Amazing Grace is one song you can play anywhere in the world - in hundreds of different languages. The extent to which that song is embedded in human consciousness is remarkable.
My wife and I have had a lot of contact with the Inuit, from time to time, in the Eastern Arctic. They are very spiritual, religious, soul-full.
Here, saluting Paula and re-inforcing Michael's love of the song, is Amazing Grace in Inuktitut, by Susan Aglukark, with the Northern Lights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtNuELl5he0

A weepy moment.. dammit woman, you are so loved.. i feel compelled to write more for you but i cant. not now.. not yet. for some reason i don't want to write. i want to be selfish right now. ok? so, i am going to just post this link for now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aco9TBTC8z4

be selfish today. michel a great oldie but goodie and bob your Inuit version is like a song bird. they get rewarded for the cold don't they? the skylight is a miracle.

thank you all so much,
paula

How are you doing, Love? Thinking about you ever so much . . . .

Someone knows so please respond. All are concerned.

I spoke to Paula last week. she had experienced a few weeks when she was feeling better, able to eat more and had gained back a few of the pounds she had lost. We thought maybe she was getting a reprieve. but last week she said she was in a lot of pain and was put on morphine. she said it helped relieve the pain, but she didn't like what it did to her thinking abilities.

that's all that i know -- i have n't been able to reach her since then. i don't think she is reading her emmail, or maybe she's just not able to respond. I believe she knows how much she is loved by her fellow Neurotalk members.

Does anyone else know more?

My husband and I arrived a week ago at the home she and one of her daughters share. We are staying ini a motel and go over there every day. For the first few days we had some good times and some shaky times,then things were very tough with few lucid moments. Yesterday the family were informed by the hospice people that Paula would depart this world in most likely 24-72 hours, and we were told when we arrived for the day. She did have a few lucid moments, and was still faith- filled and funny. Friends and family were gathering; love flowed among us all, but I will let others tell their own stories.

Yesterday I sang a few hymns for her and read some Psalms aloud. Today. I read some prayers as well as saying my own.Paula has been freely expressing deep love and friendship. As we left for the day, about 6:00 pm, she was still holding on to Life
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Friends, I'll try to write again soon.

Jaye

Thank you so much for the updates.
It's so wonderful to see the closeness so many of you share.

Jaye tell he for me to hold a seat for me and we will get together soon. As she says LOVE Paula so say Thelma

That you are not afraid, well, maybe a bit unsure, that we will live on, forever. I never communicated with you , but I can feel your mind through the, well , I won't say anything unscientific, but just feel your mind.
Peace be with you, my dear, and may your spirit be with all of us. We'll all be one, someday, just as we were , long ago. See you on the other side, soon. Cs