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  1. #16
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    sad and sorry news...

    Heather,
    My thoughts are with you and your family in facing this
    most horrible of news.
    I hope you find strength in a difficult time.

    It is precious and valuable that he gave you solid values and
    woodworking lessons too...

    May God bless all of you,
    Walt
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    Heather,

    No words I can say will take your hurt away. Just be yourself and don't worry about your tears. Each one is an "I love, Dad" and can be shared with him and your Mom. Be careful to keep yourself healthy and be sure to let us at the 'Creek know what we can do.

    Leigh
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    Thank you all for the kind words and prayers being offered up, it means alot to me and my family.

    A few years ago my dad and I had a conversation and the topic of death came up, he stated that he has had a full and rich life, then he looked me dead in the eye and said he doesn't want to live forever.

    I am a member of a Twelve Step program and find great comfort there, I read from a book of daily meditatations and have comforted many a friend that is suffering from grief, today I comforted myself.

    "Grief is usually not a constant state, but instead often seems to occur in a series of waves of greater or lesser intensity." David Harp

    When we're completely inundated with feelings of grief, we may be unable to see that we're in the midst of a process. We think that our sorrow cannot be healed, and that grief will never end. But just as we think that we are about to go under, grief lessens for a moment. We foreget ourselves, perhaps in giving service, offering compassion to another, or sharing laughter at a memory. This brief respite before grief returns hints at the healing that will come in time.
    Grief and healing , like many natural phenomena, are processes, not one time events. Feelings of grief come and go, flooding us with intensity and then receding. Later, when the flow of grief has ended, a wave may still come over us now and then. Each of us has our own timetable; we can't predict when our grief will end. But we needn't fear that grief will destroy us or stay with us forever. In time, we do heal.

    Today I have compassion for myself and others who have suffered loss. I trust that healing will come eventially.

    Thank you again for all of your kind words and prayers.


    Heather
    Last edited by Heather Thompson; 08-02-2009 at 7:57 AM.
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    Heather,

    Beautifully put.

    Leigh
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    Heather,

    One more thing I thought I'd mention.

    Find out what kind of cancer your Dad has and what stage. Today, not all cancers are an immediately terminal and yet some are.

    17 years ago this month my wife was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of cancer. We took her to the University of Washington Medical Center for surgery. There a team of 5 surgeons operated on her for 7 hours. Stage 0 for that type of cancer has a 50% survival rate. She had stage one. Through some serious surgery and by the Grace of God, she's still alive and I'll be picking her up at the airport in an hour.

    You may find your Mom will need you to lean on....maybe even more than your Dad. Our friends were more worried about my well being when the LOML had cancer than about her. They were afraid I'd have a heart attack.

    Be strong for both of them and yet, don't be afraid to show your emotions. Spend time with them if you can. I lost my father to a heart attck 36 years almost 37 years ago. I was in the Navy stationed at Meridian, MS and he was in Cornell, IL. I wished I could have told him I loved him one more time. Spend time with them Heather.
    Ken

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    Heather,
    You and your family will be in my prayers.

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    Heather,

    You and your family (Dad especially) will be in our thoughts and prayers! Your words touched my heart, and one thing you must remember...the diagnosis can be dealt with! Our family will be praying that the medical team will be guided by the one that we believe has final say! God is good, and we believe not only in miracles for today, but that he will give you strength and wisdom to tackle whatever is ahead for Dad!

    Sincerely,
    Phyllis

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    Heather,

    I just read this, I am praying for God's will in your life and the life of your parents. Remember, although your parents may be emotional, the older generation can take much more than you think. They have had the experience of all those years. Sharing your heart to your family is a good thing, don't hold it back. It may do more healing than you can imagine.

    God Bless,
    Jon
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  9. May God bless you and your dad Heather.

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    Heather, you and your Dad/family will be in my thoughts and prayers. I too, had a great Dad, and he was the one who let us just run rampant in the shop, taught us oh woodworking, metal works, etc, so yes. There is something about a father/daughter relationship when he says to you - ya know, love ya, believe in you, and you can do anything you want to do to succeed. So girl, hang in there, he knows you love him, and hopefully this can be treated successfully. So my heart goes out to you.

    Jude

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    Heather, God bless you and your family. I am sure your Dad is proud of his woodworking daughter.

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    My prayers to you and yor family...my wife is a cancer survivor of 27yrs. They said that she wouldn't have anymore kids - she proved them wrong.

    Now my son is on his fourth brain tumor...no more operations and he is on chemo.

    I know how you feel - you can't stop thinking about it. I think about my son and his brain cancer seven to ten times an hour. Some times its a fleeting thought and other times the thought and feeling sorry last a fair time.

    My prayers to your father...

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