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Letting Go

6/14/2017

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​This last week, my family said good-bye to a statue of St. Margaret of Scotland which had resided with us for decades.  My father saved it from a convent years ago when I was in High School.  I cannot recall the convent’s name although it was probably St. Margaret. She was not always in her full glory as the entire pedestal and canopy was over seven feet tall.  Only when my parents moved to Illinois years latter was the whole pedestal and canopy assembled and she stood in the family room. We have a family saying that goes something like this, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over doing”.  I think that describes what it was like living with this statue of St. Margaret.  My children have grown up with St. Margaret, and she has become part of our stories.  Knowing that this beautiful piece belonged where she would be loved in a living community, my sister, Margaret located a lovely thriving church and school which desired to have her.  Last weekend, my sister and her husband brought St. Margaret to that community.  To say that it was not a loss would be a lie. I have loved sharing living space with her and she was quite beautiful.  In the end, she needed to be loved by more than just us, and now she will be.
 
Life is a series of letting go. At birth we must let go of living in our mother’s womb to begin our own lives.  We must let go at each stage to embrace the other until we let go of this life all together. Letting go is the very mode of living fully.  Sometimes letting go is small like when you know you need to pass something on to someone else.  Sometimes we have to let go of habits which no longer serve us.  Those can be very difficult to let go of.  In a sense these little letting goes are like little deaths.  We need to go through the process of letting go and then allowing something new to enter our lives.  I am at the point in my life where I need to let go of more and more things.  I am not the biggest fan of that process, but I know that my life will be fuller once I let go of unnecessary things.  Letting go of things and habits allow new things into our lives and connects us even more to those around us.  
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    Caroline Vuyadinov


    I graduated from St. Vladamir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York with a Master of Divinity.  I trained as a chaplain following graduation and worked with a wide variety of people. 

    When I moved to Canada, I began work in a women's halfway house in Hamilton, Ontario which worked with women in conflict with the law on a federal level.  I became the program manager and  loved working alongside the women, creating their plans for their reintegration back to the community.  I also worked as a liaison with the parole board, parole officers and other community service providers.

    Upon my return to the United States, I worked in the Death Care Industry as a Family Service Counselor, which lead me to become a green burial advocate. I co-founded Midwest Green Burial Society with Juliann Salinas. I speak  to community groups and have developed practical seminars for a variety of audiences.  I have been interviewed on a national podcast and was featured on a WGN spot dealing with green burial. 

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