I met our very own "Christmas Girl"....

taleena
taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I just had to share... I'm in Chicago on a business meeting... ie...Christmas banquet for our companies annual Christmas party... and who would be willing to travel 45 minutes into the middle of no where... literally no easy way to get around... to meet with me.... I must say... since this breast cancer journey of mine began back on May 20th.. there has been nothing that has meant more to me than ... than the experience I had today... Meeting our beloved "Christmas Girl"...

Our husbands sat next to each other as she and I did... The warm welcoming embrace.. and the hug before moving on in our seperate directions... she is everything that she seems to be... a big heart... a warm embrace... a kindred spirit... one I felt I had always known even if I had never before seen her face...

She will have her computer next Saturday... or possibly on Sunday to once again be what she has been to many of us... an encouragement... a support system... a friend... a beloved sister...

Christmas Girl... I hope you know how very much today meant to me... I love you, my dear sister!

♥ & hugs,

~T
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  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    T...........
    Oh, how awesome that meeting must have been!! I'm so glad that you got a chance to meet each other!

    I'm also very happy that Susan will soon be able to join us here again...we all miss her!

    Hugs,

    CR
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    I am jealous in the Best
    I am jealous in the Best Way!!! It is so wonderful that you met Susan; she is one of my dearest cyber-friends,a true Kindred Spirit! Hooray for both of you~ you were an early, forever-lasting Holiday Gift to one another! Nothing better than that!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    chenheart said:

    I am jealous in the Best
    I am jealous in the Best Way!!! It is so wonderful that you met Susan; she is one of my dearest cyber-friends,a true Kindred Spirit! Hooray for both of you~ you were an early, forever-lasting Holiday Gift to one another! Nothing better than that!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥

    I too am envious of this
    I too am envious of this meeting. What fun to meet a sister. And it is good to hear that Christmas Girl will be back online soon with good advice and good thoughts for all. What a nice Christmas treat for you both.
    Stef
  • jk1952
    jk1952 Member Posts: 613
    fauxma said:

    I too am envious of this
    I too am envious of this meeting. What fun to meet a sister. And it is good to hear that Christmas Girl will be back online soon with good advice and good thoughts for all. What a nice Christmas treat for you both.
    Stef

    How cool is that! So glad
    How cool is that! So glad that you had a chance to meet each other. It must have been wonderful!

    Joyce
  • mlmjt1
    mlmjt1 Member Posts: 537
    Hi Taleena
    How cool that must have been!!! I think it would be so neat to meet some of our sisters. The bonds are so strong here.

    I really am jealous, again in a good way and am happy for you that you had this moment to remember.

    Hugs to you
    Linda t
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That is awesome! I so wish I could have been there too! Someday.....Pammy
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    Very cool!

    Very cool!
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    WONDERFUL
    Oh that is so cool, how special that must have been for both of you! I am happy to hear that she will be back in cyber space again soon. Thank you for sharing with us Taleena, what a wonderful meeting it must have been.

    RE
  • tjhay
    tjhay Member Posts: 655
    RE said:

    WONDERFUL
    Oh that is so cool, how special that must have been for both of you! I am happy to hear that she will be back in cyber space again soon. Thank you for sharing with us Taleena, what a wonderful meeting it must have been.

    RE

    How wonderful for the both
    How wonderful for the both of you. I am not going to say I am jealous cause as soon as i win the lottery I am going to hit every state and meet all my sisters. I am very happy though that you got to meet. I have no doubt it was an experince that you both will carry with you always.
    tj
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    What a very special meeting.
    What a very special meeting. Hopefully, one day, we can all meet some of our special sisters. I'm very happy for you!
  • BunnyJane
    BunnyJane Member Posts: 213
    MyTurnNow said:

    What a very special meeting.
    What a very special meeting. Hopefully, one day, we can all meet some of our special sisters. I'm very happy for you!

    Lucky You!
    Christmas girl was one of the first people to welcome me to this site! I'm happy for both of you!
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    BunnyJane said:

    Lucky You!
    Christmas girl was one of the first people to welcome me to this site! I'm happy for both of you!

    Awesome
    I am so happy for you that you were able to meet and spend time with Susan.
    I am a little jealous but happy at the same time.

    Margo
  • taleena
    taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member

    Awesome
    I am so happy for you that you were able to meet and spend time with Susan.
    I am a little jealous but happy at the same time.

    Margo

    I knew that you would all
    I knew that you would all celebrate the meeting between "sisters"... Susan was also one of the first ones to welcome me as well... I plan on meeting more of you... one at a time... it was a wonderful experience... and I will see her again!

    I will tell you that it really kind of put me in check... what I mean is.. this board has been wonderful, but I had been asking myself if the "connections" where real... not that everyone isn't supportive, because they are... but I had come to question the "realness" of it... I will never again question it... yes... it's a connection... and it is very real.

    Hugs,

    ~T
  • elm3544
    elm3544 Member Posts: 748
    That is so cool!
    I got to

    That is so cool!
    I got to meet Maryann. We found out we went to the same oncologist's office a while back here on this board and we started emailing, then finally met in person. She is a wonderful woman and I am honored to call her my friend!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    Aww, T...
    I am touched. If I actually "blushed" (I don't), I would be now...

    :-)

    Am so glad we took advantage, made the effort, to meet in person during that small window of time you had free during your very quick trip to/from the Chicago area. It was just as meaningful to me, too. To meet you, a true pink sister. To exchange actual physical hugs. For both of us - the very first time we met a fellow CSNer.

    Conversation was easy and natural. Unlike a first time meeting between strangers. Of course, none of us are strangers here. Talked a bit about BC, then... lots of "life in general" in between,too... Nice, very nice - indeed.

    Bonus: the husbands enjoyed themselves! It was Bob's first experience talking to the husband - your Dennis - of a breast cancer survivor. Yes, even though it's been six years for me.

    Awesome, all the way around.

    Yeah, I do know, T. Me, too. 'Nuf said...

    Kindest regards,
    and sisterly love backatcha,
    Susan xo

    P.S.: I'd like you all to know that T has very pretty and bright blue eyes, a lovely smile - and, she's tiny!!!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    CR1954 said:

    T...........
    Oh, how awesome that meeting must have been!! I'm so glad that you got a chance to meet each other!

    I'm also very happy that Susan will soon be able to join us here again...we all miss her!

    Hugs,

    CR

    Cindy Lou Who...
    Maybe some day, we'll meet, too. Would love that!

    Kindest regards,
    Susan xo
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    fauxma said:

    I too am envious of this
    I too am envious of this meeting. What fun to meet a sister. And it is good to hear that Christmas Girl will be back online soon with good advice and good thoughts for all. What a nice Christmas treat for you both.
    Stef

    Dear Kindred Spirit and dear Stef...
    I try hard to keep envy and jealousy as far away as humanly possible. Yet, I understand that yours is meant without even a hint of malice - yes, in the best possible way!

    You know where I live. Don't either of you ever DARE travel near to me without planning a meeting!

    Kindest regards,
    12/25 -and/or- Susan
    xo xo
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    Akiss4me said:

    WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That is awesome! I so wish I could have been there too! Someday.....Pammy

    Pammy...
    You were close within my thoughts while I was with T.

    Ditto - same offer.

    Chicago.

    Kindest regards,
    Susan xo
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    lynn1950 said:

    Very cool!

    Very cool!

    My fellow but former Chicagoan pink sister and friend...
    So, Lynn - do you ever get back here?

    Family?

    I hope so, some day.

    Kindest regards,
    Susan xo
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    RE said:

    WONDERFUL
    Oh that is so cool, how special that must have been for both of you! I am happy to hear that she will be back in cyber space again soon. Thank you for sharing with us Taleena, what a wonderful meeting it must have been.

    RE

    Dear, dear RE...
    T and I spoke of how many of our pink sisters live in the SoCal area.

    Could be a rather large gathering! Hopefully, some day.

    Kindest regards,
    Susan xo