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Subject: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:27 PM Just found out that our eldest daughter has been diagnosed with a grade 4, inoperable tumour in her lung. She lives in Dubai...we in London, which adds an extra layer of logistical problems to sort out. Prayers, thoughts, meditations...whatever you do in a crisis, spare us a minute or two in your 'quiet times', we really do need all the help we can get, With Love, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:31 PM Nigel and Ann, I don't know what to say. But good thoughts and prayers will be in my heart for you and your daughter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Maryrrf Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:32 PM I'm so sorry to hear this - I will keep you in my prayers and meditations. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Pete Jennings Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:35 PM I'm here with you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: saulgoldie Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:54 PM Very sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers to you. Saul |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Ebbie Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:26 PM And from me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:30 PM So sorry, Nigel and Ann, to hear this. Will offer up heartfelt prayers for you all at Holy Communion. God keep you. Eliza |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:46 PM Oh dear! Thoughts and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Raptor Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:48 PM Thoughts and Prayers on your way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: SINSULL Date: 12 Jan 12 - 02:03 PM You have my thoughts and prayers. Mary |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 12 Jan 12 - 03:37 PM All of the above and kindest regards from Charlie in Dunfermline. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 12 Jan 12 - 03:41 PM Good thoughts coming from Maine for all of you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ranger1 Date: 12 Jan 12 - 06:09 PM More good thoughts from Maine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: LilyFestre Date: 12 Jan 12 - 07:09 PM And from Pennsylvania too. xoxoxoxo Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 12 Jan 12 - 07:29 PM Also from North Carolina, Nigel. Holding all of you in my thoughts and meditations. Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: W y s i w y G ! Date: 12 Jan 12 - 08:10 PM <3 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 12 Jan 12 - 09:41 PM And, from Colorado, too. Thanks givings for peace, comfort, and a way through what may come. kat & my Rog |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Bobert Date: 12 Jan 12 - 09:46 PM Good thoughts from North Carolina... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ragdall Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:01 PM Nigel & Ann, Good thoughts for your daughter and for you, from Northern Canada. rags |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:17 PM Geeziz Nigel..........I am so sorry and you can be assured you have all my best for your family. And I can offer you the extra kick-ass power of the second "T" which will bring more good mojo! Spaw Patterson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:39 PM Prayers from RI, too, for the best possible outcome and the ability for all to accept whatever lies ahead. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,olddude Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:04 PM you have my prayers my friend. I am so so sorry to hear this new so sorry |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Stilly River Sage Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:37 PM "Inoperable" doesn't mean nothing can be done, it means they won't do surgery. My best wishes are that they are able to help your daughter in some other way. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 13 Jan 12 - 04:20 AM Good thoughts from France David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Dharmabum Date: 13 Jan 12 - 05:46 AM From us also. DB. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: billybob Date: 13 Jan 12 - 06:22 AM Love and healing thoughts from me too (((( xx )))) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Monique Date: 13 Jan 12 - 07:17 AM Good thoughts from me too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: My guru always said Date: 13 Jan 12 - 07:25 AM So sorry to hear this, sending positive thoughts. Hil |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 13 Jan 12 - 10:42 AM Nigel, email me when you can. No parent or child should have to go through this. BM PS Said some prayers last night. I hope they help. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 Jan 12 - 11:20 AM Ann & I are overwhelmed by your Love, Care & Concern. Mudcatters at their very best. We send you all our Love, Hugs & Kisses & a million thankyous, Nigel & Ann Paterson xxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: open mike Date: 13 Jan 12 - 11:46 AM sending best wishes winging their way to Dubai...and to you! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 13 Jan 12 - 03:28 PM as, im sure with others,prayer offered with yearning heart and moist eyes. we have a friend who we really thought would not survive some years back but last year was given the all clear.i wish it was always like that but sometimes it is.God is gracious,keep hoping. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Crowhugger Date: 13 Jan 12 - 05:47 PM Warmest healing thoughts to her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Frug Date: 14 Jan 12 - 11:13 AM All things are possible. Healing vibes on transmit.....be strong the Mudcat Mojo is a powerful medicine. Frank xx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: VirginiaTam Date: 14 Jan 12 - 01:27 PM Trying to hope this is not devastating news. Sending some good energy to your daughter and those caring for her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 15 Jan 12 - 02:35 AM adding my bit to the Mudcat mojo love from sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: John J Date: 15 Jan 12 - 10:25 AM What a dreadful weight to bear. My very best wishes and kind thoughts to you all. JJ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 19 Jan 12 - 04:14 AM Doing our best to remain positive...not always succeeding...our lives 'on hold' for the moment whilst the doctors do what they need to do. Taking it a day at a time. Much Love to all Mudcatters who are supporting us...it's good to know you're out there, Nigel & Ann Paterson xx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 19 Jan 12 - 04:43 AM May you all find the strength to come through this trial. You have my prayers too. keith. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 19 Jan 12 - 07:11 AM The power of prayer can work miracles and we pray for one for your daughter. Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: W y s i w y G ! Date: 19 Jan 12 - 07:26 AM Watch close for the blessings. You will see things we can only see in these challenges, and they will mean so much to you, later. Love, ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 19 Jan 12 - 11:42 AM Still praying, hoping. and sending love. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 19 Jan 12 - 01:39 PM Ditto that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 20 Jan 12 - 12:47 PM Our Daughter, Jane, begins her chemotherapy treatment this coming Monday. Six sessions, spread over 18 weeks. She is very upbeat & positive...We're all very proud of her. And we're all very proud of The Mudcatters too...where would we be without you. Ann & I would love to meet you all one day. Probably be the biggest 'Group Hug' in history! I won't be able to post over the next month...would anyone be willing to keep the thread active in my absence? Maybe, one or two of you could take it in turns. Jane's treatment enters a critical phase now, so she really does need as much Love & Support as you can spare. From the Bottom of our Hearts, Ann & I thank you & trust that your lives are free from pain & distress, Nigel & Ann Paterson xxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 20 Jan 12 - 12:55 PM I'll take care of that for you, Nigel. No thanks necessary. We'll keep Jane, Ann and you in our thoughts and prayers. Bruce |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:13 PM Best thoughts and regards as always from Charlie in Scotland. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 20 Jan 12 - 06:28 PM Take care of you and yours. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,olddude Date: 20 Jan 12 - 06:33 PM Nigel You daughter and your family are in my prayers every night. Please know that you folks are very much loved. Anything we can do just let us know God Bless Dan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 20 Jan 12 - 10:56 PM Well, I'm going to thank you, Bruce! It helps me remember to pray when threads are refreshed, even though I don't always add a comment. Nigel, Ann, I'll continue to pray and hope for the best possible outcome for your daughter and strength for all of you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Jan 12 - 11:04 PM All our best to Jane. Let every speck of cancer be eradicated by these treatments. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 21 Jan 12 - 04:40 AM Thanks Bruce...now we know things are in good hands. And continuing thanks to all of you who are staying with this thread. Jane starts her chemo this coming Monday. Six sessions spread over 18 weeks. She remains incredibly positive which is a great credit to her. I would be falling apart by now! Much Love to All, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Jan 12 - 10:15 AM Keeping the good thoughts going. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jan 12 - 02:36 PM More thoughts and thanks givings from here, too. I *see* the good cells flowing through her body, leaving room only for good health and relief. kat in Colorado |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 21 Jan 12 - 03:36 PM continued prayer.God bless. pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 21 Jan 12 - 08:48 PM Every night before I fall asleep I say a prayer for Jane. Sounds like you have one incredibly strong gal there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 21 Jan 12 - 10:31 PM Still have my good thoughts and mindfulness, Nigel, for all of you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 22 Jan 12 - 12:41 AM & mine |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 22 Jan 12 - 07:23 AM I have put her name on our church Friday prayer list. We will ontinue our prayers for her and those who support her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Jan 12 - 01:12 PM Still here of course.......Strong daughter you have there Nigel. Bruce and many others will keep this one going. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 22 Jan 12 - 10:50 PM Continuing and grateful for the reminders. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 23 Jan 12 - 10:00 AM Looks to be the thread's doing fine, Nigel. When you can, please let us all know of Jane's progress. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 23 Jan 12 - 06:13 PM I only saw this thread this afternoon. Today will have been the first day of chemo. Nigel and Ann, may the healing hand of the Almighty be on your child Jane, particularly during the next 18 weeks. I intend to keep her and you very much in my daily devotions. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: alison Date: 24 Jan 12 - 06:18 AM more thoughts and prayers from over here in Oz slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 24 Jan 12 - 11:23 AM Hope you recieve a positive outcome, healing thoghts to you and your family. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 24 Jan 12 - 11:41 AM Still here in Dunfermline thinking of you . Charlie fB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:51 PM Ditto. Jane and your family were in my prayers last night. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 24 Jan 12 - 09:09 PM Nigel, in a posting of 18 Jan 2012 you told a friend (Tom) of the illness of your wife's daughter and of your having to care for grandchildren. Am I to presume that it was Jane you were there talking about and that the grandchildren in question are her children? I post this with the good intention of giving more of an identity to the main person for whom we are all praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 09:28 PM My continued thoughts and prayers. And, could a mod change the thread title to reflect who we are caring about please? It seems rather impersonal even tho it was obviously not intended in any way to be such. These threads are about friends. They should be named in the thread title. Sorry if that offends in ANY way ANYbody. Just the way I feel... late at night... caring about friends. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 25 Jan 12 - 12:17 AM Gnu, I'm with you on wishing the names of people were in the thread title. And my prayers continue. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 25 Jan 12 - 03:50 PM Refresh in case Nigel has a minute on computer. Keep on hanging in, buddy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Jan 12 - 02:51 PM Keeping this thread up top. Thinking of you and family, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 27 Jan 12 - 04:43 AM Thinking of Jane, Nigel, and Ann this morning, as well as looking for wisdom for Jane's doctors. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Bonzo3legs Date: 27 Jan 12 - 04:53 AM Warmest healing thoughts, any alternative healing? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 27 Jan 12 - 06:33 PM another prayer offered for healing and resilience in this troubling time. pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 28 Jan 12 - 08:43 AM Still here and sending healing thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 29 Jan 12 - 07:28 AM Good morning, Jane and family. The sun is shining and your friends are thinking of you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 29 Jan 12 - 05:33 PM Yes, indeed. Sending love and continuing prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 30 Jan 12 - 12:58 PM ChanteyLass, I gladly take the baton from you and move on into another day of prayer for Jane. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 30 Jan 12 - 01:22 PM Still sending you love and healing thoughts. David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 30 Jan 12 - 02:04 PM Still in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 01 Feb 12 - 04:32 PM Jane is still prominent in my daily devotions. But, c'mon Mudcatters, we need to keep this thread near the top of the list every day. So, dear Sandra in Sydney and you, my buddy banjoman, let us hear from you again as soon as time permits! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 01 Feb 12 - 08:05 PM Just stopped in to say I hope everything is going well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 01 Feb 12 - 11:18 PM Thank you for that good news, 999. Prayers continue! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 02 Feb 12 - 06:44 AM back again with more good wishes sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 02 Feb 12 - 12:48 PM Thinking of you all right now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 02 Feb 12 - 02:04 PM ChanteyLass, what good news? I thought that 999 was merely hoping (not reporting) that all is going well! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 02 Feb 12 - 08:33 PM Oh, you are right, Manuel! I read 999's post very literally and thought he'd "stopped In" at the home of someone who had good news and told that person he hoped everything was going well. On rereading his comment I guess he meant he was "stopped in" at Mudcat. Sigh. Regardless, prayers continue! (This is what happens when I read and post at 11:18 PM.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 03 Feb 12 - 09:29 AM I wish I had. As yet I've heard nothing from Nigel, but I expect he has no access to a computer. I'm sure though that if he gets around to one Mudcat will be somewhere on his touch-base list. Also, if a mod could pls remove my 02 Feb 12 - 11:27 PM post? I'd meant it for another thread. Screwed up. Sorry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 04 Feb 12 - 07:11 AM Good snowy Maine morning to you, Jane, Nigel, and Ann. We know you'll stop by Mudcat when there is time and energy left over from taking care of family needs. For now, just breathe and love and remember that you are not alone. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 04 Feb 12 - 09:41 AM what maeve said. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 04 Feb 12 - 11:31 AM Ditto what Maeve said. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 04 Feb 12 - 01:15 PM another prayer offered. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 04 Feb 12 - 01:17 PM And again! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 04 Feb 12 - 04:12 PM Thinking of you here in potentially snowy Scotland. ATB from fB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 05 Feb 12 - 05:51 AM It's a dark Sunday morning in Maine, but somewhere the sun is bright. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 05 Feb 12 - 04:48 PM And now it's getting toward dusk in Maine. Still keepingyou all in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Big Al Whittle Date: 05 Feb 12 - 05:51 PM never really done prayers since i was a kid, But I'll try. so sorry for you. al |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 05 Feb 12 - 06:25 PM Maeve, it's still shining brightly here (albeit from the west at this time of day) in Central America, from which a quiet prayer went up for Jane, and others, at the crack of dawn. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 05 Feb 12 - 07:11 PM Hoping for the best as well! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Jeri Date: 05 Feb 12 - 07:37 PM I always think I've posted because I thought at the thread, then find I never said anything. I'll hold Jane in my heart, and hope things go well for her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 06 Feb 12 - 06:42 AM Still offering prayers for you and all your family. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Feb 12 - 10:58 PM Same here, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 07 Feb 12 - 11:58 AM If, as Nigel said, there are to be six chemo sessions in an eighteen-week period, the second session must be a week or less away by now. I pray that it will prove of great benefit to her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 08 Feb 12 - 04:54 AM Sure hope so, Manuel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 08 Feb 12 - 06:36 AM Dont stop praying. Your prayers never go unheeded |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 08 Feb 12 - 08:26 AM Thoughts still coming from Maine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: KT Date: 08 Feb 12 - 05:52 PM Thinking of you all, and holding you in thought and prayer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Joybell Date: 08 Feb 12 - 05:59 PM Thoughts and best wishes from me too. Joy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 08 Feb 12 - 07:29 PM Just think of us as mice; for each person's post you see, there are ten, twenty, an hundred more of us thinking, praying, hoping on your behalf. Squeak! ~()> |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 08 Feb 12 - 11:59 PM That's for sure! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 09 Feb 12 - 02:56 AM another squeak |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: VirginiaTam Date: 09 Feb 12 - 03:27 AM Still peeking in from time to time. Every time I see the thread title My thoughts got to Nigel's daughter and the family, friends and medical professionals looking after her. More healing energy to the entire orbit of folks surrounding her with love and care. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,moira(flyingcat) Date: 09 Feb 12 - 04:31 AM I've just seen this thread and add my best thoughts and prayers to jane, nigel and ann for what they are all going through. I found the support I got from catters and f/b friends when my brother was so ill helped so much. My sister in law was astonished that so many peoople were praying for him. I'ts like a warm blanket flowing over you. Hope everything is going well Jane xx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 09 Feb 12 - 05:18 AM More prayers and thoughts from freezing France. David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 09 Feb 12 - 12:38 PM Nigel, I'm still saying prayers for Jane and the rest of y'all. Don't mean I'll be attending church, but if there is a big kahuna, I don't expect that will matter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 09 Feb 12 - 01:55 PM Still on deck here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,suzi Date: 09 Feb 12 - 06:20 PM Prayers and healing thoughts coming your way for your daughter, and strength for you, her mum, and her children too. Luv and ((((HUGS)))) x |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 09 Feb 12 - 06:31 PM the Lord bless you and keep you..and give you peace. numbers 6 vs24-26 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 10 Feb 12 - 08:45 AM Another mouse checking in. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 10 Feb 12 - 09:20 AM Still praying . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Maryrrf Date: 10 Feb 12 - 09:30 AM Also checking and sending good wishes for your daughter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 10 Feb 12 - 02:34 PM What Mary just said. Charlie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: rumanci Date: 10 Feb 12 - 02:39 PM Holding you all close with prayers and thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 12 Feb 12 - 12:05 PM Sunny sky and cold winds in Maine, where I'm thinking of Jane and her family; many prayers, many voices, are gathering 'round you all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 Feb 12 - 12:54 PM Thinking of you all, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 12 Feb 12 - 08:22 PM Walking alongside... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 12 Feb 12 - 10:17 PM Praying again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 Feb 12 - 03:42 AM Returned home late last night (12th Feb.) Grandchildren in fine form...a little TOO fine on occasions! Jane has her second chemo treatment today. We won't know anything much for at least a week or two. Apologies for the extended silence...no computer. Ann & I are overwhelmed by your Love & Support. We thank you all from the bottom of our Hearts. More news as & when... With Love, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 13 Feb 12 - 04:03 AM patiently awaiting the next installment love & hugs sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 13 Feb 12 - 07:31 AM Dont forget to include her in your prayers again today. Keep going |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 13 Feb 12 - 07:43 AM Did not forget, banjoman! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 13 Feb 12 - 08:14 AM Time gives us perspective to put things in. I trust you are all hangin' in OK. Keep your spirits and your hearts positive. Keep well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 Feb 12 - 12:17 PM "Time gives us perspective to put things in". Bruce, you're so right...problem is, we don't know at this stage, just how much time we've got. We are 'hangin' in'...just...each in our own particular way. For Ann & I, one of the hardest things is just getting on with the daily chores. The laundry piles up, the dusting doesn't get done, sink's full of washing up. All these humdrum activities simply fade into the background...our every waking thought & every ounce of energy occupied by Life's greatest challenge. It's good to know that you're all out there...stay with us, please, With Love, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 13 Feb 12 - 01:27 PM Certainly, Nigel... Ts&Ps continue. Keep the faith. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 13 Feb 12 - 04:35 PM Good thoughts still continuing Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:26 PM Thanks for taking the time to check in, Nigel. Holding all of you in mindful awareness every day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:33 PM still with you and praying pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,olddude Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:45 PM In my thoughts, in my heart and in my prayers |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:56 PM In my prayers, too. Thank you for the update. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 14 Feb 12 - 05:28 PM Another boost for Jane, Ann, and Nigel |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 15 Feb 12 - 03:48 AM Ann & I visited Jane yesterday, following her second chemo session. She looked so well (my Grandmother would have said: "Bonnie"). The mismatch between internal & external...one of Life's great ironies. Stay Close, With Love, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 15 Feb 12 - 04:22 AM thinking of you |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 15 Feb 12 - 08:31 AM ♥♥♥♥ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 15 Feb 12 - 08:37 AM Nigel, glad to know that she is nearer, in terms of geographical fact, than before, so that you are now back at home and yet able to visit with her at the facility where she is undergoing the chemo. The prayers continue unabated. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 15 Feb 12 - 09:55 AM I'm thinking often of you good folks, all of you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 15 Feb 12 - 07:03 PM Sending love and more prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 16 Feb 12 - 06:13 AM As a musician, 'Time' has always been a friend.....now, it takes on extra meanings which I don't much like, Struggling a bit today...we both are, Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 16 Feb 12 - 10:48 AM Nigel, now that we speak of friends, let us never forget: "What a friend we have in Jesus!" With Him as our friend, we shall never walk alone! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 16 Feb 12 - 01:50 PM Concentrating on the Now, Right Here, Right Now, I am giving thanks for a lessening of stress, worry, all pain and suffering. This, or something better, for the highest good of all concerned. So mote it be! With much love, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:39 PM In spite of all our prayers, some days are bound to be worse than others. I hope all our prayers mean that there will be fewer bad days. I'm sorry that this was one of them. And I'm still praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 17 Feb 12 - 03:14 AM Woke up early this morning with a head full of thoughts & 'what ifs' which I really didn't want to confront or have to deal with. However, one of the thoughts needs to be shared here. This 'Ship of Hope' which I launched on Jan. 12th, whilst we know it's probable final destination, the time taken to reach our ultimate port of call remains, and will almost certainly remain, unknown for some time to come. The voyage could be longer than we had anticipated, the seas hostile & rough, supplies could run low...it feels unreasonable of me to expect all of you currently 'on board' to remain so until we drop that final anchor. Maybe you could join me in my metaphor & let me know how you feel about this. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 17 Feb 12 - 06:48 AM I think I speak for most contributors to this thread - when I say that we signed on for the journey no matter how long it takes. You need support and prayer for yourselves as well as for Jane, and I know that you are included in all our prayers and best wishes. Your ship of hope has a first rate skipper in yourself, and a trusting and dedicated crew. We will keep you in mind even if you feel you may have to stop contributing to this thread. Bset wishes to you both Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 17 Feb 12 - 07:09 AM I ain't leavin. I don't post every day but I am onboard every day. This is the first thread I look for. Some days, I only read your post(s) and go on. Heave round to the wind. (I ain't a salt at all... just recalling a song about getting home in a storm.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 17 Feb 12 - 07:35 AM Here for the duration Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 17 Feb 12 - 07:42 AM Still with you in Scotland, Nigel. The Very Best Regards from Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 17 Feb 12 - 10:08 AM "it feels unreasonable of me to expect all of you currently 'on board' to remain so until we drop that final anchor." Nigel, I was on-call for 15 years as a volunteer firefighter. Of the 8760 hours in a year I spent 2000 of them working at a job I couldn't leave. I also spent 500 hours out of the province or otherwise indisposed. That left 6260 hours when I answered the pager. I don't think keeping your daughter, your missus and you in my thoughts for however long you need it will be much of an inconvenience if you know what I mean. In the words of my grandmother, "Are you daft?" Friendship doesn't look at clocks. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 17 Feb 12 - 10:32 AM Still thinking of you and your family every day. Read your posts even if I don't contribute. Sending good thoughts and hugs. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 17 Feb 12 - 01:08 PM Nigel, thanks for telling us of your thoughts and concerns for us. I echo what Pete/Banjoman said...in it for the long haul, that's what life really is anyway, isn't it? Prayers, good thoughts, thanks givings...these cost nothing and whatever good we each send out can return to us threefold or more. That's NOT why most of us offer it, but it is said to show you it is NOT a burden to help in this way, as we are each able. Fair sailing through thick and thin, stormy, sunny, and in-between to land on the shore, wherever and whatever that may be, we are here with you. With all good wishes for Peace Profound, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 17 Feb 12 - 04:34 PM most all of us currently have or have had stormy seas to traverse.this leads to empathy with others tossed around on an ocean of turmoil, and prayer infused with love and compassion.God bless you. pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 17 Feb 12 - 09:50 PM I'm not jumping ship! Prayers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 18 Feb 12 - 04:21 AM My Dear Friends...What a Crew! I couldn't have hand-picked a better one! As we voyage together, along with your intercessions & words of wisdom, perhaps we could also include the occasional: "You'll never guess what happened to me today" type of thing or a simple reflection on how your day has gone...I'll endeavour to do the same. Whilst my feet are firmly planted on the deck of this wondrous vessel, I don't want to forget what dry land feels like. With Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann Paterson. PS Please don't feel obliged to engage or play with this nautical metaphor once it's served it's purpose. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 18 Feb 12 - 08:10 AM What others have already said, Nigel.... Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Maryrrf Date: 18 Feb 12 - 09:07 AM I also remember your family daily in my prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 18 Feb 12 - 09:12 AM Good morning, Nigel and Ann. I reckon it's spring here in Maine, because: *The skunks are on the move, with their "perfume" wafting along the road *Black-capped Chickadees are singing their spring song *We have tulips, crocus, and daffodils on our windowsills *Our bantams have begun laying again *The seedling tomato we potted up in November is full of ripe, golden, "Garden Peach" tomatoes... inside...by our south windows. Carpe deum! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 18 Feb 12 - 09:31 AM Can't make up its mind here whether it's gonna be winter or become spring. Knowing Canada, it'll get right nasty later, thaw for a few hours, freeze overnight and be just fine for skating whether or not ya want to. Only fell on me arse once this winter. Had nowt to do with weather. It ain't the vodka that gets ya, it's those darned steppes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 18 Feb 12 - 11:41 AM Saturday afternoon...a wet, chilly East London...not much to lift the spirits, so a clumsy attempt at poetry will have to suffice. "Walk beside me, hold my hand. We're using time that wasn't planned. Don't walk behind & force my pace, There is no need for us to race. And if in front your feet should stray, Hold back, slow down, don't run away. So walk beside me, touch my face And feel the warmth of my embrace As walking side by side forever Binds so tight that none can sever". Ann is spending the weekend with Jane...just Mother & Daughter together, so I had them both very much in mind as the lines above took shape. Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 18 Feb 12 - 05:04 PM if that was clumsy nigel it was very good clumsy. i did,nt realize you are almost a neighbour;i live in the dartford area so like you had wet weather.nice and breezy AM so made the mistake of putting the washing out! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 18 Feb 12 - 05:08 PM Holdings hands is what this thread is about. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 18 Feb 12 - 08:55 PM ditto |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 18 Feb 12 - 09:24 PM I was thinking about all things nautical today, but mostly the music. Today was the start of the first weekend since Mystic Seaport reopened on Thursday, so that's where I spent the day. The weather was beautiful: not too cold but with a brisk wind. Now I'm home, remembering you, and praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 19 Feb 12 - 05:55 AM SUNday is certainly living up to it's name...wall to wall blue skies...barely a cloud to mar the view here in London. Too early to splice the mainbrace, but much to admire when the countryside is bathed in glorious sunshine & yes, my spirits have been given a boost. Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. PS Thanks gnu...hit the nail right on the head! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 19 Feb 12 - 06:06 AM ChanteyLass, my apologies, I forgot to say that your references to: "...all things nautical" combined with Music & finally your prayers fitted so well with the sun streaming through my window. With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 19 Feb 12 - 06:23 AM Sunday - weather is fine & sunny. Played music at vigil service last evening & met a priest visiting from Africa. He gave a sermon about people ignoring each other in Church. Reminded him of the wealth of people (This site) who really do care for each other. Anyway - his prayers are now included for Jane. It suddenly dawned on me that a lot of people are praying for me, and probably lots of others on this thread who have health problems. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,Manuel Date: 19 Feb 12 - 10:42 AM To no one in particular: "The little boy lost in the lonely fen, Led by the wandering light, Began to cry; but God, ever nigh, Appeared like his father, in white." William Blake, "The Little Boy Found" (A M Wilkinson, "William Blake: Songs of Innocence and of Experience", University Tutorial Press, 1958. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 19 Feb 12 - 09:20 PM I am glad you had a sunny day and that your spirits brightened. I wish you many more sunny days. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 20 Feb 12 - 05:18 AM Monday morning & the sun is still shining. Two days in a row...that's nothing short of a miracle for the UK! My mind is suddenly filled with an image of Jane, standing in some wide open space, way out in the countryside, bathed in sunlight. As she stands there, the rays of the sun gently heal her...wouldn't that be something. With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 20 Feb 12 - 08:25 AM Nigel - try to retain that image - healing can come from all sorts of places. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 20 Feb 12 - 03:44 PM The sunshine just broke through the clouds. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 20 Feb 12 - 09:12 PM Praying for more sunny days and healing rays. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 21 Feb 12 - 12:25 AM As jacqui said, that is a GREAT visualisation to hold onto! Your poem went straight to my heart. How beautiful, loving, and poignant. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Our part of Colorado is laughingly called the Banana Belt for its mild winters. Yesterday we had a raw, cold wind with huge grey clouds filling the sky. This morning we woke to 2-3 inches of snow, BUT a bright sunny, deeply blue Colorado sky and it was gloriously beautiful. Most of the snow is gone and the sun has remained. Each night, my grandson and I read to one another over the telephone, then I sing him a couple of lullies, and we say a prayer of giving thanks, part of which includes, "...we give thanks for blessings for all of our families and friends..." May it be so for all of us, esp. Jane, Nigel, and Ann. kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 21 Feb 12 - 05:46 AM You wonderful people never cease to amaze me...your words of wisdom so eloquently expressed...your intercessions & your desire to 'crew this ship' on it's voyage of hope...it takes my breath away. I'm reminded at this point that I always write in the 'first person', but rest assured, my beloved wife, Ann is standing shoulder to shoulder with me at the helm. I've received PMs, emails, handmade, thought- filled gifts...what more could I ask for. We voyage onwards, but there are rough seas ahead. The latest weather forecast anticipates testing times. With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 21 Feb 12 - 05:48 AM Keep this thread active with prayer and good wishes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 21 Feb 12 - 05:59 AM Keeping the thread active or 'alive' becomes a metaphor in itself, don't you think? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 21 Feb 12 - 11:07 PM This is the first thread I opened tonight. With Mudcat being slow, I am picking and choosing more carefully than ever. I wanted to make sure you knew I'm still praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 22 Feb 12 - 05:14 AM You all are in my thoughts and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 22 Feb 12 - 07:51 AM I'm not a "God-fearing" man...not too keen on labels either, but if pushed, I would describe myself as a Humanist. I worship at the church of Life & Nature. I do, however, believe fervently in the power & integrity of The Human Condition, which includes our desire & ability to 'do whatever is needed to alleviate the suffering of others'. This thread underscores that 'desire & ability' in ways I have rarely experienced in my 64 years. Please continue with your intercessions, your prayers, your meditations, your positive thinking...whatever it is you do when you reach out to that 'needy other'. Ann & I try to visualise all of you every day...a sea of smiling, welcoming, compassionate faces. Knowing you're all there is a great comfort...stay close, With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 22 Feb 12 - 09:45 AM Nigel, that's about where I'm at, too. But you said it better than me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 22 Feb 12 - 03:54 PM continuing to pray whatever your faith position.i appreciate you inviting those of us who do believe on board as well.pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 22 Feb 12 - 04:48 PM You're a good man, Pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 22 Feb 12 - 07:58 PM Keeping at it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 23 Feb 12 - 03:22 AM Good people are Good People, pete. You're surely welcome on our 'Ship of Hope' with it's Rainbow Crew. Ditto what 9 said. With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 23 Feb 12 - 05:52 AM Difficult couple of days...tests...paucity of any meaningful information...feels like we've both let go the helm & allowed our ship to drift with the wind & tide. I'll be in my cabin if you need me. In the meantime, Bosun Bruce, would you take command please? With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 23 Feb 12 - 06:21 AM Sometimes that's the thing to do in a storm, Nigel. When the winds die down a bit you'll take care of what's next. Keeping watch here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 23 Feb 12 - 07:51 AM We got you covered, Nigel. Love and prayers for you all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 23 Feb 12 - 09:47 AM Thanks Bruce...don't take your eye off that compass now. And keep a sharp lookout for squalls ahead. With Love, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 23 Feb 12 - 02:43 PM "...don't take your eye off that compass now" Bruce, that's not a literal kind of thing. Put your eye back in your face, and keep watch. Got it? Whew! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 23 Feb 12 - 06:48 PM Now I'm praying for meaningful information from tests. It seems a shame to have to endure them and not get clear results. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 23 Feb 12 - 07:09 PM "Bruce, that's not a literal kind of thing. Put your eye back in your face, and keep watch. Got it?" Sheesh, Maeve, tell me NOW! Nigel, Ann and Jane surely know by now there's a gang of us pulling for all of them. And we'll continue to keep doing so. Our mamas didn't raise no quitters (and neither did theirs). Good people do good things. This is a good thing. We'll keep taking care of the thoughts and prayers for y'all and you three take care of business. LABW [love and best wishes], The gang. PS I don't presume to speak for the group, and I pondered this post for a while as a result, but I think it safe enough given the quality of the folk hereabouts. LAVBW |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Bobert Date: 23 Feb 12 - 07:22 PM Hang tough and kick butt... One day (and kick) at a time... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 24 Feb 12 - 04:04 AM Maeve & Bruce, your humour is so welcome. Even in the bleakest of times, there are still opportunities for laughter & smiles. Bobert, You've got it in one...I don't think Ann & I could cope any other way. There are, however, one or two butts that I would like to kick more than once on the same day! Much Love to All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 24 Feb 12 - 04:32 AM We've just made 200 posts...that really is quite amazing. And I forgot to say earlier that I haven't composed anything new for months, until yesterday afternoon, when I managed to cobble together 36 bars of an instrumental piece. A modest beginning, but at least it's a start. I really felt the need to create. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 24 Feb 12 - 08:25 AM Create away! It's good for the soul. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 24 Feb 12 - 04:23 PM wishing you continued creativity that will encourage you through. still praying .pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 24 Feb 12 - 06:35 PM We are still on board with prayers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 25 Feb 12 - 06:05 AM Creating something new, which in my case, happens to be a piece of Music, takes me to a 'different place' for an hour or two & reminds me that despite everything, Life DOES go on. Over the past few months, our Lives have been changed in ways we could never have imagined or anticipated, but by acknowledging the fact that "Life Goes On", actually enables us to support Jane all the better. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 25 Feb 12 - 08:57 AM "I managed to cobble together 36 bars" I did that one week in the 1960s. And 'cobble together' is the right term for it, buddy. Worst hangover I ever had. Music is a key to understanding, or at least a method of sorting things out. When my youngest had that cyst growing in her head, I turned to music and my guitar because there was no where else to turn. Often there IS no where else to turn. And writing/composing lets ya say what ya want without the need for words, none of which ever seem 'right' anyway. When you finish the piece, I hope to hear it. BM |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 25 Feb 12 - 01:31 PM I can't play an instrument or carry a tune, but music has helped to heal my spirit on many occasions.I wonder if creating it feels like a prayer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 25 Feb 12 - 04:03 PM Still here and with you in Dunfermline. Charlie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 26 Feb 12 - 07:19 AM Been away for a few days but not forgotten to keep you all in mind |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 26 Feb 12 - 10:20 AM The piece I'm working on is inspired by this thread & the Good People who have become such a vital & integral part...my Rainbow Crew. Please be patient, I don't work very quickly, but when it's finished, you will be the first to know. It's dedicated to all of you...the best way I know to say thank you for your compassion, love, prayers, healing thoughts...anything you've done to make Jane whole again. A working title might even be: "The Rainbow Crew"...what do you think? With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 26 Feb 12 - 12:07 PM Sounds good to me. More prayers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Feb 12 - 12:30 PM I agree with ChanteyLass. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 26 Feb 12 - 01:11 PM Looking forward to hearing it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 27 Feb 12 - 03:49 AM Still thinking of you. Rainbow crew sounds like a great idea for the title. Hopeful creating the piece is helping you relax just a little in this very hard time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 27 Feb 12 - 04:13 AM Nigel,I'm going into town this week,I'll be near Notre Dame. I'll light a candle for you. David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 27 Feb 12 - 11:12 AM the rainbow in genesis has to do with renewed hope; and a crew is a collection of people working together-in your context toward that hope realized.so IMO a very apt title. praying pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 27 Feb 12 - 11:13 AM David, I'm assuming the 'Notre Dame' to which you refer is in Paris. A beautiful city that Ann & I have visited many times, including Notre Dame. Whether one is a 'believer' or not, it is virtually impossible not to be overawed. Your candle will shine some welcome light into a shadowy corner of our lives. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 27 Feb 12 - 08:08 PM lovely town to visit, David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 27 Feb 12 - 09:21 PM A candle in Notre Dame! Lovely! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Genie Date: 27 Feb 12 - 11:56 PM Nigel Paterson, I'm not especially good at visualizing (being stronger in auditory processing), but as much as I can I will keep your image - Jane standing in some wide open space, way out in the countryside, bathed in sunlight, with the rays of sun gently healing her - in my mind. And if I can "audiolize" some healing music to go with it, I will do that too. Prayers and healing thoughts coming to all of you. Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 28 Feb 12 - 05:22 AM I've never met another Mudcatter in Paris,BOO HOO! As for believing,I'm a bit of a floating voter. But,it's a great feeling to go into Notre Dame,find a quiet corner and sit, and let one's mind go wherever it needs to. Healing thoughts and ....well,you know! David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: alanabit Date: 28 Feb 12 - 05:32 AM Nigel - what the rest said. Willing kindness and warmth to your daughter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 28 Feb 12 - 07:16 AM Ann & I went right back to the start of this thread & re-read every post. There's something very special happening here. We still find it incredible that so many Good People are prepared to support us, intercede for us or simply pass the time of day with us. Despite the horrors that we read in our papers & watch on the TV News, my belief that Humankind is fundamentally good in it's intentions remains unshakable. The microcosm that is this thread proves that over & over, day after day after day. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 28 Feb 12 - 10:44 AM Back at ya Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 28 Feb 12 - 10:47 AM Jacqui took my line. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 28 Feb 12 - 11:43 AM I've spent several hours today shredding redundant paperwork. Although somewhat noisy, I found it surprisingly relaxing & distracting. Had to stop eventually as the shredder became hot enough to cook on! I do recommend it as a short term panacea...the operative words being: 'short term'. The all-encompassing reality of Jane & her health confronts us, which ever way we turn. As each day passes, that realisation bears down upon us insidiously & inexorably. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 28 Feb 12 - 12:36 PM I refuse to shred my mountain. I am gonna wait until the 8th anniversary of closing my company and have bonfire. Might even invite Revenue Canada. There's one auditor there I would like to accidently nudge into the fire. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 28 Feb 12 - 08:41 PM Do whatever comforts you! Prayers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Bobert Date: 28 Feb 12 - 10:01 PM Hanging with ya!!! Just quietly... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 29 Feb 12 - 04:28 AM gnu, there are a couple of doctors who might be joining your 'Revenue Men' on the bonfire. I rather like the idea of an 'accidental' nudge! And just for the record, I shredded all my cell phone bills going back as far as 2001. At least now they might be recycled into something useful! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 29 Feb 12 - 11:14 AM I've made my Rog promise to cremate everything of mine which he or my children and friends don't want. (I don't like the idea of anything I've held dear just going into a rubbish heap or sent off to charity, though I have no problem doing either as I live and breath!:-)I 'spose that could include a lot of paper, but I tend to shred on a regular basis. Nigel, I hope there will be a way for us to hear your composition, soon. When I first started writing for publication etc., I found my best stuff came out of great strife, joy, or challenges. The high emotions fed the creative muse. Now, for my own sake, it's better that I do it as a matter of course, though there are still those *sparks* which guide and inspire. I am glad you have found such an outlet as you, Ann, and Jane go through these rough seas. With thanks givings for ease of hearts, minds, and spirits, luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 29 Feb 12 - 12:29 PM For inclusion under the title: "You'll never guess what happened to me....." Last night/this morning (00.01) to be precise, Mrs.P & I are safely tucked up in bed & the phone rings. As you can imagine, with our current situation being what it is, a call at this hour tends to up the old heart rate a notch or six. It wasn't the hospital, it wasn't our Son-in-Law...it was our telephone service provider reminding us, courtesy of a recorded message, that they would be coming round next week to upgrade our landline...AT ONE MINUTE PAST BLOODY MIDNIGHT! I lodged a very strongly worded complaint as soon as they were open for business this morning. As soon as I hear anything, I'll let you all know just how far between their legs they were prepared to put their tail! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 29 Feb 12 - 03:55 PM LOL Nigel. Go get 'em melad. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 29 Feb 12 - 06:17 PM "I am Nigel, hear me roar..." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 29 Feb 12 - 06:23 PM Midnight? The actual phone company? How bloody RUDE! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 29 Feb 12 - 06:43 PM Something else to pray for: no foolish calls in the middle of the night. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 01 Mar 12 - 04:04 AM Except for a strike on the D train,my line,all went according to plan. I slipped into Notre Dame,not too many people,and lit a candle,sat for about half an hour,then went home. I hope it helps just a little. Still sending possitive vibes to you,Nigel and Ann David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 01 Mar 12 - 06:37 AM Its womens world day of prayer tomorrow (Friday) so we have asked our local service to remember you in their prayers. Found out today how sharp a rabbits teeth are when one of the little blighters (we have three) decided to attack? Its great to hold a small animal and it can be very relaxing - may be worth a try to releive stress. Love & best wishes Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 01 Mar 12 - 07:29 AM Pete, a big hug from my Darling Wife is the best stress reliever I know. Not sure whether that puts her in the 'small animal' category though! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 01 Mar 12 - 09:30 AM "...a big hug from my Darling Wife is the best stress reliever I know..." I hereby prescribe mutual hugs with your Darling Wife, to be enjoyed a minimum of four times per day; to be increased as needed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 01 Mar 12 - 10:59 AM Maeve, have been to the pharmacy, your prescription has been dispensed. Hugging has commenced! By the by, to anyone reading this post, 'Hugging' is NOT a euphemism ;) With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 01 Mar 12 - 01:33 PM {{{{{{BEAR HUG}}}}}} (ya'll join in!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 01 Mar 12 - 10:35 PM Okay, Kat, I'll join! Virtual hugs and real prayers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,It's c-c-c-c-old Date: 01 Mar 12 - 11:48 PM "Hugging' is NOT a euphemism" Yeah, riiiight. Never been in 50 below, have ya! Love ya, and think of y'all every day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 02 Mar 12 - 09:35 AM Still thinking of you, hope things are not to bad. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 02 Mar 12 - 10:56 AM Jane has had two scans this week. We await the results with bated breath. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 02 Mar 12 - 04:52 PM I am sure everyone who reads this thread does too, Nigel. Fingers crossed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 02 Mar 12 - 05:32 PM still here ,still praying.pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 02 Mar 12 - 10:19 PM Gasp! Can't hold my breath. Need it for praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 03 Mar 12 - 11:18 AM There's something I've been wanting to say for weeks, but words like 'mawkish' & 'maudlin' keep getting in the way, but finally, here goes. In high school I was bullied incessantly from the age of 12 until 16. The physical pain is long gone, but some of the psychological wounds remain unhealed to this very day. Gradually, over time, one by one, my 'friends' deserted me. Understandable really...if they were seen fraternising with me, they got beaten up. Why am I writing about this? Well, all You Good People reading this have become/replaced the friends I lost (And never regained). I know the circumstances are completely different, but it's your persistence, loyalty, compassion, love & humour...qualities I have always looked for & treasured, that you bring to me every day via this thread. It's strange yet true that a large group of people, most of whom I will never meet, have become the dearest, most trusted Friends a man could ever wish for. May the goodness You bestow on Jane , Ann & Myself be reinvested one hundredfold on your Families & in your Lives. With Love to our Rainbow Crew, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 03 Mar 12 - 11:46 AM Needed Kleenex after that. ################# "By the by, to anyone reading this post, 'Hugging' is NOT a euphemism ;)" Suuurrree, pal. We believe ya! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: LilyFestre Date: 03 Mar 12 - 11:59 AM Mudcat is full of amazingly caring, supportive people! It's a family all of it's own. Mostly good folks with a couple of nuts thrown in to keep things interesting! ;) Still thinkin' lots of good things and keeping you all in my prayers. Much love, Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 03 Mar 12 - 01:17 PM 9... I'm Puffs man, myself. Puffs Plus Lotion, actually. they come on sale at Costco quite often. Higher quality tissue. And, they are not interlaced, which I prefer. When I reach for a Kleenex in the dark and get a half of one and have to fumble with the box, all the while becoming more awake and more pissed off... just try Puffs. Thank youfor sharing, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 03 Mar 12 - 02:22 PM Nigel, you should make one of those It Gets Better videos! Praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 03 Mar 12 - 04:04 PM i used to get some of that treatment nigel around the same years.i was fortunate though in that i joined a boxing club.the bullies did'nt know what to do with a straight left! mind you it did'nt help much at sea cadets when a boy from the "approved school" challenged me and kicked my face in.no gentlemanly fisticuffs there! i bowed out of that organization after that. God bless pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 03 Mar 12 - 08:59 PM Nigel, We are honoured by your sharing and grateful to be those friends to you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 04 Mar 12 - 06:30 AM I suspect that GUEST's post at 2:58 was intended to be in a different thread. ******************** Good morning, Nigel, Ann, and Jane. Doves are calling outside as clouds of American Goldfinches gather in the cherry tree. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 04 Mar 12 - 07:58 AM I seem to have lost a post somewhere, I know I commented on David's plan to visit Notre Dame! still sending best wishes & hugs love from sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 04 Mar 12 - 08:22 AM This one, Sandra? ******* Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney - PM Date: 27 Feb 12 - 08:08 PM lovely town to visit, David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 04 Mar 12 - 08:55 PM Still here. Still praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 05 Mar 12 - 04:27 AM Sandra/maeve,Yes I did shuffle into town to do what I said I would. It was just like an early Spring day.Not too many people,and yes you're right Sandra,it is a lovely city to visit. Still sending good vibes to Nigel/Ann. PS.Hello to everyone here. David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 05 Mar 12 - 06:15 AM Yes, there was a 'rogue post' at 2:58, but the mods dealt with it very quickly. I've written to Joe & the Gang to thank them. This Thread has become something akin to the internet equivalent of Hallowed Ground as far as Ann & I are concerned. Could be one of the most significant days, Monday 5th March. Jane had two scans last week & the results are due today. Stay Close, Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 05 Mar 12 - 06:39 AM Here we are, walking alongside. Maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 05 Mar 12 - 07:07 AM May the results bring you some good news, praying hard for you all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 05 Mar 12 - 09:25 AM Still here and sending good thoughts to you all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 05 Mar 12 - 01:24 PM Thanks everyone...no news yet. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 05 Mar 12 - 01:34 PM I don't pray much but, sincerest thoughts & prayers for all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 05 Mar 12 - 10:55 PM Holding my breath--and praying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 06 Mar 12 - 03:39 AM waiting with you |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 06 Mar 12 - 04:02 AM Positive news...the Doctors have curtailed the spread of the cancer & the existing tumours are no larger...they've managed to press the clinical 'pause button'. (The operative word here is 'pause'.) In practical terms it gives The Family an opportunity to 'regroup' emotionally & consider what plans could be realistically made for the immediate future. The 'Big Picture' remains, but at least a significant part of that picture, has, for the time being, been modified in Jane's favour. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 06 Mar 12 - 04:25 AM You have gained a precious breath in time, Nigel. I'm sure Mudcat friends will be here as you all make good use of it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 06 Mar 12 - 04:49 AM Beautifully put, Maeve...exactly so. N&A xx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 06 Mar 12 - 05:46 AM great news - I hope you are able to make the most of every minute this news brings. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: jacqui.c Date: 06 Mar 12 - 08:19 AM Good news for you all Nigel. This gives, at least, a breathing space. Good thoughts still with you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 06 Mar 12 - 08:22 AM Can't add anything to those post so, ditto from here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Mar 12 - 10:11 AM Some light on a tough journey. Good to hear, Nigel. Thank you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 06 Mar 12 - 11:29 AM Glad to hear the news, positive thoughts still being sent your way |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 06 Mar 12 - 04:44 PM thanksgiving for this positive news and prayer for the future. God bless pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Mar 12 - 09:06 PM Very happy here too Nigel. I'm sure you know this but let me say it anyway. There are many of us here doing as I am.....following this thread every day and thinking of you and your family. I/We don't post all the time but sometimes I/we just don't know what to say. In whatever way we all do it, we are all behind you and I sincerely hope you can feel that. Also I still think an extra "T" in your name would enhance things but I think you're doing pretty well without it. Now if you need one I know that both Micca and myself would be happy to share! Big 'Cat hugs to all............ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 06 Mar 12 - 10:51 PM Releasing my breath and praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 07 Mar 12 - 12:23 AM Phew! ChanteyLass, glad you did...yer face was gettin' red!**bg** Nigel & Ann, really glad to hear the good news. Continued thanks giving for the perfect outworking for the highest good of all concerned. luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 07 Mar 12 - 05:45 AM I was watching Liverpool being beaten by Arsenal last weekend and heard the singing of "You'll never walk alone". Somehow my mind went to this thread and how appropriate a theme for it this would be. Any thoughts? Still keeping the prayers going Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 07 Mar 12 - 10:43 AM Yes Pete, I agree, but for me it has to be the 'Gerry & the Pacemakers' version! Maybe this would be a good time for Rainbow Crew members to suggest some appropriate song titles (any genre) that 'chime' with our Thread. Thank you for the continuing prayers. With Love, Nigel & Ann Paterson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 07 Mar 12 - 11:13 AM My Dear Spaw, I know without a shadow of a doubt that You're all out there. And I know too that finding the 'right words' can be terribly difficult. It's not necessary to check in every day...I can visualise you all in an instant & you become this huge human 'shawl' which Jane & Ann & myself can wrap tightly around our shoulders. Now, about an extra 'T' in my surname...over the years, I've become very attached to my single 'T' spelling. Doubling the 'T' is something I just could not do, regardless of any perceived benefits!! I'm grateful for the offer of an additional one, but adopt it I can't. If, however, you made me a 'T', I would happily display it with my other 'treasures'! ChanteyLass...how is your breathing? Normal inspiration/expiration from now on please! These lighter moments are an absolute delight, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Mar 12 - 11:54 AM I check the thread everyday, Nigel. Just don't always post. I'll send a rough cut to you in a minute or so. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Mar 12 - 12:04 PM Sent. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 07 Mar 12 - 03:12 PM "I check the thread everyday, Nigel. Just don't always post." Me too. Same for others I expect. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 07 Mar 12 - 09:32 PM I'm breathing fine now, but, Kat, my cheeks are always red. I have rosacea! I don't see any problem with having just one t in your name. I named my son Forest with one r. I wanted to name him after something in nature and I would have named a girl that, too, if that's what I'd had. I like the idea of trying to think of some appropriate songs. For now I'm drawing a blank. But I'm still praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Donuel Date: 07 Mar 12 - 09:53 PM Although I am limited to posting but once a fortnight, I check in often and celebrate your time among real flesh and blood buddies as well as all your sincere virtual friends here who love you with spooky action at a distance. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 08 Mar 12 - 04:28 AM To all the good people who are following this thread but have never posted, let me say that you are most welcome. Of course, it would be great to hear from you, but Ann & I appreciate your discreet presence nonetheless. To Bruce, rough cut received & much appreciated. It's quite uncanny how you get the Music & the time you send it, just right. My special folder is beginning to bulge a little! To ChanteyLass, I think Forest is a beautiful name for a son or daughter. For me it has overtones of strength & dignity. I'm reminded of an actor named For(r)est Tucker from way back, but can't remember if he was 'r' or 'rr'! And to all of You who check in every day, but don't necessarily post every day, Ann & I know you're there...it's similar to taking a walk in the country with a close friend & enjoying the countryside for what it is...what words there are become almost superfluous & unnecessary. It's the 'being there in the moment' that becomes important. Your words, thoughts & intercessions are key to the Love & Support You give us, but simply 'being with us in the moment' is important too. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 08 Mar 12 - 06:25 AM Nigel - I remember seeing Gerry Marsden at the Lowlands in West Derby Village (Liverpool) long before he was famous. (That dates me a bit) I also saw a group called the Huyton Quarry Men at the Cavern ( I think it was there)around the same time.( You know who they became?) Check the words of I watch The Sunrise - there is a thread on this the words always provoke a lot of thought and we have played it on all sorts of occasions - happy and sad. Best wishes Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 08 Mar 12 - 07:55 PM Forrest Tucker and most men with that name use a double rr. Praying, natch (naturally)! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 12 - 12:01 AM Forest Whitaker, a superb actor, imo, spells it with just one "r." CL, you may not know, Spaw was referring to his last name and Micca's, both of which have two "t"s. Nigel, Ann, and Jane...I love checking in here. I can't find the quote, but I think it was the late Rick Fielding who said something about Mudcat being full of best friends you've never met. Well, now you've met us.:-) Best of love and peace to you all, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 09 Mar 12 - 12:46 AM good news accompanied by many good words (& some whacky words!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 09 Mar 12 - 03:33 AM Kat, that quote: "....Mudcat being full of best friends you've never met". sums up our thread perfectly. Ann & I WOULD like to meet all of you though. I'm playing around with this fantasy where I have unlimited access to vast amounts of money...I hire the largest marquee available...have it set up in the same space I visualised Jane being healed by the sun...pay for all your travelling expenses (business class or better) & accomodation...hire some of the world's best musicians (a mixture of genres) to entertain us, but with enough time for some of us to do our own thing too...hire some of the world's best chefs to feed us...we meet, have the party to end all parties & celebrate Jane's life. If YOU were making all the arrangements: 1. Where in the world would you site the marquee? 2. Which bands/groups/soloists would you book? 3. Which chefs/cooks would you hire? 4. How many of you would like to sing/play a number or two? Don't forget, money is no object, so indulge yourself! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 09 Mar 12 - 04:07 AM Pete, we are obviously of a similar age, and that comes with a bonus attached...we've both lived through the era of some of the greatest 'popular music' (used in the broadest sense possible) ever written. As for the 'Quarry Men', yes I & hopefully most of the Western World at least, know what became of them! I found the words to 'I Watch the Sunrise' very moving & appropiate. I hope this is the hymn to which you were referring: I Watch the Sunrise I watch the sunrise lighting the sky, Casting its shadows near. And on this morning bright though it be, I feel those shadows near me. But you are always close to me Following all my ways. May I be always close to you Following all your ways, Lord. I watch the sunlight shine through the clouds, Warming the earth below. And at the mid-day, life seems to say: I feel your brightness near me. For you are always . . . I watch the sunset fading away, Lighting the clouds with sleep. And as the evening closes its eyes, I feel your presence near me. For you are always . . . I watch the moonlight guarding the night, Waiting till morning comes. The air is silent, earth is at rest Only your peace is near me. Yes, you are always… (Can anyone explain the final 'O' with the diaeresis please?) Thanks Pete, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 09 Mar 12 - 07:27 AM Lovely idea Nigel. How long would it last? Lands End or anywhere in Florida. Oysterband, Snow patrol, Munford and sons, Missing Andy, all the Waterson Carthy family, the Wilsons, KT Tunstall, Richard Thompson, Billy Bragg, the list would be endless Anyone who can cook better than me, our friend Craig Smith for one |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 12 - 10:11 AM Beautiful song! Couldn't find it on youtube with the Quarrymen, but THIS is a beautiful rendition, imo. Where? Somewhere in the Scottish highlands or Yorkshire.:-) The Chieftains, Mark Knopfler, Donovan, David Francy, Jean Redpath and a slew of Mudcatters Anyone with delicious vegan recipes!:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 09 Mar 12 - 10:32 AM Have to include Tom Paxton but Maggie & I would be willing to contribute a couple of songs. (Maggie is "She who is always obeyed" and we will be celebrating our Ruby wedding anniversary later this year. Seems like only last year, but it was 1972. Still praying (both of us) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 09 Mar 12 - 12:22 PM As we're exploring a fantasy, along with the unlimited budget, musicians, bands, chefs, cooks who have found their place in the Great Concert Hall/Kitchen in the sky can be re-born & resurrected for the occasion. Kat, that recording you've linked to is really beautiful. I said a few days ago that I wasn't a "God fearing Man", but I'm certainly not immune to the sentiments & depth of expression that this Hymn conveys. Thanks again to Pete for bringing it to our attention. That final 'O' with it's diaeresis appears to be some sort of typo, unless, of course, it's a special abbreviation. On the recording, the final word is: 'Lord'. GUEST 'I Don't Know' asked how long our Fantasy Party would last. I can only think at the moment that it would have to include at least one sunset & one sunrise. This could have a bearing on where in the world we pitch the marquee. Having asked all of you to suggest locations, musicians, chefs etc., I'm having a bit of a struggle on my own behalf...more to do with who I leave out, rather than who I include. Paul Simon, Johnny Silvo, Jean Redpath, The BBC Concert Orchestra get my musician's list underway...much more thought required. With Love to You All & The Best Of Weekends, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 09 Mar 12 - 10:42 PM Jean Redpath would be on my list, too. She was supposed to be coming to the Blackstone River Theatre in RI in April (I think) but had to cancel due to illness. And Gordon Bok would be on my list, too. He had to cancel his Stone Soup appearance tomorrow because of illness. Anyone know any more about these two fine performers? I hope they are both soon well. I'd like Bob Franke, Si Kahn, the Johnson Girls, and Mudcat's own Debra Cowan and John Roberts on the list of performers. Oh, and Eric Bogle. Then I'd like to add some of my own favorite local performers, Joyce Katzberg, Bill Harley, Atwater-Donnelly and . . . Uh-oh, this is like the awards thank-you speeches: I know I'm leaving out someone. Since I can't carry a tune or remember lyrics, I won't be performing, but I will be singing along, albeit off-key. As for place, I'd like it to be on an island that has a good climate, all the amenities for comfort but not luxury, and not be too crowded (before we arrive) or too remote. I'm an omnivore but lean toward vegetarian choices, but Kat's vegan foods would be fine, too. And Kat, I didn't know about Micca's last name. In fact I don't even know what that last name is! While I've begun to figure out some of the Who's Who on Mudcat, in some cases I still don't even know who is using his/her name or, like me, a nom de plume, and in some cases I'm not even sure if posts are written by a man or woman! In my case, at least, that last should be obvious! One thing I do know, and that's that I'm praying! ; ) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 12 - 11:04 PM Well, if it's our fantasy and it can include those who've gone on, I want Rick Fielding to be there! And John Lennon. From those among us still, Art Thieme would be a must as well as many other Mudcatters. CL, if you are on facebook, check out the Mudcat there. Folks have been posting who they are in real life & Mudcat. Nigel, when I looked at your text in mod form, the O still showed up funny. I took it out, but not sure where you want a final "Lord?" It is in the first chorus text, so I figured the later ellipses included it. Please let me know if that's not correct. Good weekend to you all, too! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 09 Mar 12 - 11:51 PM Definitely Paul Simon! "This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein...." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 10 Mar 12 - 11:06 PM I want to add Emmylou Harris, Holly Near, and Jez Lowe to my list. Getting back to food, I would prefer organic plant produce, free range chickens, grass-fed beef (though I rarely eat beef), wild-caught fish) dairy products with no hormones, etc. I may be an omnivore, but I try to make the best choices. Kat, funny you should mention Mudcat on FB. I friended it and once in a while saw the Mudcat logo with a message on my Wall, but that hasn't happened for a while, and I knew nothing about the identities page. I went to it and saw no place for me to add mine. Then I went to Mudcat's Wall and had to request to join! I requested that and hope to be able to post soon. I have no idea what happened to my original connection to Mudcat on FB, though. I don't think I posted anything that would make me get unFriended! Nigel and Ann, well, you know . . . . I hope you are having a calm and restful weekend and enjoying reading our ideas for a folk festival fantasy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 11 Mar 12 - 01:23 AM Glad to hear you were "friended," CL. Second that on Holly Near, plus Ferron...oh, I'd love seeing/hearing both of them!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 11 Mar 12 - 05:23 AM Yes, thank you CL...enjoying the reading & the fantasising. Today (Sunday), Ann, Jane, Alex (one of Jane's sons) & myself are going out for a traditional British Sunday Roast...can't wait! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 11 Mar 12 - 07:58 AM I would go for Emmylou Harris too,Gillian Welch and The Civil Wars. Bon Apetit, Nigel & Ann David |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 11 Mar 12 - 11:37 AM Ah, man, with Yorkshire pudding and gravy? Food always gets my attention, Nigel, especially roasts. Hope y'all have a great meal. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 11 Mar 12 - 06:10 PM Stop! You are making me hungry! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 12 Mar 12 - 03:04 AM roast beef, yum |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 12 Mar 12 - 03:36 AM Very pleased to report that the Trad. Roast Lunch was excellent...and served in one of the nicest restaurants we've been to in a long time...a converted boat house, right on the banks of the Thames. Good food (reasonably priced by London standards), ambience, wonderful views of the River with plenty of boating activity to watch, & the bonus, which all Brits & visitors appreciate...the sun shone the whole day! Jane's been having a rough time after the last chemo session & Sunday was the first day she felt more like her 'old self', so the meal + good weather+ good company gave her a much needed boost. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 12 Mar 12 - 07:03 AM So pleased you had an enjoyable day. May you have many more. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 12 Mar 12 - 08:10 AM Its amazing what a bit of bright sunshine and good company can do. We pray that you have many more to come. I would include Willy nelson on the guest list for the "Do" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 Mar 12 - 08:22 AM Good to hear, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 12 Mar 12 - 09:04 AM ditto |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 12 Mar 12 - 11:49 AM I omitted to say regarding our 'Fantasy Do' (thanks Pete), that as it is a fantasy, in the marquee, Time can be manipulated to suit our needs, so we can compress or extend ad libitum, so the number of musicians playing, the socialising...eating, celebrating, has no time boundaries. Once you step outside the marquee, Time is exactly where you left it...you rejoin the 'Real World' seamlessly & effortlessly. I want to add Alex Campbell, Noel Murphy & Jennifer Warnes to my musician's list. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 12 Mar 12 - 12:07 PM Can we add Jackie Leven, Sandy Denny, Bon Jovi and Ed Sheeren. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 12 Mar 12 - 12:24 PM Great to hear you sounding good, Nigel. Will there be dancing? If yes then Jr. Walker* is the man. Thinking of you and yours ATB from Charlie. *With the All Stars of curse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 12 Mar 12 - 10:15 PM Glad to read Janie had a relatively good day! I'm hoping there will be more, better days ahead. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 Mar 12 - 03:08 AM The Musical Entertainment side of our 'Do' is taking shape very nicely. FB asked if there would be any dancing...OF COURSE...just don't expect me to appear on the dance floor any time soon. In my head I'm Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fontaine all rolled into one...the problem is, all that wonderful 'head dancing' NEVER reaches my feet...I'm quite convinced that my feet belong to someone else...exchanged at birth, that kind of thing! Those of you who are not terpsichorially challenged, sand off the soles of your dancing pumps & start stretching! Now food...I would like to hire Phillip Harben & Fanny Craddock with her husband, Johnny...not so much for their cooking skills, more to do with entertainment value! And finally, a heads up for Thursday 15th March...I may be off line for a few hours, possibly the whole day. Broadband in our area is being upgraded to fibre optic (FTTP for those what know about these things). With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx PS to FB: Do 'The All Stars' need exorcising? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 13 Mar 12 - 04:54 PM we can always imagine a great concert.i would have loved to hear hendricks live-i imaging the strict folkies leaving!a lot less known is the gospel bluesman glen kaiser from chicago-great voice and player. with prayers-pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 Mar 12 - 10:14 PM I want to add Sweet Honey in the Rock. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 14 Mar 12 - 08:00 AM Saw Bob Dylan live at the Odeon Liverpool in 1964 (I think) Should include that set. Keeping up with the prayers. The weather seems to have gone down hill in Southern England. In hampshire its cloudy and cold. Hope its a bit better where you are. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 14 Mar 12 - 01:51 PM Jane's Doctors have cleared her for flying...she is in the air as I write, returning to Dubai for a short break to see all her friends. There is a poignancy in that first sentence that touches me to the very core of my being...no more to be said for now, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: maeve Date: 14 Mar 12 - 02:02 PM Good for Jane! I hope she sees all the friends she needs to see. Meanwhile back at the ranch... you two get some rest as you touch base with the rest of your world. Maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 14 Mar 12 - 04:19 PM Good news. Thank you, Nigel. As regards the All Stars they'll get plenty of exorcise trying to keep up with the frantic rugs being cut. Best as always Charlie fB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Janie Date: 14 Mar 12 - 10:30 PM Gonna cut and paste something that many consider a cliche because it is so often repeated. Familiarity may breed contempt. We forget to really tune in and hear the wisdom. One day at a time There are two days in every week about which we should not worry - two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares, faults and blunders, aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone! The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow. Tomorrow's sun will rise, whether in splendor or behind a mask of clouds. Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow. It is yet unborn. This leaves only one day - Today. It is when we add the burdens of two eternities - yesterday and tomorrow that we break down. It is not necessarily the experience of today that disturbs one's peace of mind. It is often the bitterness for something that happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore live one day at a time. Author Unknown Nigel, you can dance like Fred Astaire! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 15 Mar 12 - 03:59 AM My Dear Janie...thank you very much for the Words of Wisdom, I haven't actually seen them before...beautifully written & your timing is spot on. The Leo Sayer track brings back many happy memories from times past...I'm still not entirely convinced it would help me to dance like anyone, let alone Fred Astaire! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: katlaughing Date: 15 Mar 12 - 11:03 AM Janie, thanks from me, too. I'd not read those. I can dance was great! Here's to Jane having a good and safe time with her friends. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 15 Mar 12 - 02:34 PM Still in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 15 Mar 12 - 02:38 PM Ditto. Every day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 15 Mar 12 - 11:31 PM I think it is wonderful that the doctors decided Jane is well enough to fly! You wrote that this is a short break. When will she come back? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 16 Mar 12 - 04:32 AM Jane will be away for ten days, she then has to return to the UK for her next chemo session. Jane, her husband & their four children have made many good & loyal friends during their time spent in Dubai. The next few days are going to be an emotional roller-coaster ride, knowing, as she does, that this might be the last time she sees many of them. Ann & I are thrilled that she received clearance to make the trip...we just hope she doesn't exhaust herself, there will be A LOT of socialising, parties, etc., etc.. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 17 Mar 12 - 01:34 PM That just may help in dealing with the emotional strain of it all. Hope so. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 17 Mar 12 - 01:35 PM Ten days! Wonderful for her and her friends in Dubai. Let us know what you hear from her. In the meantime, I'm still praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 18 Mar 12 - 06:26 AM "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 18 Mar 12 - 08:18 AM Jane - have a really great break.You are all in our thoughts and prayers |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 18 Mar 12 - 10:12 AM Bruce, that's the only prayer I don't feel daft saying aloud. Nigel and Ann please accept more good thoughts from here in Scotland. Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 18 Mar 12 - 11:46 AM Our Dear Friends, what would we do without you & your Love, Thoughtfulness & Compassion. Your Wise words, Your Prayers...your Friendly & concerned chatter. We spoke to Jane on the phone today ( Mothering Sunday in the UK). She is enjoying every moment of her holiday, but finding it quite tiring...resting, sitting still or even sleeping during the day was anathema to Jane...now she is having to learn how to re-prioritise on what she expends her energy. Gnu, you might just be right. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 18 Mar 12 - 12:43 PM I'm glad to read that she is learning early in her trip that she needs to take it easy. Praying! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 19 Mar 12 - 08:37 AM 'Taking it easy' is something of a new experience for Jane! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 19 Mar 12 - 02:26 PM The piece of music I'm presently composing, working title: 'The Rainbow Crew' is approaching the 100 bar mark. That's about 4 minutes at the current tempo. Judging by the way it's developing, I think I'm approaching the mid-point. Another week or so should see the essential composing finished. After that it's all down to detailed editing, mixing & a final 'polish'. Other working titles have included 'The Ship/Voyage of Hope'. If you have any suggestions for a title, do let me know. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 19 Mar 12 - 03:40 PM Ooo! You are making progress! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 19 Mar 12 - 05:14 PM Bless ya, Nigel. Make it perfect as you can. Music says things words don't. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 20 Mar 12 - 06:14 AM Yes, CL, the piece is coming together nicely. I've learned over the years that when you listen to what you're working on the next day (and the days after that) & it still sounds ok, then it probably is ok...so far, I'm in that happy position. My challenge now is to introduce some new material (whilst not losing sight of what already exists) to move the whole thing forward & then 'weave' all the themes together as the ending approaches. Bruce...rest assured, this piece will be as good as I can make it. 'Perfect'...I doubt it, but 'striving for perfection' can be a great motivator! 'Music says things words don't'. I love the written word, but as you so rightly say, there are times when Words have to step aside & allow Music to 'say' what needs to be said. A little update on Jane in Dubai. She's getting round to see all her friends, but in the company of one of her closest friends who travelled from the UK with her, in the role of a benevolent 'chaperone'. Jane is getting the rest & nourishment she needs, whilst still fulfilling her social calendar. She returns to London at the end of this week. Leaving her friends & Dubai behind is going to be particularly tough. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 20 Mar 12 - 09:26 PM I am glad she has a close friend with her and that she is getting rest and nourishment. You must be looking forward to seeing her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 21 Mar 12 - 05:46 AM Yes, CL we are. Sunday lunch is booked, although we don't know where...hope it's the same place we went to last time. The location right beside the river was terrific & the food wasn't bad either! It's a beautiful Spring day in London right now...if we get the same weather next Sunday, a short walk beside the river is definitely on the cards. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 21 Mar 12 - 04:25 PM Things sound "on the level" for now. Sounds good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 21 Mar 12 - 07:30 PM Smiles and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Hawker Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:04 PM Holding you all in my thoughts x |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 21 Mar 12 - 09:40 PM Is there any chance we could have a room at the Festival for Buddy Rich and Max Roach? OK, not a tiny room, but one for a small symphony orchestra? I guess we all of us walk to different drummers. I'm walking along with you. Last night I had the strangest dream, Of tangelos and tangerines, And Ringo's Yellow Submarine And Nigel, Ann and Jane; No matter how the rivers flow, How swift, how silent, almost slow, We those of us who let you know Do so and don't explain. Be good, buddy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 22 Mar 12 - 06:04 AM Bruce, always room for Buddy Rich & Max Roach. And as for a small symphony orchestra...no problem at all. Your poem (or could it be a lyric?) has touched Ann & I very deeply...it's exquisite & so totally personal. Ann & I have good days & bad...good moments & bad...it's the waiting & not really knowing that insidiously wears away at one, bit by little bit. Ann is crafting, I'm composing, the daily chores ARE now getting done...but our 'Big Reality' is never far away. We can keep it at bay for just so long & then, like some great emotional tsunami, it invades our every conscious thought. We're coping, but it doesn't get any easier. Without our Dear Mudcat Friends, we really would be cut adrift. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 22 Mar 12 - 06:10 AM still lurking & wishing you all well sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 22 Mar 12 - 08:42 AM Sandra, you're more than welcome to lurk as much as you like...but today You posted, for which we are most grateful, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: fat B****rd Date: 22 Mar 12 - 04:32 PM If Bruce can have Buddy Rich and Max Roach can I bring the Balfa Brothers? Allons danser!! More good thoughts to you all from Happy Feet Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 22 Mar 12 - 05:50 PM prayer and best wishes for a good flight home and feeling refreshed and renewed for the next round of treatment .God bless pete. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 22 Mar 12 - 09:54 PM 'Bout that tsunami---Hugs! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,I Don't Know Date: 23 Mar 12 - 05:07 AM Hope your family manage to have a good weekend and your daughter is not to tired after her trip, the weather is going to stay nice so enjoy it as much as you can. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: banjoman Date: 23 Mar 12 - 07:34 AM Enjoy the fine weather. Keep up with the prayers and healing thoughts Pete |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: GUEST,999 Date: 23 Mar 12 - 07:08 PM Thinking 'bout you lots today. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: David C. Carter Date: 23 Mar 12 - 07:15 PM Yeah,Me too. I don't say too much,but my thoughts are still with you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 12 - 08:09 PM Every day. Peace and strength. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 23 Mar 12 - 09:12 PM Hilary came home today, right? I hope she does not seem much worse for the wear. That must be a rough distance to travel even under the best of circumstances. More hugs and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 24 Mar 12 - 12:55 PM I would like to add 'La Boutine Souriante' to our roster of musicians. Their Music is so redolent with sun & joy, it fits perfectly with this beautiful afternoon in London. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: ChanteyLass Date: 24 Mar 12 - 10:05 PM Sorry about my slip-up with your daughter's name! And it wasn't even late when I wrote that! Ice cream. The festival needs ice cream. Lots of flavors. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healing thoughts & prayers please From: Nigel Paterson Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:15 AM Absolutely agree CL...Praline...Chocolate Chip...good old Vanilla. There is a wonderful Italian Ice Cream Parlour near us where they make all their own products on the premises...has to be the best in the World! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 26 Mar 12 - 04:50 AM Joe has thoughtfully added my name to the end of thread title to aid similar thread differentiation...thanks Joe. Ann & I spent many happy hours with Jane & her friend Gill yesterday. Jane has returned from Dubai, invigorated & refreshed...she was a joy to behold...&, once again, the sun shone all day! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,I Don,t Know Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:00 AM So pleased you had a lovely day yesturday, praying you have more. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:28 AM That is wonderful news, Nigel. You're all in my thoughts and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: MtheGM Date: 26 Mar 12 - 09:33 AM Belated best wishes, Nigel and Ann and Jane. Sorry have only just cottoned to this thread, now name has appeared. I don't normally read such, as I don't do prayers! ~Michael~ |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:39 PM "invigorated & refreshed" I thought and hoped so. Enjoy! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 26 Mar 12 - 08:38 PM More prayers, and hugs to all of you. I am happy to read that she is invigorated and refreshed rather than worn out from her travels. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 27 Mar 12 - 03:04 AM Michael, your belated best wishes are just as valued & welcomed as any of the other intercessions in this thread. It's good to hear from you, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: freda underhill Date: 27 Mar 12 - 09:24 AM Kind friends all gathered 'round, there's something I would say: That what brings us together here has blessed us all today. Love has made a circle that holds us all inside; Where strangers are as family, loneliness can't hide. You must give yourself to love if love is what you're after; Open up your hearts to the tears and laughter, And give yourself to love, give yourself to love. I've walked these mountains in the rain and learned to love the wind; I've been up before the sunrise to watch the day begin. I always knew I'd find you, though I never did know how; Like sunshine on a cloudy day, you stand before me now. So give yourself to love if love is what you're after; Open up your hearts to the tears and laughter, And give yourself to love, give yourself to love. Love is born in fire; it's planted like a seed. Love can't give you everything, but it gives you what you need. And love comes when you're ready, love comes when you're afraid; It'll be your greatest teacher, the best friend you have made. So give yourself to if love is what you're after; Open up your hearts to the tears and laughter, And give yourself to love, give yourself to love. Give yourself to love, if love is what you're after; Open up your hearts to the tears and laughter, And give yourself to love, give yourself to love. by Kate Wolf, sung here by Holly Hanson best wishes freda |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: katlaughing Date: 27 Mar 12 - 10:27 AM freda, that is the perfect song for this thread. I've always loved it. Thanks for posting it. Nigel and Ann, so glad to hear she is doing so well after such a busy journey. Good days are so precious. Much love and thanks givings to you all, kat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 27 Mar 12 - 12:58 PM Dear Freda, thank you very much indeed for posting a song that fits this thread so perfectly. Simply but beautifully sung by Holly Hanson too. I wrote recently that Jane had returned from Dubai, refreshed & invigorated...this is turning out to be something of an understatement. Ann & I saw her Sunday last & again today...her conversation is animated, very little now seems to be 'off limits'. There is an abundance of humour & a genuine desire to communicate openly & frankly. The transformation in her demeanour is nothing short of amazing. Jane's oncologist told her today that what was to be a six session chemo treatment plan had been shortened to four, so yesterday's session has turned out to be her last. She will be monitored closely on a 'maintenance programme' from now on. What I wrote earlier too, about learning to live with her cancer is becoming a reality...Ann & I can scarcely believe our eyes & ears. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 27 Mar 12 - 03:21 PM Sounds encouraging AND uplifting! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 27 Mar 12 - 04:25 PM ditto-the Lord bless you all.pete |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 27 Mar 12 - 04:37 PM Nigel, I'll send you a good joke in an hour or so. Has to do with a Canadian sailor, two Manx cats and a butter churn. It's good to see your spirits having a somewhat easier time of it. Please say hello to both your gals for me. Needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, y'all are in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Janie Date: 27 Mar 12 - 09:36 PM Lovely and beyond, Nigel. I rarely post,but check in daily and continue to envision all of you surrounded by love and light. Janie |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 27 Mar 12 - 11:12 PM Oh, that is wonderful news! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: freda underhill Date: 28 Mar 12 - 07:07 AM yes, joyful news! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: jacqui.c Date: 28 Mar 12 - 08:35 AM What great news! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 28 Mar 12 - 09:00 AM amazing news, keep up the good work, Jane |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: banjoman Date: 29 Mar 12 - 06:39 AM Great news but dont stop the prayers and healing thoughts. Enjoy the moment |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 29 Mar 12 - 09:57 AM Thank you for that cascade of good wishes. Ann & I are also learning to live with Jane's cancer. That whole process just got a little easier. I recently received a PM that has touched me very deeply. It reminded me that all you Good People have your own problems & anxieties to cope with & yet you still find time for Jane & Ann & me. I'm left feeling humbled & profoundly grateful & a little guilty too. The words to express what I'm feeling right now escape me for the moment. You truly are the greatest set of friends a man or woman could wish for. There is nothing 'virtual' about this...for Ann & I, it's as real as it gets. The piece of Music that celebrates our Friendship is taking longer to finish than I had imagined...it's leading me to Musical Places I had not planned for, although there's nothing fundamentally wrong with that, providing I keep a gentle hand on the tiller. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 29 Mar 12 - 02:52 PM Yo, 9! Send me that joke too eh? If I have heard it, no matter on accounta I don't remember it. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Maryrrf Date: 29 Mar 12 - 03:47 PM I do not post often but do check in and think of you often, and remember your family in my prayers. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 29 Mar 12 - 09:12 PM While I look forward to hearing you musical piece, take all the time you need. You have a lot going on! And of course my prayers continue along with those of so many others. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: jacqui.c Date: 30 Mar 12 - 11:49 AM Still here - following the thread. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 30 Mar 12 - 01:04 PM Bruce, my apologies, I meant to respond far quicker than this. Your earlier post had me laughing out loud...something that has been in rather short supply of late. Thank you for the laughter, it was a real tonic...should be available 'over the counter', free of charge! Ann & I wish You & your Beloved Wife the best of weekends, With Love, Nigel & Ann. xxxxxxxxx PS: Don't forget, if you want to wake up with a smile on your face, go to bed with a coat-hanger in your mouth! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 30 Mar 12 - 10:59 PM Ouch! (to your PS) |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 30 Mar 12 - 11:05 PM I had a naph wiff that. Sphilly idea that coathanger. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 31 Mar 12 - 04:52 AM gnu, don't forget to remove the coat-hanger BEFORE you eat breakfast! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 31 Mar 12 - 08:08 PM Ya gotta spell things out for Gnu. In my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 01 Apr 12 - 02:27 PM Sometimes, I gotta be spelled off too. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: fat B****rd Date: 01 Apr 12 - 03:31 PM We're away for a couple of weeks after to-morrow, but, I'll try and log in for updates. Wishing you all good thoughts as always. Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 01 Apr 12 - 09:31 PM Adding my good thoughts, too. I will be around and expect to continue to check in daily. Even if I don't always write something, my prayers will continue. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 02 Apr 12 - 05:46 AM Ann has been staying with Jane these past two weeks. By all accounts, they have enjoyed every moment spent together. Jane is allowed to drive, so apart from shopping, they have also been able to explore some of the lovely Surrey countryside. We all met for lunch yesterday (Sunday). We chatted non-stop & there was plenty of laughter. It's good to see & hear Jane laughing...laughter & Jane are synonymous. When she received her initial diagnosis in January, there was precious little to laugh at. Things are not so desperate at the moment, our Ship has entered calmer waters, but stay close...check in when you can...post the occasional "Hi, I'm still here" type of thing...it all contributes to the overall support you have provided so generously & selflessly, With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 02 Apr 12 - 01:28 PM "Hi, I'm still here" type of thing... every day. Nice to hear of laughter. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: katlaughing Date: 02 Apr 12 - 03:28 PM Laughter and calm water --- GOOD! Still here. Perhaps others would like to join me in Lighting A Candle. I made a "Mudca" group on the Gratefullness site (it wouldn't allow enough letters for the "t")which anyone may light a candle at and also leave a message. Just click on one of the unlit candles. With you all in mind, Nigel, Ann, and Jane, luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: maeve Date: 02 Apr 12 - 05:49 PM Hi, Nigel. I spent the day with my mother...because she's here now and the farm chores will always be waiting for me. Thanks for the glowing report regarding Jane spending time with Ann. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: banjoman Date: 03 Apr 12 - 06:38 AM Hi -still about and just checking in. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 03 Apr 12 - 06:39 AM We set sail on January 12th...it's now 3rd april & we've crested 400 posts. Truly amazing. Truly amazing too, that Ann & I have been allowed to garner so many loyal & compassionate Friends. I'm feeling somewhat over-emotional as I type...had one of my own doctor's appointments this morning (muscle stuff that is annoying/irritating, but NOT life-threatening). Jane's situation came into the conversation & I broke down in the consulting room. My Doctor allowed me to sit there & take all the time I needed to settle myself. She sat there, calm & steady, not saying much, but what she did say was absolutely appropriate...kind, gentle words that calmed me. We over ran the allotted time considerably, but at no time did I get the feeling that my Doctor wanted me out. I could leave when I felt ok to do so. It's been quite a morning! With Love, Nigel & Ann. xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 03 Apr 12 - 03:54 PM Hi, Nigel. I will be gone for a week, but I will be thinking of you all. Just so's ya know. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Janie Date: 03 Apr 12 - 09:32 PM Nigel, I love how all of you are focused as much as practical on celebrating the Now. Now is the most powerful place to live our lives, always. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 03 Apr 12 - 10:44 PM I'm still here and still praying and pleased to read your posts since Jane returned. I am reading your posts every day but my life is going to be more hectic than usual for several weeks as it does at least twice a year with some good stuff, so I have less time to write. But I always have time to pray. Even if at some point I don't get to Mudcat, your family will remain in my thoughts and prayers. (How hectic is my life? Well, yesterday I got my hair cut so I will spend less time in the shower!) |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 04 Apr 12 - 11:26 AM Bruce, have a good time & travel safely, my Dear Friend. Janie, I agree, 'Now' is where everything happens. I would want to add to that: "Reflect on the past, it's a treasure trove of experience. Be prepared for a future, on the assumption that there will be one, even if it's only tomorrow" ChanteyLass, pace yourself...get done what needs to be done & make sure there's always some time remaining, just for yourself (in or out of the shower!) With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 05 Apr 12 - 02:23 PM freeresh On accounta we are still here. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 05 Apr 12 - 10:11 PM What gnu said. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 06 Apr 12 - 04:08 AM Wishing You all a very Happy Easter. Let's drop anchor here in Respite Cove. If the weather holds, maybe some of you could go ashore & see the sights. We set sail this coming Tuesday at first light. Ann & I will stay aboard & take turns with the watch. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 06 Apr 12 - 03:18 PM wishing you settled seas pete |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: katlaughing Date: 07 Apr 12 - 12:02 AM Ah...the calm and peace is nice. Still keeping watch. luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 07 Apr 12 - 03:31 PM Right back atchya, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 09 Apr 12 - 04:49 AM It's raining, but the sea is calm & I do believe the glass is rising. Don't forget, we set sail at first light, Tuesday morning. Until then, go easy on the grog! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 09 Apr 12 - 09:38 PM I'm ready to board. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 10 Apr 12 - 10:49 AM Welcome back on board, ChanteyLass. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 10 Apr 12 - 01:20 PM Spinning or fly rod... both? |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 10 Apr 12 - 01:30 PM I'm no expert at fishing gnu, so bring both. Fresh fish on the table for supper...sounds wonderful, providing you can remove ALL the bones! Hope you've all got your sou'westers handy...I think there could be some squalls before too long. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 10 Apr 12 - 03:10 PM How's Jane doing, Nigel? |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Janie Date: 10 Apr 12 - 10:22 PM May you dwell in your hearts. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 11 Apr 12 - 04:48 AM Welcome back Bruce...I trust You & your Good Lady are fit 'n' fine. Jane is doing remarkably well, all things considered. She is allowed to drive, so she can get out & about a bit. Over the Easter weekend, we were all able to take a short walk in the countryside...weather was good & the views were great. Ann & I are off into Central London today to see one of Jane's friends who is taking a break from Dubai. A nice lunch together in Covent Garden. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 11 Apr 12 - 06:57 PM glad to hear she is doing so well.God bless you all.which bit of countryside did you go to?. pete |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 11 Apr 12 - 11:05 PM me too |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 12 Apr 12 - 08:10 PM And I hope your lunch in Covent Garden was delicious. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 Apr 12 - 04:56 AM Pete, Surrey is the countryside through which we drove...plenty to see & do. Hello Sandra...Jane really has 'grasped the nettle'. Her PMA has touched us all in a positive way...brave girl. ChanteyLass, aspects of the meal were delicious, but overall, I was somewhat underwhelmed! The restaurant is owned by a VERY well known celebrity chef. A case of 'Talking the talk', but not quite 'Walking the walk!' However, nine of us crammed round a table intended for eight made up for any food shortcomings! With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 15 Apr 12 - 06:12 AM Learning to live with (Jane's) cancer is similar in some respects to learning how to 'let go' as your Children work their way through school, go to college/uni & eventually 'fly the nest' to marry, seek work or just experience independence...stand on their own two feet. With the spread of Jane's cancer curtailed for the present, Ann & I have decided to 'take a step backwards' thereby giving Jane & her Family the independence to live their lives as they choose...we've been so closely involved (at times, probably too close) since January. Now is as good a time as any to 'take a back seat', whilst always waiting in the wings, so that we can respond quickly if anything 'unexpected' happens. We have discussed this with Jane & she feels too that it is the right course of action for all concerned. 'Lessons in Life'...you just never stop learning. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: banjoman Date: 15 Apr 12 - 06:59 AM Good to hear of your decision and wish you and Jane every happiness. I will keep watching this thread but will not contribute so often as I think you probably need some time for yourselves. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:21 AM You all will continue in my thoughts. Got a tree full of grackles, sparrows, starlings, a pigeon, three mourning doves (which have got to be the most laid-back birds I ever saw), chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, nuthatch but no partridge, 'cause it ain't a pear tree. Both Canadian and snow geese are back, and the blue jay. The cardinals have disappeared--about six weeks back, sun's shining, river's flowing and the wind ain't doing much to speak of. Later. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:30 PM Bruce, your post would make a beautiful painting...or a song...or a poem...or a carefully executed piece of needlepoint. A sylvan scene to wonder at. With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:56 PM About that dinner: I once declined the opportunity to dine, at extra cost, at a celebrity chef's restaurant on a cruise ship. Many people in my tour group saw it as a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. I said I was very much enjoying the included meals in the regular dining room and didn't think the extra cost could possibly be justified. Or, as I put it, "Just how much better can the celebrity chef make a steak, lobster, or any other food taste?" Nigel and Ann, I think you are wise to step back even though that must be hard to do. Jane must know that you love her and will be there whenever she needs you. And I'm sure the Mudcat community will be here for you whenever you need us. Continuing prayers. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 15 Apr 12 - 01:02 PM Wise move, Nigel. Continued Ts&Ps. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Apr 12 - 11:28 AM Its "tax day" here in the Colonies and I am thinking that your family have ALL been heavily taxed lately so getting a rebate right now is a good thing and I'm so glad to hear it! We'll all be here and still sending our best but for now just give us an occasional update and enjoy some of the living you've been missing. Much Love, Pat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: katlaughing Date: 16 Apr 12 - 12:59 PM What PatSpaw said. luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 16 Apr 12 - 01:17 PM I agree. Not that Spaw gives a rat's ass, of course. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 20 Apr 12 - 06:15 AM Jane has the results of some more scans this week. If everything is ok & her Oncologist is happy, she will go to Dubai for about a month, after which, she will return to the UK for further monitoring. As & when I have news, I'll post immediately, but with these calmer waters, the sails set & the barometer rising, we have an opportunity to sit back & enjoy the view & savour the air, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: maeve Date: 20 Apr 12 - 06:19 AM Happy sails to you... Maeve |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: katlaughing Date: 20 Apr 12 - 10:35 AM Deep sighs, here. A time to rest up, gather more energy, and enjoy the Spring? May all good things come to pass. luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: fat B****rd Date: 20 Apr 12 - 02:40 PM Still sending best thoughts from Dunfermline. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: VirginiaTam Date: 20 Apr 12 - 03:30 PM Just getting ready to shut down for the evening (to0 tired to do much surfing, reading of mudcat, facebooking) and thought I'd peek in here to see how things are. What a lovely way to end my internetting after a long fractious week. Very happy for all of you. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 20 Apr 12 - 04:36 PM Great news! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 20 Apr 12 - 09:38 PM Thank you for keeping us updated. I hope Jane gets to make her trip. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 24 Apr 12 - 01:30 PM As ever, thank you All for your thoughtfulness & compassion. The results of Jane's tests were the best we could have had, under the circumstances. The tumours are still no larger & the cancer has not spread any further than the previous scans revealed. She is on a plane to Dubai as I type this, returning to the UK mid-May to continue with her Maintenance Programme. The Royal Marsden Hospital really are taking such good care of her. Jane & all of us have to live with the thought that the cancer could 'flare up' at any time, but, for the moment at least, we are all doing our level best to live our lives as normally as possible. Ann has a landmark birthday coming up soon which we will be celebrating in Dubai with all the Family...I know they're planning something special, but even I'm not privy to the details! Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Apr 12 - 01:39 PM Extend to Ann a happy birthday from the gang, Nigel. We're still thinking of Jane and of course you and Ann. Best wishes, buddy. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 24 Apr 12 - 09:47 PM Smiling! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Janie Date: 24 Apr 12 - 11:14 PM I don't know where I heard this, Nigel, but I'll share it. "The present is completely open, and we are living it, right now." Ya'll are living the present well, mindful that the present is actually all we are ever guaranteed. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 24 Apr 12 - 11:17 PM Significant Birthdays are good! An excuse (not that one is needed) to celebrate. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: freda underhill Date: 25 Apr 12 - 08:09 AM I'm glad the latest tests have a good result Nigel and Ann. I've just been at a beautiful little folk festival in St Albans, a small historic town north of Sydney in a valley surrounded by low, tree covered mountains and the beautiful Macdonald river. What a peaceful weekend, with lots of folk music and a night sky full of so many stars, stars that I don't see living in the city. I hope Ann enjoys her birthday! best wishes to all freda |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: jacqui.c Date: 25 Apr 12 - 09:49 AM So glad to hear that the latest tests are positive. Many happy returns of the day to Anne. Good thoughts still coming. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 25 Apr 12 - 05:04 PM likewise best wishes. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 26 Apr 12 - 11:40 AM Ann says a big thank you for your birthday wishes & likewise from me too. Freda, the Macdonald River photo is absolutely beautiful. The tranquility positively oozes out of the shot. I know exactly what you mean about seeing stars...REALLY seeing stars for the first time. Our location couldn't have been more different. Ann & I were in the desert, well away from the centre of Dubai...we'd never seen so many stars (no light pollution)...we lay back in our folding chairs & gazed up in wonderment for ages...stunning experience. Janie, simple words that belie a deeper meaning...very grateful...you captured our mood precisely. We will be away soon for a few days. If one or two of you could stop by & check that the old ship remains steady on her course, that would be much appreciated. In the meantime, Much Love to You All Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Apr 12 - 11:43 AM Consider it done, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Apr 12 - 02:00 PM Not to worry Nigel.........if not 999, there are so many that check here every day or two it will stay up without a problem.....unlike 999 who can't.....LOL...............Sorry B, but that line just was just laying there....had to be said.......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Apr 12 - 02:24 PM I understand, Grasshopper . . . |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,ChanteyLass Date: 26 Apr 12 - 06:06 PM I'm sure we will continue to check in to refresh the thread. Have a wonderful trip. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 26 Apr 12 - 06:26 PM Every day. Every day. Rest and relax on your time away. Song in here, 9? |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 27 Apr 12 - 07:42 AM As always, we're in safe hands, Much Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: fat B****rd Date: 27 Apr 12 - 04:08 PM AS ever, best thoughts and regards from Dunfermline Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Bobert Date: 27 Apr 12 - 04:11 PM And best thoughts from this ol' hillbilly, as well... Travel safe... B~ |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: catspaw49 Date: 28 Apr 12 - 04:11 PM And here I am....the little blue pill for 999! Its pretty amazing where I'll stretch for a joke. Sorry......Thinking of all of you! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 28 Apr 12 - 05:20 PM I'm here, too. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 29 Apr 12 - 04:20 AM and me |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 29 Apr 12 - 04:27 PM maybe you will finish that peice of music. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 29 Apr 12 - 07:38 PM Hi, Pete. I spoke with Nigel a few days back about that piece of music. It's taken on a character and dimension of its own. We could be waiting just a wee bit longer, but the wait will have been worth it. Trust you are well. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 30 Apr 12 - 11:05 AM I'm pleased & not a little relieved to say that the piece of Music I've been writing, now finally entitled: The Voyage of 'The Rainbow', is finished. By that, I mean the overall composition is complete...I still have a considerable amount of editing & general 'tidying up' to do before I'm happy to reveal it to the World! It is dedicated to everyone who has contributed to this thread, in recognition of your Love, Care & Support. I'll post as soon as I'm ready to go public, With Love, Nigel & Ann xxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 30 Apr 12 - 08:46 PM Smiles! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST Date: 01 May 12 - 03:13 PM Cool, Nigel! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 01 May 12 - 04:39 PM well done nigel.i trust it has been theropuetic forming a song. thanks 999.i am physically well but sadly have been expecting to lose my mum anytime so if at anytime i drop out for awhile it is not lack of interest. God bless pete. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: maeve Date: 01 May 12 - 04:41 PM Lovely news, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: freda underhill Date: 02 May 12 - 08:20 AM thinking of you all, and Pete, may those stars shine on you and your mum. freda |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 02 May 12 - 11:51 AM what freda said |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: jacqui.c Date: 02 May 12 - 01:34 PM Ditto from me |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 02 May 12 - 06:18 PM "i am physically well but sadly have been expecting to lose my mum anytime so if at anytime i drop out for awhile it is not lack of interest. God bless pete." I am not big on prayer, Pete, but I'll add your mum to the names Nigel, Ann and Jane. I am sorry for your sadness. I have admired your character and fortitude in the face of scathing remarks made to you in some threads, and now to see that you are facing a similar family situation with verve and courage, your support for Jane and her parents lends new meaning to the term Christian. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 03 May 12 - 02:47 PM Ditto and ditto for you, pete. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 03 May 12 - 03:46 PM thanks so much for your kind thoughts and encouraging words.i am very touched .my mum is elderly so i guess it is not the same as the threat to a young life and i appreciate how much that must weigh on parents. blessings on yer pete. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 03 May 12 - 11:01 PM Aw, Pete, hugs to you and your mum. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 04 May 12 - 08:54 PM sending hugs & good wishes to pete & family |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST Date: 04 May 12 - 10:04 PM Nigel, I don't know when you'll read this but I hope you don't mind that Pete is included in the voyage. Let me rephrase that: I know you won't mind, but I hope you'll excuse me for including Pete before speaking with you. Three weeks ago my grandmother started bicycling eight miles a day. As of now, we have no idea where she is. The roughest roads/sea lanes make for the best and most touching stories. Looking forward to hearing from you, and hearing that your little sweetheart--don't matter how old they get, they're our kids--is doing well. I still think of you all every night. And say prayers, although unlike some people, I ain't quite sure who I'm saying the prayers to. Don't matter, because I know who I'm saying them for. B PS Pete is a really good guy, and he could use some words of kindness, as could we all. Keep well, Nigel, and the thread will continue until your return. The cabin boy, the cabin boy The d----------------------- Sometimes I get carried away. Reminds me of a night I attended a St Patrick's Day event. I'll tell you sometime. But not here. :-) |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 May 12 - 04:57 PM Nigel, I think you and Ann will be back tomorrow. Here's hoping the trip went well for all of you. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 May 12 - 02:00 AM As am I. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: banjoman Date: 13 May 12 - 06:44 AM Not been around for a while - glad that the ship is still on course. Its amazing just what can be acheived with prayer and healing thoughts so - to the other Pete - we have added you and your family to our prayer list. Best wishes banjoman(Pete) |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 13 May 12 - 05:46 PM Ann & I are back home, safe & sound (no pun intended!)...jet-lagged & very tired, but very happy following our holiday with Jane & her Family. Give us a day or two to reset our body-clocks & I'll write again, Sweet Dreams, With Love, Nigel & Ann. xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: maeve Date: 13 May 12 - 06:55 PM Just returned home and you took time to check in? Thank you, Nigel and Ann! "very tired, but very happy" is very good music to our ears! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: gnu Date: 13 May 12 - 06:59 PM Indeed! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 13 May 12 - 07:56 PM I'll third that!! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 May 12 - 10:22 PM Yes, yes, yes! |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: Nigel Paterson Date: 14 May 12 - 04:46 AM Ann & I are saddened by the news of Pete's ailing Mother. We send him our warmest thoughts & want him to know that we share his voyage. On 'The Rainbow' we travel together, caring & looking out for each other. Initially, this thread was just about our daughter, Jane, but over the past few months, it's taken on a broader 'feel'. 'The Rainbow' is about all of us, our trials & tribulations...successes & failures...love & laughter...tears of sadness...tears of joy. No one needs permission to come aboard. Our holiday with Jane took us to the beach, the shops & malls, some excellent restaurants & seemingly endless cups of coffee, drunk in the company of a seemingly endless group of friends! She remains positive & determined to live each day with as much energy as she can muster. Jane returned to the UK yesterday with Ann & myself to continue her treatment programme. 'The Voyage of The Rainbow' is not quite ready for general publication, but if any of you would like to hear a 'rough mix', PM me your email address & I'll attach an mp3. Your privacy will be respected & your email address will NOT be shared with another living soul, you have my Word! On the other hand, if you're prepared to wait a week or two, I will make a link available to my Music Channel on YouTube. It's good to be home, Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. xxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link Date: 14 May 12 - 12:31 PM very gracious of you,nigel and ann.mum still surviving,frail but still eating.just celebrated 61st wedding anniversary-telegram from the queen pleased her.we never thought she would live to see it. glad to hear or your enjoyable trip and jane doing well. i'm not up on the tec stuff so ill wait to hear the rainbow voyage! love and prayers pete. |
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Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson) From: ChanteyLass Date: 14 May 12 - 04:56 PM I hope Jane's treatments go well. I am also not good with technic |