{"id":16622,"date":"2012-10-01T20:46:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T02:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=16622"},"modified":"2012-10-01T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T02:46:35","slug":"we-needed-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=16622","title":{"rendered":"We Needed Each Other"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>The Woollies gathered tonight at Scott Simpson’s house. \u00a0Our usual first Monday meeting night. \u00a0Unusual to be in a home for this meeting. (usually held in a restaurant) \u00a0Scott and Yin felt a quiet home would be better for a time with Bill Schmidt.<\/p>\n

It was.<\/p>\n

Bill continues his centered, positive perspective while acknowledging tears and grief. \u00a0We listened to him. \u00a0Ate a meal together.<\/p>\n

Main thought\/feeling from the evening. \u00a0How rare and precious it is to be part of a group of men who could come together with a member who has lost a spouse, the day after, in fact, and be important enough to matter. \u00a0This time, this meeting was, in many ways, like other times we’ve been together, focused on the situation of one of us in a tough or delicate situation in our lives.<\/p>\n

Those other times, the retreats, the casual gatherings have glued us together now with a bond not seen normally outside of families. \u00a0Bill needed us and we needed to be with him.<\/p>\n

A gift beyond measure and one we have given to ourselves, over and over again. \u00a0Thanks, guys. \u00a0I was proud of us tonight.<\/p>\n

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