Ordination Bulletin ~ Gratitude Page

Much gratitude to . . . 

My husband who, when I said, “You thought you were marrying a lawyer,” responded, “Things change.”

Our three children, who have brought ~ yes, terrible sorrow, but also ~ indescribable joy into our lives

My extended family, both Craig and Williams sides ~ and most especially my father for a lifetime of love and care, and my brother David, who called every single day during the darkest of months

Our Koinonia and Porch People Friends with whom we have shared the laughter and tears of the past quarter-century

Our churches, Forest Hill, Presbyterian and Church of the Saviour (United Methodist) – pastors, staff, members, visitors, and everyone connected with them in any way, and also my new friends from University Circle Methodist Church and from InterAct Cleveland

Friends, teachers, professors, staff, colleagues, and students at Fuchs Mizrachi School, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (Cindy! ~ we could not have done this without one another), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Old Stone Church, The Ignatian Spirituality Institute, and John Carroll University

The Ursuline Sisters of Brown County, The Carmelite Sisters of Cleveland Heights, and The Society of Jesus, and all connected to all of them, most especially Sister Agatha Fitzgerald, O.S.U.,   and Fathers Howard Gray, S.J., Paul Panaretos, S.J., and William Sneck, S.J.

The LIP-ers, the RevGals, and everyone else out there who has extended friendship via the written word and the internet, and via real mail (Michelle!) and gifts of glass and mosaic

Very most especially, all of the mothers who have survived the loss of beautiful and precious children  ~ Chris of Cleveland Heights and Chris of Mentor Headlands, Gal of Cincinnati, Mary of Chicago, Laura of Dayton, Karen East and Karen West ~ love to you all; you are courageous and generous and truly women of valor, and I am proud to count you among my friends

The staffs and CPMs and COMs of the Presbyteries of the Western Reserve and Muskingum Valley

All the people who have newly appeared and those who have re-appeared in my life in the past two months of unexpected challenge

Our new community:  the congregation of Nankin Federated Church

And all who have participated in this Service of Ordination.

                                                                        ~ AMDG