Barb73 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northj ... =141242858 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillise Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Thinking of you Barb. You know you are in my heart and prayers. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phylsgirl Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I don't know what to say...I'm so sorry. I have followed you and Bill's journey on these bbs although I haven't posted in awhile. Barb, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 I cannot express the gratitude for the wonderful offerings received. People have sent food, and sustenance to us. But, even more, the wonderful offerings here on this board of spiritual support. God bless each and every one of you. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I am so very sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovesLife Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Sending you and your loved ones many thoughts and prayers during this difficult time Barb. Hugs, Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Barb~ I am so very sorry. My thoughts are with you and your family during this time. My sympathy~ Rochelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting4mom Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Dear Barbara, May these heartfelt wishes for your comfort and strength during this time reach you with the gentle wind. I am so very sorry to read this news. Blessings to you dear lady, Kimberly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyoung20 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (((Barb))) My heart aches at this news. You and yours are in my prayers. Bless you, Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyjohn Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I know that there are no words to ease your pain. Just know that my heart and prayers are with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen in PA Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hi Barb. I am so very sorry to learn of Bill's passing. I hope you can at least take comfort in the knowledge that you have been an absolutely model wife and that the two of you left no stone unturned. Lots of hugs. Ellen in PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Barb... so so sorry for your loss... I just dont know what to say...My heart to yours. You know we are always here for you Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hello Everyone, I have received an email telling me there was a new posting to a topic written back in 2009. When I went there, there wasn't any posting. However, I visited this site (obits) and reread all the lovely replies to Bill's passing. Believe me, even though it has been all these many, many months ago, it soothed my heart to see those comforting words. Thank you so much for all you gave to me when I was posting regularly. Please know that I am OK. I feel Bill's presence everyday, and I am moving along with a lot of family support and love. I was very blessed in having Bill for 54 1/2 years of marriage, and he left me with courage. Once, while having breakfast, and not long before he died, he said, "I have no regrets." He didn't say anything more, and I just absorbed that statement and put it away in my heart. Love and keeping everyone in my daily prayers, Barbara Damroth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Good to hear from you, Barb. Please post more often to let us know how you and your family are doing. Muriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianew Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Barb, it was so nice to see your post and hear you are doing well. I think of you and Bill often as his story was such an inspiration for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michellep Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I too am so very glad to know you're doing okay and also so sorry for your loss ((hugs)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 I am so glad to "see" your lovely replies. It occurs to me that if I had never had the good fortune to have "met" all of you all those many years ago, my journey with Bill would never have been as blessed as it was. When a diagnosis is made which can be so overwhelming, it can color everything in life. What was once taken for granted becomes tentative, hanging like a sword overall. What this site gave to me was a support that was priceless. To this very day, it is a factor in how I am able to cope. Many might say, "How can that be? It is the internet." Well, it can and definitely was a help that in my experience with reading positive and bolstering words was like a precious balm. Bill would be the first to say that his wife was able to "get through." I would tell him things that were written, hope to carry on with the chemo, and all that was involved in the lung cancer. Because of your input, the word cancer is out there with people talking about it. There was a time, and not all that long ago, when that word was not spoken, but hidden as a pariah. I am now ready to visit and read following yours and others' posts. Toward the end of Bill's life, our niece, a beautiful woman with a wonderful energy, was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer. Her courage through all the treatments, which gave her many days/weeks of nausea, and worse, was an inspiration to us all. She had support because with breast cancer, there is almost an imperative to give that support. Such was not the same, unfortunately, for those with lung cancer. This site, and all of the information provided, is an oasis for so many with the "unpopular" (for the want of a more appropriate description) disease. May you all receive many blessings, and Katie, you are doing a most-needed work. May God continue to bless you all. Barbara Damroth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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