Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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Bren, I usually add something like "I'm holding you in my thoughts and in my heart."
Because it's true and it has the same effect as their prayers. It simply means that you have a place in their hearts and them in yours. I don't know if it's better or not, but they seem to get a warm feeling from it, which is what I want them to feel.
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Thanks guys .. I also like to say "I am holding you close in my heart" .. because I am. Sending love and compassion is the best I can do long distance or on-line.
hugs,
Bren
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Those are good ones..
We are back from Palm Desert
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Awesome pic Lisa! Hope you had a great time!
hugs,
Bren
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Incredible picture. I can smell the dust in the air.
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Lisa, you have such a GOOD eye! Those photos are spectacular. Thanks for sharing!
Linda
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SoCalLisa,
I set this last one as a background on my computer. Wonderful!
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glad you like them..it was a great place
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stress makes things harder and it's hard not to werry i belive if we stay positive it helps alot stay bissy enjoy why you can we are not promist tomarow no matter what we are dealing with.i do have fath in God im not gona make you lission or talk the bible unless you ask.my perpus is to help you in any way i can i am yong mother of three and i just saty bissy work why i can and prepar for what is to come do things you injoy their is lots to do even when we fell bad iv not started any tretments yet and dont know what is coming just liveing why i can.
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Lisa, you always take such wonderful photos. I'm guessing you're a professional? I was a newspaper reporter for more than 20 years, so I've served as a light stand for many photographers on assignments.
I've always wished I had more talent for photography. It's almost like hearing a foreign language and thinking you can figure it out if you just listen harder.--CindyMN
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Hi Cindy, no I am not a professional ..I just love to take pictures
I wish I knew more and had a better camera, but I am happy
with just enjoying the fun of it...
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That's the best way to be. You've got a great eye for composition and color.
--CindyMN
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I just read on the Stage IV board that Analemma is in hospice care now. There's a lovely thread there started by LisaSDCA if you wish to read more.
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Thanks for letting us know, Elizabeth, even though it makes my heart hurt. She taught me a new word, "analemma," and we discussed Carl Sagan and how we're all made of "star stuff." I hope the rest of her days pass peacefully.
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Oh, I am so incredibly sorry to hear about Annalemma. I wondered why we hadn't heard from her lately. Whenever I see stories about urban chicken farmers (I know, sounds like an oxymoron!) I think of Annalemma and her very fancy chicken coop. There's a photo of it somewhere here -- I'm going to have to look it up.
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Sorry -- accidentally posted twice.....
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Elizabeth .. thank you for telling us. I'll go post a note to her on that thread. I really like Brenda .. and her analemma.
love,
Bren
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Bren--not to negate the sadness just posted...but must comment that your "Tank" is a close relative of our beloved "Pancho" right down to white tip on tail; white on chest; and the curling of legs while lying on back! (promise to learn to post pics in another lifetime!!)
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Lisa, great photos! I agree with others, you have quite an eye.
Elizabeth, thanks for letting us know about analemma. I will visit the other thread.
To others who tend to say they are praying for me, I tend to say something like, "I am holding hope for you that..." or "I am hoping for you peace and comfort (or whatever is relevant)" or "You are dear to me, and I think of you often as you face this crisis/challenge/etc."
I believe that being a loving presence as these words are spoken has quite an impact on most people.
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Brenda .. I appreciate your ideas. "I am hoping for ..." is the truth and heartfelt.
I've been checking Analemma's thread and I don't think we've heard from Greg in the last little bit.
hugs,
Bren
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Susie Q .. just checking on you and hoping you're hanging in there. If you get a chance, let us know how you're doing.
hugs,
Bren
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For all you dog lovers, Have you read "One Nation Under Dog"? by Michael Schaffer? I am reading it now, and I have been entertained, enlightened, and apalled in the process. I also think it might be taking me one step closer to getting another dog after losing one very precious basset hound last November.
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Brenda .. I'm so sorry you lost your "basket." My half basket/half beagle is a hoot and more like a basset in appearance and personality. In short .. he's a blockhead. I haven't read the book, but I'll look for it .. it seems to be giving you comfort, and it might help me with my Bobo (I lost him the end of August last year).
Big hugs,
Bren
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I thought you gals might get a kick out of this. The trees are in my lower meadow. Just behind them running horizontally is a little creek. To the far left is a stream that runs along my property on the west side.
I found the sign years ago in a scrap pile of wood in Iowa. I nailed it up a few days ago, and think it looks wonderful next to the creek!
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Hi, Bren,
The book is written by a reporter, and it includes chapters on many different topics, including breeding/puppy mills (rampant in Pennsylvania Amish country) to the big business of dog grooming and other services. There is some interesting history about how our relationships with dogs have changed over the years. If I remember correctly, there is a chapter about dying/death at the end of the book. I think the book has just got me thinking again about dogs in general, which has been helpful. I will probably over-think it, but I assume that eventually my husband and I will get another dog. Nowadays I am likely to worry about a dog getting lonely without another dog around, but I don't know if I want to get 2 dogs!
I enjoyed the photo and got a kick out of the sign. It looks like a great place to frolic with a dog!
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Hi All,
It's Susie-Q. My Mom used to call me that when I was little. She just passed away less than 2 years ago from Leukemia. And now me! I haven't had a chance to upload a pic of my dog Ranger, but I will. I have a story: Last Sunday I was at the mall when I noticed my tire was low. I drove to the garage and asked the truck driver who was delivering gas to help me fill my tire. He happily helped and I was so relieved. He asked me if I'd been to church that day and I told him I hadn't. He asked me if he could say a prayer and I confessed I had bc. And there, in the gas station he took my hand and asked god to heal me. Amen. Crazy huh. For someone who isn't religous or spiritual, I really found it touching.
So I don't know aything yet except I have a huge lump of cancer in my left breast. I'm having a CT and bone scan tomorrow. I really really hope the scans come back clean.
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My hope is for you to have clean scans, SusieQ.
May you be well.
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Susie Q .. will keep you close in my heart and hope for clean scans. Stay close and let us know how you are doing.
I had the same thing happen to me in walmart. My DH is a truck driver, and we ran into one of his coworkers in walmart. This man is 6'9" and his wife was a little bitty thing. Anyway, we started talking, and this was right before my dad died last year. Right there in the frozen aisle section, he asks if he can pray for us ... we all held hands and he prayed for very loudly for us for about 5 minutes! DH is 6' 3", so there's no chance we weren't heard. Luckily, we in the Bible belt, so maybe this is normal. Ha!
Brenda .. I took my little puppy, Tank, down in the fields with me yesterday. It was so much fun. I didn't even need a leash .. he stayed right by my side. It made my day.
hugs to all,
Bren
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Susie-Q, best of luck with your scans.
Today is a rough day. My greyhound, Gryffin, has lost his fight with the pain of osteosarcoma. This afternoon at 1:00 we will let him go. It's times like these I suppose a belief in an afterlife would be comforting. As it is, I find myself noticing all his last things. His last pain patch. His last tramadol. His last prevacox. I took off his ID collar. We took pictures. Cancer truly sucks.
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