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JMCKUSICK

(1,704 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:43 PM Mar 25

I'm sitting here at the Cemetery feeling

so grateful for all of you. This is my first consecutive day journey back here and it's raining so I type between raindrops.
As I sit here with my butt being a cover for Cuddles, I just fondly remember all of you joining me all those days before my surgery and yet I never really thanked you all for being such an inspiration, motivation and celebration of this special place.
I brought many of your words of encouragement here with me, blanketed by your warmth and love, bathing in the serenity and peace that you sent my way that to this day I believe kept me alive through all the tumult of the months before my surgery.
It is with love of you that I open my prayers whenever I arrive here, so grateful for such a blessed place. A place that you blessed, and gave spiritual value in my time of spiritual need.
Thank you to my DU family for such a special place, and for so many special times.
I love you all!

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peacebuzzard

(5,392 posts)
1. you are such a beautiful person,
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:53 PM
Mar 25

Your words reflect your inner gratitude. I feel humbled and grateful for the kind words you expressed.
Soldier on, kind soul. ❤️🌷I hope serenity and peace always walk in step with you.💕

Dorothy V

(273 posts)
7. Good people attract goodness. DU is full of goodness. We are family.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 05:49 PM
Mar 25

You are good.
You attract good vibes.
You are loved.
Love never ends.
Simple, really.

Cemeteries are sacred places, sanctified by the love and grief of those who have stood over the graves of loved ones. It is little wonder that their serenity, born of their sacredness, attracts anybody who wants their spirituality to grow.
Of course, Cuddles helps!

wordstroken

(923 posts)
11. Reading your deep and gentle words brings a special calm and peace, John, just knowing we both share so much
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 06:56 PM
Mar 25

appreciation and love for our DU family. I can’t tell you how often — even going back to before I spoke up here, silently reading and finding support during my times of grief, pain, and emotional loneliness. I don’t know how I could have made it through without the love and camaraderie of like-minded, warm-hearted DUers like you. Thank you so much.

Love you right back.

JMCKUSICK

(1,704 posts)
16. Your words force me to confess that
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:24 PM
Mar 25

I've been in a real depressed state since the SSI denial and Debbie reminded yesterday me that you all are with me all the way.
I took you all with me today consciously because I needed you.
Your words are true to the last letter Wordstroken. Thank you!

wordstroken

(923 posts)
19. I hear you when you say, "I took you all with me today consciously because I needed you."
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:49 PM
Mar 25

I do the same thing, John. Most who think they know me are convinced that I’m too strong to need anyone’s support. How wrong they are. That’s why I take you all with me when I need strength to keep going no matter what the challenges are.

Please know that you and Debbie are making a huge difference in so many of our lives.

JMCKUSICK

(1,704 posts)
17. Thank you Clouds Passing
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:29 PM
Mar 25

You all keep filling my heart in ways beyond what I can communicate. Love fills in the blanks.

Evolve Dammit

(20,428 posts)
18. Thanks for expressing/ sharing and the spiritual aspect of all. Keep us posted. All the best always! ED
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:35 PM
Mar 25
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