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Now MY mascara is running after reading your message. ( I'm afraid I didn't see Joicy or Linda's messages.) Your brother-in-law sounds like he was a wonderful person. I am sorry you lost him, but very glad he was there for you in your lovely dreams, inspiring and comforting you when you needed it most.
Love,
Sandylyn (My Dad has non-small cell lung cancer)
kcorrigan@chgw.com wrote:
Dear Linda: Your message to Joicy was so beautiful, I ruined my mascara -- AGAIN. Three years ago my sister's wonderful husband, Dennis, died suddenly from a massive heart attack as he was running at his health club. He was 52. We had all known and loved him since he was 21 years old -- he and my sister married young. They had a long, happy, and very prosperous marriage, and losing him was a huge shock to the entire family. I cried myself almost sick for two weeks. My sister was, naturally, devastated. A year and a half later, I was diagnosed with SCLC, and I was so depressed and frightened, I didn't know what to do. Dennis would come to me in dreams and make me laugh and tell me to shape up and not to be frightened. I was dreaming one night that we were all at the beach -- beautiful blue sky and white sand. He looked at me and said, "We'd better enjoy this perfect day because we may never get another one like it!" I felt warm and happy all over. He gave me an important message, and I can still feel his presence. Life is so mysterious, but isn't it wonderful? I'm not afraid of it anymore. My heartfelt thanks to you, Joicy, for all that you do for us, and Linda, I'm glad you're here. Love, Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
[mailto:owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com]On Behalf Of George, Linda
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 9:14 AM
To: 'mol-cancer@lists.meds.com'
Subject: RE: [MOL] From my heart...- LindaJoicy:
You are so beautiful. You are one of the best things that ever happened in
my life, and to think of how we met.Everyone - After Maynard, my brother-in-law, died in a car accident, Joicy
was contacted to perform his funeral. At the time, we weren't church goers
(my sister and I were brought up Catholic, but had long stopped attending
church. It was something we always said we were going to get back to, but
just never got there.) So when it came time to contact a minister (Maynard
was Protestant), we picked a local church and that's how we met Joicy. We
could have contacted one of several churches in the area, but I believe God
lead us to Oxford 2nd Presbyterian.Several months later, my sister had really hit bottom emotionally. She had
Joicy's telephone number, and Joicy had told her if she ever wanted to
talk, just call. So Barb did. Joicy was there in a flash and spent 4 hours
with her one evening. Mind you, Joicy lives approximately an hour away from
us, and she never hesitated. She truly got Barb through her worse times as
did our new church family, as we started attending Joicy's church and later
joined. Seven years later and I don't know where I would be without my
church family.I guess what I'm getting at is, even in the most tragic instances, the loss
of a loved one, so unexpectedly, and at 53 years of age, so young, that God
can bring some goodness out of it some where along the line. If Maynard had
never died, would God be in our lives now? Our lives are so changed from
what they were. I, myself, have a faith I never had (although it really
needs strengthening at times), my perspective on what's important and and
what isn't is more clear, and I just live my life differently. And Joicy
was the one who steered us.I know I'm rambling again. I know what I want to say, but sometimes it all
just comes out in a jumble.So anyway, Joicy, thanks from the bottom of my heart for, once again,
giving me a wonderful gift - the MOLers.Love you,
Linda
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From: Joicy[SMTP:joicy@erols.com]
Reply To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 3:11 PM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: [MOL] >From my heart...To all my dear Mol friends...it was just about a year ago that I signed
on to this line, and you have all become so very dear to me. I have
tried to sign off any number of times, because the amount of mail on top
of everything else I'm doing can seem overwhelming. But I can never
bring myself to do it! Even when I get cut off -- I sign back up again.
I finally decided that I would do what I could, and though I may not
always be able to answer, I CAN always keep you all in my prayers!Then Linda shared her news with me. You have to understand that Linda is
very precious to me, she and her sister Barb are like the sisters I
never had. And her Dad is so dear to my heart too! I have a birdhouse he
made for me sitting in the living room, and the "Uncle Sam" he made me
will be going out by the mail box come 4th of July!So I knew that I had to hook up this lady I love with this online
family I love. I knew that you would surround her with a fortress of
love, strength, and good information, and that she would be comforted
even as she was strengthened.I came home tonite to find my email box overflowing with your messages,
and now Linda and Kathy, you've got ME crying too, and I'm afraid I'm
going to short out my computer!!You guys are simply the BEST! (Linda, didn't I tell you how wonderful
they are? And you haven't even met them all yet!) When I first came on,
someone said, "this group gives me a feel for what heaven is going to be
like." I have to agree.I can't begine to express all I feel for you and how much I appreciate
your support for my dear friend. Thank you -- I will ALWAYS be grateful.Love and big bear hugs to every single one of you!
Joicy------------------------------------------------------------------------
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