tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post5213406149865731779..comments2023-09-09T08:13:16.982-05:00Comments on The Starshine Report: A Time to Weep and and Time to LaughTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01875496721000801632noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-65206604492984197702008-06-25T07:27:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:27:00.000-05:00i love what sharon said--my thoughts exactly. i, ...i love what sharon said--my thoughts exactly. i, too, have felt my "spark" feel a bit extinguished in the last several years from all sorts of losses. but fortunately, God has just been hammering away at me on the anvil, molding me in the midst of the "fire." (yes, i love Max Lucado's first book!!) i didnt believe that until just recently...it's so hard to see beyond one's circumstances and have faith...but i can see that you are being guided and comforted, and are growing so much. it is beautiful!<BR/><BR/>i am predicting a touch of sunshine (or...starshine?) peeking through the clouds soon! :) hang in there, dear sweet smiling friend!<BR/><BR/>and as always, thank you so much for sharing this journey with us. :)joseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374664016613451676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-15240232974231084092008-06-24T18:10:00.000-05:002008-06-24T18:10:00.000-05:00Wow! This post hit very close to home, Starshine! ...Wow! This post hit very close to home, Starshine! In the past few years, I too have lost people very dear to me to cancer (ovarian, prostate, leukemia, etc). At the same time, there have been many happy moments in my life. My mother-in-law reminded me the other day to be thankful to God for all the blessings he has given us. Sometimes it's easy to get side tracked by all the sad things and hardships, but like my father always tells me, "Life is a cycle of many things."<BR/><BR/>You have a wonderful and refreshing outlook on life. I think it's great of you to recognize that you don't need to try to hurry to rush through the grieving process :)<BR/><BR/>Thinking of you XOAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251507898309184477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-5023386440967769312008-06-24T16:16:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:16:00.000-05:00This is going to seem completely off topic, but I ...This is going to seem completely off topic, but I had a dream about you last night and I wanted to share it with you. I was going to e-mail you I can't seem to find an e-mail on your blog, so it gets to be public.<BR/><BR/>Most of the dream was bad (in my case) but somewhere along the way I ran into you and you were pregnant, and you were so glowing and happy and peaceful that I woke up smiling despite the icky first part of the dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-28131728277090315102008-06-24T15:54:00.000-05:002008-06-24T15:54:00.000-05:00Starshine, I linked to your blog from Lincee's Iha...Starshine, I linked to your blog from Lincee's Ihategreenbeans, and I just wanted to let you know how much your story has touched me. I lost my dad to cancer two years ago, and his decline was just devasating to watch. I was not particularly close to him, but losing him has affected me in ways that I was just not prepared for. We all know deep in our souls that someday we will lose those we love, but for me, it was absolutely unimaginable that he was really gone forever. <BR/><BR/>Your love and respect for your stepfather shine through in every word that you write about him, and I am so glad that you were blessed and loved by these two men.<BR/><BR/>I have to hope that the faith that we've been taught and have held so dear will really pay off for us and someday we will all be together again with the ones we've loved and lost.<BR/><BR/>I hope that the happy memories you have of your father will comfort you during the sad days ahead.StephanieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751308528120772579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-15575398283386907012008-06-24T15:41:00.000-05:002008-06-24T15:41:00.000-05:00I know just what you mean about that sense of loom...I know just what you mean about that sense of looming tragedy. I've been feeling that since February, though of course we hoped my mom would recover and be OK. But that feeling of stress, of something hiding under the surface, waiting to get us...that was horrid.<BR/><BR/>Do you remember those first days after September 11, how everyone kind of walked around in a fog, and people cried so easily and seemed somewhat shattered? That's how I feel now, except I'm in that fog alone. Not that others don't care for me, or didn't care for my mother, but it's not that same communal shattered feeling. And it's kind of strange.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22557751.post-48353176598940047742008-06-24T15:21:00.000-05:002008-06-24T15:21:00.000-05:00As we get older,we collect more experience I think...As we get older,we collect more experience I think and I think we do laugh less after so much life happens to us but I think we laugh deeper. And I imagine your giggle will never leave you.It's part of who God made you to be.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280833670991675036noreply@blogger.com