Manor of the Plains
JUNE 2022
Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we regularly feature a column from a PMMA® chaplain in our newsletter. This month’s column comes from Dinah Dutta, chaplain at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor®.
Do it with Style Martha Gray comes home When she moved into Manor of the Plains earlier this year, Martha Gray’s life came full circle. Born and raised in Dodge City, Martha moved away to attend college and spent her adulthood living in various locations around the country. But when she returned to attend her 40th high school reunion she was reminded of what makes Dodge City so special. That’s when she made the decision that it was time to call it home once again. “It’s the attitude that I find so refreshing in my hometown,” said Martha. “I lived in so many places Welcome to the community, Martha Gray! during my life and this one just beats them out.” After visiting several retirement communities in the area, it was the people and the freedom she found at Manor of the Plains that ultimately sealed the deal. “Here, you can go and do what you can do and then you come home and
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I will be completing two years doing ministry at PMMA-Lawrence. Oftentimes, many pastor colleagues ask me if I would Dinah Dutta go back to being a full-time parish clergy again. I tell them PMMALawrence has not only become my family but also my parish to serve God. When I was young, I used to write poetry. I used to read, memorize, and narrate poems. I still remember poems written by some of my favorite poets like William Wordsworth: “I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” Especially now when I see the daffodils blooming around us. Another favorite poetess is Christina Rosette and her poem, Remember me - “Remember me when I am gone away, gone far away into the silent land; when you can no more hold me by the hand.” Recently, I found a book of poems Style – continued on page 2
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