Compassion
Ancient's thought that a picture captured the soul of the individual. Perhaps you dear visitor shall too when you visit this section of our web site. Do you wonder what compassion has to do with founding or why we choose to include what we did in this section of our production?
Our family pictorial includes my wife's family members who have all died from Alzheimer disease. Also included is my friend Melvin, who died from Alzheimer disease. Grandchildren and children are of course included.
Our other family includes our precious friends and companions who only give for the sake of "loving". My wife has published a web page on the Shetland Sheep Dog. The link to her page is on the Lancaster photo page.
Compassion and kindness are similar - yet dissimilar!
Most of us think of ourselves as being kind and compassionate, at least upon occasion, but when our grand daughter Isabella Rose Lancaster died of SIDS on April 14, 2002 we found the true meaning and application of compassion.
During the initial stages of grief our family found refuge with Compassionate Friends and within the fellowship of St. Dominic Catholic church, both in Mobile, Alabama. Both groups had members who experienced grief, went through the healing process, which continues even until death of those grieving.
What we now understand and try to do
ourselves is listen. Yes, listen. For the hardest "gift" to attain
is just to listen. Now we start our daily prayers with a simple petition,
"Lord give me the ability to listen with my heart, mind and tongue. Lord
give me the wisdom to speak only when those talking wish for me to speak to hear
what we would say. And Lord please listen to me as you have taught me to
listen to others."
