I am going to explain why I decided to start this blog. I have no clue what to do with all emotions. I have no clue how to cope. I have no clue how to help my Dad, my Mom or my family to cope. I had no clue where to turn. Sure, I have turned to my family. I have also turned to my friends. There is so much I want to be able to do and I have no clue how to go about doing it. My head is constantly filled with ideas on what I should be doing or how I should be helping but I can’t always get from point A to point B. I love out of state so I can’t be there daily to check on my Dad and my Mom for that matter. The phone and Internet are wonderful bu they don’t take the place of physically being there. I had a long conversation with my husband and my daughter and told them I was thinking of telling my Dad’s and my family’s story of how we are going to fight this disease together, and they both agreed that it was a wonderful idea and that it might help others who are engaged in the same fight as we are. How we are going to cope, have faith, and hope. I know that there are a large group of people who have been diagnosed with much worse than what we are dealing with, and truly my heart goes out to each and everyone of them. I thought that if chronicling the is journey would help even one person that it would be well worth my time.
I must add that I have been blown away by the kindness of my friends, some who are my best friends, and some who I have never met face to face. There have been so many who have stepped up to help me and my family out and I can’t thank them enough.
If you haven’t taken a look at my Coming Soon page please stop by, I am putting together a prayer-roll. What is a prayer-roll? It will be a page on this blog where there will be a list of names of people YOU have requested my readers remember in their thoughts and prayers. Positive thoughts and prayers can sometimes work miracles. So can knowing that you are not alone and that someone is thinking of you. If you have someone you would like to be added please leave their name in the comments.
Also coming over the next week or so I will be adding a memory page dedicated to those who were so brave and have lost their battle to cancer. Again you can leave the name of anyone you would like added to this page in the comments.
I have a lot of ideas for this site and over the next few weeks hopefully you will see a lot of them unfold right before your eyes. If you have anything you would like to see here please don’t hesitate to drop that in the comments also. This site belongs to you the reader, it is here for you, so please don’t hesitate to ask or leave suggestions for me.
My sweet Adelle, I cannot say enough how amazing I think you are. You have taken this by storm, and are accomplishing so much. I cannot imagine being as incredibly strong and organized and proactive as you.
I know this site is going to touch hearts and souls.
When my friend’s baby was going through her ordeal, and I wrote about it on my blog, her father found the pages and read them. He was always amazed how much information I put up for people to find, and told stories of how my blog linked him up with other parents whose children had similar cases. They would often check my blog for updates on the baby when her parents couldn’t get to the internet to update the forums where they were communicating with people.
If my small bits of information could help people connect, I know this blog is going to help people connect, too.
xo
You are amazing. I am so glad you are documenting this journey, as hard as it might be. I hope that knowing that there are others going through the same thing helps you and helps your readers.
I have a few names to add to both rolls…I’ll send them to you!
xoxoxo
I’m absolutely certain this blog, the product of your love and compassion, will touch and help many hearts and souls. I hope it will be equally therapeutic for you and your family as well.
You’re doing a great job – one step at a time! All those brilliant thoughts will manifest over time.
This is another great post. Thank you again for sharing. The prayer roll and memory page are both such good ideas.
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