to Lucian

[Guest guest]

Lucian, I hope you get to read this. Maybe someone

else will get to pass it on to you, or maybe one of

your girls will see it.

My heart is sorely aching tonight with the sad

news about your sweet Joyce. I so wish she could

have been at home, but it is a blessing that she

wasn't in pain and passed away in her sleep. I know

this past year has been a terrible struggle for her

and for you. You have truly been a pillar of strength,

tenderness, and patience.

I know I speak for everyone when I offer my

deepest condolences to you and your three

daughters and grandchildren. I pray for strength

and comfort for you all during this time of loss.

Joyce was a special child of God, and hopefully

her family knows how much she meant to all of

us on this board. She was so loved. It's hard to

imagine our air family without Joyce.

Lucian, after spending so long taking good

care of Joyce, I hope you can remember that now

you need to take good care of yourself. You have

to be exhausted, and I speak from experience that

grieving is exhausting too. I have nothing but

respect for you in the way you lovingly and

generously treated your wife - you're a good man

and Joyce adored you. If you ever need to vent to

anyone here, please do. We'd like to be there for you

just as Joyce was there for all of us. I will always

treasure the cards, love, and prayers Joyce sent me

before, during and after my transplant. She was a

special friend whom I'll never forget... ever.

God bless you.

There is a special angel in heaven tonight.

God's peace and many blessings,

Gwynne Single-lung transplant on 4-3-08 at

UTHSC - San Fort Worth, TX