whitestavern Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: So very sorry that you are going through this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I am heartbroken for you. Praying for your family :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 What a tribute! What a privilege to have you in this community! :grouphug: Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug:Wow!what an amazing man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcarolinamom Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Jane is right, JoAnne. It is our privilege to have you here. :grouphug: Your story gives new meaning to the wedding vow "for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health...." Thank you for that reminder today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed3x Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Your tribute was heartfelt and heartwrenching. I simply cannot fathom just how many collective hearts and minds are absolutely aching with you tonight. We love you and we are here. May God give you strength and peace to cope with yet another unimaginable burden. Jen :iagree: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runnermom Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 What a beautiful tribute, he sounds like an incredible person. If only our world were filled with more men like him! I am praying for comfort for you. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Your story gives new meaning to the wedding vow "for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health...." Thank you for that reminder today! Yes, this. Thank you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 wow, I started reading before I realised who the poster was. Sounds like your lives have been amazing together!:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Oh, Joanne...:crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punks in Ontario Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: What a wonderful man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Beautifully written. :grouphug::grouphug: I know this is ripping your heart out. What a fine man you have there...and what a fine wife you are. I cannot imagine that it is easy to lay aside all your personal feelings and struggles with this situation and step back and DO what is actually *best* for your husband's well being regardless of how crappy it makes you feel. Praying for you and your family this morning. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: That was beautiful. I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::crying: I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: I am so sorry for all that you are going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I remember when you were planning your wedding and how much joy radiated from your posts then. I read your beautiful words and all I can think of is how seasonal life is. I am so glad that you have a storehouse of memories with him, that you are getting the license that validates your vocation and that you had TIME with this man to heal and breathe and be who you are called to be. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 So sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: I have no words Joanne, I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 What an amazing husband. I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :( :grouphug: This breaks my heart. I don't know what to say but to let you know that you both are in my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: What a beautiful post Joanne. You both sound blessed to have found one another, even if the joy was only for a short time. I'm praying for you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I am so sorry, Joanne. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Thank you so much for telling us about Adrien. (sp?) He sounds like an amazing man. Praying for all of you as you go through this; I cannot imagine the difficulty for all of you. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 What a good man. I'm sorry life took this heartbreaking turn :grouphug:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Beautiful and so sad. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 That was a beautiful tribute to your husband, Joanne. Thank you for letting us hear about Adrien, and about your life together. Much peace and love to you today and always. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 7 years ago, when I was a struggling single mom, I met him. He respected, and supported, my rules about dating as a single mom. He respected my rules about intimacy. He respected my rules about dating (only when xh had the kids and some other stuff). When introducing him to the kids was possible (met my criteria), he cried that I had given him the honor. Right there in CiCi's, he cried. He was over at the house one weekend. He was trying to help with outside projects. I didn't have the correct tools/stuff. He took the boys, went to Home Depot and returned with the boys ;) and an outdoor broom, a quality rake, and some basic tools. He taught the boys how to build, fix things, take care of tools. He coached baseball 4 seasons, for both boys. He earned money purposely to buy a keyboard for my dd (who can't do sports). He went to my dd's JRA Doctor's appointment. He took my dd to see Taylor Swift. He made me watch sappy movies that made me cry (Christmas shoes? What's the POINT of all that emoting?) When financial burdens were imposed on us, he took any and all odd jobs he could. He designed alarm systems. He put siding on a home. He ran firework stands. He drove school buses. He planned family outings: a fishing contest, a trip to Six Flags, a trip to the amusement park in Houston before it closed, a trip to Schlitterbahn. Movies. He taught me how to play Texas Hold Em. He is THE REASON I am a therapist. Once, when he was listening to me on the phone counseling a woman about parenting, he asked me incredulously why WASN'T I DOING THAT FOR A LIVING. Finally, we made things happen to make me getting my Masters a priority. He supported and cheered me on every single day I was a student, including my final semester in which he was getting very sick. He began his own Masters. He was going to be a Chaplain at a hospital, nursing home, etc. And, tomorrow, he goes in one. :grouphug: I am so sorry for your pain, but what a beautiful testimony to your husband. I am praying for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 That was beautiful. I'm so sorry. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneBlessedx4 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I'm so sorry for what you are going through. :( What a beautiful tribute to your husband/relationship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: What a lovely man. I'm so sorry he's going down such a rough road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: He sounds like a wonderful man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsnbooks8 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulainTx Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug: What beautiful memories in such a short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Joanne, words are just so inadequate right now, so I will just give you hugs. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: I'm sorry. He sounds like a wonderful man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Oh bless your heart. :grouphug::grouphug: You are such a loving person and are an inspiration. Thank you for being in your husband's life and making HIS life such a complete one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: This board has been the collective recipient of your words, and your wisdom, and your occasional wry humor for more than a decade. We are all so fortunate to have crossed paths with you. I shall be forever grateful for almost everything that you have written and shared over the years. Your candor and honesty is unparalleled. We are all fortunate to have shared your insights, and your sorrows, and every so often, your victories. Do you remember the board euphoria that spread like wildfire when you married Adrian? There was cheering in the streets that night. Your tribute was heartfelt and heartwrenching. I simply cannot fathom just how many collective hearts and minds are absolutely aching with you tonight. We love you and we are here. May God give you strength and peace to cope with yet another unimaginable burden. Jen I remember when you were planning your wedding and how much joy radiated from your posts then. I read your beautiful words and all I can think of is how seasonal life is. I am so glad that you have a storehouse of memories with him, that you are getting the license that validates your vocation and that you had TIME with this man to heal and breathe and be who you are called to be. :grouphug::grouphug: :iagree: Although I wasn't around when you met Adrian, I have followed the story of his illness and how you have dealt with it as a couple. I am heartbroken for you. May God bless the time you still have with him. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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