have a good laugh about our daily routine.  Just me and the 80 for the next 3 days while 85 is off to a VT music event weekend.  Her travel partners are her son from MD and the man I rented the apt from when I moved out of my family's house the summer of my junior year in high school. Can't close a circle on a life story much better than that.  :)  

From reading Emperor last night - "Words cast spells. You should know this as a writer. That is why it's called spelling."   You know that set my hair on fire in a wonderful way.  :)  

Today - walk, pool, sister #1 and 83 yr old GC show up at some point before dinner reservation at Rooftop at 5:30 p.m., sister and GC staying in next town over.  Might not see them after tonight based on what is up with them and GC mission of buying another Jaguar on Saturday.  Yikes.  Sister has her high school gathering Saturday after the car shopping excursion, then she will head to sister #4's on Sunday.  GC will either be on a train home to PA or driving his new car home.  I have less than no interest to the finish of that story.  My other today thing is picking up or having dropped off the ticket for my lobster dinner for Saturday.  Family friend and her family are so kind to me.  She showed up for our walk yesterday with 18 home grown eggs and 8 home grown tomatoes. I dug right in to the tomatoes.  Where is the Duke's mayo and homemade bread of my NC memories when you need them?  :)

Saturday - walk, pool, lobster linner, 5:30 p.m. LA DC.  

Afraid to open the car insurance renewal info from AAA this a.m.  Due in September...hope my cosmic guidance gives me strength.  

You will get through twice as much work as your colleagues today and there may be some jealousy when they see how far ahead of them you are. Don’t let that worry you for even a moment. Why should you care if they can’t keep up?

The Taurus moon and Jupiter join forces to improve your professional standing, dear Libra. Use this energy to plead your case when it comes to sealing deals, gaining opportunities, or increasing income. Though negotiations may feel overwhelming at times, you're sure to benefit in the end. A new assistant or colleague could come into the picture once Luna aspects Venus and the nodes of fate this afternoon. Go out of your way to make friends with fresh faces that step into your field. Keep a low profile under tonight's quarter moon, especially within your social media pages. 

There may be some tension in the air for you, Libra. Large forces are moving through your life that are suddenly coming into conflict. People who have been on a certain path for a long time now have to face the music. How well have you physically and mentally prepared? The strength of your framework is now being tested against the prevailing winds.

I might be facing the music when I see how much car insurance is going to cost for my bag of bolts care that I drive once a week when it is not swim season.  Oh well.  Hope the winds do not blow me over.  Have a good Friday.