[Fredslist] A call to act for one of our own

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Ester,


Thank you for such a beautiful expression of love and generosity - the rest of us can do no less.



Geraldine Newman


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From: Ester Horowitz <witsowitz at verizon.net>
To: 'Freds List' <fredslist at gothamnetworking.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 28, 2011 7:05 am
Subject: [Fredslist] A call to act for one of our own



On the eve of Rosh Hashanah as we wish joyous new years toone another I want to tell you about a family that is one of ours and in need ofa simple act that we do during the next 10 days which is to request beingsubscribed in the book of life to come.  Whether you are religious, followthe tradition, or not, this time I’m asking that you do.  One of ourown is in a heap of need.
 
Ariel Fixler is a vibrant and courageous 28 year oldbattling a rare form of brain cancer.  It is a stage 4 cancer that hasspread quickly to other organs.  This is a woman who comes to the fightwith grace and courage that is not only humbling but never ceases to get oldfor the rest of us.  She learned it from her Mother, Rona Wexler.
 
What you don’t know is there is more than one battlefront in Rona’s life involving key family members.  The other isdegenerative.  Out of respect for Rona I will not go into the details. Butunderstand that Rona is our sister, aunt, coach, mentor, and couragepersonified. 
 
During the last half of 2009 my brothers and Mom were invarious stages of leg amputations and heart attacks.  My Mom lived inFlorida and I lived in New York.  From August of that year until herdeath, except for Thanksgiving, my Mom never came home.  One Friday night,while attempting to pack up my mother’s life on one of my many trips,Rona came over with a bottle of wine and helped me break down my parent’sbedroom.  Their entire life and personality was there.  Rona withinseconds figured my mother out and gave it a label no one in the family everunderstood until that moment because she had the expertise.  It set thestage for a peaceful goodbye between my Mother and me.  
 
During that winter, while Rona and her husband stayed inFlorida, Rona would be the surrogate daughter to my Mom.  She walked inone afternoon to my Mom’s facility, having never met my Mom before, satdown by her bedside, and engaged my Mom as any daughter would.  That isRona Wexler in the way she conducts her life, her business, and her familydynamics.  
 
What she asks of us is simple.  Engage in a healingprayer.  But what I want to ask is a bit more yet equally as simple. When you say thank you this Rosh Hashanah, when you gather with family thisRosh Hashanah, when you light a candle and say a prayer for loved ones lostthis Yom Kippur, and during the next 10 days of collective prayer for lifesustenance in the coming year, that you add a special one for Ariel Fixler,Rona Wexler, and their beloved husband and dad.  They are our friends,loved ones, daughters, granddaughters, aunts, cousins, and heros.
 
This year when we launch Gotham Gives Back Gives Blood shortly,it will be dedicated to Ariel Fixler because she reminds us everyday of howlucky we are and how courageous our children are.  I ask that if you giveblood that it be donated in her name.  Should it become necessary that ourblood and blood platelets give Ariel life.  Rona and her family would dono less for us.  We can do no less for her. 
 
 
Warmest Regards
Ester Horowitz CMC, CITRMS,CIISA
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