Rev. Pamela S. Cicioni on being healed

I stepped out of time yesterday…I cried…and it was good…

I was given permission to go and grieve the death of a good friend….
Her last twenty-four hours of life were filled with fear and love.
Aggressive treatments and aggressive wishes by family…then she called for me in the early hours of morning and she began by saying Pamela…I am so afraid to die.
I sat and listened and she shared sacred thoughts I believe she has held in her heart for a very long time…I was honored …we spoke of heaven and eternal life of Christ’s words…thank God, Christ gave us these words…I go to prepare….
Then she asked me to call the children in and with worth right courage she said, Pamela I want to tell my children something and I want you right here…she turned her head to each of them and called them by name and said, now I am ready to go to heaven…I want all medicine stopped…she died 45 minutes later with her children holding her hand and peacefully she went to God….

I stepped out of time yesterday and cried and it was good….
A lady we love in our community died. I was her chaplain over her last three stays here at Mercy Health System – NWA. We had wrapped her in a prayer shawl and she never wanted it removed…she died wearing it. I was honored to be there for the family as they struggled with end-of-life issues and then the decision for Hospice.…She went home and surrounded by her family she, too, went to heaven… peacefully. In quiet ways we moved.

I stepped out of time yesterday and cried and it was good….
On Easter Sunday, my Dad’s best friend who always shares his opening prayer before I teach the Sunday school class…my Dad’s best friend…was not there.… Four days later my dad’s best friend was found in his home. He probably went to heaven early on Easter Sunday morning…. I cried because my father is overseas right now and next week when I greet him at the airport, I’ll tell him about his best friend; he was my friend, too!

I stepped out of time yesterday and cried and it was good….
Last week I met a daughter who flew in from out of state for her dad had had a major stroke…and as she and I walked side by side for over 9 days…we began to realize her mother was having more than a difficult time coping…she too was changing, mentally. Her doctor would be assessing momma, too.… Daughter was in shock…beautiful couple of 62 years, brilliant people, and life had changed in a fleeting moment…her parents….

I stepped out of time yesterday and cried and it was good….
I heard that the momma of a lady I admire and respect so much had died and I couldn’t see my friend yet to say I’m sad for her, too.… But her Momma was also embraced with a prayer shawl….

When I stepped out of time yesterday and I cried and it was good….
I walked through my gardens and realized the night before I had led the Memorial Service, and it was so sacred when 14 people stood as we lit candles for their loved ones and each spoke…sacred!

I stepped out of time yesterday and cried and it was good!
For I was allowed to grieve, to feel, to embrace the moment.
To see beauty in my garden, to listen to music and speak with my loved ones…to have a cup of coffee with a friend and to curl up with my puppy dogs in my home I love….

I stepped out of time yesterday and healed and it was good!

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