Stem Cell Transplant Update & What the Forum Does For Me

[cpfstich]

I just read about your loss Kathy and send thoughts and prayers to you and your family. I'm sure my Dad will give Sam a hug from all of you when they meet in heaven.

[alwaysmissinpdc]

Thank you all from my heart. Tonight I read from the beginning of this thread and it's like a journal, but better...journals don't hug you, playa.info peeps do.

I returned home late Monday to start a new job yesterday and I've had some reflective time. Henry stayed on and will return home tomorrow. We'll put things back together with the knowledge that life will bring whatever it chooses and we have to embrace it and live it, good or bad.

Sam taught me a lot. This has been a life changing experience and my perspective is this: A lot of energy could be spent by getting mired down in grief and frustration. Why be so wasteful? It seems better to grieve while applying my energy to comforting my husband and trying to apply what I've learned about living life.

Thanks again Peeps, you are truly the best. And to the two Peep households that have our unlisted address, thank you for the cards. Your thoughtfulness wasn't unexpected, and it's deeply appreciated.

(I don't need bereavement lessons, but if anyone is offering brevity classes, I'll sign up. 'Loo????)