Thanks For Being Here Kristina's Eulogy for her mom Ann Emanuels
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan Show
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Kristina Phipps wrote this exquisite, poetic eulogy to honor her mom Ann Emanuels. Ann's love for beauty and her affinity for the natural world shone through in her garden, where she loved to spend time. She saw a world to be seized and not squandered and would pack more into a day than seemed humanly possible. Perhaps more than anything though, Ann viewed the world as a place that should be savored - like a plump peach warm off the tree - and she made sure to impart that valuable lesson to her three daughters.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many essential |
| 0:06.0 | and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday I'll read a submission from a listener |
| 0:12.3 | of Kelly Corrigan Wonders, could be wedding vows or about |
| 0:15.5 | mitzvah toast, a eulogy or retirement speech. |
| 0:19.1 | We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better selves and remember our highest values. |
| 0:26.2 | We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one person you love, maybe someone |
| 0:30.9 | you miss and need to bring closer, |
| 0:33.0 | someone you want to feel your appreciation or admiration or both. |
| 0:38.0 | This is thanks for being here comes from a listener named Christina Phipps. She submitted this in August 2023 and we have been |
| 0:56.6 | holding it in the queue to share. She writes, Dear Kelly Corrigan Wonders, thank you |
| 1:02.2 | for your podcast. |
| 1:03.4 | One of my favorite offerings is the Thanks for Being Here series. |
| 1:07.0 | I have enjoyed many, many episodes and have been deeply moved by the beautiful, poignant |
| 1:11.7 | capturing of the lives of perfect strangers. moved by the beautiful |
| 1:13.0 | the beautiful, poignant capturing of the lives of perfect strangers |
| 1:15.4 | by perfect strangers. |
| 1:17.1 | The series often serves as an excellent validation |
| 1:20.3 | of the general goodness of humanity. |
| 1:23.0 | A big delight in my life has been hiking with my mother well into her 70s and early 80s. |
| 1:29.0 | I loved the companionship, unhurried conversation, and depth of discussion topics we'd find on the trail. |
| 1:35.3 | When she was diagnosed with cancer during the pandemic we had to curtail our hiking |
| 1:40.5 | dates and I would often hike alone up into the woods with a podcast as my |
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