Hi Everyone
This post has nothing to do with cards or a tutorial as promised but I will post the daffodil tutorial over the weekend.
With this post I would like to share with you all a blog Claire has started of her own. These thoughts have been going around in her head and she felt she needed to put down on paper, so as to speak, to let people know that Evie arrived for such a brief time but made such a big impact.
I know I am biased but I think Claire has written a most beautiful, moving and a heart wrenching post.
You can find Claire's first post titled " Nothing but time " by clicking the link below :-
www.evelynkatieward.wordpress.com
Hello my Friend,
ReplyDeleteI've read what Claire has written and it has touched my heart! I really hope it helps Claire, Toby and all the family. I left a message there but I'm not sure whether it worked!
I keep checking to see how you are! Sending you a virtual hug!
Take care and don't worry about cards or tutorials just continue to look after and care for each other.
Lots of love, Myra xx
Hi Myra
DeleteSo pleased you left Claire a message, that was lovely of you Thank you. Thank you again for keep visiting me and I felt your hugs in your words of comfort.
Love Tina XX
Hi Tina, I will check out the blog in a little while, I know I will need to get the tissues handy, it brings it all back for me too.
ReplyDeleteLovely to hear from you, and take your time over the daffodil tutorial, we all understand.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Hi June
DeleteI hope it doesn't make you cry too much or bring back painful memories. It's lovely to hear from you again too June.
Tutorial pictures now taken I just have to write a comment for each picture. Maybe when it's cooler this evening. I love the sunshine but can't settle to anything when it's really hot, and the puppy is not keen on the fan going in my workroom.
Love Tina XX
Hi tina. What a beautiful posting Claire will start to feel better as time goes on
ReplyDeleteand I know it is early days yet AS I have said before my daughter lost several before at
41 she had 2 in a year on only a bag of sugar. She has been very brave to write this
sending my families love to all the family especially a big hug for Claire. Mavis L x
Hi Mavis
DeleteIt was a beautiful post from Claire, it reduced us all to tears.
So sad for your daughter to have lost several babies and for you too, having to watch your daughter go through such pain. I'm so pleased after all that heartache she now has 2 beautiful children. There's still hope for us in time too. I will pass on your big hug to Claire.
Sending love to you & your family.
Tina XX
Hi Tina,
ReplyDeleteI've popped across to read your dear Claire's words. They touched me so much and I hope with all my heart it helps her so much. Stay strong lovely lady and don't worry about your blog we will always be here for you. I'm so pleased you like the poem I sent you. Take care lovely lady will be in touch soon
Love and hugs
Sheila xxxx
Hi Sheila
DeleteIt's always lovely to hear from you. I'm pleased you went over to Claire's blog and left such a lovely comment. I really did love your poem and feel Claire is a bit stronger now, so I will show it to her. Thank you Sheila.
I'll look forward to hearing from you again.XX
Love Tina XX
Hi Tina
ReplyDeleteClaire's thoughts and words really touched me ,it is so sad to read what has happened especially when we know that Claire would have made such a fantastic Mummy , i will continue to pray for her and Toby that all will get easier as time goes on.
I tried to find your e/mail address to bring you up to date on my son, you asked me to let you know how things went .
Well he had the best 4 surgeons 1 from the Hospital he attends, two from Liverpool and one from Birmingham , the pancreatic surgeon told Andrew and Helen he was young , fit and healthy apart from this, so we are going to be ruthless { and he meant it }
His operation lasted seven and a half hours , they got out the whole of the Tumor , all of the cancer { from the word go they said they would not be able to get it all } they took away the colon, gall bladder , duedernam { Cant spell it sorry } and some of the pancreas, they could not get all the cancer out of the little noduels but the consultants words were " we feel sure that the Chemo will kill it off ".
So Tina we have gone from hoping to be able to have a few more months / years . to being able to hopefully in the future God Willing be Cancer Free. Thank goodness for the Consultants ,surgeons and all medical persons.
Andrew has lost the yellowness and has color in his face after only two days , he is in a lot of pain as can be expected and he has a long way to go , however he is a fighter and he said yesterday " Mum i will beat this ".
Take care my friend my thoughts and prayers are with you all .
Hi Elaine
DeleteWhat a nail biting seven & a half hours you must have had. I'm really really pleased, with the help of the chemo the prognosis sounds sooo good. Keep up the fight Andrew, you'll beat it!!
I'm sending you big hugs Elaine (((X))), the worrying must have been unbearable.
This is my email address if you want to chat. dfc2210@hotmail.co.uk.
Tina XX
You are so kind Thank you xx
DeleteHi Tina,
ReplyDeleteI just read the very touching words your beautiful daughter wrote,you can be very proud of her!
I sincerely hope it will help them both to go through the suffering and pain.
How are you Tina? Hope you are finding some time for yourself now .
I call you later today.
Love and hugs Jane B.xxx
Hi Jane
DeleteI put into words just how proud we are of Claire & of Toby for all his courage and strength to help Claire to get to where she is today. I'll be fine. I just need too see Claire through her dark day's before I can fall apart. The stronger Claire gets I'll get my strength back from that.
Thank you for your call yesterday, it's always lovely to speak to you. I will be in touch soon. X
Love to you & Henk
Love Tina XX
Hi darling. In time I will read inside Claire Bear's heart, I've gone through it with you from the very first awful day. I will need to try and find a day my heart can stay strong for you all.
ReplyDeleteYou are so brave, as is Claire and my love surrounds you all xx
Hi my favourite boss lady
DeleteThank you for being there from that 1st day and for enduring a very soggy shoulder, and all the other soggy shoulders I have given you since then. Ill talk soon Steph, and try and keep the tap turned off. Sending love to You too.
Love Me XX
Wet or dry they are here for you whenever life overwhelmes you.I have added my thoughts now, boy, what a strong young lady you have there. And in time her strength will help so many other sad mummies. I'd like permission to pass this onto Lou as she will unfortunately in her profession meet other young mum's that are in the same place as Claire and Toby. It's very sad to say that for some of her mum's..... it's too late. Surrounding you with gentle hugs my dearest friend xxx
DeleteHello Tina,
ReplyDeleteI have read Claire's words and feel that you are all so strong to be able to do this. I have answered but don't know if it will post, as nothing showed afterwards. It may just take time.
Don't worry about cards or tutorials, we will be here when you are ready and feel up to it.
Maureen xxx
Hi Maureen
DeleteClaire didn't tell me she had made a blog or what she had written until it went live. It was so beautiful and such a brave thing for her to have done, and I think it has really helped her.
Claire has an approval button on the blog as she couldn't stand to read negative comments. She loved your message and has told me of every single one from my blog. Thank you Maureen.
Love Tina XX
Hi Tina
ReplyDeleteClaire's words were so moving, and the pain she is in cuts through those words. I hope it helps her to recover from such an awful loss. She seems a strong lady (like her mum) and I hope for nothing but the best this world has to offer for her and Toby. Let us know if she posts again, if she needs support we'll give it to her and to you.
Come back to us in your own time Tina, we'll be here.
Little puppy paw hugs to Ellie from Billy, he's sound on my pillow pile on the sofa (cheeky sod) while I am about to put away my laptop. My dad is fitting the new RAM I brought for it so I've been doing back ups in case and moving files I'll need to my tablet. Had Alex cook my tea and walk Billy today as Andy is having badly needed respite by a lake, rod in hand, after his busy fortnight at work. So Billy is having Andy's bed tonight to keep me company!
Elaine, in case I don't get to Participate today I'm glad your son is in good spirits and has been given a huge chance to beat the cancer. Best wishes to you all x
Biggest of hugs to you and your family Tina and my best wishes to all too, T xxx
Hi T
DeleteI really don't know where she found that strength to write those heartfelt words. I'll get my strength back when I see Claire getting stronger, that will be my medicine, and thank you for the support on her blog and on mine T it's so appreciated big time.X
You put me to shame using computers, doing back ups & moving files to a tablet. wow! Really pleased Andy is having a fishing break and that Alex is cooking dinner & looking after Billy boy, even though he is a lovely little sod nicking your pillow pile and Andy's side of the bed tonight, I just it's only the half of bed for your sake. I think that is one happy dog you have there.
I WILL send you picture of half pint soon and I loved the one's you sent of billy. You can tell he's loved very much. X
Talk soon T
Love Tina XX
Darn predictive text... Elaine, I meant Sue's blog Particraft... not participate!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much ,you are most kind . xxx
DeleteHi Tina, whatever time you need we'll be here. Have written on Claires blog, so moving . Hugs Theresa xx
ReplyDeleteHi Theresa
DeleteThank you, you left such a lovely message on Claire's blog. They have a already made an Evie garden, with the most stunning rose called Evelyn and plan to do a lot of fund raising to purchase a cool cot for the hospital.
So nice to know that you will still be here, Thank you Theresa.X
Love Tina XX
Dear Tina,
ReplyDeletethank you that you give all of us the the opportunity to write a few lines of love directly to your daughter.
A lot of power and confidence for all of you.
Many hugs and blessing Petra
Hi Petra
DeleteI Thank you so much for leaving Claire a message, I was there when 2 messages came through and yours was one of them. She Aww mum don't you have some lovely friends.
Thank you Petra, hugs to you too
Tina XX
Dear Tina,
Deletethank you for all the words about Claire and what has happened. I just did take a view on their Blog again and wrote a few new lines to Claire and hope that the future will bring all of you sunshine, love, hope and never ending confidence.
Many hugs and blessing Petra
Hi Tina.
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? I read it all. So moving and so much pain at the same time. My hearts breaking reading it.
My dad is on borrowed time I guess so I'm trying to spend as much time as I have left with him. I wasn't sure if I'd let u know that he was diagnosed a few weeks ago with oesophageal cancer which has spread. and was worse by saying it was terminal.
But reading Claire's words made me think.
He's been in my life for 42 years and won't last forever as I somehow thought he would.
But I feel better knowing that I'll think of him of always being there as I'm part of him as he is part of me right?
I hope Claire feels a little better by writing as I know it'll never go away
Lots of love to u and ur family. Xxx
Ps I left her a message xx
DeleteHi Tracy
DeleteI had no idea about your dad, I'm so sorry Tracy. With all that you have personally gone through this was a low blow for you to get.
I was 22 when my mum died, it was only 7 weeks before I got married, so she never saw me get married but she did see me in my dress at the shop. 2 years previous we went to a wedding show and she said I'd love to see married in that dress. So that was the dress she saw me in about 12 wks before the big day. She never saw my Claire & Craig either ( she would have loved them and would be as proud of them today as I am. She WAS there with me on my wedding day and when I need strength I ask her and somehow she helps. Like you say I'm part of my mum and she is part of me, just like your dad will be, Always.
Stay strong Tracy, sending you big gentle hugs Tina XX
I think you have my email address, but if not and you want to talk it's dfc2210@hotmail.co.uk. If I don't answer straight away, I will get back to you.
Hi Tina
DeleteThankyou for telling us about Claire's blog so Beautifully written and hope we can help her by reading her blog.
I hope you are taking care of your self thinking of you.
love jeanie
I think you have helped more than you know. Thank you Jeanie.
DeleteTina XX
Hi Tina,
ReplyDeleteThank you for signposting me to Claire's blog. It is so heartfelt and beautifully written and I hope it helps her by writing it down. She is a remarkable young woman who is living through the most horrendously tragic time but please Lord, that she finds her way through this and back to some happiness. She, Toby and you will never forget little Evie and Anthea, but, in time, the memories will bring smiles to all your lips rather than tears to your eyes.
Take care of yourself Tina, you have a lot of people who care for you and your family.
Pam