That Chair

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That Chair

 

My friend Jeanne has just had surgery for ovarian cancer. I am weeping as I

write. Her husband, Joe, is such a dear. "I like being a caregiver," he said,

"but I am going to have to let Jeanne tell me what she wants."

 

"What do you mean," I asked.

 

"Well," he said, "for instance, there was a chair in the hospital room and

before she tried to get out of bed, I wanted to move it out of the way for her.

She said, "If I haven't tripped over it yet, I'm not going to trip over it now."

 

Jeanne can always make me laugh. She told me before going into the surgery that

she was going to fight for her life. She has had breast cancer twice and been

cancer-free for over twenty years. We went to junior high school together and

were best friends. We reunited this summer; not having seen each other in some

forty-odd years. "Maybe we can be friends in our old age," she said.

 

"Do we have to have matching notebooks?" I asked her.

 

"Only if I get to pick them out," she said. It was a reunion made in heaven.

She said that she would be here for me as I went through Bob's cancer. More

tears. Like that chair, I am just going to let them be there.

 

Vicki Woodyard

http://www.bobwoodyard.com/satsang.htm

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Wonderful friend

thats whats LOVE about

thank you for sharing

whoever is ready to listen can learn

lots of embraces

inner smiles

michael

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Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:40 PM

That Chair

> That Chair> > My friend Jeanne has just had surgery for ovarian

cancer. I am weeping as I write. Her husband, Joe, is such a dear.

"I like being a caregiver," he said, "but I am going to have to let

Jeanne tell me what she wants."> > "What do you mean," I asked.> >

"Well," he said, "for instance, there was a chair in the hospital

room and before she tried to get out of bed, I wanted to move it out

of the way for her. She said, "If I haven't tripped over it yet, I'm

not going to trip over it now." > > Jeanne can always make me laugh.

She told me before going into the surgery that she was going to fight

for her life. She has had breast cancer twice and been cancer-free

for over twenty years. We went to junior high school together and

were best friends. We reunited this summer; not having seen each

other in some forty-odd years. "Maybe we can be friends in our old

age," she said.> > "Do we have to have matching notebooks?" I asked

her.> > "Only if I get to pick them out," she said. It was a reunion

made in heaven. She said that she would be here for me as I went

through Bob's cancer. More tears. Like that chair, I am just going

to let them be there.> > Vicki Woodyard>

http://www.bobwoodyard.com/satsang.htm> > > >

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