tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post7940919793231769118..comments2023-12-23T00:50:44.532-08:00Comments on Booby and the Beast: A Request for RainbowsBooby and the Beasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-11241560553820718032014-12-08T21:05:07.424-08:002014-12-08T21:05:07.424-08:00I am so sorry for your friend. Yes, I wonder about...I am so sorry for your friend. Yes, I wonder about my luck all the time, too. Thank you for following along and chasing these rainbows with me.Booby and the Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-79434556123418308932014-12-08T21:04:13.630-08:002014-12-08T21:04:13.630-08:00Thank you, Susanne. Time is helping, as are extra ...Thank you, Susanne. Time is helping, as are extra hugs from my son. There is just no easy way through grief, is there?Booby and the Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-7503797996546696412014-11-28T17:33:58.497-08:002014-11-28T17:33:58.497-08:00Jen,
I am so very sorry for your loss. Everything...Jen,<br /><br />I am so very sorry for your loss. Everything you wrote hit home with me. I have a friend with a different type of cancer who just entered hospice. I am NED right now, and sometimes I wonder why I am one of the lucky ones, if my "luck" will hold. You are helping so many with this blog. The grace you show in the fight, the information you share, and the compassion you have for others in the fight with you. Keep choosing to focus on the rainbows. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-26617020704756854222014-11-25T12:31:58.344-08:002014-11-25T12:31:58.344-08:00I commented to this on the Cure Diva post, but I w...I commented to this on the Cure Diva post, but I wanted to say here too, I am sorry for the loss of your friend, and I wish there was an answer I could give you to ease the hurt.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902860754437891393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-65184370465253099222014-11-25T10:45:30.918-08:002014-11-25T10:45:30.918-08:00I think it is such an important distinction. No on...I think it is such an important distinction. No one wanted to live, to raise her family, more than Renee did. She wouldn't have given that up, but it was (unfortunately) not her choice to make. I don't know what I believe about what happens to us after we die, but you're right -- she's no longer in pain, and I'm grateful for that, even as I'm sad for her family. For what it's worth, they are supported and loved and finding smiles this holiday season. XOBooby and the Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-16419044510809479042014-11-25T10:42:59.121-08:002014-11-25T10:42:59.121-08:00We all have our Renees, don't we? I think our ...We all have our Renees, don't we? I think our journeys are more intense because of cancer. We know things we don't expect to know at this age, in our thirties and forties, and maybe that gives us a little more appreciation for the ones we meet and the lessons they impart on us. I'm trying to focus on that side of it -- the gratefulness -- especially this week. XOBooby and the Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-22207521694540674442014-11-25T10:40:47.241-08:002014-11-25T10:40:47.241-08:00Thank you, Karen. I think that's the only way ...Thank you, Karen. I think that's the only way through these tough periods, to savor the gifts we have received. Especially this week, I'm trying to do just that -- holding my family a little closer, giving a little more thanks for the day in front of me, and wishing for peace for the families of those who've left us too early.<br /><br />Much love & happy Thanksgiving to you and yours,<br />JenBooby and the Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-6636129366028461482014-11-23T12:05:35.703-08:002014-11-23T12:05:35.703-08:00I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for making ...I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for making the distinction between giving up and letting go. That is important to think about. In my belief system, your friend is at peace now. But my heart aches too for her family and friends left to grieve. Kate, of Kate Has CancerJim's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158792309730805894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-22436737993408343942014-11-22T22:29:37.104-08:002014-11-22T22:29:37.104-08:00Oh Jen, my heart aches with you. I never knew your...Oh Jen, my heart aches with you. I never knew your friend, but I have had my own Renees, and each loss hurts so deeply. All of the wonderful support we get from fellow travelers on the cancer journey is marred (or perhaps heightened?) by the terrible losses we face. Carry her memory with you as you keep marching along. xoLil-Lytninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853589591693544260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-73354745514643222702014-11-22T21:17:11.470-08:002014-11-22T21:17:11.470-08:00dear Jen,
I am so very sorry that your dear frien...dear Jen,<br /><br />I am so very sorry that your dear friend, Renee, died. so young, and way too soon, leaving her husband, those darling little girls, and her Mother. and that you had sad and ominous news about two other friends this week just seems too cruel. my heart hurts,too - for you, for the ones left behind, and for those still struggling to stay alive.<br /><br />in the wake of your clean scans and good news from your doctor, I understand how you must at times wish they would have a chance to be "rainbows" for those whom they love.<br /><br />I don't have any good news, but at least no bad news to share. I only hope that you can savor the gift you have received - no one who has to leave us would ever wished for less.<br /><br />please know I am thinking of you, holding you up in the light of hope for comfort for your hurting heart, and that I hope you can feel the many warm and gentle hugs I am sending you...<br /><br />...with much love,<br /><br />Karen OOXOO tccomments2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/00446394638074551345noreply@blogger.com