Jean's Memorial Service
We will hold Jean's memorial service at 11 am, Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Unity Church of Lubbock, 2112 Broadway in Lubbock, Texas.
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January 28, 2009
January 17, 2009
Fifteen Days
Yesterday was two weeks. Looks like this is going to be a long and bumpy ride. I have been doing some reading on the grieving process and that appears normal. Oh, well. (Creaking sounds as upper lip is stiffened.)
January 12, 2009
Recovery Roadtrip
After a week of grief and taking care of the details of Jean's passing, Kirk and I got out of town. We went to Carlsbad Caverns. (Click the links for photos.) We donned caving helmets and took the guided tour of the lower cavern. We walked. We descended. We climbed. We crawled. It was exhilarating and I recommend it highly. Friday night we had dinner with my nephew Kelly, who was in Carlsbad on business.
Saturday morning we headed for White Sands. We drove through Cloudcroft, an alpine village at 8600 feet. It was 24 degrees, snowing and beautiful. By the time we descended back to the desert floor at White Sands, it was 70 degrees and we climbed and saucered down the dunes. On the way back through Ruidosa, Kirk noticed the Batmobile parked by the side of the road and we stopped for some pictures.
We arrived home Saturday night, tired but better for the trip.
January 03, 2009
In Memoriam - Jean MacManus
Yesterday morning at 8 am my beloved Jean passed away. Jean had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October and had been in hospice care at home. Always protective of her privacy, Jean had requested that I not blog about her illness, so nothing has been said. Kirk and I were at her side. Her passing was peaceful and without suffering.
My wife of 27 years, Jean was, quite simply, the center of my existence. I don't know how to even consider a life without her at its core.
Jean was a brilliant and gifted mathematician and computer analyst but, after her family, her central preoccupation was metaphysics. She studied and researched the psychic and spiritual. She received a masters degree in psychology from West Georgia University and her thesis, "Psychic Content in Dreams," is in the university library. Jean and I got to know each other when we were both directors, teaching and counseling at the Foundation for Metaphysical Studies in Dallas.
Jean loved her children, Chloe and Kirk. Jean loved flowers, gemstones, her garden and her porcelains and I will be eternally grateful that, for over a quarter of a century, Jean loved me.
A great light has left the world and ours will be dimmer without her, but she has returned home and will be at peace. May God enfold and rest her soul and spirit.
Photos of Jean are available here.