Me And My Cancer Adventure

[Mercy]

What a lovely song. as with all folk songs verses are added to meet the need of the moment. Thanks for posting it. It seems you have some more energy to write such a long post.
Love and hugs, prayers and candles for you Froggie XOXO mercy

 

[Froggie]

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

Thank you so much, the lyrics really are beautiful and took time to listen to the song, I was happily surprised to have a celtic tune to this, gives a great perspective to the words. And yes, I too miss our morning coffee chats. ((((((HUGS))))))) dear friend

 

[Froggie]

I missed our coffee appointment

Hey found this image of an angel and I really thought she looks like you (((((KP)))))

 

[The Albatross]

Such good news Froggie about a 4 week break. Glad you're going to have a rest for a bit and reduced stress for the holidays. Think of you and send you rainbows every day... all the visible light frequencies, pick the ones you need girlfriend and send the rest back to me.

 

[angel2write]

Hey, Froggie. I actually thought about you a lot this weekend. Thought about what Freakofnurture said above about feeling so much loss, too.

My dad only loved material things. Food, vacations, books, furniture, television, money, comfort, health, pleasure... and his cancer stripped all those things away, one by one. His world shrank and shrank until he finally died, sort of miserably, destitute and alone even when surrounded by family.

On the other hand, my grandmother loved friends, grandchildren, neighbors, relatives, God, life, nature, laughter and giving to others. And in the weeks leading up her death, there at the end, it was like the whole universe turned out to lavish those things on her. She was surrounded with love and support. She enjoyed giving away her "possessions" so much- she was actually able to laugh while parceling out her clothes and jewelry. She enjoyed the bits of time when she felt good, and even her bad times were made blessed by her ability to give and receive love from those who were caring for her. She wasn't a perfect woman. She didn't have a perfect life- she had a lot of challenges (an early history of abuse, abandonment, an alcoholic spouse) but she was vouchsafed a beautiful end.

I guess it all depends on where your treasure is. If worldly possessions and pleasures are everything to you, yes, terminal illness is nothing but loss. But if your treasure is in the people who love you, the friends you've made, the experiences you've had, the gifts you've shared and given.... well, no illness can strip those things away.

Hope this didn't come out preachy when I wanted it to be encouraging.

A

 

[angel2write]

I "put on" my frog face again, too. The kermit I was using was getting on my nerves. He looked too cheerful.

I like these little guys- they look like they're looking up to heaven, interceeding and asking for mercy here on earth.

Yeah- I reckon we could all use a little mercy these days...

(sending hugs)
A

 

[revelry]

If worldly possessions and pleasures are everything to you, yes, terminal illness is nothing but loss. But if your treasure is in the people who love you, the friends you've made, the experiences you've had, the gifts you've shared and given.... well, no illness can strip those things away.

truer words have never been spoken..

maybe we all need to keep our eyes on the bigger picture... and somehow try to keep the resposibilities of 'life' (for lack of a better word) from clouding that..

 

[Froggie]

Sounds like a great plan (((((Alba))))), will do.

 

[Froggie]

I guess it all depends on where your treasure is. If worldly possessions and pleasures are everything to you, yes, terminal illness is nothing but loss. But if your treasure is in the people who love you, the friends you've made, the experiences you've had, the gifts you've shared and given.... well, no illness can strip those things away.

No it's not preachy at all, it is all so true. As I have mentionned to some, I'm in abundance when it comes to love, support, family, friends, etc. Yes I do feel losses, my physical loss is hard as I can't do things like I used to especially with the grand-kids or giving a hand to my kids.

No, not preachy at all, just putting things into perspective, and why do we wait till we are confronted with a death issue to put things into the right priority ?

 

[Srain]

Coffee?? Yummeee....guess what I found for you :)

 

[Srain]

 

[Srain]