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THANK YOU SO MUCH to sassy, Jadis, Zette, Gundy, Welfy, LordJim, Diane, msmammalove, Crankyasanoldma(n), Hamadryad, Evilbeth, your_new_cuckoo, Bobkitty, Adpaz and tristam, Aries28, Geobabe and UncleBill!!!!!!!
I cannot begin to say how much I appreciate your kind gift. It is a very "usable art" kind of ceramic planter with several plants, beautifully arranged. And right in the middle there was a gift of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate from one of our best local chocolatiers. AND....a soft and floppy sweetie-puppy, just the kind of animal you need to have when you need something soft to hold tight and cry into (but unlike the kind that breathes, it won't bite you when you squeeze too tight....)
Sorry this thank you is belated but...
Your absolutely wonderful gift must have arrived Friday. Or Saturday, maybe? Relatives arrived on Thursday night late and stayed all weekend. They stayed at dad's house, which meant I felt I had to stay there and cook them breakfast and stuff. The graveside services were Friday, the Memorial was Saturday and they left Sunday night. Now, sometime during that time period my gift arrived and took up residence on my porch. Not a problem, it is covered and besides the weather was perfectly dry and blue sky-ee. BUT....my neighbor, bless her heart, noticed that it had been there overnight. She was worried that some larcenous passerby might abscond with it, so she foiled the burglars by removing temptation to her own living room....until such time as she saw my lights on. The only problem with THAT was, she started graveyard shift on Saturday, so when I got home on Sunday she was asleep and missed me. Same thing happened Monday and Tuesday. So finally she left a note on my garage door when she left for work at midnight last night....telling me she had picked up a delivery for me a few days ago and that she'd leave it in her unlocked back porch.
So I got it just before I left for work this morning, and I thank you all so much! I love it, and I love all of you!
I'm hanging in there. Once again....to everyone who posted to my entry about dad's death, and/or who sent love and prayers and positive healing thoughts.....you have my deepest gratitude.
I think I'll feel up to writing more about the past two weeks in a few days or a week....right now my emotions are pretty raw and it is better for me to try not to dwell on them.
I love you guys!
Cheri
I cannot begin to say how much I appreciate your kind gift. It is a very "usable art" kind of ceramic planter with several plants, beautifully arranged. And right in the middle there was a gift of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate from one of our best local chocolatiers. AND....a soft and floppy sweetie-puppy, just the kind of animal you need to have when you need something soft to hold tight and cry into (but unlike the kind that breathes, it won't bite you when you squeeze too tight....)
Sorry this thank you is belated but...
Your absolutely wonderful gift must have arrived Friday. Or Saturday, maybe? Relatives arrived on Thursday night late and stayed all weekend. They stayed at dad's house, which meant I felt I had to stay there and cook them breakfast and stuff. The graveside services were Friday, the Memorial was Saturday and they left Sunday night. Now, sometime during that time period my gift arrived and took up residence on my porch. Not a problem, it is covered and besides the weather was perfectly dry and blue sky-ee. BUT....my neighbor, bless her heart, noticed that it had been there overnight. She was worried that some larcenous passerby might abscond with it, so she foiled the burglars by removing temptation to her own living room....until such time as she saw my lights on. The only problem with THAT was, she started graveyard shift on Saturday, so when I got home on Sunday she was asleep and missed me. Same thing happened Monday and Tuesday. So finally she left a note on my garage door when she left for work at midnight last night....telling me she had picked up a delivery for me a few days ago and that she'd leave it in her unlocked back porch.
So I got it just before I left for work this morning, and I thank you all so much! I love it, and I love all of you!
I'm hanging in there. Once again....to everyone who posted to my entry about dad's death, and/or who sent love and prayers and positive healing thoughts.....you have my deepest gratitude.
I think I'll feel up to writing more about the past two weeks in a few days or a week....right now my emotions are pretty raw and it is better for me to try not to dwell on them.
I love you guys!
Cheri