Saturday, May 12, 2012


Hi, just wanted to take a few minutes to give you a short update on Ada.

By yesterday morning (Friday morning), she deteriorated a bit more and during the day slipped into unconsciousness. So now, she is no longer able to interact with us.

She received the Sacrament of the Sick and Communion on Thursday and we have had a number of prayers in her room.

The staff at MSK is doing a great job in helping us care for her. We took a lot of the medical "stuff" that no longer serves any purpose out of her room and brought in roses and music, they matter a lot more now.

Mari has come up from Miami and so now it is Luli, Evelio, Mari, Jose and me at her side.  I am heading back to Chicago late this afternoon.  I know that I leave her in the best of hands and the business of living always goes on.

I will post again when Ada takes the last step in El Camino or if there is any other major development.

Thanks to all of you for the wonderful comments, prayers and emails.  I read a few of them to Ada yesterday.  I don't know whether or not she can hear them but I chose to believe that she can.  Both Ada and her family truly appreciate them.

7 comments:

  1. Thank you for taking the time to write and keep all of us updated. Ada Maria is loved so much by so many..,We hold you in our thoughts and prayers. In the last days the picture of Ada Maria has been on our school altar, surrounded by roses. Gabriella Lettini, Starr King, Berkeley

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  2. I will not die an unlived life.
    I will not live in fear
    of falling or catching fire.
    I choose to inhabit my days,
    to allow my living to open me,
    to make me less afraid,
    more accessible,
    to loosen my heart
    until it becomes a wing,
    a torch, a promise.
    I choose to risk my significance;
    to live so that which came to me as seed
    goes to the next as blossom
    and that which came to me as blossom,
    goes on as fruit.

    Many, many times you said to me Adita querida, ¨I will not die an unlived life¨ Be at peace: You have lived a rich, full, generous, meaningful, beautiful, beautiful LIFE. En muchas, muchas vidas has hecho ¨lo que la primavera hace a los cerezos¨(Neruda) Gracias Adita. Ve en PAZ. Ahora reirás como un cascabel desde tu estrella. Hasta el cielo, Adita

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    1. Who is the author of this beautiful poem? I'd like to quote it in my rememberence of Ada Maria. -- Rose Berger (rberger@sojo.net)

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    2. Check this site. You will find the source of the poem. I am glad to be of help if any. G Porta:
      I Will Not Die an Unlived Life
      From "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion" by Dawna Markova
      Posted by: DailyOM

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  3. This is so hard to believe. Rosemary Carbine and I have been following Ada's lead this past year to put together a wonderful book on Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness. Your energy, your creativity, your vision,and your wonderful collegiality have made it possible!!! We are missing you, dear Ada, and are grieving deeply. love, mary and rosemary

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  4. Parece mentira que esto esté sucediendo, pero es la ley de la vida Y HAY QUE ACEPTARLA. EL BUEN DIOS QUIERE TENER A ADA A SU LADO PRONTO, PORQUE QUIERE DISFRUTAR DE ELLA Y HACERLA DISFRUTAR DE LA GLORIA CELESTIAL.
    Un gusto y un placer para ella, hacer este ultimo viaje del Camino (haciendo camino al andar), ha dejado una estela maravillosa en este mundo y esa no va a apagarse, asi no mas. Esas flores, esa musica, esa presencia de los seres queridos, son su mejor medicina.
    Cuidate querida Ada y reza por todos nosotros. Un besote, Blanca

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  5. Acabo de enterarme por Mary que ya llegaste al FINAL D´O CAMINHO..........DESCANSA EN PAZ.

    Nuestra Señora de Fatima, quiso darte la mano hoy, para acompañarte en esta ultima jornada. Siempre te recordaremos. Un besote para ti y mucha resignacion para todos los Isasi-Diaz, en especial para Nena, duro separarse de una hija. Un besote, Blanca

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