tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post5512464924778781057..comments2023-09-23T03:56:08.149-07:00Comments on Gberger: On This Day Last Year, October 10thGbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-39125533805097130532007-10-14T20:42:00.000-07:002007-10-14T20:42:00.000-07:00Karen,I can't help it! Every time I go to the pic...Karen,<BR/><BR/>I can't help it! Every time I go to the picture of Katie and "the gun show" I end up laughing out loud. What a beautiful picture of Katie and how it captures her personality. I contine to be inspired and "in awe" of your blog. I visit the Caringbridge site and your blog at least three times a week. You and your family continue to be in my thoughts and prayers every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-21493068314639930222007-10-13T22:46:00.000-07:002007-10-13T22:46:00.000-07:00Dear Karen,I remember seeing you guys that day. It...Dear Karen,<BR/>I remember seeing you guys that day. It was the day after Maddy had her transplant. I am so happy that we became friends in such an awful time for both of our families. The one good thing that has come out is that we were destined to meet and that god brought our families together. I am glad that you walked into my life. Thank you Katie and Thank you David for being there for Storm. It is so amazing how god works. You are truly blessed Karen and you made my day when I got to spend time with you yesterday in seattle. Please keep in touch, I love talking with you . You are a breath of fresh air and you speak my language all to well. I am always here. MJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-22450673087878734972007-10-11T17:19:00.000-07:002007-10-11T17:19:00.000-07:00Dear Karen,I have just read through all the posts ...Dear Karen,<BR/>I have just read through all the posts written since I left to go visit Ali in college. I can't seem to express what a gift these are; I am so grateful for your honesty, for your willingness to call out to us from the bottom of the pit, to say it is dark and cold, to describe the blanket as well as the inadequacy of its warmth. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday I wrote about God shining through the black holes in our lives, but I forgot to mention that sometimes that light touches others even when we can't feel it. I sense the presence of God so clearly here, and yet it is a complete mystery to me how that could be, that God could somehow be present in the midst of something so enormously cruel and unfair. Perhaps it is your courage that sings, or the courage of the Katies and the Johans and the Dr. Dianes that shimmers in the air around this blog. But it's there, tangible, full of color and light; and I thank you for this extraordinary gift.Diane Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379544317007203762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994832747844483996.post-72996231141173843482007-10-11T07:41:00.000-07:002007-10-11T07:41:00.000-07:00It is hard to come to and continue to walk around ...It is hard to come to and continue to walk around with that knowledge of the world - that no amount of love and deserving and sense of fair can stop horrendous things from happening. I am so sorry that this has come to you. You are not alone in this, of course, but I also understand how that is not of much, if any, comfort. It is a lonely, sad, and wordless place to be.<BR/>I would love nothing more than to have the magic wand that could wipe it all away.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, all that love and goodwill still surrounds you in your sorrow and will hopefully, eventually, bring you back to some sense of comfort and joy.<BR/><BR/>MerilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com