From:	Eloheimo, Marja
Sent:	Friday, March 19, 2004 11:54 AM
To:	All Staff & Faculty DL
Subject:	RE: Jacinta
This news is beyond comprehension, beyond belief.  

Jacinta. This phenomenal amazing woman has touched people's lives and hearts not only at Evergreen but throughout this entire community.  For example, I know from friends that her warm supportive ways expressed themselves by nurturing the staff at the shop, Radiance, downtown and that, in turn, "radiated" out to those of us who turn to the plants and wisdom that Radiance offers Olympia.  Also, someone already mentioned the huge effort Jacinta made to organize on-going community support for Chris Synodis, a local acupuncturist who developed serious cancer. She went the extra distance to put caring for people into action, to really _do_ things for peope, not simply think about doing those things.  I always felt soothed when I saw her. She was, in fact, a meditator and the last time I saw her she was talking about a ten-day Vipassana meditation retreat. Her inner beauty seemed reflected in her outer beauty.  Something I only thought about and didn't put into action was how I intended, one day, to make the effort to invite Jacinta to be involved in the life of my six-year-old daughter of color.  I wanted Sarvani to experience the warmth, colorfulness, kindness, integrity and depth that Jacinta embodies in a person in whom she might see her self mirrored.  Regret, regret.  I will light a candle for Jacinta's passage.  And I will seek to act more freely from my heart's truth and to take more risks of generosity.  Hopefully, I have learned something from this beautiful woman's coming, and going.