tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post6894419934256382446..comments2024-03-12T10:20:01.684+02:00Comments on Coffee and Chemo: Mothers and DaughtersRivkA with a capital Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-33810816771319912442009-09-10T12:44:41.005+03:002009-09-10T12:44:41.005+03:00Wow! That was really powerful.Wow! That was really powerful.tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539537363084834903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-13855707176317950552009-09-10T05:31:31.039+03:002009-09-10T05:31:31.039+03:00I read this year's and last year's posts o...I read this year's and last year's posts on your Etgarim program and I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. What a life-building experience. My youngest daughter was only three when I had my first round of thyroid cancer. She has grown up nuturing me; at times taking on the role I didn't have the strength to do. I have purposed to try not to let it bother me, it is making her a more thoughtful, caring, need-meeting young lady. It seems your daughter has those same instincts and I am thankful for that blessing she was to you.<br /><br />After my first treatment I turned 40. I went water-skiing with some friends, something I hadn't done for about 25 years. I got up the first time and skiied for a short time until I thought my arms were going to pull off. When I was done I sat on the back of the boat and wept. I wept with joy that I skiied, but wept with grief that it was so hard.<br /><br />So will our lives ever be.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182293568554955242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-62858521583408946142009-09-10T04:01:52.073+03:002009-09-10T04:01:52.073+03:00How amazingly wonderful. What a gift of an opport...How amazingly wonderful. What a gift of an opportunity! May you continue to enjoy her and be close for years and years to come.<br /><br />When I was younger, we also did rope courses for team building. I always wondered what it was about ropes that brought people together. Reading this post, I remember a show on which I got to see a demonstration of how one makes rope- you twist a bazillion strands of twine tighter and tighter, and eventually the composite is strong enough to move mountains. That sounds like relationship building to me.Staying Afloathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228636990839399469noreply@blogger.com