Comments on: October 7, 2008 http://localhost/2008/10/07/october-7-2008/ Reflections on Living at the End of Life - MDS and Leukemia Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.28 By: heidi ore http://localhost/2008/10/07/october-7-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89524 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:49:15 +0000 http://www.connieore.com/?p=648#comment-89524 O beautiful mother whom I adore –

This evening I am pondering the title of your site- Living with MDS, with an adamant emphasis on Living!

I truly appreciate your words full of hope, wonder, and grace – as a human on the planet, you are fantastic – as a parent, you are magnificent. I turned 45 this year and still I learn from you, admire you, and try to be like you – One day, I hope to get close.

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

Miracles abound!

Love Heidi

Thank you for your words and most of all your living

]]> By: Jim Marriott http://localhost/2008/10/07/october-7-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89523 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:49:40 +0000 http://www.connieore.com/?p=648#comment-89523 Connie,

I truly hope that the side-effects of the busy Sunday are short-lived. Kristi and I were so glad to see you at the concert Sunday afternoon and so delighted to have you meet Joel!! I continue to hang on your every word written here, and we continue to hold you in our prayers.

Ryan and Anne Meyer send their greetings as well, we are with them now in St. Louis.

Much love,

Jim, Kristi, and Joel Marriott

]]> By: LaVonne Monson http://localhost/2008/10/07/october-7-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89522 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:52:39 +0000 http://www.connieore.com/?p=648#comment-89522 Just want to “drop in” to tell you how much we think of you and Charles as you journey ever courageously through each day with this mysterious illness. We continue to pray for your healing as you do all that you can muster to stay the course of that process.

Connie,YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION! As you write, you bring to us a deepened awareness of much that we often take for granted. I smiled when I read of your analogy of your grand daughter’s concentrations regarding her purple hair– and how we,too, can miss the “main” events by bountious distractions–. (There is a Biblical reference here, but I would need to be more scholarly to be specific!):)

Loved the “garden picnic” idea, staging by Charles! Creativity is one of the major spices in life, it seems–and it is a “Charles” specialty, isn’t it?! What a paradise indeed! Some French paintings come to mind!

Today we are going with our oldest son and family to meet up with our youngest son, Eric, who is now performing with Celebrity in the Western Med. Even though we will be far away, we will be keeping you in our prayers. May you find hope and strength in the knowledge that you are loved.

Just want you to know that we continue in our hope that you will be experiencing better health each day.
LOVE TO YOU AND CHARLES,
LaVonne and Larry Monson

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