It’s a community of “givers”
This is a place of peace, wisdom, lifting and guidance.
It is a gift to all who visit. Many of you have called it Leroy’s garden and I must say, he planted the seeds of wisdom many years ago and those seeds have grown into tall, strong Oak trees with deep roots. We have a forest of knowledge among these posts. We have an abundance of love that has nurtured this place. We know when to guide and we know when to listen. Best of all, we know when to lift, because lifting comes at the hardest time in this journey through cancer. “Lifting” is what allows us to keep going when it seems so hard just to breathe.
We are a community of “givers.” I thank you all of being here.
June 6, 2013 @ 12:37 pm
The Garden that Leroy created now lovingly tended by Laurie is truly a special place. To the casual visitor it may not seem so but to all of us “lifters” we know better. Google and read Emily Dickinson’s “If I can Stop”. This says it all to me.
It may seem to some that we don’t make a difference because the number of people who come here to post is small but perhaps we should think differently. If we can help just one, just one person perhaps even a nameless or anonymous poster, we will have done very well! So, tend this garden Laurie, it flourishes because it may help someone in need.
June 6, 2013 @ 7:26 am
I have not been here for a while and like Laurie Hirth, I still find myself coming back. …….I found a second family here. Friday June 7th will be four years that cancer took John away from me. I came to Leroy’s Garden in 2006 when John was first diagnosed. I was able to share my thoughts and pour my heart out. This was and still is a place where everyone listens and understands. Thank you Laurie for being here for all of us…………….still lifting !
June 6, 2013 @ 1:01 am
Words will never express the sincere appreciation, the love and admiration for this amazing forest! Leroy created a garden but with love and cultivation, it is now a blooming forest! The people that have touched my life, are forever etched upon my heart. I remember fondly so many that are no longer with us but will forever be a part of the healing and the life we now have.
The strength and love that comes out of here is endless. I have come back here often because I knew of no place else that I could turn. First Neil, then Kay and Don, then my dear sweet friend Dominick and now my brother. I have learned that life is so precious and that we need to cherish each moment.
I have traveled far and you have all been with me the entire way. Some times I am strong enough to not come back for months and then something calls me back. I just know I can never repay what has been given to me. And now I have this amazing forest of friends I have never met, but have touched me like no others and continue to each day.
So Laurie, Thank you for continuing Leroy’s legacy and tending this amazing garden. Who knows where many of us would be if you hadn’t been here to show us the way!
June 5, 2013 @ 9:19 pm
Laurie tomorrow as I celebrate my seventh year of being a survivor, I would like to let you know just how much I have relied upon this blog and before you Leroy’s.
I found a y’all’s voices spoke to many if not all of the things I was experiencing.
Thanks, Thanks and Thanks again.
June 5, 2013 @ 8:46 pm
My thanks go you and Leroy. You will never know how often I have come to this sight for comfort and to be able to share something I could share nowhere else. I hope we are paying it forward in some way that makes you proud of your seedlings. You are one special lady!