CaringBridge

Before this blog, Jan wrote to the friends and family praying for her husband Jud through his illness, and kept writing through the first year after his death in November 2014. They're kept here in full, with the comments readers left.

• September 4 New Update from Jud and Jan -- First CaringBridge Journal Entry
• September 5 Bone Marrow Test Results: Encouraging News! -- Jud's CaringBridge Journal Entry Number Two
• September 11 Felt like God Came by Taxi: News and Notes from Jan. Jud's CaringBridge Journal Entry Number Three
• September 15 News from Jan: Get it While It's FRESH! Jud's Caring Bridge Journal Entry Number Four
• September 17 HOMEcoming! A New Note from Jan. Jud's CaringBridge Journal Entry Five
• September 18 THE PHOTO SAYS IT ALL: HOME SWEET HOME! Jud's CaringBridge Journal Entry Six
• September 27 Jud's Birthday Coming Up! Jud's Caring Bridge Journal Entry Seven
• September 28 Still Life: A Note from Jan. Jud's CaringBridge Journal Entry Number Eight.
• October 1 A Note from Jud About the Next Phase of Treatment. Written today, October 1st, his 74th birthday. Jud's Journal Entry Nine.
• October 3 Jud's Birthday Dinner at Duckworth's Bistro, Gloucester. Getting out on the town while the getting's good.
• October 3 Notes from Jan on a "Good Week": Jud's Journal Entry Ten
• October 9 "Cane and Able": Jud Ready for the Trip to MGH and Pillow Proofed for What's Ahead. Jud's CaringBridge Journal Photo.
• October 9 Packing for the Journey: Notes from Jan on Returning to MGH. Jud's Journal Entry Ten.
• October 12 Settling: A Note from Jan on Jud's Return to MGH. Jud's Journal Entry Eleven.
• October 14 And you shall find REST: A note from Jan Leading up to Tomorrow's Stem Cell Transfusion. Jud's Journal Entry Twelve.
• October 14 What's a Stem Cell Transplant? Heather Carlberg, M.D., Helps us Understand the Process. Jud's Journal Entry Thirteen
• October 16 Birthdays: A note from Jan About Yesterday's Stem Cell Transplant. Jud's Journal Entry Fourteen
• October 19 October 19, 2014
• October 19 Spiritual Emergencies: A Call for First Responders. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Fifteen.
• October 19 The Gift: A Photo of Jud Receiving Stem Cells Wednesday. Flanked by Jan and Jud's nurse Ashley.
• October 20 The Miracle in the Muddle: A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Sixteen.
• October 24 This Storm Will Pass. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Seventeen.
• October 26 Feeling Better, Believing Better. A Note from Jan on Day +10. Jud's Journal Entry Eighteen.
• October 28 Sticky Thoughts. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Nineteen.
• October 29 A Nudge in the Night: A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty.
• October 29 Day +14 on Lunder 10: A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-one,
• October 30 Sitting Still: A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-two.
• October 31 October 31, 2014
• October 31 Photo: Today's Hospital Tray. Happy Halloween! Let's Celebrate Those Rising Counts!
• October 31 Things that go Bump in the Night! A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-three.
• November 2 JOY! Day +18. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-Four
• November 4 Holy fun! A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-Five
• November 7 The Journey Continues. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-six.
• November 9 Listening 101. A note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-seven.
• November 10 Almost Home. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-eight.
• November 12 Soldiering On. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Twenty-nine.
• November 13 Gloves off in Glosta'. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Number Thirty.
• November 15 Lord, in Your Mercy, Hear our Prayers. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-one
• November 17 Jud's Return to MGH. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-two
• November 18 Seizing the Moment. . . And a Donut. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-three.
• November 19 No Turning Back. . . .A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-four.
• November 20 Dear Jud's Gone Home. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-six.
• November 20 In Memoriam. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-Seven.
• November 20 Keeping Vigil and Remembering Marriage 101. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-five.
• November 22 'It's Friday, but Sunday's Coming.' A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-eight.
• November 24 Bearing our Grief; Carrying our Sorrow. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Thirty-nine.
• November 26 'Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow.' A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty.
• December 1 A Guest at the Feast: A Thanksgiving Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-one.
• December 1 December 1, 2014
• December 2 Guilt Free Crispy Bacon?! A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-two.
• December 4 Tiptoeing to the Edge of Belief. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-three
• December 5 December 5, 2014
• December 5 Songs in the Night. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-four.
• December 9 To Bethlehem, Singing. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-Five.
• December 10 Light Shining in the Darkness. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-six.
• December 11 RSVP, please! Help Jan Plan by Responding Through the Link Below. A Note from Jan About Jud's Service, January 17th.
• December 16 The Company of the Connected. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-Seven
• December 18 No Mother and Child; No Amazing Grace. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-eight.
• December 21 Home for Christmas. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Forty-nine.
• December 23 HUSH! Hear the Angels. A Note from Jan. Jud's Journal Update Fifty.
• December 24 ''Twas the Night Before Christmas. A note from Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Fifty-one
• December 30 "Silent Night, Holy Day." A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Fifty-two.
• December 31 Choosing Hope. A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Fifty-three.
• January 1 Holy New Year! A Note From Jan. Jud's Journal Entry Fifty-four.
• January 5 A Hand out for the New Year
• January 6 Thoughts on a Snowy Afternoon
• January 13 Saturday's Coming. A Note From Jan.
• January 14 "What is 'fine'?" A Note From Jan.
• January 15 Announcement: Jud's Service to be Live Streamed on Saturday
• January 15 Wrinkles in Time. A Note From Jan.
• January 16 Sweet Saturday. A Note From Jan.
• January 21 One Small Dash. A Note From Jan.
• January 22 Small Matters. A Note From Jan.
• January 23 HOMEmade Chicken Soup. A Note From Jan.
• January 24 A Saturday to Remember. A Note From Jan.
• January 24 Announcement: Jud's Service Up on Gordon's Website
• January 27 Link to Chad's Video Tribute to His Dad
• January 27 The One Who Waits for Us and Wanders Where We Wander. A Note From Jan.
• January 28 Breakfast with Basil. A Note From Jan.
• January 29 Guilt Free Stash. A Note From Jan.
• January 31 Cloudy Inside. A Note From Jan.
• February 2 Sunday Offerings. A Note From Jan.
• February 3 Super Sunday. A Note From Jan.
• February 5 Remembering Rosie the Riveter. A Note From Jan.
• February 6 Riding Out the Storm. A Note from Jan.
• February 9 A Whole New World. A Note From Jan.
• February 11 A Day at the Spa! A Note From Jan
• February 11 Hope Chest. A Note From Jan.
• February 14 Cute? Cute's So Overrated! A Note From Jan.
• February 22 Giving up listening for Lent?! A Note From Jan.
• February 24 Loneliness Slips in With the Cold. A Note From Jan.
• February 26 'Wherever You Go, God Got There First.' A Note From Jan.
• February 27 Better With Friends. A Note From Jan.
• March 3 Laughter in the Midst of Life's Muddles. A Note From Jan.
• March 4 What Does Jud See Now? A Note From Jan.
• March 5 Thanking God for Poets. A Note From Jan.
• March 7 So loved. So chosen. A Note From Jan.
• March 9 Rock of Ages. A Note From Jan.
• March 11 Finding a Welcome. A Note From Jan.
• March 13 Healing in the Handbag Aisle. A Note From Jan.
• March 14 Held Up in the Handbag Aisle. A Note From Jan.
• March 16 Thoughts on Getting Up, Dressing Up, and Showing Up. A Note From Jan.
• March 17 Inside Out. A Note From Jan.
• March 18 Taxing Time. A Note From Jan.
• March 19 "Living with Hope at 74." A Note From Jan (and Jud).
• March 21 The Gift of Quiet. A Note From Jan.
• March 23 There's a Welcome Here. A Note From Jan.
• March 25 Story Stones: A Sunday Sermon Keeps Reverberating. A Note From Jan
• March 27 You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it TWO. A Note From Jan.
• April 1 Finding Hope in Life's Cracks and Crevices. A Note From Jan.
• April 3 Missing Maundy Thursday. A Note From Jan.
• April 5 Hauling Trash on Easter. A Note From Jan.
• April 7 Enough. A Note From Jan.
• April 11 A Little Something to Chew On. A Note From Jan.
• April 12 Fancy That! A Note From Jan.
• April 15 Sunday School Songs!? A Note From Jan.
• April 17 Mr. Scofield and Oilcloth Charts. A Note From Jan.
• April 21 Let's Go Again! A Note From Jan.
• April 27 God's YES to His Children. A Note From Jan.
• April 28 Party of One. A Note From Jan.
• May 1 Forget Not All His Benefits. A Note From Jan.
• May 2 May Day! A Note From Jan.
• May 4 All In. A Note From Jan.
• May 6 Christmas in May. A Note From Jan.
• May 8 MOMENTS. A Note From Jan.
• May 11 "God of the Sparrow." A Note From Jan.
• May 13 NOTE: Jan's Baccalaureate Address Will Be Live Streamed, Friday, 5:00 p.m.
• May 16 "It's Friday, but Monday's Coming." Jan's Baccalaureate Address at Gordon College, May 15, 2015.
• May 20 Until. A Note From Jan.
• May 24 Making Impossibles Possible. A Note From Jan.
• May 27 Dr. Momo. A Note From Jan.
• May 29 'Less Bark, More Wag.' A Note From Jan.
• June 1 Reflections on an Anniversary. A Note From Jan.
• June 2 75th Birthday Alert!
• June 5 Dear Soul. . . . A Note From Jan.
• June 8 Encountering God in the Bathroom. A Note From Jan.
• June 12 All Creatures GREAT and Small. A Note From Jan.
• June 16 Musings on a Bookmark. A Note From Jan.
• June 19 A Leaf of Promise. A Note From Jan.
• June 29 Looking Back at Father's Day. A Note From Jan.
• July 2 Thoughts on Growing Older. A Note From Jan.
• July 3 On Reading Obituaries. A Note From Jan.
• July 7 On Choosing Life. A Note From Jan.
• July 11 Remains to be Seen. A Note From Jan.
• July 27 Safe Thus Far. A Note From Jan.
• July 29 Variety is More Than Spice. It IS Life. A Note From Jan.
• August 4 August 4, 2015
• August 4 Holy animals. Holy chapters. Holy God. A Note From Jan.
• August 7 It's Not Easy Being Green. A Note From Jan.
• August 10 The Passwords of Praise. A Note From Jan.
• August 12 In Spite of Everything, It is Well. A Note From Jan.
• August 16 Blogging in Public. A Note From Jan.
• August 19 Giving All . . . And a Little Bit More. A Note From Jan.
• August 24 'One Flesh' Hurts. A Note From Jan.
• September 1 'Morning by Morning, New Mercies' A Note From Jan
• September 4 Back to School. A Note From Jan.
• September 8 This is the Day. A Note From Jan.
• September 10 Holy Scars. A Note From Jan.
• September 13 On Good Authority. A Note From Jan.
• September 17 September Remembering and Giving Thanks. A Note From Jan.
• September 19 Soup? A Note From Jan.
• September 22 The Seeming Small Stuff of Life. A Note From Jan.
• September 24 Freedom From Sound Bytes. A Note From Jan.
• September 29 Jan Has a New Home! Please Check it Out.
• September 29 "Small Gestures of Holiness" A Note From Jan
• October 6 Reminder: Check Out Jan's New Home!