tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post968601058154921866..comments2023-10-31T04:15:34.653-07:00Comments on Barefoot and Laughing: Beginning to landKirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-41759008946509400902010-07-18T07:15:01.207-07:002010-07-18T07:15:01.207-07:00Kirstin, a priest friend of mine has told me it is...Kirstin, a priest friend of mine has told me it is good to ask for Everything. We can ask Godde for the moon...<br /><br />Blessings.claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-46416946535503331242010-06-30T22:47:42.751-07:002010-06-30T22:47:42.751-07:00Thank you, Kayko. (And good to see you here!) I ...Thank you, Kayko. (And good to see you here!) I do think about death, and it's hard for me to imagine dying. I'm so alive now.<br /><br />I'm too ridiculously well to be this sick. And I feel like my body is sprouting tumors. Very strange place to be in.Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-89468596125168337932010-06-30T21:43:12.774-07:002010-06-30T21:43:12.774-07:00My dad's chemo taught me not to be so afraid o...My dad's chemo taught me not to be so afraid of mentioning the word death that the important things get left unsaid. So, in case death is on your very near horizon, I want to say that I am thinking about you, you are an inspiration to me, and the peace of God that shines through you moves me to prayer. Peace and blessings (in whatever form they come) be with you.Kayko Driedger Hessleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842319764824751784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-20410925390057677522010-06-30T08:37:59.716-07:002010-06-30T08:37:59.716-07:00Prayers coming your way... candles, too, though vi...Prayers coming your way... candles, too, though virtually. I will keep checking here with hopes that A will keep us posted. <br /><br />We've got your back... having spent a week in March doing so with Bishop Barahona, I understand a little better what that means so I hope these are not perceived as empty words. Most of all, thoughts and thoughts and thoughts.Caminantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610142955176992982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-44639241010254701992010-06-29T20:59:24.049-07:002010-06-29T20:59:24.049-07:00I'll be listening.
But that's not the poi...I'll be listening. <br />But that's not the point now. <br />The point now is that you're on your way into treatment, ... and that's where I'm going to focus my prayers.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-30233958654828927502010-06-29T20:45:09.416-07:002010-06-29T20:45:09.416-07:00I really appreciate that I'm this big in your ...I really appreciate that I'm this big in your life. A has my login info, so she'll post if I can't.<br /><br />Thank you for being so present here.Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-86460984859713311662010-06-29T20:28:33.437-07:002010-06-29T20:28:33.437-07:00Kirstin, you are probably too young to remember wh...Kirstin, you are probably too young to remember when Walter Cronkite talked with us during the "black-out period" when the Apollo missions returned to earth. ... But that's what I'm feeling, and what I'm preparing myself for.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-70637092638383341932010-06-29T19:32:04.661-07:002010-06-29T19:32:04.661-07:00I won't be at the hospital until Thursday. Bu...I won't be at the hospital until Thursday. But we are working on solutions...Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-83305654433411689672010-06-29T19:25:55.504-07:002010-06-29T19:25:55.504-07:00YIPPEE! I'm glad you are (for now) able to co...YIPPEE! I'm glad you are (for now) able to connect!Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-82801919004571303752010-06-29T19:23:08.527-07:002010-06-29T19:23:08.527-07:00Thank you all for being here. Kay, you're exa...Thank you all for being here. Kay, you're exactly right. And I don't know what "wellness" is. But I'm being bathed in healing, right now.<br /><br />Laura: yes to wines! :-)Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928583212781425068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-46843585884675680532010-06-29T17:29:18.779-07:002010-06-29T17:29:18.779-07:00Of course it is okay to ask for more time to feel ...Of course it is okay to ask for more time to feel healthy. I, too, will pray for that for you.<br /><br />One of the things that I believe is that you can be healed without being cured. It seems that you are in the process of being healed. <br /><br />Please know that my prayers will be with youKay & Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244257765709660605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-63777815548908347832010-06-29T12:30:46.900-07:002010-06-29T12:30:46.900-07:00Continuing to lift you up in prayer.Continuing to lift you up in prayer.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-42783857210475006372010-06-29T12:20:53.106-07:002010-06-29T12:20:53.106-07:00Hey lady -- just want you to know I'm still ou...Hey lady -- just want you to know I'm still out here keeping tabs on you. (You know what I mean.)<br /><br />Big love.PJ DeGenarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751632875354513866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-30212168864154779612010-06-29T12:19:33.570-07:002010-06-29T12:19:33.570-07:00Prayers continuing - bearing you through these day...Prayers continuing - bearing you through these days.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-53041814409801714422010-06-29T12:04:30.801-07:002010-06-29T12:04:30.801-07:00My prayers also ascend. I am not sure anyone who ...My prayers also ascend. I am not sure anyone who has not faced cancer can fully understand it, we who have face our own mortality in a special way. You have chosen the warrior path -- confronting the reality and living the day. That is a good road.<br /><br />Luck in the shadows!<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-49472592801827539652010-06-29T11:57:46.978-07:002010-06-29T11:57:46.978-07:00There are no words that I can offer about your sit...There are no words that I can offer about your situation, but there are so many prayers. <br /><br />It is me fran - but I am at work so not in my normal ID.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-506021143692998112010-06-29T11:54:02.837-07:002010-06-29T11:54:02.837-07:00Last week I taught the clergy from Haiti my transl...Last week I taught the clergy from Haiti my translation of the song 'All will be well,' and they sang it back with gusto in short order. I will channel their singing in my prayers for you. We don't know what 'well' means; that is God's call. But we can pray.<br /><br />Meanwhile, may you feel our prayers and love as you continue on the next stage on this 'scary field trip.'Caminantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610142955176992982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-15226815303120818592010-06-29T10:07:45.732-07:002010-06-29T10:07:45.732-07:00I wonder if it's reasonable to ask... can I pl...<i>I wonder if it's reasonable to ask... can I please have more time to feel healthy?</i><br /><br />Kirstin, of course, it is reasonable to ask. I'll join with you to pray that you will have more feeling healthy time.<br /><br />Much love and many blessings.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-14027221480960851602010-06-29T08:52:23.517-07:002010-06-29T08:52:23.517-07:00Your response seems reasonable to me. You feel wh...Your response seems reasonable to me. You feel what you feel. To try and fake positivity isn't going to fool your body one whit.<br /><br />Prayers continue.<br /><br />word verification: wines! Perhaps a hint?LKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791517233920008067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-39670262703491894172010-06-29T07:20:12.950-07:002010-06-29T07:20:12.950-07:00Kirstin, to me, that sounds like a good place to b...Kirstin, to me, that sounds like a good place to be -- in a place of reasonable hope, knowing that <i>no matter what</i>, you are going to be ok. I'm reminded of one my favorite hymns, <i>It is Well with My Soul</i>. It has a rather elegiac, but firmly trusting, tone about it. I often sing it to myself when I'm in the rough places. <br /><br />My prayers are flying with you.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755785.post-52655986457713254692010-06-29T06:26:36.642-07:002010-06-29T06:26:36.642-07:00My prayers are with you.My prayers are with you.Joan Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858394238696729686noreply@blogger.com