When Circle of Love Inside, the program that writes suporting
letters of spiritual friendship to people in prison, first started,
Dixie was one of its first volunteers. She offered to write to the
first person in prison to whom I ever wrote, a woman on Death Row in
Pennsylvania. You all know what a wonderful writer Dixie was. She
and the women in prison in Pennsylvania shared a love of animals and
in the beginning of her correspondence with this prisoner, Dixie's
dog gave her litter of puppies. The puppy report was an important
item in their letters. Dixie emailed me one time that the full
impact of what imprisonment meant really hit her when she realized
that the woman to whom she was writing would never feel the breath
of a new puppy on her face. The final loss of this simple joy for
someone on Death Row brought Dixie to tears.

As Dixie became sicker, the woman in prison, who is a devout
Catholic, prayed for her every day. As Dixie became less able to
write, the woman in prison would ask me in her letters for news
about Dixie's health, always hoping for good news.

Over the months, it also happened that the Pennsylvania court
decided that this woman, on Death Row for nearly ten years, had not
had a fair trial, that there had been so many errors made in her
original trial that she should have a new hearing. Her attorney said
that most likely she would be released from prison after the
hearing. In what might have been Dixie's last message on the Yahoo
Group she asked if that woman had had her hearing. Yesterday I
wrote the sad news about Dixie's passing to this woman who still
awaits her day in court.

I didn't realize that Dixie was an English teacher. I was often
impressed by her ability to describe the ineffable, to put into
words the beyond-words experience of a hug from Amma. Her skill with
words made her messages, like the one about the puppy breath,
unforgettable.

For a long time Dixie was a letter recipient in the Circle of Love
Letters program, the community program that send letters of love and
support to people who are sick, grieving or isolated. She originally
signed up because, as she reported, there were only two Amma
devotees in the State of West Virginia and she didn't know the other
one. At one point, Circle of Love Letters became emails since
dealing with snial mail was increasingly difficult for her. Email
was much easier.

What a gift to have shared Dixie's last year with her!

Aikya




--- In Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, GeorgeSon <leokomor@y...> wrote:
>
> Om Amriteswarye Namah:
>
> It saddens me to inform that our beloved
> Sister, long time Yahoo Group member
> Snehalata (Dixie) Thacker has left
> her body.
>
> Dixie and I never met in the physical
> plane. Nevertheless I felt that my
> Spirit met her Spirit interacting through
> link space.
>
> Dixie graced this list with her exquisite
> posts. She was a great Devotee, English
> Teacher, wife, mother and Amma's darling daughter.
>
> Here is the post from her husband Ron
> Thacker.
>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:02 PM
> Subject: Dixie
>
> George,
>
> Dixie passed away this Thursday morning.
> She put up a valiant fight but finally
> grew too weary to continue. She died in
> her childrens hands. I'm already missing
> her more than I could ever imagine. Would
> you please notify the group and offer your
> prayers.
>
> With Love,
>
> Ron
>
> Reported by Chitanand (GeorgeSon)
>
> P.S. MAY AMMA HOLD THIS DARLING DAUGHTER
> EVER SO TIGHT.
>
> Your Brother in Amma,
>
> GeorgeSon
> Chitanand)
>
> ...
>
> Yama, Lord of Death, explains: "Death is a
> mere illusion which appears to those who
> cannot grasp Absolute Reality. The soul
> is immortal, self-existent, self-luminous
> and never dies."
> KATHA UPANISHAD
>
>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
> http://mail.yahoo.com
>

Namah Shivaya.
Thank you Aikya.
I feel like I am participating in a virtual memorial service,
by Amma¹s grace.
premarupa

> When Circle of Love Inside, the program that writes suporting
> letters of spiritual friendship to people in prison, first started,
> Dixie was one of its first volunteers. She offered to write to the
> first person in prison to whom I ever wrote, a woman on Death Row in
> Pennsylvania. You all know what a wonderful writer Dixie was. She
> and the women in prison in Pennsylvania shared a love of animals and
> in the beginning of her correspondence with this prisoner, Dixie's
> dog gave her litter of puppies. The puppy report was an important
> item in their letters. Dixie emailed me one time that the full
> impact of what imprisonment meant really hit her when she realized
> that the woman to whom she was writing would never feel the breath
> of a new puppy on her face. The final loss of this simple joy for
> someone on Death Row brought Dixie to tears.
>
> As Dixie became sicker, the woman in prison, who is a devout
> Catholic, prayed for her every day. As Dixie became less able to
> write, the woman in prison would ask me in her letters for news
> about Dixie's health, always hoping for good news.
>
> Over the months, it also happened that the Pennsylvania court
> decided that this woman, on Death Row for nearly ten years, had not
> had a fair trial, that there had been so many errors made in her
> original trial that she should have a new hearing. Her attorney said
> that most likely she would be released from prison after the
> hearing. In what might have been Dixie's last message on the Yahoo
> Group she asked if that woman had had her hearing. Yesterday I
> wrote the sad news about Dixie's passing to this woman who still
> awaits her day in court.
>
> I didn't realize that Dixie was an English teacher. I was often
> impressed by her ability to describe the ineffable, to put into
> words the beyond-words experience of a hug from Amma. Her skill with
> words made her messages, like the one about the puppy breath,
> unforgettable.
>
> For a long time Dixie was a letter recipient in the Circle of Love
> Letters program, the community program that send letters of love and
> support to people who are sick, grieving or isolated. She originally
> signed up because, as she reported, there were only two Amma
> devotees in the State of West Virginia and she didn't know the other
> one. At one point, Circle of Love Letters became emails since
> dealing with snial mail was increasingly difficult for her. Email
> was much easier.
>
> What a gift to have shared Dixie's last year with her!
>
> Aikya
>
>
>
>
> --- In Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, GeorgeSon <leokomor@y...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Om Amriteswarye Namah:
>> >
>> > It saddens me to inform that our beloved
>> > Sister, long time Yahoo Group member
>> > Snehalata (Dixie) Thacker has left
>> > her body.
>> >
>> > Dixie and I never met in the physical
>> > plane. Nevertheless I felt that my
>> > Spirit met her Spirit interacting through
>> > link space.
>> >
>> > Dixie graced this list with her exquisite
>> > posts. She was a great Devotee, English
>> > Teacher, wife, mother and Amma's darling daughter.
>> >
>> > Here is the post from her husband Ron
>> > Thacker.
>> >
>> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:02 PM
>> > Subject: Dixie
>> >
>> > George,
>> >
>> > Dixie passed away this Thursday morning.
>> > She put up a valiant fight but finally
>> > grew too weary to continue. She died in
>> > her childrens hands. I'm already missing
>> > her more than I could ever imagine. Would
>> > you please notify the group and offer your
>> > prayers.
>> >
>> > With Love,
>> >
>> > Ron
>> >
>> > Reported by Chitanand (GeorgeSon)
>> >
>> > P.S. MAY AMMA HOLD THIS DARLING DAUGHTER
>> > EVER SO TIGHT.
>> >
>> > Your Brother in Amma,
>> >
>> > GeorgeSon
>> > Chitanand)
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > Yama, Lord of Death, explains: "Death is a
>> > mere illusion which appears to those who
>> > cannot grasp Absolute Reality. The soul
>> > is immortal, self-existent, self-luminous
>> > and never dies."
>> > KATHA UPANISHAD
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > __________________________________
>> > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
>> > http://mail.yahoo.com
>> >
>
>
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>
>
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