TMNFarm---I am so sorry you lost your best friend, so young. Its so nice to have a group a strangers become best of friendsYou guys have me in tears! Cjwaldon, that act of generosity was so unexpected and kind... Thank you! And craftylady, thanks for offering the apron back up, even though it was supposed to be a side swap. You all are so awesome! It doesn't take much to bring me to tears lately it seems, but in this crazy world where people shoot up a school full of tiny children, it's nice to know there are still people who will offer up a simple gift of generosity to someone they have never even met!
Roosterlane, please give your hubby a great big hug from me. You are truly blessed to still have him in your life after all of this. I know first hand how it can so easily go the other way. Almost 3 years ago, I lost my perfectly heathy husband at 42 to a sudden, massive, unexpected stroke. He was conscious for 14 hours after the stroke, struggling to communicate. He told me repeatedly that he loved me, and I told him repeatedly that I loved him too. He kept telling me he wanted to go home, and I told him he could go home when he could walk out of the hospital. I really never thought he wasn't going to make it... The last thing he said to me was that he loved me and he wanted to go home. In hindsite, I don't believe he was talking about our physical home, but Home... To our Father in Heaven. He started to seizure, and went unconscious. Within hours he was on life support, and within another hour or two, he was brain-dead. I know the exact minute he left me... I felt him leave. Even though he was unconscious, I saw the life leave his eyes. I was filled with a peace that I had never felt before. It was only about a half hour later that the nuerosurgeon came in and examined him and told me he was gone, only being kept "alive" by the machines. I told him I knew... We kept him going for another 2 days so his family could come say goodbye. (We were in Vegas for a conference when it happened... All the way across the country). My kids lost the best Daddy in the world. I lost my best friend, my soul mate, my rock, my life... It's been a long hard climb, but by the grace of God, I am forging a new life for me and for my kids. The chickens are part of that new life, and they bring me so much joy. Being a part of this BYC family means more to me than any of you could possibly ever know...
So now that I am thoroughly a blubbering, teary mess... I just want to say Thank You for letting me be a part of this...
Kimmie
