tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post735417158886700473..comments2023-07-22T04:25:04.122-05:00Comments on Not Quite What I Had Planned: PerspectiveKristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325715096763265816noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-6016467214872089212007-12-21T17:40:00.000-05:002007-12-21T17:40:00.000-05:00AMEN!!!AMEN!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-38011306681970630512007-12-21T00:39:00.000-05:002007-12-21T00:39:00.000-05:00Yay Kendrie!!!Yay Kendrie!!!Karalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101957534350375084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-3783614517978554882007-12-20T23:17:00.000-05:002007-12-20T23:17:00.000-05:00You are so right...its all how you look at things!...You are so right...its all how you look at things!! Thank God for 2 years of cancer free!!<BR/><BR/>Hope your other "situations" work out ok too!<BR/><BR/>Kristina<BR/>Brookville OHIOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-58967713551567594042007-12-20T21:24:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:24:00.000-05:00Gosh I remember reading about the treatments when ...Gosh I remember reading about the treatments when she was still going through them. The fact that it has been two years will shine an extra light on your Christmas.<BR/> <BR/>Think of everything else this way...you are getting all those other things over with at once so you should have a long time before anything else goes wrong....knock on wood.katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344546666806346254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-73129706625937258542007-12-20T21:16:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:16:00.000-05:00I don't think anything more than that warrants bei...I don't think anything more than that warrants being said. Congrats to all of you! Have a very Merry Christmas and a joyous and healthy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-102148988306836072007-12-20T16:24:00.000-05:002007-12-20T16:24:00.000-05:00Hooray for two years off-treatment! Not that they...Hooray for two years off-treatment! Not that they've been two stress-free years, but the Kendrie part has been all good. Watching her grow and thrive via her Caringbridge site and now your blog (yes, YOUR blog, and it can be ALL ABOUT YOU and no one better complain!!! and yet... you do share it with your family, and so you are kind and generous. But, I digress...) has been SO encouraging to those who are currently in the battle or friends of someone who is. (and I may have just beaten your record for a run-on sentence. But again... I digress). It is wonderful that you can remember to be thankful even during challenging times; I truly believe that is the key to a joy-full life.<BR/>Merry Christmas, Escoes, and wishing you the very best New Year ever!Pam Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681029046120784248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-42164686301058800372007-12-20T14:36:00.000-05:002007-12-20T14:36:00.000-05:00I can't imagine how ANYONE, in the whole, wide, wo...I can't imagine how ANYONE, in the whole, wide, world, could ever- EVER - criticize (is that spelled right?? Too lazy to look it up!) you for either your perspective or your attitude.....you are, truly, an.inspiration.to.us.all. As is Kendrie, of course, which goes without saying...but, I'll say it any way. I hope your Christmas is a truly blessed and happy one. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-73151644542138635422007-12-20T14:01:00.000-05:002007-12-20T14:01:00.000-05:00Kendrie, we're celebrating with you over and over!...Kendrie, we're celebrating with you over and over! Jane in MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-69666522280557880712007-12-20T11:54:00.000-05:002007-12-20T11:54:00.000-05:00Two years! Yeah!!! If that doesn't put things in...Two years! Yeah!!! If that doesn't put things in perspective, I don't know what does. Have a Merry Christmas.<BR/>BrianaThe Traveling Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006993240317444809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-61640249515062718452007-12-20T10:26:00.000-05:002007-12-20T10:26:00.000-05:00Absolutely amazing that it has been two years!Absolutely amazing that it has been two years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-18927839863611110812007-12-20T09:31:00.000-05:002007-12-20T09:31:00.000-05:00You made me cry, thanks for sharing your thoughts ...You made me cry, thanks for sharing your thoughts and memories. I can't believe it's been two years, wow, that goes so fast. I am so glad Kendrie is doing so well.<BR/><BR/>I guess we all need to be reminded sometimes what is truly important and yes, you last week sucked, but your family is healthy and together.<BR/><BR/>Wishing you a great Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-59176830631653724792007-12-20T09:07:00.000-05:002007-12-20T09:07:00.000-05:00Kristie, sounds like you need some Christmas cheer...Kristie, sounds like you need some Christmas cheer!<BR/>MERRY CHRISTMAS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-58815281566275706512007-12-20T09:05:00.000-05:002007-12-20T09:05:00.000-05:00Well said...Congratulations on two years off chemo...Well said...Congratulations on two years off chemo. You all have a merry Christmas!<BR/>Lisa L. from TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-4821977149589710752007-12-20T07:21:00.000-05:002007-12-20T07:21:00.000-05:00Wow! It's really been 2 years?!?! That means I've ...Wow! It's really been 2 years?!?! That means I've "known" you guys for even longer than 2 years! Go Kendrie!! :) Like Jeri I tell stories about you guys as if we've met... hahaha! anyways, thanks for putting it all in persepctive- the last couple months have been hard here, too, but not near as bad as what Kendrie and you all went through. Merry Christmas to the Escoes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-74764329830248332782007-12-20T05:48:00.000-05:002007-12-20T05:48:00.000-05:00Somehow when we stop to count our blessing, the ir...Somehow when we stop to count our blessing, the irritating roadblocks seem small.<BR/>You always have a way of putting things in perspective.<BR/><BR/>You get it!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-66598347765891047432007-12-20T02:18:00.000-05:002007-12-20T02:18:00.000-05:00I'm one of those frequent lurkers/rare posters but...I'm one of those frequent lurkers/rare posters but this post is one I will respond to without hesitation! I've followed Kendrie's progress for much more than two years - I remember only too well the concerns you expressed - the pain she was enduring due to the treatments. i remember so, so well the celebration you reference in your post. Yes, perspective is one of those vitally important ingredients in our lives that sometimes we overlook.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, though, you have had a rough week. Losing a pet - losing control of your life (via lovely power outages!) - that counts too! So don't be hard on yourself - you have encountered one of those times when the world seems to conspire against you. <BR/><BR/>I was in a yoga class tonight and our teacher talked about that very thing - the day or week or month when everything seems to go wrong - when you keep dropping things - or losing keys (I immediately thought of you!) - when every stoplight you encounter is red - on and on. Her words of wisdom were exactly what you have done - that when we encounter times like that, it is the very time we need to look inward - to account for ourselves - to take stock of the good things in our lives. You have the very best there is - a daughter who not only has kicked cancer in the butt but who has flourished - a family that has done the same. <BR/><BR/>I sincerely believe that your acknowledgment and thanks to the universe for those events will bring more events of the same to you - that you will find your life improving minute by minute. In other words, the more you say "thank you" the more reason you will have to say just that!<BR/><BR/>On a totally different topic, I cannot resist letting you know that we have no ice storms/snow here in Georgia! While our temperatures are not where they were last week (in the 70s!), we are not even close to having any major ice/snow storms that I know of! So, just consider, if you were still in Georgia, how different would your life be??? Just kidding - I know being home brings a lot more to the table than the weather in Georgia!<BR/><BR/>I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and that 2008 will be the very best year yet for all you!<BR/><BR/>Libby GladdenLibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765096401891043460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-17155233943441155832007-12-20T02:13:00.000-05:002007-12-20T02:13:00.000-05:00I hear 'ya cluckin' big chicken! (That's what my ...I hear 'ya cluckin' big chicken! (That's what my sisters and I say to each other when we get it!).<BR/><BR/>NatalieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-92019981110813021352007-12-20T01:40:00.000-05:002007-12-20T01:40:00.000-05:00My grandmother was just diagnosed with cancer and ...My grandmother was just diagnosed with cancer and I hope someday soon she will be wearing a sweatshirt like Kendrie's. You are so blessed to have her with you. Good job kicking butt!Monica Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767867041043811045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-58746806961025062042007-12-20T01:18:00.000-05:002007-12-20T01:18:00.000-05:00How right you are about perspective! When I get se...How right you are about perspective! When I get seriously annoyed with my husband I remember that just 14 months ago we were told he only had a year to live. Thankfully a second opinion and treatment at a cancer center gave us the chance to grow old together. Yeah, sometimes you have to remember where you've been in order to appreciate how far you've come.<BR/><BR/>Like Dixie in CA I can't believe I've "known" you for so many years. I find myself talking to friends and telling them stories about my friend that just moved to OK. I never even bother to mention that we've never actually met!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-87541025641193680492007-12-20T01:09:00.000-05:002007-12-20T01:09:00.000-05:00Two thoughts:1. You're very wise, extremely wise ...Two thoughts:<BR/>1. You're very wise, extremely wise even!<BR/>2. I can't believe I've "known" you for over 2 years. <BR/><BR/>Dixie in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-55625006930281920002007-12-20T00:35:00.000-05:002007-12-20T00:35:00.000-05:00Definitely all about perspective. You go, Kendrie...Definitely all about perspective. You go, Kendrie, and keep on kicking cancer's sorry little hiney!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-78639131544308263892007-12-20T00:24:00.000-05:002007-12-20T00:24:00.000-05:00Like many other things on the front of my frig is ...Like many other things on the front of my frig is my invitation to Kendrie's off treatment party. Yes it is still there and won't be coming down as long as I am alive! I have lots of pictures of the kids I write to there, and I don't care if service people look at me funny when something goes wrong in my house. I have given up even trying to explain. I don't think they "get" it. <BR/><BR/>You brought me to tears and then back down to earth tonight.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>Postcard CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-3590373634840095192007-12-19T23:40:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:40:00.000-05:00Congratulations on celebrating 2 years OT! How co...Congratulations on celebrating 2 years OT! How cool is that?!<BR/><BR/>Marie<BR/>www.caringbridge.org/visit/marielleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-34301458544138466022007-12-19T23:39:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:39:00.000-05:002 years...congratulations Kendrie! Here's hoping ...2 years...congratulations Kendrie! Here's hoping that your week gets better...and don't you just love that when we're really ticked at the state of things God goes ahead and puts something in our way to make it all trivial? I love that about Him!<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/><BR/>Kimkimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325949453703869105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-8470550216617570742007-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:00I was crying by the end of your post.That is so tr...I was crying by the end of your post.<BR/><BR/>That is so true! We have several gripes this year (nothing compared to your week, sorry), but when I think that this time last year we were afraid our little guy would die and we had no idea why (not yet dxed until 12/28 but very very sick), things don't seem so bad. <BR/><BR/>Congrats on 2 years OT!!! We still have 2 years and 3 months left on Kaden's protocol, but some day we will be celebrating that anniversary too! Perspective sure changes when cancer butts into your life.<BR/><BR/>Prayers for a Very Merry Christmas!WendyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218798037856512205noreply@blogger.com