Just 14 words in your comment. And yet they speak volumes. Thank you so much, Heather.
On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 8:45 PM Heather Dolstra <[email protected]> wrote: > I mourn Vic's passing as if I knew him. We are family, after all. > > Heather Dolstra > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mike Godwin <[email protected]> > Date: 8/14/22 7:57 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums < > [email protected]>, David Sharpe <[email protected]> > Subject: [Winedale-l] Fwd: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance > > > Forwarding a message from David Sharpe about Victor Hauser. > > Mike > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: David Sharpe <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 3:30 PM > Subject: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance > To: <[email protected]> > > > Three weeks ago, when Vic Hauser (a student from the Winedale Summer of > 1983) was diagnosed with pneumonia, I and those of us from Winedale-'83 who > came to know Vic in his latter years thought that this was going to be just > another health problem where he and his hospital doctors and nurses would > once again do battle to get a medical handle on it. Vic would then return > to his beloved Co-op apartment complex in Austin, and soldier on as he had > done so often in the past. > > In fact, at various times in the last 5 to 8 years, Vic had managed to > survive a host of ailments, such as diabetes, throat cancer, lupus, and two > cases of pneumonia. He also avoided getting Covid 19 or any of its > variants. Vic definitely had a strong will to live. > > Unfortunately, this time Vic's luck ran out. This time he was not going to > win his struggle with his third case of pneumonia, for it was ultimately > diagnosed as being terminal by his Austin doctors.. > > So after giving the matter serious thought and realizing that being > trapped in a hospital bed connected to multiple tubes and bags was no way > to live, Vic willingly agreed to transfer to the hospice at Christopher > House in Austin. It was a brave decision. Six days later Vic's suffering > and multiple battles with his chronically compromised health came to an > end. He died peacefully on a Friday night, August 12, 2022. > > Given his host of health issues, Vic was never strong enough to make the > long trek from Austin out to Winedale to see a play. However in 2018, Vic, > along with Winedale friends Clay Stromberger, Steve Price, and myself, > made a car trip to Shakespeare at Winedale to visit Director James > Loehlin's summer class, which on that day was in the throes of rehearsal. > Before the rehearsal began, James asked the class to sit down on the stage > in the Barn, and then introduced Vic (Previously, Vic had asked James - > another Winedale-'83 alum - for an opportunity to speak briefly to > the class). Standing before them, Vic very simply told the students that > they may not realize it at that moment, but what they were going through at > Winedale that summer was a unique and very special experience, that it > would unlikely come again, and that they should take full advantage of > every minute while they were there. Now more ever, this was the time to > seize the day. Vic spoke a little more and then sat down. > > Vic didn't have money to give donations to Winedale - he just had enough > money to live on. But he wanted very much to give something back to > Shakespeare at Winedale that had given so much to him and for one summer > uplifted his life. And going to Winedale and addressing the summer class > was his way of giving back. Of course, Vic's message to the students was > absolutely true and something that could never be said enough. And in his > own quiet but serious way, Vic made his point very powerfully. > > David Sharpe > > -- > Be vigitant, I beseech you! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
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