I’m Grateful
It may be late and for that I apologize..but it’s been “one of those days.”
But before I hit the pillow, I have to say THANK YOU….Thank you all for being here. This is such a safe harbor for me. You read between my lines and feel the loss with me. Even after four years, you allow me to remember and be sad, when I need to be sad.
There’s no better place than this place.
I’m so grateful to you all.
August 10, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
Laurie, you continue to nurture a very special place. We are so grateful. I come here to see just how much compassion and lifting goes on here and just when it is needed the most. It makes me sad to know that there are so many out in the cancer world who are mostly fighting the fight alone with their caregivers. I know, I know……I’ve ranted before about this. But it really hurts to know how much is available here for those who have little to no voice and so they fight a lonely and depressing battle.
With all of the “poison blogs and hate filled blogs” on the internet, it is just a shame that Leroy’s Garden is not touted by every cancer institute in the US. An idea Laurie (maybe a bad one and one that is more than you can tackle at this time), get Ted Koppel and other notable people like you, Leroy’s doctors and friends to do a 1 hour retrospective focused on what Leroy created and now what you’ve continued to offer to the cancer patients and caregivers here at Our Cancer. It would seem that one of the news programs like Dateline or perhaps CNN would support this.
As we all know, the need is great to help all who are in the fight. There are a core of cancer warriors/caregivers here who are willing to share and support.
PS– My friend Cathy Foster who has fought melanoma for several years and was winning her fight has had a setback. The drug she was taking no longer works and her tumors have grown and spread. She has begun a new protocol to hopefully stop its growth and spread. As you say your prayers tonight, lift her name to God for His grace, mercy and healing power to eradicate the beast. Thank you.
August 10, 2012 @ 11:33 am
I will never forget how finding “My Cancer” that became “Our Cancer” changed my life, because it did. Such a terrific group of people gather here. As Patti Digh says, “Community is a verb!” Her husband is the “Mr Wonderful” I mentioned the other day. A wonderful campaign has been launched on Indiegogo to raise funds for his care and treatment, because he is uninsured. The response has been tremendous. The noun keeps proving itself a verb.
Love to you, as always.
August 10, 2012 @ 9:48 am
Sometimes the shortest posts are the sweetest – a lovely note of thanks!
August 9, 2012 @ 10:30 pm
Laurie.. you have paid more than you know…you are a gift to each of us and we all know exactly how you feel. That hole is open and will be for a long time. It scabs over for a while then the scab falls off to reveal the wound all over again.
Leroy started a Garden, you are doing a wonderful job keeping it growing. Be proud of the flowers you find here. There are so many memories here, so many lives that have been touched by the work Leroy started and you continue.
As Sasha has always says… we will continue to “lift”… and here, it’s ok to be sad. We will pull you through!
Love and hugs… Laurie