Prayers, Blessings & Wishes for Saint

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  • saintdaughter
    saintdaughter Member Posts: 21
    edited May 2010

    hello hello hello.

    sorry i haven't been on here in a while. things seem to keep piling up with all the crises.

     I am not sure where I stand on the Scotland funds. I know that my grandpa's insurance money came in, so I'm pretty sure a good portion will be covered, but I do not know.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited May 2010

    Molly. It's great to see you here.

    Keep taking VERY good care of yourself as you continue to heal -- on so many levels.

    xx00xx00xx00xx

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited May 2010

    Saint, you are in my heart.

    Hugs to your fam.

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  • hollyann
    hollyann Member Posts: 2,992
    edited May 2010

    (((((Molly)))))).....So glad to see you post!........I thought about you and Luke and your Mama on Mother's Day and grieved for all of us who have lost our mothers.........I too lost my mother at a young age..I was 8 yrs old......I have very few memories of my mother but I am so glad you have so many more to cherish.......I miss your dear Mother, our Sister Saint.......But I know she is watching over all of us now and keeping us safe.......

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited May 2010

    Molly, I hope you're fully recuperated from the surgery by the time you read this.  Hugs to all my sisters here, and Maura, hope you get back to your delightful stories when you're able hon.

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  • Saints_sister
    Saints_sister Member Posts: 39
    edited May 2010

    Well, it's turning into a very cold and rainy weekend here in Vienna, so I might just sit down and pump out another one today or tomorrow.

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited May 2010

    yayyyy Maura!!!!!    was a gorgeous day here in phila, pa, but I actually like a cold rainy saturday  now and then to do all those little indoor things, or nothing!  I'm a firm believer in doing nothing every now and then - good for the soul :)   Hope all reading this had a day filled with things that made you happy.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited May 2010

    Today was our Komen 5 K walk.

    I walked with a BCO sister, who is from the thread Team January, all of us having had surgeries to start the year. I wore my many-ribboned scarf. Sally was showing her sister the ribbons and how it all started. Out of the 3 or 4 hundred ribbons tied on with messages, the one Sally selected, was the one that says "Saints - faith - hope - love".

    Sally knew that I was very close to losing it. It was truly, truly an amazing little miracle to start the morning walk.

    People had told me that Saint would be walking with me today. I thought they meant metaphorically.

    About halfway thru the walk, we heard some precussion drumming and turned the corner to be greeted by this smiling face, wearing this t-shirt:

    Notice the Saint has angel wings! There's a halo, too.

    I just couldn't believe it!!

    No sooner had my head stopped twirling on it's axis, but we went around the next corner, only to be greeted by this character:

    As I sit here attempting to make sense of all this. I do realize that there are indeed signs all around us. It's how we connect the dots that brings us a vision of peace.

    Today's walk was extremely good therapy for me.

    I have LOTS of pictures over on FB and my blog, if you wanna see more.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited May 2010

    We all need  these reminders of how our sisters walk with us and surround us.  Oh Faith, I miss Saint so much too.  Molly and Maura, I don't know how you do it, truly.  If somehow our ramblings give you peace, then God is indeed good.  Love and hugs

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  • hollyann
    hollyann Member Posts: 2,992
    edited May 2010

    Missing you very much today, dear sister Saint........I still can't believe you are not here anymore......I will continue to look for you as I do CTG and Zarowny.......I bet the 3 of you are up there just having a good ole time!......Save some fun and laughs for the rest of us.........

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited May 2010

    dear dear cindy ... please let me/us know if you need funds for the trip.  so many friends of mom want to make sure you get there ... makes us feel closer to her by helping you, ya know?  love you bunches sweet mol.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited May 2010

    Marlegal and other dear friends of Saint.

    I've just asked Saint's husband Greg, if we had yet amassed enough $$ to get Molly to Scotland. His answer was no.

    He assures me that she is going to go -- that he will take out a home equity loan to make sure that it happens, but if there is anyone still willing & able to send a contribution, please send me a PM if you are in need of their home address.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited May 2010

    what an awesome walk Faith.

    wow

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  • saintdaughter
    saintdaughter Member Posts: 21
    edited June 2010

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvh7EdweETU

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2010

    That was absolutely AWESOME Cinderella.. how did you stay so composed?  Your future will be bright with your mother shining on you from above. 

    (your voice is really really great)

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  • Jelson
    Jelson Member Posts: 1,535
    edited June 2010

    I think that your ability to convey emotion through your voice, face and body language will assure your success in musical theater. But knowing how raw and recent and real the meaning of this particular song must be for you, your presence and poise are truly amazing. Bravo Cinderella! and thank you for sharing.

    Julie E

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited June 2010
    Cry WOW!!
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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    Echo what apple and jelson and sharon said ...Molly, you are amazing.  Thank you so very very much for sharing that link with us.  Rest assured I've bookmarked it for future listening.  Hugs sweet Cinderella.

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  • coonie
    coonie Member Posts: 7,618
    edited June 2010

    OohhhhhhMyyyyyyyGoooooodnessssss

    Your mama is just grinning from ear to ear listening to that---

    and I'm sure there's a few tears rolling down her cheeks...

    saying, "that's MY girl".............Innocent

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited June 2010

    Molly, very beautiful.  Thank you for sharing

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited June 2010

    Coonie. Saint always actually DID say, "That's my girl."

    She always said it with pride, joy and delight.

    I can hear the exact tone in her voice in my head.

    Molly, Missy Molly.

    You are wise beyond your years.

    Talented in so many, many arenas.

    We are collectively so proud of you.

    So proud of you for standing tall, in the midst of your loss and channeling your sorrow into your talent and sharing those words with us, from your heart.

    I am so proud of you.

    "That's our girl."

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

    Thank you for tracking down the film clip.

    Hugs & more hugs.

    Then more hugs.

    Then still more hugs.

    xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

    Strength and courage.

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    watched again ... cried again .. but such a mingling of happy and sad tears.  thank you again miss moll for sharing that with us.  i see you, i hear you ... then i hear mom ... i can hear her voice like faith said ... saying "that's my girl" ... damn and crap and all that .. but what a legacy in you our dear sweet cinderella.  you know that you have dozens of moms now, right?  if only we could all give you real hugs instead of cyber hugs molly.  somehow though i have to believe that you do. at least mine :)  

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  • hollyann
    hollyann Member Posts: 2,992
    edited June 2010

    OMG!......Molly, what a beautiful voice you have!.....I could not help but cry when I heard the words to the song.....I wish Pat was still here too......I  miss your sweet mother sooo much!.....She was ever so proud of you and Luke........I'm sorry this "mom" has not been here to help support you lately......My laptop is broken and I have to use my DD's computer when she is not using it.....How is the fundraiser for Scotland going?.......I promise I will send somethign as soon as I possibly can to help you.....I am sending you a little box of goodies for the trip soon........Many hugs coming your way........

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    maura, i'm not sure whether you're still coming in now and then and maybe just haven't felt like posting.  that's fine, i do that a lot too!  i just hope you know that you and your sister, and greg and molly and luke, are never far from our thoughts and prayers.  we might not come here daily anymore, or even weekly, but that by no means translates to thinking less of pat and her family.  hugs to all

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  • Saints_sister
    Saints_sister Member Posts: 39
    edited June 2010

    Thanks so much! I really almost never come here anymore, although I still have at least one more story I wanted to relate - probably the funniest - although the latest (happened while I was there in Feb.), strangely enough.



    I have been away on vacation -then just too much going on here - I really want to find the time to write it down soon!



    BTW, our sister Bert will be arriving in Vienna on July 7, to spend about 3 months with us here (in between jobs)! She and I have now realized how important we, as sisters, are to each other. You might even say we bonded in the combined mourning over Pat...I'm sure Pat is really appreciating it too...



    Thanks for your thoughts.



    More soon,

    Maura

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited June 2010

    Gentle hugs to Saint's family.  Always in my heart.

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  • Laughjoyfully
    Laughjoyfully Member Posts: 174
    edited June 2010

    I am glad to hear of your re- bonding Maura -  my sister, who was not so close became closer to me when I made some moves and just ignored her negative reactions to me a few years ago, and amazingly things just healed. That was all it took!  So many years missing her closeness .... feeling hurt and left out - it seems inpossible to have happened. The year before I was DX S4 -  she told me, " You are my best birthday gift".  I am so glad and so is she now, that we didn't waste anymore time. I am touched in my heart to tears to see that the same is happening to you.  Life is too short, our sparlking silver childhood love can rekindle its light again if we just let it find its way back in.

    Linda

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    I have one sister and we've had our ups and down, but after our Mom's death in 1989, we grew so close and even when we fight, we know even then that somehow we'll be okay.  When my chips are down, that's the person I call, and same with her.  Sisters are to be treasured, for sure.  Maura, I'm so glad you stopped in when you did, and I can't wait to hear the February story :)

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  • hollyann
    hollyann Member Posts: 2,992
    edited June 2010

    Maura, so glad to see you post......My oldest sister "raised" me after our mother's death and we had a terrible relationship....I won't go into detail but suffice to say I had a horrible childhood.....Well it so happened that years after I left her house she wound up with a very disfiguring type of skin cancer.....It isn't a fatal kind but now hough all the surgeries she needed to remove the tumors, her face is nothing what is used to be.....I avoided this sister like the plague for years.....Then sadly, we lost one of our middle sisters to emphysema.......I couldn't avoid the oldest sister anymore.....I had to see her when I went to the funeral......Now I had held a grudge against her all this time and swore I would never have anything to do with her.......Well, when I saw her for the first time in 17 years, all the hatred and frustration I had with her melted away......This person before me was not the person I had grown up with......Her countenance had changed dramatically and I could not be angry with her anymore......I won't say we are "close" by any stretch of the imagination but we DO communicate now.......I do try to see her when I travel by her town and I have called a few times....I just don't want to waste anymore time over something that happened over 30 years ago......I hope to one day get closer to her....I know her time is short because she has a bad heart and can't travel like she used to.....Maybe one day it will happen......

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    Lucy, I don't mean to be morbid, but I'm glad that Maura didn't wait till Spring to make her visit to Saint.  If you want to see whether or not your sister and you can have a relationship, try to make it happen.  If it's not meant to be, at least you'll know you tried, and you won't have to wonder "what if?"

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