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KathiM
KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I sit and gaze at all of the wonderful holiday cards you, my family, have sent. And I am profoundly grateful that I have you as my strength and my warmth!

I was asked during an interview for a magazine (yes, blush, another 5 minutes of fame..lol) why I still mentor, and expose myself to the pain along with the joy of meeting yet another lost soul battling cancer. I thought a minute, and then I said simply "I must! I receive at least as much as I give to my special family. And so I must also share in the pain."

It truly is a remarkable experience to hold so many of you so dear! And to also know that, in times of hardness for me, you have my back, as well.

I wish you all the joys that Christmas should bring. I wish you a world with no more cancer, no more suffering. I give to you my heart and my hands, and am overwhelmed at your acceptance of a 'long termer' that just doesn't go away.

In my best dutch, "Prettige Feestdagen en Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar". Directly translated it means Happy Feastdays (or party days) and Lucky New Year...

Big, warm, cuddly hugs, Kathi
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  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties CSN Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #2
    Thank you Dear
    It means so very much to all of us to have you here to share the good and the bad as we trudge on thru life.

    May the holidays bring you peace, love and health.

    Thank you for being the caring person you are.

    Marie who loves kitties
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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 CSN Member Posts: 6,752 Member
    #3
    Awwww
    That was so special. It's amazing how we bond we have never met face to face. Have a very Merry Christmas.

    Kim
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  • plh4gail
    plh4gail CSN Member Posts: 1,238 Member
    #4
    Little things
    That was so sweet. Isn't it wonderful how sometimes ist's the little things make such an impact?

    Smiles, Gail
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #5
    plh4gail said:

    Little things
    That was so sweet. Isn't it wonderful how sometimes ist's the little things make such an impact?

    Smiles, Gail

    Dankzij my friend!
    Feliz navidad y prospero año Nuevo a toda la familia CSN!
    Os Quiero!
    Pepe!
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
    #6
    pepebcn said:

    Dankzij my friend!
    Feliz navidad y prospero año Nuevo a toda la familia CSN!
    Os Quiero!
    Pepe!

    I could not have said it better, dear friend!
    Hugs, Kathi
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #7
    KathiM said:

    I could not have said it better, dear friend!
    Hugs, Kathi

    But.......this is not dutch ....is Spanish!
    Hahahaha!
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    But.......this is not dutch ....is Spanish!
    Hahahaha!

    You are such a joker....
    Dankzij....that is Spanish???????

    OK, so, how do you come to know dutch? Is it the king/ruler again???

    I love you LOTS, dearheart...you always can bring a smile!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
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