Comments on: Experiment

By: skottydog

skottydog — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:55:23 +0000

Thanks, Becky. I appreciate your kind words. Christine DOES have a way of bringing this stuff out in us, doesn’t she?

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:49:09 +0000

Thanks, Janis! The beauty of any creative gift is that there’s room for all of us!

By: Janis

Janis — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:40:00 +0000

You have an amazing gift! I’m SO jealous!

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:09:12 +0000

I truly appreciate that. I’m just glad we found each other again.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:06:16 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it…I want to write more, more, more like this too!

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:05:34 +0000

Thanks! That means a lot coming from you!

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:01:59 +0000

Wow, Scott. I don’t think we ever get over losses like that. Can’t imagine losing the three people closest to you to cancer, and then deal with it yourself. Just wow.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:57:05 +0000

I sincerely regret not having been there for you when she was dying.

By: Keeks

Keeks — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:10:05 +0000

Absolutely beautiful and captivating! I really like this writing style that you are working with! I want more, more, more!

By: Becky Smith

Becky Smith — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:07:31 +0000

Christine, I loved how you helped the reader jump right into the scene without any preliminary introductions and let the facts weave their way in gradually.

Also loved the line, “Final pieces of home.” So evocative.

You go, girl!

By: Becky Smith

Becky Smith — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:05:49 +0000

Skottydog, sounds like you have a great book inside YOU as well! I so enjoyed your style of writing and the poignant story you shared.

By: skottydog

skottydog — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:30:22 +0000

Wow, Christine! I’m salivating for more! You are a very gifted writer…that’s why we all have made your site our home! Can’t wait for your book! More importantly, what gives with Saturday? (I wonder if you’re doing what I think you are! Very excited even though I don’t know why yet! :^D)

Similar to Tammy’s tragic loss, my mother died of cancer when I was 14 years old. She was 43, less than a week from her 44th birthday. My father died four years later at age 51 from cancer as well.

In 1999, at the age of 29, my best friend died of cancer.

Last September, after wasting literally DECADES not wanting children of my own for fear of dying while they are young, I was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma. It was caught early, ironically, since I’m such a paranoid mess about getting cancer! (All those years of being a hypochondriac finally paid off!)

I was already doing so, but now I have reason to look over my shoulder for the rest of my life and do my best to make sure I’m around for my two boys. Being a 41 year old father of 2 toddlers is hard enough without worrying about cancer, too!

But I’m STILL not over the loss of the three closest people in my life.
The fourth one? Well, I MARRIED her! And she’s not going anywhere!

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:22:54 +0000

Thanks, Tammy…I’m just trying to imagine how difficult that would be for your mom. That’s strength there! We were blessed to have an amazing Hospice facility close by, and they were far better able to care for Mom than we were in that final week.

By: Tammy Helfrich

Tammy Helfrich — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:33:44 +0000

Beautiful writing. My Dad passed away from cancer when I was 14, in our living room. My Mom has now become a widow for the second time, and her husband also passed away at their home. I have often wondered how incredibly hard it has been for her to always have those reminders.

I am looking forward to your exciting news and watching you go through the process of writing a book.