Re: May & Bruce Just Dumping my Heart Out....

[Guest guest]

I responded to Joyce before I read what you had both written,

expressed so clearly and lovingly! Thanks to you both.

Kathie

> >

> >

> > Hi Boys and Girls,

> >

> > I have been up since 5 a.m. reading posts. Slept good in my new

> bed.

> > It is the first night's sleep since I can't remember when. There

> was no

> > sleep before the hospital and certainly none while there. What a

> zoo!

> >

> > I have sat here in my quiet house full of sleeping people with

tears

> > streaming down my face, reading of your concern for me. I am

> > overwhelmed that you care so much. So many of us have never met

> and yet

> > there is such rapport and a genuine heartfelt connection. To

know

> that

> > all the while that I was so frightened and felt totally alone, you

> > people were sending up prayers all over this planet to our Father

> on my

> > behalf..... And, that you cared enough to hold my name up to him

is

> > AWESOME!

> >

> > I have been on the other side. When one of you have been

undergoing

> > biopsy or in the hospital and seriously ill, I have spent the day

> > praying and waiting for word. I never knew that it was possible

to

> care

> > that much for a virtual stranger. But, when I look at these

posts

> and

> > realize that you really do care for me and about me, it just

fills

> my

> > heart up.

> >

> > When I knew Kerry was coming to the hospital, I was more excited

> than

> > when anyone else came. She was struggling to even talk and was

so

> out

> > of breath. I knew that she had put forth great effort to get

there

> and

> > to bring me just what I wanted. She walked way too far from the

> parking

> > garage through that giant hospital complex just to see me. But,

> when I

> > saw her face I knew that she knew. That is what I felt when I

saw

> you

> > guys in Chattanooga. That is what I feel when I come here.....I

> know

> > that you know. You can try explaining it to people and thier

eyes

> glaze

> > over. You people need no explaining. I knew how Kerry felt when

> she

> > walked in that door. When I was in Chicago last year and Leanne

> came to

> > my daughter's house, traipsing through the snow in zero

> > weather....walking up the stairs, not able to even get her breath

> to say

> > hello....I knew.

> >

> > I am saying all this to say Thank You for being here, for sharing

> > yourself with me and with each other. I am urging those of you

who

> feel

> > that you have nothing to say, say anything, just let us know that

> you

> > are there. This group needs to survive when we are gone. So many

> > people, including me, have been helped through this group. We

> learn so

> > much from each other. We hold each other up through the bad

> times. We

> > are growing and we are talking and the word will get out. I

would

> love

> > to believe there will come a day when not one person on this

planet

> will

> > ask the stupid question, " what is pulmonary fibrosis? "

> >

> > I am still really weak and tired, this is an ordeal and I aim to

> survive

> > it. I just need a little help from my friends and I KNOW that I

> have

> > that here.

> >

> > I love you all, Joyce Dalton

> >

>