Prayer/positive energy request - Page 31

AGDee · #1 07-08-2012, 11:00 AM

Thanks to everyone who kept G on their prayer lists all this time. I cried a lot yesterday and thought I'd wake up today feeling strong and more prepared but that doesn't seem to be the case. Hypo spent the night with friends. I'm ready for her to be home. Of course, G's Facebook has exploded with pictures, memories and expressions of grief. I didn't see it before, but the school's video production team apparently did a short documentary on G's battle which included interviews with her twin and the band director. The documentary was made right after she was declared cancer free and was made prom queen. It's on YouTube and someone posted a link to it. That video sent me over the edge and made me sob. I needed to let loose like that, I think, and it was probably better that hypo wasn't here when it happened. It helped some. I imagine they'll be making arrangements today. I'm hoping my son will be back in time for the services. He will be upset if he isn't.

edmund · #2 07-08-2012, 02:18 PM

Hang in there Dee.

barbino · #3 07-08-2012, 05:10 PM

This is heartbreaking & I'm sending prayers for all those involved.

christiangirl · #4 07-08-2012, 08:21 PM

Father, I praise You for the amazing blessing of G's life. She was an amazing young lady from what I hear and her time on earth was so short but so powerful. Her story has touched the lives of many and I pray it serves as encouragement for us to live each day pursuing every blessing handed to us. Lord, please surround G's family and friends with love and comfort in their time of loss. While her body is no longer suffering, the light she gave will be truly missed. May Dee and hypo feel Your loving arms as they miss their angel and remember all of the wonderful gifts of love and laughter she has left behind.

Amen.

AGDee · #5 07-08-2012, 11:01 PM

Thanks all. I spent a bit of time making up some lasagna and rice krispie treats and Hypo and I took them to the family today. They were in the process of working on the photo montage/video that will play during visitation tomorrow so we watched some dance recital videos with them and talked for a little bit. I reached out to one of G's closest friends who I have always considered an "at risk" kid because her family environment is not the greatest. Her facebook posts last night and today indicated that she is very distraught. I let her know our door is open if she ever just needs to be around others.

G's mom and dad are holding up "as well as can be expected". Her twin is handling things by completely avoiding home and being with her friends constantly. She did go home for about an hour and then asked her friends to come and get her again. Eventually, this is going to hit her and I worry it will hit her hard when it does.

Visitation is tomorrow with services on Tuesday morning so my son won't be here. The kids had a meeting tonight, selected a floral arrangement and planned a lantern release memorial gathering for Tuesday night and he should be back in time for that. Everybody will wear the t-shirts they had made in the fall.

I'm better. I went and talked to some of the other moms while they kids were having their meeting (these kids have planning meetings for everything.. they are going to love the corporate world someday). It helped me to be around others.

SWTXBelle · #6 07-17-2012, 07:17 AM

Bump.

Also, an update on the baby for whom you all prayed at the start of this thread - she is now 2, and a little bundle of personality. Her father is currently working on watching his language, as Kitty made quite an impression babbling incomprehensible gibberish with a clear-as-a-bell "f____g" in the middle.

thewasher418 · #7 07-08-2012, 11:56 PM

AGDee, prayers to you, hypo, and all who knew and loved G.

My dad died last week, the funeral was yesterday. My first day back at work starts in 8 hours and I'd appreciate any prayers/positive energy that could be spared to send my way.

Thanks.

AGDee · #8 07-09-2012, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by thewasher418

AGDee, prayers to you, hypo, and all who knew and loved G.

My dad died last week, the funeral was yesterday. My first day back at work starts in 8 hours and I'd appreciate any prayers/positive energy that could be spared to send my way.

Thanks.

I'm so sorry. You're in my prayers.

agzg · #9 07-09-2012, 10:19 AM

D, don't forget that you need support, too. Let me know if there's anything I can do - I look forward to seeing you next week - just reach out if you need something in the meantime.

AGDee · #10 07-09-2012, 03:04 PM

Thanks sis, soon to be roomie, if only for a few days. I actually forgot that it is next week already. I'll be better when my son gets back home and I can give him a huge hug. Seeing another parent go through this makes you really want to hug your kids, a lot.

DreamfulSpirit · #11 07-10-2012, 05:37 PM

My mom started her last chemo treatment today!! Her hair has really thinned out, and she wants to get it cut really short this weekend so it'll all grow back in evenly. She'll keep her port so they can continue to do blood work for at least the next 6 months, and then she'll have another colonoscopy in December.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! My mom is truly the luckiest person (and I mean this in more ways than one), so I know she'll beat this!!

AGDee · #12 07-11-2012, 12:01 AM

DreamfulSpirit- I'll continue to pray for your mom. I'm glad things are going well.

The last few days have been emotionally draining. G's funeral was this morning and went well into the afternoon between the church, ceremony and luncheon. It's the first time I've been a funeral for a child/young adult and it was heart wrenching. So many were just sobbing through the entire thing. At the cemetary, we were asked to all touch the casket so that our fingerprints were on it, as a symbol of the imprint that G made on our lives. One of the kids from the band asked all the band kids to come up together. They all put their hands on the casket and did one of their band chants that goes like this:
"Whether the weather is cold,
Or whether the weather is hot,
We'll be together whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not."
They were all sobbing and so were all the rest of us.

Tonight, they attempted a Chinese sky lantern memorial at a local park but the winds were really just too strong for it go well. A few lanterns ended up being lit and launched but it was kind of scary as the wind was taking them too close to trees. However, where the mood was very sad and full of tears in the morning, the lantern ceremony was lighter and felt more like "we're all going to be ok." They held up their lanterns, letting the wind fill them and did the "weather" chant again. This time, without tears, but with spirit and love.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers for this young lady, her family and her friends. I hope I have no need to post a request in this thread for a very, very long time.

MysticCat · #13 07-11-2012, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Thank you to all of you for your prayers for this young lady, her family and her friends. I hope I have no need to post a request in this thread for a very, very long time.

I've been away some lately and didn't realize that she had died. I'm so sorry to hear that.

And I do pray that it's a long time before you need to post any requests other than requests for prayers of thanksgiving.

christiangirl · #14 07-11-2012, 04:06 AM

I'm playing The Band Perry in honor of G. I know it's super cliche, but the song just fits her story.

AGDee · #15 07-11-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

I'm playing The Band Perry in honor of G. I know it's super cliche, but the song just fits her story.

It does, although I have had to turn the radio station when it comes on since Saturday. She loved Broadway musicals, especially Wicked and Rent. They used Seasons of Love from Rent during her service and people were singing and sobbing simultaneously. Might be a while before I can listen to that one too.