From Jamie Rowe

 

 Well, like most Americans, I feel numb as well as outraged because
of the tragedies that took place on Tuesday. As a regular visitor to
NYC, I felt shock. It could have been me on a plane, I could have
been down there visiting. When I work with AdrianGale I love doing
all the touristy type things in New York. Twin Towers were on my list
of places I wanted to go on an upcoming trip. Won't happen now.
Can any of us truly imagine the anxiety in Manhattan even tonight?

Pray people.

 In more personal sad news, Combined with the news reports on CNN, I
got a telephone call saying my mom was in the hospital and she was
terminal. She has many health problems but this was rooted in kidney
failure. I arrived at the hospital at 4:00pm Tues. and stayed with
her (she was in a comatose state for much of the time) until her death
this Wed. morning at 10:00am. I had some things I needed to say to my
mom and got there while she was alert enough (I believe) to
understand me. It was 'healing' for me in a way. In 1987 my dad
passed away from an ephazema-(spelling?) induced heart attack. I was
with him and held his hand while he died. This morning, I held my
mamma's hand as she took her last breath. While the reality of death
is painful, there is a strange comfort for me that I was there for
both of my parents passings. Should I have visited my ailing mother
more in the past year? Yes. Can I change that? No. Do I have a peace
that she is in the presence of Jesus even now as I write this?
ABSOLUTELY! Folks, I encourage you to love one another even as Christ
Jesus loves us.

Sorry to get so deep on all of you in a "music" newsletter, but today
music isn't all that important to me. I am tired and will try to go
to bed. Thanks in advance for any prayers.

In Grace-
Jamie