Dear Tess

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Dear Tess...I'm so glad you were there for your friend when she lost her fiance

in Viet Nam and that it was returned to you when you needed it. I have a dear

friend that was there for me when my husband died in Viet Nam at the age of 31.

It would have been harder for me if she had not been there with her love and

compassion. I have known her since high school and even though we don't get to

see each other much now a days, we are in touch. I think it was with my

husband's death that I began to hold things in and becoming ill later on just

strenghtened the resolve not to share. I have had a couple of dear friends over

the years and have even lost some of them due to their passing. Later on,

several years after his death, I was able to find a church that has given me

much strength through the years. I always had a deep spiritual side but even

though I was raised in a church(sent to not taken), it took a chain of many

events to bring me where I am now. I recognized that strength in you as in many

of our " family " in this group. Thanks for being the person you are. You have

added to my life. Love, prayers, and hugs. Jan in CA +/:=).

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i too don't know where i'd be if not for my friend who helped me turing the

turmoil of my husbands death. a bond that will never die. she had my son when

he died. i only knew her as my son's friends mom. she is married now and i

don't get to see her as often as we did in the early days. we did lots of

stuff with the kids. baseball games. harlem globetrotters, wrestling, the

beach, wisconsin dells. also lots of good and bad memories. kathy in il