Thank you for sharing Doc. I did not know Lucindas family, but she was in
my meditation circle and a student in my Reiki trainings. Being a
scientist, at the time I was looking for the studies on the effectiveness
of Reiki. Lucinda was right on top of it, sent me a convincing study of
the effects it had on cancer patients. A dedicated Nurse and Reiki
Master. Last I knew she was aspiring to functional medicine, an area of
health care with a good outlook for change in how we work with preventative
medicine and chronic illness. I don't know, but if she hadn't given me the
"proof" I needed at the time, I may not be dedicating myself to this
healing work today. Quite honestly I cannot imagine the alternate reality.
She also gave me my first Reiki treatment. A very enlightening and life
changing experience. Lucinda was not only a hard working nurse and mother
but she understood that healthcare in this country needs a lot of change in
order to get us back to a natural state of caring for the body, mind, and
spirit as a whole human being. The way ancients have done it for thousands
of years. This included meditation as a daily part of her lifestyle, so
she was practicing what she preached. Lucinda Seago not only a hard
working mother of 5, but also aspiring to her highest self, something we
can all admire. Thank you for your inspiration and motivating spirit. You
will be missed 💜
Your spirit sister always
Tracey
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 9:57 PM Kelly Chappel-Farley <mileficent@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Very beautiful words, Doc.
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 9:51 PM Lawrence Pruyne <docpruyne@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Warwick residents (and others),
A fund is being established through the Salvation Army to take donations
to assist Scott and Vivian in this tragedy. Please contact David Young,
Town Coordinator (coordinator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) for information on how
to make donations.
Cheri and I are greatly saddened by the deaths of Lucinda and her four
children. Vivian took lessons with Cheri for about three years. Her mom,
Lucinda, took piano for a year, though she missed lessons because she was
too tired; and Demi had just started lessons a month ago and was so excited
about it. Those little girls and I, and Lucinda, sat in the kitchen while
they waited for their turns in the studio.
Lucinda asked me about town politics (she was on the Board of Health) or
talked about her work as a nurse in a long term care facility. One evening
we talked about the long drawn out deaths of people with Alzheimer's, and
how uncaring it seemed. She'd just gotten a desk job after doing rounds,
seeing patients, and she already found it boring. She did look more rested
than I'd seen her in a long time. As a full-time nurse (or getting her
degree) and the mother of five kids, she was always tired. She always had a
20 ounce cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee when she came to the house.
While their mom had her lesson in the studio, in the kitchen with me, by
the woodstove, the little girls chatted about our ducks or Teeka, our cat.
Vivian and Demi LOVED their four cats. One afternoon Vivian and I wandered
through the garden while she told me all about how Puzzle, Mocha, Latte,
and Mittens came to be with them; and by the way, Puzzle was going to have
kittens!
Vivian is cutely bashful. Last summer I was working on the woodpile while
she was waiting for mom to get done with her lesson, the notes of the piano
tinkling out the window. While I swung the maul, ching! and split cordwood
I glanced over at Vivian as she teetered along the trunk of a spruce,
recently felled. I was afraid she'd fall, so I said, "Vivian, come on over
here and sit down."
"Where? There's no where to sit."
I quickly stacked chunks of unsplit wood into a chair complete with arms
and a back, stuck two leafy branches out the top and said, "There's your
throne. You'll be queen for today."
She laughed and sat down for a minute. When Lucinda came out she had to
take a picture of her daughter on her throne. That's when I found out
Vivian is bashful. She blushed pink and couldn't stop giggling.
It was a few wonderful moments, with a lovely mother and child, that I
will never forget.
I believe that those who died in the fire--Lucinda, Nicholas, Martin,
Demi, and Peter--will all be waiting for Vivian and Scott to join them,
when they too are free of this mortal coat. I don't think that reunion in
the future, however, will ease their grief a jot right now, and Vivian
won't be in the mood to giggle for a long time.
Gordon Ellis, in his sermon this morning, quoted William Sloan Coffin when
he said (and I paraphrase) that God's heart is the first break when tragedy
strikes. Maybe so. But that doesn't make me feel any better. I think only
time will heal the wounds to our lives and our community.
Sadness and grief are the measure of our love for those we lose. Scott and
Lucinda built a wonderful family. All of the Seagos, where ever they are,
will miss the lives they had here with us, in Warwick...and we will miss
them. And it will hurt.
