jPrayers and support needed for Joyh

wishiwere
wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
edited June 2014 in Prayers and Spiritual Support

Heard from Joy's dd, Kelly, that Joy has had some serious problems with her Breast Cancer and has been under treatment she didn't expect.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. 

Thanks everyone.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited November 2008

    Joy. Know that I've had you in my prayers all along, but now with this update of your circumstances I will be praying very specific prayers for you and your family -- in the midst of this heroic journey that you are now undergoing.

    I pray that you have a moment today, to think of a blessing that has come to you in the midst of this whirlwind. As our dear sister, Slonedeb would remind: "Ride out your storms."

    Strength and courage. Strength and courage. Strength and courage.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 2,927
    edited November 2008

    Gentle hugs and kick ass prayers for Joy and her family. I pray that today there will be reasons for prayers of thanksgiving!

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited November 2008

    send prayers everyday for Joy. Keep up the faith, keep fighting this dreadful disease.  Hugs.

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited November 2008

    Joy (kelly) thinking of you today and hoping things are going okay.  Please know you in our hearts and minds and always in our prayers.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited November 2008

    Joy, Kelly and your extended family .......... starting the day with prayers on your behalf.

    I know the road ahead is a long one. I'm not sure when you're surgery is or possibly was, by now?

    In any case, know that the strength you have offered to so many here, is now being extended back to you to complete the cycle. We are surrounding you with energy and encouragement.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • bibliowarrior
    bibliowarrior Member Posts: 200
    edited November 2008

    You and your family will be kept in my prayers.

    Soft & gentle but strong hugs, 

    Sally 

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  • suz45
    suz45 Member Posts: 796
    edited November 2008

    Dearest Joy, Kelley and Elizabeth,

    Sending prayers for strength, love and healing. Joy we miss you,

    Love and wrapping you in a kind hug, Suz

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited November 2008

    Update from Joy's dd, Kelly on the dec 07 chemo thread!

    Hello Everyone,

    This is Kelley. again writing for my Mom, Joy.  She wants you to know that she had a wonderful Thanksgiving and hopes you all did, too.  We ordered a huge dinner from Cracker Barrell and brought it to the Hospital.  We were all together and really enjoyed the time and good food.  She is continuing to receive radiation each day and chemo every 3 days in her head (I don't know all the technical terms).  I have come back home to Savannah for a few days and plan to be back on Thursday evening.  She is in good spirits and intends to fight off the beast with everything she has!  She has lost the vision in her left eye and is hoping to keep what is left in the right eye...I will type for her.

    I will continue to send updates to you.  I read her all of yours, thanks.

    Love and best wishes to each of you,

    Kelley

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Oh HAPPY day!! What a fantastic post. Thank you Kelley, for acting as the secretary -- and keeping us updated on developments and the lovely report of your family's Thanksgiving.

    I'm so grateful for the newsy update. Please continue to take good care of yourself in the midst of all that is going on.

    Joy. My prayers for you will be steadfast thruout the current situation. Know that I will lift you up and ask for guidance and excellance from your team.... the very best that they are capable of offering on your behalf.

    Please continue to be your gutsy, spunky self in the storm that you journey through. I'm so sorry that you have this chapter to undergo.

    I am so thrilled to hear the "fight" in your attitude and intention, thru Kelley's typing above. I hope that you have miracles that defy explaination. Sending you hope and determination.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Joy and Kelley. Wanting you to know that you continue in my prayers. Eager to hear more of how you are progressing. Please continue to take good care of each other.

    Be strong in the face of the unknown. Be calm. Be couragous.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    Here is Kelly's latest update on Joy from the Starting chemo Dec 2007 thread!

    Prayers continue for Joy and her family!

    kgodwin03 wrote:

    Hi Everyone,

    This is Kelley again, for Joy.  My Mom is still in the Hospital.  I have been reading her your posts.  When she is awake for any time at all, she always asks to hear them.  She is continuing to receive radiation every day until next Tuesday and getting chemo every 3 days.  She is so tired....exhausted.  I have been with her since Tuesday - going home to Savannah tomorrow.  Mom is really fighting hard and trying her very best. 

    I will send updates to you.  Thanks so much for your prayers, kind thoughts and words. 

    Thanks again and our prayers go out to each of you.

    Kelley

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Kelley. Thanks for keeping us posted. It sounds like your mother is keeping up her strength in the midst of the struggle. I'm sure you have a myriad of feelings, seeing her in this condition.

    We will continue to hold her up, as well as your whole family.

    I wonder whatever became of the court & legal issues? Hopefully that has all sorted itself out by now and is no longer a concern.

    Goodness. Your family has had so much to deal with this year. I'm so sorry for the challenges that have converged. Know that we are sending you strength and courage to face this time.

    Joy. My heartfelt encouragement to you..... I'm asking the heavens to send you mercy and compassion, wrapping you in a warm blanket of hope.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    (((((((((((((((((((((((((Joy))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Joy. I'm sending you lots of good wishes, some strength, a bit of my excessive energy and an iced Christmas cookie for good measure.

    Thinking of you as you head toward wholeness. Prayers on your behalf, always.

    Be strong, sister.

    Norm sends his greetings too. He's now made it thru the first anniversary of the accident. (Kelley thanks for passing these greetings to your mom.)

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

    (((((((((((((((Joy))))))))))))))))))))

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    (((((((((((((((((((((((Joy and Kelley)))))))))))))))))))))

    Just wanted you to know that you are both in my heart as we start a new week.

    Sending you encouragement and hope. Eagerly asking angels to surround you with their mercy and compassion...... holding you up, when you need to be held.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    {{Faith}} Always repeat and love your prayers. So perfect, thank you for that! :)

    Kelly and Joy, keeping your close in thoughts and covered in prayers and wishes.  Hope to hear soon that Joy is coming home and thus, doing well! 

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  • kgodwin03
    kgodwin03 Member Posts: 11
    edited December 2008

    Hello, dear friends of my Mothers,

    I am very sad to tell you that my Mother, Joy, passed away over the weekend.  She was never alone while in the Hospital.  We were with her every day and night. Her husband was with her when she slipped away, peacefully in her sleep.  She spent her last afternoon planning the details of a doughnut shop she and my 12 year old Daughter had planned to open.  They laughed and talked over every flavor they would have. 

    She said many times that she would not have made it through this past year without your support and friendship.  She stayed strong the entire time - had radiation on Weds. and chemo. on Thurs.  She gave it all she had.

    Thanks to all of you.  I will be posting her picture this weekend.  I want you to see her, smiling.

    Keep us in your prayers as you are all in ours,

    Kelley

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    Gosh Kelley....(and I'm sorry I just realized I've been spelling your name as my niece does, for that I am sorry) .

    As I posted before, I never expected to read that Joy was gone.  My prayers are now for you and your dd and her husband that you can reach back into those memories of her before this disease took her from you, and find solace in those.  Sad and heartbroken for your loss :(

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Dear sweet daughter, grand-daughter and dearest Mr. Joy, husband..... and all of Joy's family.  

    I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. I can hear Joy laughing thru her posts to us publically and in several private messages she sent me over the summer...... her posts were always so upbeat, so very kind and always encouraging. I met our dearest Joy, thru her posts over at "Norm's" prayer thread. She was full of support for Norm -- thru his horrific loss.

    She was always filled with enthusiasm and adventures.

    She told us of old camping trips and riding the golf cart and how much fun you'd have when everyone got together. Big cooking adventures. Fishing. She always sparkled to me, thru her descriptions -- they were radiant and I always imagined her as radiant as well. So filled with life.

    I can't begin to wonder what emotions you're going thru Kelley. Thank you so much for posting to us and sharing those last happy doughnut-planning memories with us. I can feel her sparkling in your description. I will be very eager to see the pictures that you're able to share.

    In the meantime, please accept my simple prayers of support. Your mom was one to share her trust in all that life hands to us. I believe she is now supervising in an angel committee somewhere golden, genuinely glowing, probably already up to her elbows in arrangements for new-angel doughnut-welcome committee and the like.

    Please treasure the wonderful memories that you've created together. I'm so glad to hear that you were able to spend so much time together. She was a real fighter. She can now fight for us from the heavens.

    Please come back and let us know how you are doing, Kelley. That would be the ultimate compliment to your mom. You will always have support here.

    She was an angel before her time.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

    (((((((((((((((((((((Joy's family)))))))))))))))))))))))

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  • coonie
    coonie Member Posts: 7,618
    edited December 2008

    GodiswithYou.jpg God is with You image by godsrose123

    I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. May you remember the happy moments and feel comfort in knowing this is Joy's first Christmas in HEAVENInnocent

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  • saint
    saint Member Posts: 1,877
    edited December 2008

    My deepeest sympathy for you, your family & friends. 

    Suffering has ended. May your memories give you comfort.

    Prayers for you as you walk this road. You are not alone..........

    "weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the
    morning."

    Psalms 30:5,  

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  • kgodwin03
    kgodwin03 Member Posts: 11
    edited December 2008

    Thank you all so much.  I forgot to tell you...my Mother was an organ donor and her corneas were used.  Also, Elizabeth came home from the Hospital on the very day my Mom passed.  Faith, you are right...my Mom was always full of enthusiasm and so funny!  The afternoon before she died she told her doctor.."I am well, I want to go home!".  Thanks for the thought of a doughnut shop in Heaven...I will treasure that one.  I am smiling thinking of that!

    She never gave up...

    Love to all of you and thank you so much for the friendship you gave her, and me.  Isn't it amazing, and wonderful how lives can be touched?

    Prayers for all,

    Kelley

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    {{Kelley}} So thankful your grandmother is home now. How is she doing?

    Our friendship with your mom is extended to you in her absence.  She was here to short of time, but has left an mark on our hearts in many ways.  Know that we are keeping you all, including your grandmother in our thoughts and prayers, Kelley. 

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  • badboob67
    badboob67 Member Posts: 2,780
    edited December 2008

    Kelley,

    I am so sorry to hear of your mom's passing. It sounds, though, like her final days and moments were filled with love and happiness! My prayers to you and your family. May each tear shed bring to mind a sweet and tender memory of your mom.

    ((((HUGS)))
    Diane

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  • celia088
    celia088 Member Posts: 2,570
    edited December 2008

    Kelley, I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your mother, Joy.  Joy was a wonderful supportive person and she will be missed here.  I have added her name to the List of Angels in Commemorating Loved Ones in the Members from the Threads section.

    celia

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited December 2008

    Oh, Kelley and family am so sorry for you loss and ours.  Your mom was a fighter and fought to the end.  So glad her last days were spent with family gathered round her with laughter and happiness. God bless you and yours. sherry

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  • suz45
    suz45 Member Posts: 796
    edited December 2008

    Dearest Kelley and Family

    I am so sorry for your loss, I never once even thought that we could lose Joy. I felt an instant bond with Joy when we talked online and was truly looking forward to actually getting together to meet in person when she was better. I feel heartbroken right now and cant even begin to imagine how you are all feeling. I wish I could just wrap my arms around you and give you a loving hug. I cant thank you enough for relaying all the messages to your mom and also for keeping us informed. Please give Elizabeth a big hug from me..... Joy spoke so lovingly about all of you that I feel as though I know you all. Im sure she's looking down on us right now as she sits amongst the angels in the clouds. Im sending you all love, light and prayers to help you through this most difficult time. I am looking forward to seeing the pictures you post so I can put a smiling face to a very very dear friend. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. Much Love and Prayers, Suz

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    Kelley...... I start the day with warm wishes for your family. It's so good to ready Suz's post above as she was able to articulate my feelings, so much better than me:

    "I never once even thought that we could lose Joy."

    Exactly. Somehow, it never dawned on me this was a possible outcome. Her optomism, her upbeat attitutde, her infinite caring for our mutual buddie Norm, somehow shielded me from the fact that she was actually ill. I'm sure that's the way she wanted us to think of her -- a dynamo in action.

    I forgot to mention Elizabeth. What a unique bond they had. She spoke with such affection for the care that Elizabeth was able to shower upon her -- knowing just what soup to make, which magazine to offer. I have tears in my eyes now as I envision them holding one another up, over these past couple of months -- the roads that they were each traveling. Alone and yet completely together.

    I am such a better person for having been acquainted with your mother, Kelley.

    Perhaps that's what it's all about.

    Much love to you and yours.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited December 2008

    Kelley, I'm so sorry to hear of your Mom's passing.  You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited December 2008

    This is exactly how I picture your mom.

    Until you post a smiling pic of her,

    This is the image that I have for my wallet.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

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