Simply Star leaving forum

[gma718]

I was just wondering if someone can explain to me why Marty will not be posting for a while? I have no idea what happened. Gia :)

[freshair]

Mary-I am so glad that you will still be posting. I do know how things get so overwhelming sometimes.  I think it is wonderful how that doxil had kept Leslie stable. You stay put woman!  You're needed and in high demand. :) Helen

[gma718]

I am glad that you are staying right where you belong!!! I know we all have good days and bad days it is part of being a human being. Coming here should be a place where noone passes judgement and we all need to let whoever needs to vent to do so. WE ARE NOT PERFECT!! We need to forgive and forget!!! We all need each other for different areas of support.  I for one know how much strength I have been given by all of you and if I could at least give a piece back to someone it would make my day!!  Strength comes in numbers and we are one large number of woman and a few men who need each other. Unfortunately, we lose people by unfortunate circumstances that we get fond of and care about....Lets not lose each other!! We are all entitled to have a bad day,week, etc...but we need to stay here to help us get through those times...Gia :)

[bagubalady]

I don't know what happened here, but I am glad that I missed the part about your "leaving" the forum, and glad to know that I came in on the end where you are "staying".......Marty, you are the MATRIARCH of this group....and not because of age, but because of the wisdom and compassion that you bring to all of us. Whew......we're whole again.  And don't you even dare mention the word "age"......I told you before, that doesn't matter unless you're wine or cheese!  Love ya, Judie :)

[AnotherKatie]

Good for you Marty....that's the tough ole broad we know and love!  LOL

At times we snap and chew at each other .... millions of reasons, all of them pretty rotten....but I am sure we all do the best we can.... under incredibly trying and difficult circumstances for some of you....  There's a place for everyone here....

Group Hug....

[cirella]

Marty...glad to hear this!

dian...good one.

Lori

[Jan214]

Dear Marty,

I to am glad you are back.  We all need a breather occasionally though, even if it is only a couple of hours given how much time we are all on here.  But that should tell us something too.  We all share a bond that compares to no other relationships in our lives and we are all very emotional a good bit of the time. It is bound to get overwhelming, given, as you said that OVCA is that bond. Heck, most of us are on suitcases full of drugs too and that doesn't help at all, especially since we are all throwing them right back up and really whacking our systems out of joint. LOL

Marty, I can't imagine you hurting anyone so I am sure it was either a misunderstanding or just to many people having a really bad hair day at the same time.  I know I have been just awful and SO overwhelmed lately which is why i was disappearing.  There are enough of us though, that no matter what the problems are there will always be people to pull us back into the circle and our neighborhood will always heal.   We care about, respect and need each other too much for it to be any other way.

[dian07]

Ha!  Admit it old woman....you are addicted to this place!  This old woman is too.....glad you took a deep breath , turned around and came home.  Evidently these women want you to be here.....that has to make you feel all warm and mushy on the inside.....I am glad.
Now...if I have offended anyone....Martha and I have a relationship outside of this place so you are not to worry.....I did not insult her!  I am glad you all spoke up and told her how you feel about her.  I have have a phrase , hand written by my department head back in 1973 wrapped in celophane and with a magnet have it on my frig...it reads  :

Once in a century a man may be ruined, or made insufferable, by praise.
But surely, once in a minute, something generous dies for want of it.

So ture...so true.

Peace.
dian

[vegas2cr]

i am smiling and sending you hugs................ Ronni

[ireneo]

Forgiveness and love go hand in hand. And of course we do a lot of hand holding here. I appreciate the fact that you're "back in the saddle again" but do feel free to take time for yourself as well. You have to recharge once in awhile; you can't give what you don't have. My oldest son is a pastor in Texas, very driven to work hard and help everyone around him. But I worry about him pushing himself too hard. I like to tease him a bit  and say, "Hey, even God took a day off." He just sighs :-)  

[SimplyStar]

Please do not let this worry you one bit, it was just a short lapse in my ability to handle a couple of things, these things have all been resolved and  I am "back in the saddle again".  Many times in life we reach a point where we are over whelmed by circumstances,  we work through them and come out stronger because of them.  I was trying to back away, but because of these posts from you all,  I am healed, and will not leave you. Forget the past and move on to the future. This forum is about OVCA, not some "old lady" having a bad hair day.  I respect each and every one of you, my spirit could never forget the determination that you all display to solve this hugh problem that is prevalent for so many women.  To care about another persons problems over your own is LOVE,  and that is what this forum is all about.  I do care about you all deeply and I hurt that cancer is the reason that brings us all together.  Because of you, this too shall be conquered.  To the one I  hurt, please forgive me, to the one I chastized, please forgive and forget what I did.  Marty