tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post7482449866456833992..comments2023-11-01T11:17:40.377-04:00Comments on True Stories, Honest Lies: Redefining "Happily Ever After"Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-35152654534885851922014-02-24T09:56:35.268-05:002014-02-24T09:56:35.268-05:00LOVE the cancer face story. And love you.LOVE the cancer face story. And love you.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-64139876238966559952014-02-23T22:05:18.454-05:002014-02-23T22:05:18.454-05:00Ahhh my love, when I saw this pop up on Facebook I...Ahhh my love, when I saw this pop up on Facebook I was admittedly a leeeetle scared. I love you both so hard & just as I don't want to believe Kevin is sick I don't want imagine you are hurting (yup picture me hands over my ears lalala) but of course you are. But you are right your happily ever after begins anew each day (right because each tomorrow is the after of today?) so you'll have tons of happily ever afters :-)<br /><br />And I don't know if this will help or not but it was the wise wisdom of my mom (um who wasn't always so wise and probably not in this case but I liked the way she looked at the world for this and maybe it can help you reframe? She did after all "collect" you as one of her own - she always collected never adopted because she knew people had families of their own)<br /><br />When an old friend had come to see her post diagnosis, they walked in with the "cancer face" and she greeted them with "ohhh hi Amy dear, if I'd have known I'd get to see all my old friends I'd have done this years ago" again probably not too bright but she sure had a way of spinning it to the silver lining... I hope that that silver lining can follow you around!<br /><br /> I love you more than I can describe AlwaysJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840004740611104256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-54316326382277623342014-02-23T17:53:25.308-05:002014-02-23T17:53:25.308-05:00I won't let this &@($&^%)@!) disease t...I won't let this &@($&^%)@!) disease take away the glimpses of light. Writing this was reminding myself of that in the midst of a hard day. I wouldn't trade one day with him away, even the hardest ones. Even if sometimes all I want ot do is run away.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-10903497856630431882014-02-23T17:52:14.878-05:002014-02-23T17:52:14.878-05:00I fake it so well, dear friend. Really I'm wri...I fake it so well, dear friend. Really I'm writing what I want to be feeling, not what I usually am feeling. xoxoxoLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-58714101969592787072014-02-23T17:51:38.079-05:002014-02-23T17:51:38.079-05:00Dearest Paul,
We'd love to talk. email good ti...Dearest Paul,<br />We'd love to talk. email good times. xoxoxoLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-29568701785390954662014-02-23T17:14:39.638-05:002014-02-23T17:14:39.638-05:00Laura, your wisdom takes my breath away. You are a...Laura, your wisdom takes my breath away. You are absolutely right - happily is being together through what ever comes your way - feeling the love you have with each other. Blessings.ELLOUISESTORYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524893156201808778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-18434367224761355272014-02-23T15:34:02.887-05:002014-02-23T15:34:02.887-05:00Laura, I thought you had to be 103 to be so wise. ...Laura, I thought you had to be 103 to be so wise. You find your happiness hiding in a smile, in the song on the radio, in the warm embrace of your beloved's hand. Hopefully a tiny bit of happiness sneaks in around the edges with the emails and phone calls and cards and well wishes sent your way. When I think of you and Kevin I smile just for today and call my self lucky just for today to have two such wonderful friends in this big old world. Buckets of love to you both, and a tiny fart joke tied to a purple balloon. Tony Toledohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651632081490764732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-7383526567518236842014-02-23T14:48:02.236-05:002014-02-23T14:48:02.236-05:00Dear dear good friends, what a shock to stumble vi...Dear dear good friends, what a shock to stumble via LinkedIn on your news a month ago. I regularly think of you both with love and such joy to count you as friends. Much much has happened, this seems such an important time to catch up with you.. Like my frail mother's illness last year, and my brother who was diagnosed with cancer about 8 months ago probably now only has 1 or 2 weeks left of his journey. Let's connect on skype, with love, Paul Rankin<br />hummingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122680724550895650noreply@blogger.com