Riley seriously must be the cutest thing ever. I love his expressions. He looks so innocent. Don't be mad at him for marking in the kitchen. At least he doesn't do what my dog does and mark you... :)
Hi sweetie, so good to hear from you. Is that why my waistline is starting to expand? I've been wondering what the "reason" is :-P If I didn't already love Riley, I'd be crazy smitten with him after hearing what a good boy he has been lately.
I continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I keep on thinking of that Winston Churchill quote "If you're going through hell, keep going." I am sorry it seems you have to keep going. Just continue to know you are loved and missed, smooches to Riley pup!
"bucks for broken bodies," HA, glad to see your humor is still with you, I can only imagine what that might look like in stronger language *DONT_KNOW*
Praying for the pain to pass over. That cash for clunkers thing wouldn't be too bad I guess 'cept some other car get's knocked off in exchange. I don't think we can allow that for broken bodies. How about just a body "recharge" center? :) I love how you have enough energy to keep your peeps entertained. You are my hero. Hugs.
I am SO glad Riley is taking care of you a bit. It is amazing how much animals understand isn't it? And what a good dog to even work on some sympathy weight! He's adorable as always! And I can't believe how much he reminds me of my old pup (right down to those cracked thumb nails! :-D Has that at least healed?)
I hope you are able to start kicking that pain back really really soon!
Samantha
· 4 months ago
Well I am glad you keep updating. I don't think it is possible for you to be a downer. Even as you talk about tough things there are still always glimmers of light you give. Take care and I hope that even if the pain is bad today that you find peace and joy lots today.
Debra
· 4 months ago
Praying for you ... to be pain-free and for a short journey to well. You got serious spunk! :) Thanks for the updates. Love you!
Heidi L.
· 4 months ago
Such a fun surprise to see a post from you this morning. Thinking of you often and hoping the best for you. so glad riley is there by your side to help you through this.
Aubien
· 4 months ago
So good to "see" you. I've missed out on seeing you pop in for a chat. I am thiking about you every day and I'm praying that you will get past this soon.
Is there anything you need? You're too far for me to bring something to you but I'm sure our trusty postman would help out. I just don't know what would be helpful to you?
denali
· 4 months ago
Can I just ditto Samantha? :) You'd have to try really hard to be anything but an inspiration, and I admire you greatly, m'dear! Extra gentle hugs coming your way, and Riley's, too :*
Jess :)
· 4 months ago
Hi sweet girl!! Good to hear from you! I just saw that Candace got back upstairs after the torndao warning. Hopefully, you were able to get to a safe place! :) I instantly thought about you!
Still PRAYING and won't stop, friend! Sending lots of love and TONS of hugs your way!!
Hey Sara, At St. Stephen this morning, just after Fr. Ken carried the two babies he just baptized, he announced that the tornado sirens were going off. And we all very orderly went down to the social hall for the Eucharistic Prayer and communion. Meg was accompanist today and she just kept on keeping on. Moving around each other for communion required more than the usual community spirit. All worked out well. A crazy kind of day.
Shannon
· 4 months ago
Okay, I wrote you this awesome comment, and it won't let me post, which is making me a bit frustrated, but not nearly as frustrated as you probably feel. So, I will write a new comment and try, try again.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post! You had me laughing so loud family came to investigate the hoopla. Jason says to tell you that if a bucks for bodies is instituted, I will be on the short list with you :) I think it is a most wonderful idea.
I want you to remember that you WILL come out of this intact. You are there, and you are going to not just survive, but thrive. I think that instead of just saying someday," I have AS and I went through a black hole time and I survived by sitting on top of the rock and not getting caught by the hard place", you should make up a fantasmic story about this time...escape reality and come up with something awesome, like your body has some fusion issues b/c you got stuck upside down in a tree in the Amazon while skydiving, and you have stretch marks from this horrible reaction to a bug that bit you and made you swell larger than the michelin man... :) I dare ya to come up with something awesome like that...and then you can look at people, and tell them that it was far more ordinary, but way more special. That God took you through multiple valleys so you could stand on the mountain and breathe the air, feel the sun on your face, get soaked by the rain. I believe that this is possible for you, because you are far from ordinary, you are extraordinary. He's already working in and through you, and with all that you are having to endure you are becoming more and more dear, unique, precious, and JOY-filled to all of us who just love you.
How's the skin hangin' in? Itchy and thin? I am so sorry you are having to experience all of this. I am so proud of you for the grace with which you're handling it all. Keep it up kiddo.
Pol
· 4 months ago
Take care. You are going to be stronger than ever after this. You are doing so well.
Robynn's Ravings
· 4 months ago
I'm not clicking follow because I don't want you to worry at ALL about getting back to me. I don't feel slighted in the slightest! (Been trying a long TIME to work those two things into the same sentence so thanks!) I'm just always glad to hear from you and am truly sorry this is such an intense, rough journey. My hope and prayer is that at the end, when your body has made the adjustments, it will be better off for it and the pain will lessen. Not that mine is anywhere near what you go through, dearest Gitz, but when I got off my Trileptal I thought I would go insane trying to adjust. I kept wondering how I would live with the level of pain and sensation I was experiencing and every time I reduced the meds, even way slower than the doctor said I could (what do THEY know?) it was awful. But after it was completely out of my system, I realized how little it had really been doing and things got much more bearable, even livable. I know steroids are a whole different medicine but I understand they surpress your body's own ability to make the hormone they replace.
So, not only do you not have your meds, your body can't even make what it normally would. That's one thing that can make getting off steroids so enormously horrid. Your body has to have time to kick back into gear. I so wish you didn't have to go through this and I'm so grateful God has sent you your little angel, Riley, to minister to you and comfort you. Is there anything you want from California that would cheer you up or that you can have? I'd send you the ocean and 100 miles of beach if I could get it to you. Lots of love.
It is great to hear from you, Sara. It sucks that you have to go through so much pain, but as everyone has indicated, you will come out of this with flying colors. I continue to pray for you each day and ask for God's strength to get you through this. Love you!
Deb
Mandy
· 4 months ago
You are lovely. And it's always good hearing from you.
Ed
· 4 months ago
It is great, as always to hear from you. Wish the news was better. You are in my thoughts ever day.
I think the "Bucks for Broken Bodies" is a great idea. At my age I probably have more parts that are broken, then working. Could I get double for my increasingly non-functioning brain?
Ohhhh, I'm still praying Sweetie. I'm sorry this is still so very hard. love to you and the pup... I do want to go on record as saying I've gained so much weight I grew out of my Mother of the bride dress...I am so relieved to know it's sympathy weight. I thought it was the cakes. I wish this would go the heck away...sigh.love U
Sending you pain-free cyber-hugs! Prayed for you just now. Want sooo badly for you to get some relief. Your sense of humor in the midst of agony is sheer inspiration. Love you, friend!
Whoa...this new comment system is quite fancy! (A sure sign I'm about to screw it up.)
Considering how crappy you feel (we can say 'crappy' in front of Gram, right? ;) ), you actually sound great. After reading this, I was all like...You go, girl! Does that seem like an odd thing to say to someone in excruciating pain? Yeah, maybe.
I'm actually not great with people in terrible pain. That may be what draws me to anesthesia. I would offer to come, put you to sleep, and wake you when it's better...but Michael Jackson recently showed us that having an anesthesiologist make house calls doesn't always work out so well.
So again, I'm left with...You go, girl!
I'm not going to do the follow thing because I don't want emails every time someone leaves you a comment (you get so many, my inbox would be full in 5 minutes). But...should you ever want to chit or chat, it's t terroni at hotmail. These days, I tend to be better at keeping up with email than I am with blogs.
Bz
· 4 months ago
Hello Ms. Sarah, Just wanted to drop a line to let you know that you have been in my thoughts. I am so glad that you have your pooch. My dogs are my family too. Mr. R. is one cute pup... his fluff is SO white and clean around his eyes and mouth- it's obvious that he is doted on, lucky little pup. And with his fur being so white, that BLACK nose and those BLACK eyes just stand right out... makes for a SERIOUSLY adorable pup. Do take care and remember to "just breath" (a favorite line of mine from the Tom Hanks movie, Castaway).
ironically... he was so jealous i was on the phone one day and not paying attention to him that he walked right up and peed on my foot.
let's just say he got my attention... =-O
gitz
· 4 months ago
you hit the nail on the head, woman... that's exactly how i've been feeling the past few days "going through hell and just keep going." but really, what other choice is there?!?!?
my heart is still breaking for you and the family over Dakota. know i'm thinking of you all...
gitz
· 4 months ago
hi, my sassafrass. loving you too.
gitz
· 4 months ago
oh, fran... that's adorable! if i found riley a twin he'd probably be jealous rather than playful :)
Krystal
· 4 months ago
That's awesome. It's really hard to be angry with them when they do that because it's so darn funny. You know, except for the part where your foot had pee on it.
You should know he's the boss. You're just lucky he lets you live with him. That's how mine feel, anyway. :)
I enjoy your site. I also have an autoimmune problem, and when all I can do is scream, you put it in words that everyone can identify with. I hope there is room for improvement for your cushions.
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· 4 months ago
thanks, linda... glad you found us here. and i'm sorry that you have to know what it feels like to want to scream, too!
gitz
· 4 months ago
thanks, bz... always good to hear from you! i'm noticing these days riley is getting a little red stain around the eyes as i've been more neglectful in keeping him clean. he doesn't seem to care, though, as long as i remember to give him his bones and treats. :) i figure we'll worry about getting him back in photo-form again when i'm in a little better form as well. :-P
and Tom Hanks has good advice. there are moments that's kind of my mantra... focusing on the simplest things.
gitz
· 4 months ago
thanks, aub.
gitz
· 4 months ago
funny... when i read anesthesia, before i read your next comment, my immediate thought was michael jackson :)
just in case you come back to read this, when you click follow it only emails you if i directly reply to you, it doesn't email you everyone else's comments.
you go girl! 8-)
gitz
· 4 months ago
cyber hugs rock :) hope you're settled in after all your zoo travels...
gitz
· 4 months ago
don't worry, robin... you'd have to grow out of at least three more dress sizes to catch up with my pace...
gitz
· 4 months ago
i'd give you a proper answer to that question if my brain was functioning better ;)
gitz
· 4 months ago
only half as lovely as you. ;)
gitz
· 4 months ago
thanks, deb... miss you and the FS girls. hope you're enjoying your last bit of summer...
gitz
· 4 months ago
i think that's the daunting part... after another 5 weeks of this weaning process, and then I have to wait to see if my endocrine system kicks back in. I wish it was over when the steroid reduction was done, but I have a feeling that's just the beginning ... constantly learning patience!!!
gitz
· 4 months ago
"you are doing so well." ~such a simple comment, but it was so reassuring. thanks for that.
gitz
· 4 months ago
i love that you laughed out loud... as i was writing it i was hoping it was as silly/sarcastic as i meant it... cuz i wasn't kidding about writing it while overly medicated!!! :-P
i'll have to work on that grand story idea... i'm not sure if i could come up with a story big enough to explain the way i look these days! the puffiness of steroids has nothing on the weird effects of cushing's on an appearance. i think i'll just stay in hiding and keep the door locked until it goes away so no explanations will be necessary... 8-) let's just say there will be no paparazzi photos of me for a looooonnnngggg time!
gitz
· 4 months ago
hello, my Gail... you know, at about 11:20 I looked at the clock and thought of you all at St. Stephen's on Sunday. I was thinking how glad I was it was hitting while you were all still in church and had access to a basement, rather than when you would all be driving home.
Then again, I always think of all of you during the 10:30 hour on Sundays. :)
gitz
· 4 months ago
hi, back at ya! yes, we had like 4 storms roll through that day... so crazy! i didn't know candace was out in the hall; she usually knocks and comes in, but then i found out one of my other neighbors on this floor gave them beers while they waited in the hall. guess the hall party trumped us :)
gitz
· 4 months ago
you're too kind, d. i'm feeling soooo uninspiring these days as i haven't had the energy to get on here and write much... glad you still feel it a little by osmosis, i guess. :) hope you're well...
gitz
· 4 months ago
you are so kind, aubien. seeing you show up here is very helpful to me. appreciate you!
gitz
· 4 months ago
hi, friend. was actually hoping to try and call you today, but totally ran out of steam. one of these days... you're at the top of my list. saw the boating photos on facebook... looks like you guys had fun!!!
gitz
· 4 months ago
"a short journey to well" ... your lips to God's ears, friend. :) thanks for the prayers... appreciated more than you know.
Shannon
· 4 months ago
it totally was as sarcastic as you intended...i am praying for you and loving you.� this week has been a doozy for me, but nothing like yours, i'm sure.� i think you have the paparazzi thing handled, as you currently aren't leaving the abode, but soon, someday soon, it will be a problem, lovely one.� Eliana is praying every day that you get to go outside, and her prayers go out on the redline� i love it that you just responded to me; i get concerned about you when i don't hear your "voice".� someday, someday soon, we'll need to really talk to each other.
denali
· 4 months ago
Yes, I'm well, thank you :) Sending extra boosts of energy your way every time I check your blog. I'm praying the fog lifts and you can reach an equilibrium soon. My words are so small, but the warmth of my heart is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE & I hope you can feel it! You caught me at my computer checking Facebook before I go to bed :) I hope you can see this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=8331504&id=731810272&ref=nf Such a poignant shot, you know? I love beautiful photographs anyway, but this is a baby shot and that seems all the sweeter to me. Nope, no kids of my own (and it won't happen either), so I take pleasure in the joy of others :) 'k, I'm off to bed. Must be up & at 'em in a few hours with a busy weekend helping my little brother move into a new apartment and also preparing some scrapbook pages for my Mom's birthday Monday. Nothing like waiting 'til the last minutes *blush* Good night, Sara - sweet dreams. Know that you are appreciated, and wished well quite fervently :) *waving merrily* Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:53:27 -0700 To: denali0407@hotmail.com From: js-kit-m2c-00MS2JK1GSAU91CBRCJVP6BEVETK58CNSSELPTPRT94FRIS9VG5G@reply.js-kit.com Subject: Reply to your comment...
gitz
· 4 months ago
thanks, samantha. i'll try to update again in the next day or two, but thought first i'd check in on the comments. love getting to say hi to you here... hope your week was a good one.
gitz
· 4 months ago
you know, my thumb is as good as new! i take a lot of folic acid to combat other symptoms and it makes my nails grow fast! :)
Amy
· 4 months ago
Just sitting here thinking about ya. Praying for you tonight.
gitz
· 4 months ago
the recharge center sounds good... although i wouldn't be opposed to trading in for an entirely new model at this point :) i'd hate to get in the "recharge" line and come out looking like Joan Rivers or something ;)
gitz
· 4 months ago
thanks, sweet friend. just sitting here thinking of all of you, too... trying to reply to a few comments before laying down for the night. good to "see" you ... hope you have a great weekend ahead...
gitz
· 4 months ago
i'm sorry about your week, friend... keeping you in my prayers as always, too, and hoping whatever symptoms you're having turn around. let me know if you need anything.
i'll try to post something in my "voice" soon... just been a bit of a struggle to get it done this week.
tell eliana to enjoy the sunshine extra for me... that will make me smile more than going outside myself :*
Pol
· 4 months ago
I got this in the mail today and thought of you. I know it is sometimes hard to see the good things coming when you are struggling.
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?" Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.
Remember that every moment you don't give up is a victory. You are winning battles every moment of every day.
gitz
· 4 months ago
it didn't let me connect to the link, but i'll take your word for it... i love a good photography shot, too, whether i know the people or not.
you sound like me with the last minute scrapbooking... i can't remember the last time i worked on something, so i'll have LOTS to do when i get some energy back! don't work too hard moving your brother... since he's your "little" brother i assume you can boss him around and delegate as much as necessary :)
thanks for the hugeness of your warm heart. it's appreciated! :*
gitz
· 4 months ago
I LOVE this... I may use this as my next post, if you don't mind... thanks for sending it to me...
no worries, you just heal!!!� i've gone it solo all week with the kids, and the fusing in my hips/spine is particularly inflamed this week.� trying to keep up has been a challenge, with the addition of a fever and little sleep it has left me a bit persnickety.� All is good though.� You don't concern yourself with posting, just with feeling a bit better, okay?� I will tell Elle to soak the sun for you, and make sure to document it for your viewing pleasure.� lots of hugs friend.
denali
· 4 months ago
Probably the last thing was one of your remarkable canvases, yeah? Well, that kind of rockin' creativity should last you until you're ready again! :D I get a happy little creativity high whenever I produce a piddly little scrapbook page, so I can just imagine the kind of boost painting a canvas must give you. Good stuff! I'm giving up on the Cowboys game and going to bed, lest I blame them for a sleepless night and a cranky day tomorrow ;) Toodles! Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:15:40 -0700 To: denali0407@hotmail.com From: js-kit-m2c-00MS2JK1GSAU91CBRCJVP6BEVEID17KUARDEJ6STOCJL2FS14AN0@reply.js-kit.com Subject: Reply to your comment...
gitz
· 4 months ago
it's my privilege to worry about you, friend. :) hope jason is home soon and a little "mama relaxing and pampering" is in your immediate future. consider it a mandate from me :* ... that should carry about the same weight as saying it was "what the doctor ordered", right?
saying a few extra prayers for a good sleep for you tonight.
Shannon
· 4 months ago
prayin' the same things for you; i know how erratic sleep is on steriods, especially if you are uncomfortable.� are the sheets too heavy for you yet?� how is riley doing?� thanks for loving me, sar.� i am not nearly as honest with most people i "know" as i am with you.� i am chuckling over the just what the doctor ordered decree...i do listen to you, but tend to want to be with everyone and be "normal" thus inititating a bull in the china shop scenario :)� sleep good friend.
Pol
· 4 months ago
Glad you like it :) You are welcome to use it :)
Robynn's Ravings
· 4 months ago
Sara - I wouldn't write this on your blog but this sucks girlfriend. I'll quit saying I'm sorry because I know you KNOW I am. I will be praying very specifically for that endocrine system to ABSOLUTELY kick in. The days AND nights can be so long and maddening when pain is front and center. I so hope you have many "someones" who are able to massage or love on or distract or comfort you in a very tangible way. I know you have a great support group but let anyone who wants to help, help. No lectures. Just desperate for you to find some relief. LOVE to you, Robynn
dmarch
· 4 months ago
Hi, Sara, I just read your blog today, and I love the quote. I firmly believe that everything will work out in the end. We don't know what that end is or how exactly we will get there, but each situation will work out. I have to tell you that for the last couple of weeks I have been dreaming about you at night. In the dreams you look wonderfully healthy and seem to be speaking to a small group about your illness. You are at peace and don't seem to be in pain. I wake up and am encouraged that you are going to be okay. I just wish you did not have to go through so much pain now. Is there anything that you are craving? I can so easily pop over and deliver it to you. My boys are old enough now to be left alone for awhile so I can run over if you would like. The summer has been very nice. We did a lot of baseball. Someone on Austin's team informed me that he alone had 42 games this summer, so if I assume that Drew had the same number of games, plus Jeremy's games I was at well over 100 ballgames this summer. We also squeezed in swimming a few times, spending time on my family's farm, and cleaning out a few closets and storage areas. The summer definitely went fast. I can't believe I begin work on Wednesday. Know that I think of you each day. The boys and I pray for you each night. Take care, Sara. Love ya! Deb
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I continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I keep on thinking of that Winston Churchill quote "If you're going through hell, keep going." I am sorry it seems you have to keep going. Just continue to know you are loved and missed, smooches to Riley pup!
"bucks for broken bodies," HA, glad to see your humor is still with you, I can only imagine what that might look like in stronger language *DONT_KNOW*
loving you. as always.
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I hope you are able to start kicking that pain back really really soon!
Is there anything you need? You're too far for me to bring something to you but I'm sure our trusty postman would help out. I just don't know what would be helpful to you?
Still PRAYING and won't stop, friend! Sending lots of love and TONS of hugs your way!!
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At St. Stephen this morning, just after Fr. Ken carried the two babies he just baptized, he announced that the tornado sirens were going off. And we all very orderly went down to the social hall for the Eucharistic Prayer and communion. Meg was accompanist today and she just kept on keeping on. Moving around each other for communion required more than the usual community spirit. All worked out well. A crazy kind of day.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post! You had me laughing so loud family came to investigate the hoopla. Jason says to tell you that if a bucks for bodies is instituted, I will be on the short list with you :) I think it is a most wonderful idea.
I want you to remember that you WILL come out of this intact. You are there, and you are going to not just survive, but thrive. I think that instead of just saying someday," I have AS and I went through a black hole time and I survived by sitting on top of the rock and not getting caught by the hard place", you should make up a fantasmic story about this time...escape reality and come up with something awesome, like your body has some fusion issues b/c you got stuck upside down in a tree in the Amazon while skydiving, and you have stretch marks from this horrible reaction to a bug that bit you and made you swell larger than the michelin man... :) I dare ya to come up with something awesome like that...and then you can look at people, and tell them that it was far more ordinary, but way more special. That God took you through multiple valleys so you could stand on the mountain and breathe the air, feel the sun on your face, get soaked by the rain. I believe that this is possible for you, because you are far from ordinary, you are extraordinary. He's already working in and through you, and with all that you are having to endure you are becoming more and more dear, unique, precious, and JOY-filled to all of us who just love you.
How's the skin hangin' in? Itchy and thin? I am so sorry you are having to experience all of this. I am so proud of you for the grace with which you're handling it all. Keep it up kiddo.
So, not only do you not have your meds, your body can't even make what it normally would. That's one thing that can make getting off steroids so enormously horrid. Your body has to have time to kick back into gear. I so wish you didn't have to go through this and I'm so grateful God has sent you your little angel, Riley, to minister to you and comfort you. Is there anything you want from California that would cheer you up or that you can have? I'd send you the ocean and 100 miles of beach if I could get it to you. Lots of love.
Robynn
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Deb
I think the "Bucks for Broken Bodies" is a great idea. At my age I probably have more parts that are broken, then working. Could I get double for my increasingly non-functioning brain?
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I do want to go on record as saying I've gained so much weight I grew out of my Mother of the bride dress...I am so relieved to know it's sympathy weight. I thought it was the cakes.
I wish this would go the heck away...sigh.love U
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Considering how crappy you feel (we can say 'crappy' in front of Gram, right? ;) ), you actually sound great. After reading this, I was all like...You go, girl! Does that seem like an odd thing to say to someone in excruciating pain? Yeah, maybe.
I'm actually not great with people in terrible pain. That may be what draws me to anesthesia. I would offer to come, put you to sleep, and wake you when it's better...but Michael Jackson recently showed us that having an anesthesiologist make house calls doesn't always work out so well.
So again, I'm left with...You go, girl!
I'm not going to do the follow thing because I don't want emails every time someone leaves you a comment (you get so many, my inbox would be full in 5 minutes). But...should you ever want to chit or chat, it's t terroni at hotmail. These days, I tend to be better at keeping up with email than I am with blogs.
Just wanted to drop a line to let you know that you have been in my thoughts. I am so glad that you have your pooch. My dogs are my family too. Mr. R. is one cute pup... his fluff is SO white and clean around his eyes and mouth- it's obvious that he is doted on, lucky little pup. And with his fur being so white, that BLACK nose and those BLACK eyes just stand right out... makes for a SERIOUSLY adorable pup. Do take care and remember to "just breath" (a favorite line of mine from the Tom Hanks movie, Castaway).
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let's just say he got my attention... =-O
my heart is still breaking for you and the family over Dakota. know i'm thinking of you all...
You should know he's the boss. You're just lucky he lets you live with him. That's how mine feel, anyway. :)
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and Tom Hanks has good advice. there are moments that's kind of my mantra... focusing on the simplest things.
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you go girl! 8-)
i'll have to work on that grand story idea... i'm not sure if i could come up with a story big enough to explain the way i look these days! the puffiness of steroids has nothing on the weird effects of cushing's on an appearance. i think i'll just stay in hiding and keep the door locked until it goes away so no explanations will be necessary... 8-) let's just say there will be no paparazzi photos of me for a looooonnnngggg time!
Then again, I always think of all of you during the 10:30 hour on Sundays. :)
You caught me at my computer checking Facebook before I go to bed :)
I hope you can see this link:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=8331504&id=731810272&ref=nf
Such a poignant shot, you know? I love beautiful photographs anyway, but this is a baby shot and that seems all the sweeter to me. Nope, no kids of my own (and it won't happen either), so I take pleasure in the joy of others :)
'k, I'm off to bed. Must be up & at 'em in a few hours with a busy weekend helping my little brother move into a new apartment and also preparing some scrapbook pages for my Mom's birthday Monday. Nothing like waiting 'til the last minutes *blush*
Good night, Sara - sweet dreams.
Know that you are appreciated, and wished well quite fervently :)
*waving merrily*
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:53:27 -0700
To: denali0407@hotmail.com
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i'll try to post something in my "voice" soon... just been a bit of a struggle to get it done this week.
tell eliana to enjoy the sunshine extra for me... that will make me smile more than going outside myself :*
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited
island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he
scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted,
he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to
protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One
day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut
in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had
happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief,
grief, and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching
the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?"
asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they
replied.
Remember that every moment you don't give up is a victory. You are winning battles every moment of every day.
you sound like me with the last minute scrapbooking... i can't remember the last time i worked on something, so i'll have LOTS to do when i get some energy back! don't work too hard moving your brother... since he's your "little" brother i assume you can boss him around and delegate as much as necessary :)
thanks for the hugeness of your warm heart. it's appreciated! :*
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:15:40 -0700
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saying a few extra prayers for a good sleep for you tonight.
quit saying I'm sorry because I know you KNOW I am. I will be praying very
specifically for that endocrine system to ABSOLUTELY kick in. The days AND
nights can be so long and maddening when pain is front and center. I so
hope you have many "someones" who are able to massage or love on or distract
or comfort you in a very tangible way. I know you have a great support
group but let anyone who wants to help, help. No lectures. Just desperate
for you to find some relief.
LOVE to you,
Robynn
I just read your blog today, and I love the quote. I firmly believe that
everything will work out in the end. We don't know what that end is or how
exactly we will get there, but each situation will work out. I have to tell
you that for the last couple of weeks I have been dreaming about you at
night. In the dreams you look wonderfully healthy and seem to be speaking to
a small group about your illness. You are at peace and don't seem to be in
pain. I wake up and am encouraged that you are going to be okay. I just wish
you did not have to go through so much pain now. Is there anything that you
are craving? I can so easily pop over and deliver it to you. My boys are old
enough now to be left alone for awhile so I can run over if you would like.
The summer has been very nice. We did a lot of baseball. Someone on Austin's
team informed me that he alone had 42 games this summer, so if I assume that
Drew had the same number of games, plus Jeremy's games I was at well over
100 ballgames this summer. We also squeezed in swimming a few times,
spending time on my family's farm, and cleaning out a few closets and
storage areas. The summer definitely went fast. I can't believe I begin work
on Wednesday.
Know that I think of you each day. The boys and I pray for you each night.
Take care, Sara.
Love ya!
Deb