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Anastasia
climber
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Dec 17, 2008 - 08:13pm PT
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I know that feeling well. I almost can say that Cancer was the easy part and paying for not working, the treatments, and all the bills that went into collection is what hurts.
Yet, with this group behind me, my friends, family and hope; everything will eventually come out in the wash. I just need to keep working at it and be patient.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2008 - 08:16pm PT
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Mayhap we might ring in the New Year together Miss Pepper ?!
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AllieKat
Social climber
Kirkland, WA
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Dec 17, 2008 - 10:30pm PT
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Lynne...I think you may just have one of the biggest hearts on the planet. : ) If wishing someone well is all it takes I would say you are covered. I cannot imagine a day goes by that there are not more people than you can count that wish you only the best and brightest of everything...including me.
Thanks Wayno! I am going to have to head over to visit you one day soon at the restaurant...I love that place! And I want to give you a big hug!
I would like to put thoughts out to a very good friend of mine who recently had a heart attack before his 40th birthday...he is struggling and although he survived it, is struggling to figure out how to live with the fear that consumes him and the continuing health issues. Hoping him a speedy recovery both physically and emotionally...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2008 - 11:14pm PT
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Wow, Allie, I will definetly pray and hold good thoughts for your friend. If he wants to email me and express angst and fear, I am a good listener. I am in the healthcare profession, but have no degree, just alot experience interacting with people who are sick and recovering or sick and dying....basically listening and caring.
I appreciate your nice words, but really I'm just a human being...with all the faults and foibles that a human has. There are people here that have let me know I'm not a favorite of theirs. So I screw up big time. It makes me crazy cause I like the verse that says, "as much as it lies in you, be at peace with all people."
So there ya go, email me any time dear gal. I sense you are doing quite well in the overall recovery mode. Having walked this road recently and still making the journey...that's how it appears to me. Peace mixed with Joy to Allie, Cheers for you !
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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Yo, JEleazarian;;;;;;Since we share the hope, We will do the BIG send someday Dude ! Looking Forward, Yes !
Wayno, remember story of David and Jonathan...Jonathan had David's back. Thanks Guy! I will remember and me fo' you.
Say, at the top of the life list is watchin' yo friends back, right on ?! And Huge Part of Climbing is Watching your Partners Back. Peace :D
Ok, I'm out too much talkin'>
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 18, 2008 - 12:54am PT
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hey there lynne... say, the more the list of yours grows... the more the victories, will too... :)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2008 - 01:16am PT
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Ed, it was wonderful to meet you and your great family and friends out at Josh over the Thanks....Holidays. Yo, Ed, it is people like you that are instrumental in others healing process. You reached out and invited me to join your group and climb. I did not get to climb with yo, but I got to climb the whole day. I pro never would have climbed at all but for your invitation out there. (yo to shy to walk up and say, "let's climb".)
Merry Christmas Ed to you and your family. Say, I may get to AZ off and on.....when your group climbs there email me a copy of what they are doing and on what dates. And Have a New Year filled with Joy and Peace. Lynnie
EDIT: your suggestions are great and I will follow. :D
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 18, 2008 - 01:51am PT
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Sounds like the living waters are flowing over on this thread. It was good to get off work and see that my meager words were appreciated by those that they were directed to.(bad grammar?) Hang in there gals, it will get easier. And then about five or even ten years down the road all those bittersweet memories of mournful distress will be transmuted into a most wonderful gift. One you received with pain and can give freely with joy. You might not know what I'm talking about, but you will.
This time of year has always been a challenge for me. I see so many people on my job enjoying good times with family and friends and I do my best to make their time in the restaurant a memorable one, but my personal time during the holidays is an exercise in detachment. My brother lives in Cali and my sister in Hawaii, and I get Xmas day off, that's it. I can't remember the last time I saw my family during the holidays and probably won't until I retire or change careers. It makes me a little melancholy sometimes, but every year it becomes easier. Even though my parents and brother died years ago, this is the time that I miss them the most. Life goes on, and more loved ones will leave us as the years pass, so just remember, everything is going to be just fine. Death is not really that bad. We survive.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 18, 2008 - 02:13pm PT
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Another big bump for our friend Lynnie.
This woman is so SPECIAL!!!!
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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Dec 23, 2008 - 11:06pm PT
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Lynne,
I know this year is tough without Dan. If you don't have any company for Christmas dinner, you are welcome to join my wife and me @ my mom's place in Carlsbad. We are having another friend join us who has no one to share the holiday with. Call me if you are interested.
Merry Christmas,
Randy
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 24, 2008 - 12:32am PT
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hey there lynne... say, you got some warm INvites... say, may your christmas this year, not be empty... and may your memories still be stirred, but not in sorrow--but in BUILDING... building of your new strength...
and of course, weeping may be for a night (or a season)... but joy comes in the morning (or, a new season)... both will fit...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 02:07am PT
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Merry Christmas R. Leavittator!
Your invite is one of the best gifts received this season. My daughter, Leah, said to me recently, "Mom, one of the greatest legacies Dad left you was his climbing and the friends you both made during that time. She is so very right!
Thanks Karen and Randy for your great thoughtfulness! Maybe when yo have time to go climbing we could .... think I can pull it off now.
Kind friends like Todd Gordon, Zip, Brett Pinar, Dave Edge and others have taught me alot in the last several months.
Have a wonderful Holiday! It is such a great feeling to know I would not have to live it alone.
Peace and Joy to You and Yours, Lynnie
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 02:26am PT
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And just an update..... The young man in my first post is off the ventilator. He was nearly pronounced (dead) when admitted to the hospital with his body systems shutting down...he is now discharged from the hospital with hardly any abnormal affects.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for life direction.
The baby in the Russian ICU unit in the Russian hospital is now discharged and we expect the babe to be in New York and his Dad to see him for the first time in mid January. : D
Please everyone on this thread write in and let us know how everyone is doing. If things are going well we would like to give a shout out. If things are not, we need to know so we can redouble our thoughts, cares and prayers for the people/situation.
Experience tells me the next month will be difficult for many. Especially More So during this crazy financial time in our entire country.
We pray for you Cosmic and all of us that struggle now. So please those of you that are not great at freely communicating ....email me or anyone or just post here.....to let us know what we can do for you. There are many of us struggling and we need to care for one another.
Much Peace and Joy and a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on the Taco throughout the World.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Dec 24, 2008 - 02:36am PT
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Lynne,
You're the OUT OF CONTROL SUPERTACO
make you feel good warm blanket!
Wishing us all some security, lots of love,and hard cranking.
Joe.
edit regarding Lynne's post below,
FL 09 only 9 months away......
I'm already packed.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 02:51am PT
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Hey Joey, it was grate to connect with you this past year! Wishing you a Christmas/ Holiday Season that is both warm and fuzzy and also Rocks...and a New Year that is great, and filled with the things that fill your life full!
Hope to reconnect at the FaceLift 2009. We will have to start "encouraging" Chicken Skinner and promising our best behaviour ever...right ? Big Smiles, Lynnie
EDIT: Yeah, Life is Short and Big Time Focus on the Hard Cranking....according to yo skills of course... : DD
Double Edit: Neebee, yeah...joy and weeping .. both part of life. Thankfully we have each other and God to make the balance weigh in the joy and peace favor. Love to yo and yours, Lynnie
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 29, 2008 - 11:42pm PT
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Thinking of and praying for All today who struggle with sadness and grief caused by the death of their very much loved one.
December 29, 2007 at 12:47 pm Dan Leichtfuss "sended" from this planet to heaven. Today is the culmination of 360 days of missing one who was intrinsically woven into my life for many years.
Loss and Grief are mysterious beings whose presence and appearance are unpredictable. Thinking the 29th would be so hard to deal with, yesterday afternoon I was hit hard by the unpredictable and illusive ghost of loss and sorrow.
From nowhere it hit, unexpected.... An insurmountable sense of Sadness. Blindsided by grief. For some reason my brain said instead of fighting the sadness, let it rip and feel it.
So I did. I explored sadness and all its shades of sorrow and just what it is comprised of. It was a new and calming sensation and the sadness became bearable. Feeling the sorrow and sadness, letting it wash over you curiously helps release the pain and sorrow....and finally I was left with wonderful Memories of Dan Boy.
THANK YOU again to So Many on the Taco that have supported myself and many others who have experienced the grief and loss of ones they love over 2007-2008.
In one of my first posts on the Taco, I said that "grief is like a deep pool with no streams flowing from it to carry away the sadness. But when many friends, old and new, come to the pool and fill their cup, slowly grief drains away."
This has proven more than True. God help those that grieve and bless those that help relieve the sadness. And Bless the campfire tribe that are so very caring and giving. Unique people that help us heal.
Love, Lynne
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Dec 29, 2008 - 11:47pm PT
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I've been thinking about you today, Lynne, all the best your way.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 30, 2008 - 09:44am PT
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Ditto. Can't say anything that ain't been said better by another already. Hope all is the groove, is all.
:-) ;-)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2009 - 10:50pm PT
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Hey Guys, missed my deadline. Said I would keep this Thread going until 1/11/09. I am late, but it's ok. I have been keeping everyone of you....yeah, each and every one, in my positive thoughts and prayers this season. All the details expressed all the thoughts printed here....very special.
It is difficult to share ones struggles. But if you have done so here they will be appreciated and honored. I am still wondering about Owlman .... yo ok Dude ?
To all of you VERY special and incredible gals and guys....I will keep yo in my postitive thoughts and prayers til I hear from you.
Taco Folks Are THE BEST. :DDD Lynnie
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Make a gratitude list. Consciously thinking of the blessings in our lives does more than just put things in perspective -- it has the power to change our attitude. In my bleakest moments, it was finding something to be grateful for that kept me putting one foot in front of the other.
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