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04-02-2008, 11:58 PM
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Thank you for your thoughts Nicolette, I am glad you don't know what we are going through as I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Colin has also left now Jen, and yes many girls go over from Canada as well. We are all looking forward to hearing from him as soon as he's able to write us. Evie dreamt last night that he was killed. Anxiety obviously, however it is a real possibility given that Canadian ground troops die in Afghanistan quite frequently. I haven't much else to say at this point except that I hope and pray it all goes well. |
04-02-2008, 11:59 PM
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Kathy,
I am praying for you and your family.
nie |
05-02-2008, 12:07 AM
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Thank you for the prayers Nie, they are always appreciated.
Jen, I forgot to say that Jim and I absolutely loved the joke (Jim especially!) and I am wondering if we shouldn't perhaps post it in this thread? Do I have your permission to post it? |
05-02-2008, 01:07 AM
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I am thinking and praying for you all, Kathy, and especially praying for Colin's safety...
Grace |
05-02-2008, 08:43 PM
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Hi Kathy thats fine to post that joke I thought Jim would appreciate it!
My boy (JJ) left today I spoke to him 3 times on the phone and bawled 3 times. He said he lost it and started crying when he said goodbye to his girl which is understandable.
Its a shit week I had a good friend pass away from cancer on the weekend her funeral is tomorrow. |
05-02-2008, 09:29 PM
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Sorry to hear of your loss Jen. |
05-02-2008, 09:59 PM
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I am very sorry to hear about your friend Jen, my condolences. I will post the joke a little later on as I'm on only very briefly this morning. Evie is ill and we are taking her to the doctor in the city. |
06-02-2008, 05:14 AM
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Well, Evie had appendicitis and had her appendix out, and is now recovering in hospital. I am feeling a bit stressed as it was all rather sudden, the surgery was an emergency. Evie will be fine, not certain about myself though!  I seem to become stressed very easily these days! |
06-02-2008, 05:16 AM
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Warmest get well wishes to Evie and I hope your stress eases Kathy. I think being very emotional tends to make you more sensitive to other things but remember you are doing an amazing job Kathy. Regards to Jim also. |
06-02-2008, 05:34 AM
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Thank you Nicolette, both Jim and I are feeling badly as Evie had been complaining about pain her side for a few days now. However, because she has been tired and grumpy we assumed it was something related to her PTSD! Basically we had been ignoring her, due to Colin and being busy and so on. So we feel rather guilty now. She truly was ill, she was trying to tell us about it, and we weren't paying attention! 
Btw Jen, I decided to post the joke in the joke thread: List Your Joke to Brighten PTSD | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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