As I sat here this morning giving thanks to the Lord. So many things came to my mind. And the more I focused on them , the more thankful I became. So I wanted to write and ask all of you to share at least one thing you too are thankful for. And we will encourage each other today......as we do through out the year. I am thankful for the people who made this site available for all of us ladies with OVC. And to the Lord for using it to encourage each of us in our journeys. I am thankful to be alive today, and for my husband who also struggles with stage IV Cancer. We will be enjoyig a meal that a church family is bringing in to us. I am thankful for a wonderful church family and for our families that God blessed us with. Most important I am thankfu for the assurance that once my life here on earth is done...I will be in heaven with my Lord and Savior. My list could go on and on-n. What about you? Isn't God good to us?
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What do you have to be thankful for today? Thanksgiving Day
- By Rose2
- Posted November 27, 2008 at 10:35 am · 27 replies
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- By karen2006
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 9:48 am
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Rose, As i sat last night in front of my thanksgiving dinner and gave thanks. I thanked God for giving me each and everyday to continue my fight with this disease. I'm blessed with a family that is there for me, no matter what decision i have decided on, in my path to healing. Karen
- By gg1
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 10:16 am
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For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Thanksgiving Day last year was the day of my biggest meltdown because of this cancer. At that point the news was gloom and doom, chemo wasn't working, ca125 rising, inoperable cancer in three spots. I didn't think I'd be alive today. I humbly thank my maker for my life!
- By Rose2
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 11:07 am
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Thank you Karen and gg for your comments. I hae tears in my eyes as I read them. Isn't it amazing how in the midst of out trials , we can still thank the Lord and see blessings. I know their are more ladies on this site who have a big list of things to be thankful for . Or maybe they have only 1 thing they can now think of. The miracle of counting your blessings is the more you focus on them..........the more thankful you are. We need to be careful that in the midst of our cancer journey, we forget to be thankful. Trials can do that to us if we are not careful. Thank you ladies for encouraging my heart! ((HUGS))
- By Carol915
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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I am thankful for every new minute, every new hour, every new day, and every new month I get to add to my life. It's not that I don't want to be with God, it's because I still need practice being a grandmother. Thank you Rose2 for allowing me to share. Carol
- By Rose2
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm
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Carol.....your post was so-o sweet. What a precious reminder to be thankful for every minute of our lives. We can have an impact on the people our lives touches. Thank you for you wonderful , loving example. I too have an 8 year old grandson, and with both my husband and I having cancer.....I am reminded of the impact we can have on him while we are still here. ((HUGS)) and God Bless you. Isn't it wonderful to be thankful?
- By Dodie1
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 10:00 pm
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I'm thankful to have lived to see another Thanksgiving.
I'm thankful for my family that sticks by me through thick and thin.
I'm thankful for good friends.
I'm thankful for my Lord who has allowed me to still be here and share my journey with all of the great ladies here at this great site.
Take care & God Bless
- By Rose2
- Posted November 28, 2008 at 10:38 pm
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Dodie...I again was encouraged as I read your post. Last December, The Dr had us call our kids in, my husband was in the hospital with stage IV cancer . The Dr said he would not make it thru the night. And here we are almost a year later, and he is still here. It will be 5 years in March since he was dx with stage IV cancer. As I read the posts from everyone, and I too focus on my blessings.....the thankfulness in my heart is overflowing. Ladies.....this is so-o good. Keep the posting coming....Let be thankful Ladies in the midst of our cancer journey. Let's encourage each other with our thanks giving. ((HUGS))
- By Hil323
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 9:22 am
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I am Thankful for my Aunt Robin, and her precious daughter. My Aunt Robin is in heaven via OVC. I am thankful for my family-they are wonderful. I also have amazing friends. I'm thanful for the blessings of good medical care for what I have (not life threatening-but frustrating). I am thankful for God and the Grace he can and does grant in ever humans life.
- By Hil323
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 9:24 am
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I am also Thankful for the example my Aunt Robin always set for me and the impact you had on making me the person I am today.
- By Hil323
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 9:31 am
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Carol,
I posted this, but ever minute my Aunt Robin, who passed almost 10 years ago from OVC made an impact on my life. As I have matured I have remembered the times she taught me things (such as kindness to animals, which spilled over to other things), the joy of laughing at her father's jokes (my grandfather) even when he wasn't funny just because we loved him, and so many more things that would take pages to post. Don't forget the impact you'll have whether you beat this thing or not (which I pray you do!)
- By rick1
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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Dear Rose-
What an inspiring question! I had a very difficult time sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner Thursday. I was asked to give thanks and I had a very tough time on the spur of the moment to think of what I could be still thankful for this year. One chair was empty and I couldn't really move past that. Is it all about being thankful that my loved one no longer is in any pain, or that she is with the Lord, or that I am now to be thankful that I can move on to another chapter in a book I never wanted to read? I am thankful that there are people on this site that care about each other and their united fight. I care about people like Tweety's family that have the same dilemma and heartbreak I now know. I guess time heals, but I am sure that time never lets us forget the love we have shared in the past. Hopefully I will know better what else I should be thankful for next year. God bless all of you- my friends.
- By Rose2
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 1:04 pm
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Rick....again tears flowed as I read your post. A loss of a loved one is so hard. We do not have to be thankful for the loss of a loved one or for our cancer. But it is being thankful in the midst of what we are going thru. Our cancer journeys have been so hard. And it would be so easy for my husband and I to go thru a pity party. This is not an easy journey and you know ......you went thru it with your loved one. This life here on earth is not always easy...is it? My heart goes out to you, and to your loss. And I think all of us care about your loss and the loss Tweety's family is experiencing now. This also was our first Thanksgiving with one of our family members having passed away this past year. Yes, tears are agian flowing. I am so thankful for the memories we have. May God continue to comfort you and carry you thru this difficult time. God Bless and thanks for sharing your heart with the rest of us.
- By Teresa56
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 2:17 pm
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I had a very hard time this Thanksgiving since I just buried my Mom who lost her battle with OVC just 2 weeks prior to the holiday. I was thankful she was no longer in pain but at the same time I have feelings of resentment that her chair now sits empty as does a big piece of my heart. I am Thankful that I had her here on earth with me for 52 yrs.
- By Rose2
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 3:52 pm
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Teresa....it is so hard , isn't it? My heart goes out to you. Is that you and your mom on the profile picture? How precious...that you had her for the time you did. It really leaves a void tho, I still miss My mom. God is our comfort and peace at a time like this, but it still hurts very much. My love and thoughts are with you. And I am touched by your love for her that is so eveident in you post. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. May God Bless you and comfort you. ((HUGS))
- By nlachance
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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I am thankful for my wonderful family and friends. The prayers and hope they support me with for the last 2 years is soooo appreciated. And to all of you for sharing your innermost thoughts
In hope and Love
nora
- By katschallenger
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 6:44 pm
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I'm Thankful for my family and friends who give me support. I am Happy to say I again was able to do Thanksgiving Dinner at My home and have My sister & her family here with us, also for My Mother In-Law who was also with us . she was very ill with End Stage COPD she is at home on O2 ,but we were able to bring her here to be with us, She has to have pureed food ,Etc . It wasn't an easy day as it was my second year without my Dear Brother who passed away suddenly Oct ,07 he would have been here with us also .I THANK GOD for making me strong to fight this horrible OVC. (For My Dr.I've kinda fooled him )And for all my Sisters on this site. I will admit I've been worn out since Thursday,and Thursday night I could hardly move, but as I said I'm so happy I can still put on a BIG THANKSGIVING DINNER. I wish my Mom & Brother & could have been here ,but they were unable to make it they live 3 hours away. I will see them for Christmas if all goes as planed. I also wish my sister who lives in Alaska could be here she has Breast cancer ,but has been cancer free for 4 years. I Could go on ,but one last thing I will say is I thank God he is keeping my nieces husband safe in Iraq this is is 3rd tour there. I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL MY SISTERS ON THIS SITE GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING !TAKE. CARE. Kathy
- By Rose2
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 8:22 pm
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Kathy...how wonderful that God gave you the strength to do what was your desire....to be able to make Thanksgiving Dinner. What precious memories were made, I'm sure. And to be able to have you mother-in-law with you for Thanksgiving, is definitely a blessing. The safety of your neices husband.....oh how thankful we are for young men like him. Thank you for sharing....and I hope you have a wonderful christmas with your family. I am enjoying reading all of thses blessing that you ladies are sharing. My heart is just overflowing with thankfulness....to see so many ladies going thru this dreadful journey....and still counting their blessing. Thank you ((hugs))
- By Rose2
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 8:25 pm
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Nora....I want to say amen to your posting. What would we do with out the support of our families and and the ladies on this site. God uses them to encourage and support us. I too am thankful for those things and my heart goes out to many who do not have family to support them. All the more reason this site is such a blessing to all of us. God Bless and ((HUGS))
- By momanderson920
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 11:20 pm
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I am thankful that I am not on chemo, my surgery is over, I feel pretty good, and am ALIVE!
- By Jennali
- Posted November 29, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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I am thankful that I am here for another Thanksgiving. Last year, the Monday after Thanksgiving was my surgery and dx of ovca, lllC. I am thankful for my excellent gyn/onc, for his skill, his expertise and his caring. I am thankful for my dear husband, who was by my side at the hospital almost every minute of my stay. I am thankful for the love and caring of my family and the support of my friends. I am thankful my body was able to withstand chemo with minimal side effects. I am thankful to have hair again!
I am thankful to have found this site, where so much love and caring and understanding abounds.
May strength and peace be with us all.
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