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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-05-2007, 03:20 PM

Dear lovely Steph,

I just wanted you to know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time. The loss of someone we dearly love is always too soon. Yet, somehow we must try to focus, as you obviously are, on celebrating that they were! And that they were a strong part of your life!

It is comforting to hear that your Dad passed on peacefully. I too cherish the heavenly blue color of the sky and there, some place in the Spiritual Realm, he is. Your Dad still *is*. He still exists. I do believe death is not the end of our story. The Soul moves on, in to another form of being.

I know you are grateful for the blessing of having him as your Dad, rather than lingering in what might have been. You will continue to carry him in your heart, in your thoughts, in your acts and words. The invisible essence of him will never die. His being will stay with you, echoing from your Soul...

You cannot see him, but your faith will tell you he has moved on. He is simply *someplace else*. Still, he is with you, and by your side. He cannot speak, but you can hear him well. His Spirit lives on...

With love,
Andi

11-05-2007, 03:20 PM	#8
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	So sorry to hear your news... Dear lovely Steph, I just wanted you to know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time. The loss of someone we dearly love is always too soon. Yet, somehow we must try to focus, as you obviously are, on celebrating that they were! And that they were a strong part of your life! It is comforting to hear that your Dad passed on peacefully. I too cherish the heavenly blue color of the sky and there, some place in the Spiritual Realm, he is. Your Dad still is. He still exists. I do believe death is not the end of our story. The Soul moves on, in to another form of being. I know you are grateful for the blessing of having him as your Dad, rather than lingering in what might have been. You will continue to carry him in your heart, in your thoughts, in your acts and words. The invisible essence of him will never die. His being will stay with you, echoing from your Soul... You cannot see him, but your faith will tell you he has moved on. He is simply someplace else. Still, he is with you, and by your side. He cannot speak, but you can hear him well. His Spirit lives on... With love, Andi __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...