Lorene, Gordom Miller’s wife
Yesterday Jodi and I were fortunate enough to
attend the service for Gordon (Gordo) Miller’s wife
Lorene. We carried all of the<br
many of you conveyed to us. We had never had<br
privilege of meeting Lorene. Her service was beautiful. It
was not a<br
and regrets it was a celebration of<br
that was obviously a life filled with service to her
family and<br
tremendously. We told him that when ever<br
we will call him and meet him for coffee or
something.<br
do every thing they can to<br
Herb (Bear) and Jodi
March 18th, 2005 at 5:23 am
Herb,….glad you could go to Tulsa and attend
the service. Hope you mentioned all our best wishes
to Gordon. I can not amagine a bigger loss than my
Johanna and you your Jodi. Yet it will come, hope we go
first Herb. But not for a while, it is obvious that if
we don’t post, this board would also die like all
the other boards.<br
in the summer time. I think they look and if there
is nothing new they move on instead of posting to
help it along. But who knows…there may be some who
read this and will see the truth of this
message.<br
truth!!!<br
March 19th, 2005 at 6:59 am
JOHN: the TRUTH this morning is that I am down in
the dumps. We went to OKC yesterday to see all the
family and go to my ACT meeting. (AMPUTEES CONQUERING
TOMORROW) Becky, our yungest daughter wanted to go to
dinner just with me and dropped a bombshell on me. The
truth is that her Masto is not the cutaneous
non-threatening version. She has the fatal systemic variety and
just could not bear to share that with the family last
weekend with every body having such a good time for
Father’s Day. She wants me to tell her mother. I do not
know how to go about this. Jodi is already beating
herself up terrible about this. I don’t know what she
will do when I tell her that she has 2 daughters with
the fatal version. Plus Beth had emergency surgery
yesterday to replace her feeding tube. They had said that
it could not be thrown up like the first one because
it has a baloon on it to hold it in. She was having
severe stomach cotractions and the baloon burst. Guess
what, the tube came up and out. Sorry to unload on you,
it’s just that you always have a good listening ear
when I need to vent.<br
March 21st, 2005 at 10:10 am
sorry to hear of your day herb<br
children suffer is the hardest testof all. but as usual
the parents have to stay in control to lend that
extra strength the child who is already down.<br
be strong your daughter needs your help more than
ever now. when i feel defeated i call my dad and talk
to him i use to tell him everything unload then face
my life. there are days when my father’s voice is
all that i need and sometimes i feel bad that i use
him and worry him soo, but he won’t have it anyother
way and iam sure your children are glad you are
there.
March 22nd, 2005 at 11:45 am
I’m so sorry to hear your news, Herb. I wish
there was something, anything, that could be said or
done to lift all this from your shoulders. My heart
goes out to you and Jodi- and,of course, to the rest
of your family. When the time is right, please let
all your family know how much they are in our
thoughts and prayers. And how much we all admire your
family’s strength and grace in these trying times. I hope
that Jodi can, through all her pain, remember that she
and you gave your daughters (and all your children) a
wonderful gift- life. Please let us know if there is
anything that any of us can do. I know that none of your
kids will ever feel alone or abandoned in their
difficulties because all of their family is there for them,
but they are also part of a larger community that
cares about them,too. -Dona
March 23rd, 2005 at 1:21 pm
Herb, my husband was sitting by the computer with
me when I read your message, and we just wanted to
send you our good wishes and tell you that you are in
our thoughts - wish there was something we could
do.<br
March 24th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
Bear- My thoughts and prayers are with you and
your family. Really do not know how to put in words
what I am feeling for your family. <br
to do anything we could to help you. <br