One of the sweetest women I know my cousins wife is now fighting Covid her name is Erin

[TEB]

Erin is 63 married to my cousin just got the call from my brother. They live back home in western Pennsylvania I’m rambling I feel for Erin and her husband I met Erin when I was young soldier big green gills at fort Bragg. 82nd 2/325 pir my cousin was in army he retired like his father. I would go visit not at first even though I knew my cousin somewhat growing up. I’m saying when I first hit Bragg I was feeling it out but new to army being brought up to speed in my airborne rifle plt. My cousin today is 64 , one Friday afternoon they showed up at company area 1984 and brought me to their on post housing to visit and we got drunk and bbq. The message was were family don’t be a stranger we’re family.

I am not sure what my cousin did he was with the people over in the detachment the SF. I never asked them me it was nice having family at Bragg. When my cousin deployed I still would visit with Erin. Thanksgiving and Christmas she invited me and she is a pure soul. They never had children I don’t know why I never asked. I have not seen much of them over years but I love them both. I remember my cousin going on deployment hey keep a eye on Erin when you can. I said you got it with a hug I said be safe I love you that day in 85 to my cousin.

My point is Erin is so sweet she and my cousin opened up their home to a bunch of young airborne infantry troops we were young. I brought I asked Erin can I bring two friends for thanksgiving we bought the turkey she is so sweet. After thanksgiving in 85 we all cleaned up dishes and played 500 rummy or spades. Erin and I would attend church together yes I’m a believer. As I sit here all’s I can do is text my cousin you all in prayers. I feel for my cousin Erin is his love I get it as my wife is my love. This is their retirement and Covid hits them. I ramble and think fuck Erin doesn’t deserve this she is the sweetest.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Sending Erin healing vibes.

Also good wishes for your cousin.

[AJT]

2. I am so sorry. I hope she has a quick and full recovery.

[bedazzled]

3. She will get well!

She deserves to, inspiring love like that. Sending powerful healing thoughts to all of you!

[MLAA]

4. Sweet Erin

Dear TEB,

I am sending all the healing grace I can muster for your Sweet Erin. I am not Catholic but I’ve called on two saints. 10 or so years ago I picked up a book the profiled women Saints. There was at least one for every day of the year corresponding to the Saint’s feast day. I enjoyed reading about one or two each night before bed. Sometime during that time my mother became very ill. I picked up the book and said ‘one of you needs to help my mother’. Then I randomly opened the book and read about St Ethelberga of Barking. After reading about her I noticed I was on the page for October 11th St Ethelburga’s feast day. That was my mother’s birthday. My mother recovered and had a few more good years. Quite a few years later I looked for the Saint of my husband’s birthday and found it was St Julian of Norwich. I called on her when my husband was very ill.

Julian of Norwich, also called Juliana, (born 1342, probably Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died after 1416), celebrated mystic whose Revelations of Divine Love (or Showings) is generally considered one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious experience. She spent the latter part of her life as a recluse at St. Julian’s Church, Norwich.

St Ethelburga (died c.675 CE) was the first leader of a monastic order for women in England. Having refused an arranged marriage to a pagan prince, she was banished to a nunnery by her brother, Erkonwald who later became Bishop of London (Bishopsgate, where St Ethelburga’s Centre now stands, was named after him.)

She proved to be a natural leader and became the first Abbess of the great Benedictine Abbey at Barking in Essex, one of the first religious houses for women in the country.

She is especially noted for her heroic conduct in caring for the sick during an outbreak of the plague in 664 which eventually killed her and most of her community. During this time she is said to have had a vision of a light “brighter than the sun at noonday” which inspired her and her community to carry out works of great compassion in caring for others.

The Venerable Bede wrote of her: “Her life is known to have been such that no person who knew her ought to question but that the heavenly kingdom was opened to her, when she departed this world.”

In the Anglican calendar her feast day is October 11th and we have a service around that time to commemorate her life. For us, she epitomises a strong woman who exemplifies the virtues of leadership and commitment to social action even to the point of self-sacrifice.

💕💕💕💖💖💖💕💕💕

[Ohiogal]

5. Awwwww dammit

I’m so sorry about Erin. This freezing disease, we don’t deserve any of this misery thanks to our incompetent leadership. Thanks for sharing your fond memories.

I will send good vibes, prayers, karma, etc. for her to make a quick and full recovery.

[TuxedoKat]

6. Prayers and good wishes

for Erin. I hoep she recovers quickly with no ill effects.

[Demsrule86]

7. Sending prayers and good vibes.

[malaise]

8. Too sad