Excathreda, My heart goes out to you. My father passed while I was at Gunnison while in residence and you just like me will always miss him and wished you could have spent more time with him but anyway. My prayers are with you, just be strong.
wow, that WAS awesome weather. It was only about 85 today; this is supposed to be 100+. Instead of the dog-day doldrums of summer, we ended up with a cool, almost shady day, with a refreshing breeze that's the closest thing I've ever felt in Oklahoma to a sea breeze. Wassup with that?
On another note, did a hard but necessary thing today. Sweet Grampa Tump, farmer, hard worker, generous soul, and cancer survivor, learned about a month ago that the doctors were wrong when they'd sworn that he was cancer-free. Prostate cancer had metastized (sp?) so completely into most of his spine and many other bones that it was too late to do anything but get right with the Lord.
He worked up until the day that his legs stopped walking, which was the day that he learned his cancer had not really gone away, which was the day that he became paralyzed from the waist down. That was in very late June.
This past week, he called his tiny-town minister, and asked to pray for forgiveness for his sins. This was a guy who never met anyone (human or animal) with a need, whom he didn't try to help. He made his peace with God, and then he prayed that God would not let him linger much longer in such intense pain.
We buried Grampa Tump today, in such a tiny little country cemetery, out in the middle of farm fields, that if you were driving the speed limit, you'd likely never even catch a glimpse of the place. He was a true-hearted sweetie-pie. He was only 66 years old.
I almost didn't write about Tump on this site, but I did, because I wanted to say the following:
Men, please, please get a physical exam every single year, and make sure that it includes a prostate check!
If this sweet soul had just done that, he'd probably still be with us today.
Here's a questionnaire to inspire us all to take better care of ourselves; it's a lifespan calculator, based on lifestyle and health habits.
wow niKa... sorry to hear about that... sounds alot like the exact thing my dad went through... the p cancer that spread (easier to spell) through his spine and through a bunch of other places...
...so we move on along... always remembering to take care of each other...
Excathedra, if you're reading this, know that I'm thinking about you. Looking forward to your return. Hoping that the skies are clearing up, and that the troubles are easing. Maybe someday, it will all seem so distant.
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just make sure there isn't a 2 snow cone limit goddangit
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no limits at all! (just don't eat them too fast, you don't want brain freeze!)
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hi. my father is dead. 1:20 p.m. today.
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thoughts and love to you my sister
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I'm praying for you ex.
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I know this has been a very difficult time for you and your family. Prayers and (((((((((excie)))))))
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Love you a lot and I'm praying for your family, especially your sweet son.
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(((Excathedra))) It must be a rough time for you. You are in my prayers Sistah...
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Excathreda, My heart goes out to you. My father passed while I was at Gunnison while in residence and you just like me will always miss him and wished you could have spent more time with him but anyway. My prayers are with you, just be strong.
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Oh, Excathedra! I'm so sorry. This is a very, very hard thing. Lots of layers. I am thinking of you and your son, and praying for you very much.
(((((((((Ex and LittleEx)))))))))
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much love, Ex...
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my heart thanks
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where do you put heartache ?
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Tom Strange
love you sis... want a snow cone?
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((((((((Ex and Little EX))))))))
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excathedra
thank you for thinking of my dear boy. he hasn't been home for the last couple of days. still isn't.
i want to protect him from what i feel whatever that is.
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We love you.
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notinKansasanymore
Thinking about you, Ex, and your family.
Love you.
Pawtucket, this must not be very easy for you, either.
Love you, too.
Tom, got any rainbow snowcones?
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of course sweetniKa! always for you and the niKaclan! (and the rest of you!)
does everyone want rainbow?
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Thanks, Tom.
You make the best snowcones in all of summer.
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You're welcome niKa... and thanks for sending the COLD front down... it's only going to be in the mid 80's today with Tshowers!
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wow, that WAS awesome weather. It was only about 85 today; this is supposed to be 100+. Instead of the dog-day doldrums of summer, we ended up with a cool, almost shady day, with a refreshing breeze that's the closest thing I've ever felt in Oklahoma to a sea breeze. Wassup with that?
On another note, did a hard but necessary thing today. Sweet Grampa Tump, farmer, hard worker, generous soul, and cancer survivor, learned about a month ago that the doctors were wrong when they'd sworn that he was cancer-free. Prostate cancer had metastized (sp?) so completely into most of his spine and many other bones that it was too late to do anything but get right with the Lord.
He worked up until the day that his legs stopped walking, which was the day that he learned his cancer had not really gone away, which was the day that he became paralyzed from the waist down. That was in very late June.
This past week, he called his tiny-town minister, and asked to pray for forgiveness for his sins. This was a guy who never met anyone (human or animal) with a need, whom he didn't try to help. He made his peace with God, and then he prayed that God would not let him linger much longer in such intense pain.
We buried Grampa Tump today, in such a tiny little country cemetery, out in the middle of farm fields, that if you were driving the speed limit, you'd likely never even catch a glimpse of the place. He was a true-hearted sweetie-pie. He was only 66 years old.
I almost didn't write about Tump on this site, but I did, because I wanted to say the following:
Men, please, please get a physical exam every single year, and make sure that it includes a prostate check!
If this sweet soul had just done that, he'd probably still be with us today.
Here's a questionnaire to inspire us all to take better care of ourselves; it's a lifespan calculator, based on lifestyle and health habits.
http://www.pacificlife.com/Channel/Educati...on/Calculators/
I love you folks.
niKa
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wow niKa... sorry to hear about that... sounds alot like the exact thing my dad went through... the p cancer that spread (easier to spell) through his spine and through a bunch of other places...
...so we move on along... always remembering to take care of each other...
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Tom, I'm sorry about your Dad.
love, niKa
Excathedra, if you're reading this, know that I'm thinking about you. Looking forward to your return. Hoping that the skies are clearing up, and that the troubles are easing. Maybe someday, it will all seem so distant.
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