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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited October 2008

    boo you can send them to me...

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited October 2008

    MB - Got your box today.  Thanks kiddo.  I mailed an afghan the other day.  Hmmm did I take a pic?  Not sure.  I'll have to check.  Anyway, I'll be working on another this weekend.   

    Sue - you can send them to MB to border or you can send them to me. 

    Donna - same for you hon.  I can always forward any to MB if needed.  She is helping so much by bordering these for us. 

    Thanks again to everyone for all their help!

    Hugs

    Liz

  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited October 2008

    Donna, received the box today... thanks...

    must visit the new super walmart and get black yarn...whoo.hoo..almost have another box ready.. I really need to get a life...lol...



    hugs to all my family

    MB..so when do we start planning PINKSTOCK09

  • Naniam
    Naniam Member Posts: 1,766
    edited October 2008

    Hi Everyone, 

    Just talked to my DIL's Mom, Grace Cooper.  She received one of the hugaghans last week. 

    Grace wanted me to tell everyone "thank you.  That I have the afghan next to me and I can't tell you enough what it meant to receive it.   I want everyone to know how much the prayers and the kindness of others has meant to me."

    For those that might not know or remember, Grace has ovarian cancer and it has spread throughtout her abdomen and is in her colon.  She has her first chemo treatment tomorrow and is scared.  She continues to loose weight and is in pain.  She is on Morphine and Vicodin.  She is a Stage IIIC

    Personally, I want to thank each of you too for taking part in giving others a hug and walking with them in their cancer journey and for your prayers as Grace starts her chemo journey.

    Hugs, blessings and thanks to all,  Brenda

  • dlrcpa
    dlrcpa Member Posts: 134
    edited October 2008

    Brenda, sorry to hear that your DIL's mother is sick. I am glad she got a hug before chemo started. I know many of us will be praying for her. I need to go get some more yarn for squares. I am saving the big skeins for some other projects and doing a couple more hats now that winter is upon us.

  • Barb1953
    Barb1953 Member Posts: 479
    edited October 2008

    Brenda, Happy to hear that your DIL's mom recieved her Hugs in time for her treatment. I hope it will comfort her, and let her feel how many people are praying for her.

  • kbugmom
    kbugmom Member Posts: 15,189
    edited October 2008

    Well bc sisters you have outdone yourselves. I received my beautiful afghan. I feel honored to have gotten one. I got on the phone soon as I got it and told family and friends about it. All who have seen it love it. Receiving this lifted my spirits since I have been under the weather. The love it was made with I can feel and am so touched by the love of you all. Each one of you are a gift a real blessing. Thank you my dear sisters. God bless you all and may he heal all who battle this disease.

  • Barb1953
    Barb1953 Member Posts: 479
    edited October 2008

    kbugmom, 

    Glad the afghan has lifted your spirits and I hope you're feeling better.

    Prayers and Hugs 

  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited October 2008

    Kbug, glad you can feel the love

    MB

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited October 2008

    I just finished this afghan..... it will go out this week. 

  • jerseymaria
    jerseymaria Member Posts: 770
    edited October 2008

    lis it's beautiful.  i've been meaning to come here and tell you dear ladies again how much my hugagan means to me.  it's become my security blanket that i reach for every night to comfort me.  i keep it on my bed now all the time.  i still feel sick lol but it just makes me feel better because i know i'm not alone.  hugs, maria

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited October 2008

    Maria...... I'm glad your hugaghan brings you comfort.  We are always with you.

    Hugs

    Liz

  • Helen1
    Helen1 Member Posts: 209
    edited October 2008

    I was in the hosp past 3 weeks.  of course I had my huggafan with me.  One of teh church ladies groups makes pillows about 1/8th the regular size of a standard pillow.  She gave me one- perfect for neck and mastectomy under arms.  So naturally I had to explain to her the huggafan and they told 2 people and they told 4 people etc.  I have the feeling the afghan has spread just a little more.  Thank you all again.  every time i look at it, seems like yesterday that I just got it . (was Jan of this year) all the love and prayers must be working as the lung mets are shrinking.  Started a new chemo about the same time I GOT THE huggafan.

    Helen

  • Boo46
    Boo46 Member Posts: 539
    edited October 2008

    MB - I actually had enough squares for 2 boxes. They are on the way to you.

    Helen - So glad your doing better and the huggaghan is still spreading it's love.

    Sue

  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited October 2008

    Sue, thanks the snow has arrived and will be crocheting with my cup of tea...lol...

    PS, had to take mine away from DH... stole it cuz his toes were cold...lol... ok back to work... 12 squares before lunch...

    hugs to all..

    MB the nut on the hill

  • slonedeb
    slonedeb Member Posts: 562
    edited November 2008

    girls i read where kbugmom got her afgan i want to thank you all for sending her one she has been down for a few weeks with problems i loved mine when i got it but i no longer have it due to a theif at the hospital but i sure ehjoyed it while i had it and thanks for mine girls know i love all of you and what you are doing  you will be rewarded on the other side  keep up the good work i would help but 2 fingers on each hand is numb and besides that i have never croched i can quilt a little but thats about it  love deb from ky

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited November 2008

    If you have any names.... please submit them to Madison or me.  I know there are still many out there who need our hugs.

    Thanks to everyone who helps us.

    Liz

  • Boo46
    Boo46 Member Posts: 539
    edited November 2008

    Hi all

    MB - did the boxes ever make it to you?

    Sue

  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited November 2008

    Boo..yup and already got a few in the mail for the next afaghan.. thanks

  • slonedeb
    slonedeb Member Posts: 562
    edited November 2008

    hello girls just wanted to say thanks for my afan i got it over a year ago but it was took from my hospital room about 6 weeks ago  i saw where you all sent bugs one i just wanted to thank you all for that she really needed one  girls keep up the good work   deb from ky

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited November 2008

    Deb..... it infuriates me that someone stooped so low as to steal your afghan.  I'm so sorry.  Know that you have our hugs and prayers everyday.

  • slonedeb
    slonedeb Member Posts: 562
    edited November 2008

    liz you all shouldnt have sent me another afghan i didnt mean for you all to do that i cried fro 2 hours when they brought it from the post office thanks you girls so much i dont know what else to say but i love you girls so much   deb from ky

  • Madison
    Madison Member Posts: 1,819
    edited November 2008

    Deb,

    Absolutely you need another afghan.   You take all the hugs in that afghan and wrap those hugs around you...........you are definitely in our thoughts and prayers each and every day.

    Madison 

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited November 2008

    Oh sweetie...... as Madison said, you take those hugs and wrap yourself in them.  You are always in my thoughts and prayers.  You didn't make us feel like we had to send you another afghan sweetie.... we wanted to.

    Hugs & Prayers

    Liz

  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited November 2008

    Here are a couple of afghans who are headed to new homes.  Thanks everyone for your help.

  • Boo46
    Boo46 Member Posts: 539
    edited November 2008

    Deb

    I'm so happy you recieved a new afghan! Noone should have to go through rough times without there hugaghan!

    Sue

  • Boo46
    Boo46 Member Posts: 539
    edited November 2008

    Doesn't want to let me edit to correct my always poor spelling. Oh well hugs to all.

  • dlrcpa
    dlrcpa Member Posts: 134
    edited November 2008

    The green and purple squares look like chrysanthemums -- Gorgeous!!!!

  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited November 2008

    Oh my GOODNESS!
    You women have got to be the most generous, giving, thoughtful, compassionate group in all the WORLD!
     
    I NEVER expected to hear a 'ka-lumph' of a box on my front porch this afternoon. I was in the office filling out medical forms, so welcomed the break to go investigate.

    I hadn't ordered anything. . . There was a return address in OK I didn't recognize. But indeed it was addressed to me. I opened it and began to sob. I had NO idea you all were planning to share yourselves with me. The hours and hours (and hours!) of heart-to-hands that this represents is flabbergasting. What a powerful statement of love and encouragement you have sent to me!
     
    The colors are vibrant, the stitching extraordinary, the patterns beautifully varied...
    :::sigh:::
    It's just the most beautiful gift I have ever been blessed to receive. See for yourself, it's the second hugaghan in the post above, dated 11/13/08.
     
    The community of caring women, who have sent out 100 hand-crafted gifts such as mine, is an incredible phenomenon - the personal time invested, the individual care of a woman I don't even know bent over her needlework, the co-ordination, the gathering, the constructing, the finishing, the packaging, the mailing -  it is mind-boggling.
     
    And it is such a comfort.
    I feel I have so many sisters coming with me for my stay for SRS (radiation) in Los Angeles after Thanksgiving. You will literally surround me with your support and love.

    Thank you, from the bottom of a very grateful heart ~
    Lisa
  • lizws
    lizws Member Posts: 1,892
    edited November 2008

    Lisa,  wrap yourself in our hugs.  We will always be here for you.

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