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| MaryLynne Gone but never to be forgotten. As kind as she was gorgeous. Filled to the brim with love for her family. Generous and compassionate with everyone. Ever growing in faith and knowledge of the Savior. Believed in and lived as Christ--giving unconditional love to all that she met. Firmness of testimony and proclaimer of her faith in the Gospel. A true friend.
I'm thankful I got to see her on her last day of living her mortal life. I looked at her spent, frail, small body...her greyed long hair combed back...her pain and voice silenced by medications...her induced deep sleep and slack jaw...her pallored skin-- and I thought...she fought the good fight...she finished her race...she won the battle...she endured to the end...she will soon be released and whole again. I cannot imagine her actually going to leave. I love her.
Although I saw all of that...what lived in my mind was the above photo of her. My mind was also filled with...Remembering the softness of her voice...her gentle laugh...her shared confidences with the struggles of mortal life...the joyous testimony of the Gospel she treasured and always, always, her increased love and pride for her children and her precious grandchildren.
We shared so many wonderful memories over many years. I know I will see her in the next life but right now, I so wish for more of those long ago, long gone past days and years and time in this life, we shared as friends. I will cherish those memories.
We love our friends and we weep over our friends leaving us. I weep.
Psalms 30:5 ....weeping may endure for a night, but bjoy cometh in the morning. |
Showing posts with label MaryLynne. Show all posts
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Friday, December 1, 2017
Tears here
my beautiful friend....
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
For sweet MaryLynne
My sweet beautiful friend, MaryLynne, is having major struggles with pain in her health battles, a part of which is cancer. This is for her as well as all of us in our life treks. Draw strength from it, MaryLynne. You are in our prayers and we love you.
The Divine Shepherd has a message of hope, strength, and deliverance for all. If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.
When we pluck the roses, we find we often cannot avoid the thorns which spring from the same stem.
The blessings of eternity will surely come to those who endure refining, as the Lord Himself taught: “He only is saved who endureth unto the end.” I testify that Jesus is the Christ and the Divine Redeemer. He lives! His are the sweet words of eternal life.
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The Divine Shepherd has a message of hope, strength, and deliverance for all. If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.
When we pluck the roses, we find we often cannot avoid the thorns which spring from the same stem.
Out
of the refiner’s fire can come a glorious deliverance. It can be a
noble and lasting rebirth. The price to become acquainted with God will
have been paid. There can come a sacred peace. There will be a
reawakening of dormant, inner resources. A comfortable cloak of
righteousness will be drawn around us to protect us and to keep us warm
spiritually. Self-pity will vanish as our blessings are counted.
The blessings of eternity will surely come to those who endure refining, as the Lord Himself taught: “He only is saved who endureth unto the end.” I testify that Jesus is the Christ and the Divine Redeemer. He lives! His are the sweet words of eternal life.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
A friend in need....
Good morning...
Last night I had trouble sleeping. I got up and wandered around and was thinking of yesterday and wondering where all of these health issues with Terry will end up. Will they level out and calm down? Those sorts of thoughts. Then I was thinking of my friends and what they deal with and my heart was filled with concern for them. Realizing again-- life is a test and endurance buoyed by faith is the key to success and survival.
I decided to check my email and do some reading and maybe write something or other.
I have a friend, MaryLynne, that is one of those gentle/ultra feminine/classic features beauties. She has fought through a lot of things in her life. She is faith-filled and wants to help others in any way that she can. These last several years she has dealt with severe pain and health issues. She has been at the Huntsman Cancer Center in Utah. Early this morning, when I checked my email, I found she had sent a letter to three of her friends- Carol, Spring and myself. She said I can share it. I'll just share one paragraph that pretty much sums up the happenings in her life right now....
"In Mexico safely and doing fine. The last thing Huntsmans told me was I had 2 years to live if bad cancer and 4 if it was a good cancer and that was with chemo and possibly some radiation. If no Chemo just a few months to live. I cannot see having treatment that will make me sick for a year or more just to live another year or so. I asked the head oncologist there if there was a cure with the treatment and he said ."There is no cure for stage 3 and 4 breast cancer that had spread." I did not think they would say it so definitely. But since January I knew the diagnosis, just had to do things on my own due to either no treatments that would help and insurance issues. Anyway, Brad and I have discussed it and we both felt Mexico therapies were at least hopeful and if I did not make it, Brad would have a hard time forgiving himself for not trying to help me overcome this. We both felt peace at this and what do we have to lose."
She plans on beating the odds and then helping others do the same. Prayers in her behalf would be so appreciated.
Last night I had trouble sleeping. I got up and wandered around and was thinking of yesterday and wondering where all of these health issues with Terry will end up. Will they level out and calm down? Those sorts of thoughts. Then I was thinking of my friends and what they deal with and my heart was filled with concern for them. Realizing again-- life is a test and endurance buoyed by faith is the key to success and survival.
I decided to check my email and do some reading and maybe write something or other.
I have a friend, MaryLynne, that is one of those gentle/ultra feminine/classic features beauties. She has fought through a lot of things in her life. She is faith-filled and wants to help others in any way that she can. These last several years she has dealt with severe pain and health issues. She has been at the Huntsman Cancer Center in Utah. Early this morning, when I checked my email, I found she had sent a letter to three of her friends- Carol, Spring and myself. She said I can share it. I'll just share one paragraph that pretty much sums up the happenings in her life right now....
"In Mexico safely and doing fine. The last thing Huntsmans told me was I had 2 years to live if bad cancer and 4 if it was a good cancer and that was with chemo and possibly some radiation. If no Chemo just a few months to live. I cannot see having treatment that will make me sick for a year or more just to live another year or so. I asked the head oncologist there if there was a cure with the treatment and he said ."There is no cure for stage 3 and 4 breast cancer that had spread." I did not think they would say it so definitely. But since January I knew the diagnosis, just had to do things on my own due to either no treatments that would help and insurance issues. Anyway, Brad and I have discussed it and we both felt Mexico therapies were at least hopeful and if I did not make it, Brad would have a hard time forgiving himself for not trying to help me overcome this. We both felt peace at this and what do we have to lose."
She plans on beating the odds and then helping others do the same. Prayers in her behalf would be so appreciated.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Privacy Protocol...
Tests in mortality are so varied and the ones that are struck by disease just have my heart. Injuries are also so impairing. There is also collateral damage that happens to families when one family member suffers. In our home, with just the two of us, we have challenges that are small compared to what our friends are battling. Some are suffering from emotional/mental heartache. My heart and love and prayers go out to them.
In a Ward family it's natural, after being together week after week, to want to know what is going on. We love and care for each other and want to help. We have a natural curiosity of wondering. Sometimes it is just exhausting to rehash the happenings, when a person is busy in treatment or recovery.
I like to know the basics, of even those I only know because I see them every week. I love and care for them. All of us have Ward friends that we share our personal lives with but there is also another side to health dilemmas.
I have friends dealing with various things right now...heartache, injury, cancer.
My friends are in 3 camps, as far as choice of medical care, when they or a family member have been invaded with a disease. Some go strictly 1) allopathic medicine (conventional treatments) or 2) alternative treatments or 3) combination of the two. Usually each person feels very strongly that their way is the right way. Some feel it is the right treatment for them. Others feel it is the right treatment for everyone.
When a person is battling a possible life-threatening situation, making life-altering decisions as the best move for them, the one thing I see in common is found in these two words.
Private-adj. not to made known publicly, confidential
Privacy-n. being private, seclusion
It's a big decision as what to share, how to share, who to share it with etc. etc.
As I said, I like to know the basics as I want to pray. Pray for someone I know and care about. Yes, I pray at the Temple but this goes beyond that on a heart level. I have a vested interest in them.
Today MF started her radiation treatments.
My friend, Wendy, is recovering from a snowboarding accident and a part of her injuries is a concussion (scary to me!!).
Another friend got devastating news about a child.
My Ward friend, MaryLynne, is in Utah- battling what the Susan G. Komen runs are all about. Prayers are needed and appreciated for all concerned. ML sent our RSP a note so that will go out to our Ward. She told me I could blog basics for you readers.
My friends all chose different ways to handle what is going on. They don't need my input. Just my love and support.
Going to go pray a gratitude prayer for my life with no huge problems and also my friends that are dealing with the biggest problems-- for them to be blessed and strengthened.
In a Ward family it's natural, after being together week after week, to want to know what is going on. We love and care for each other and want to help. We have a natural curiosity of wondering. Sometimes it is just exhausting to rehash the happenings, when a person is busy in treatment or recovery.
I like to know the basics, of even those I only know because I see them every week. I love and care for them. All of us have Ward friends that we share our personal lives with but there is also another side to health dilemmas.
I have friends dealing with various things right now...heartache, injury, cancer.
My friends are in 3 camps, as far as choice of medical care, when they or a family member have been invaded with a disease. Some go strictly 1) allopathic medicine (conventional treatments) or 2) alternative treatments or 3) combination of the two. Usually each person feels very strongly that their way is the right way. Some feel it is the right treatment for them. Others feel it is the right treatment for everyone.
When a person is battling a possible life-threatening situation, making life-altering decisions as the best move for them, the one thing I see in common is found in these two words.
Private-adj. not to made known publicly, confidential
Privacy-n. being private, seclusion
It's a big decision as what to share, how to share, who to share it with etc. etc.
As I said, I like to know the basics as I want to pray. Pray for someone I know and care about. Yes, I pray at the Temple but this goes beyond that on a heart level. I have a vested interest in them.
Today MF started her radiation treatments.
My friend, Wendy, is recovering from a snowboarding accident and a part of her injuries is a concussion (scary to me!!).
Another friend got devastating news about a child.
My Ward friend, MaryLynne, is in Utah- battling what the Susan G. Komen runs are all about. Prayers are needed and appreciated for all concerned. ML sent our RSP a note so that will go out to our Ward. She told me I could blog basics for you readers.
My friends all chose different ways to handle what is going on. They don't need my input. Just my love and support.
Going to go pray a gratitude prayer for my life with no huge problems and also my friends that are dealing with the biggest problems-- for them to be blessed and strengthened.
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