Memorial Party for Patricia June Rowan

Memorial Party for Patricia June Rowan

www.honoringpatricia.blogspot.com

Mom didn't want a funeral.

She wanted us to have a party.

We'll gather August 4, 2012 in Renton, WA.

to celebrate her life.

PATRICIA JUNE ROWAN

November 3, 1922 – February 17, 2012

The matriarch of the Rowan family, Patricia June Rowan,

has died at the age of 89.

We were privileged to be there and surround her with love and send her with peace toward what

she believed to be her next spiritual journey.

She shared her life with 14 children, 22 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband of 35 years, Wilmer Joseph Rowan, their son Mark, daughters Laura and baby Erika, as well as one grandson, Kevin Sharratt.

Mama became a Registered Nurse at a young age and spent her life giving to and caring for others. She nursed three live-in patients as well as providing a safe haven to several foster children.

Our parents showed us by example how to make a difference in our communities as well as out into the greater world and we will continue to carry on their legacy.

Her last gesture to the world was to will her body to science, providing medical information on life processes to medical professionals.

Mom never wanted gifts but always asked that donations be made to The Heifer Society www.heifer.org (providing farm animals so families might become self-sustaining), and KIVA www.kiva.org (a microloan group lending $25 as start-up loans to women in less advantaged countries to start their own small businesses to support their families and communities).

She told all of us that she wanted us to host a large summer-time picnic gathering in her honor and to have fun.

We will soon be announcing the SAVE-THE-DATE at her blogspot, http://honoringpatricia.blogspot.com

(Lynn, Panky & Mom, Mother's Day 2011)

Ten Rules for Being Human

‎10 RULES FOR BEING HUMAN:

1. You will receive a body
Make peace with your body... ~ Accept its imperfections and respect what your body needs to runs its optimum performance.

2. You will be presented with lessons
As you travel through life, you will encounter lessons unique to you. Be open to those lessons and choose actions that align with your true path.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons
View mistakes as opportunities to learn. Be compassionate, learn to forgive, live your life ethically and keep a sense of humor

4. A lesson is repeated until learned
Do you find yourself repeating the same patterns in your life? Learn to recognise the patterns and the lessons that they offer.

5. Learning does not end
If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. Embrace your role as a perpetual student of life.

6. "There" is no better than "Here"
Live in the present. Dance the fine line between living in the here and now while holding in your heart the fondest dreams and aspirations for the future.

7. Others are only mirrors of you
You cannot Love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you Love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you
Every person creates his or her own reality. Imagine yourself at 90 years of age, looking back at your life. What do you want to see?

9. Your answers lie inside of you
All you need to do is look inside, listen and trust yourself

10. You will forget all of this at birth
Somewhere along your journey from the spiritual world to the physical one, you simply forgot these ten rules!

A Prayer As We Grow Older

Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking

that I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs.

Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy.

With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all -- but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.

Keep my mind from the recital of endless details -- give me wings to get to the point.

Seal my lips on my aches and pains.

They are increasing and love of rehearsing them

is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others

but help me to enjoy them with patience.

I dare not ask for improved memory but a growing humility and lessening cocksureness when my memory seems to clash with the memory of others.

Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places

and talents in unexpected people. Give me the grace to tell them so.

Author Unknown

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