My friend remembered
I'm becoming a pretty rare blogger. Confession - I am now writing in titles and saving the blank posts so I can at least remember what I want to blog about when I do get time.
That's what I did with this post, but I think I may have remembered anyways.
When I arrived home last Wednesday, there was a pretty large package in the mail. I opened it to find a book titled "Angels with One Wing - In memory of Jane Will Eichler". You may recall that my friend Jane lost her battle with cancer a little over a year ago. During her five year battle with cancer, Jane enlisted a group of people she called her prayer warriors. She communicated with us through a series of e-mails that her husband, Bob, has now chronicled in a book.
Wednesday night I glimpsed through the book, looking up specific dates over those five years when I remembered key things in her messages. There's reference to her being able to attend our wedding and notes about becoming a grandmother. Needless to say, there were numerous tears shed, but I also smiled as I saw the picture of Jane in her pink wig and read notes from Bob about how much she loved her horses.
The book ends with some family photos and messages shared from some of the prayer warriors and others in Jane's life. My niece Kelley, a 10-year old at the time of writing her note, who is watching her own father battle cancer, wrote a beautiful note about how Jane showed her to have hope that someday we will fight cancer and win! My mother has a note included that explains how one of Jane's prayer warrior notes brightened what was a bad day at work for her. When Jane was dealing with so much she was still able to lift up others.
This book is a wonderful tribute to my special friend and I'm so thankful to have this special way of someday sharing with my son what an amazing woman she truly was.
To anyone battling cancer or helping a loved one face this disease, I would love to offer up this book as a bit of encouragement and solace. I will lend it out under strict circumstances. Jane would have wanted it to be shared.
That's what I did with this post, but I think I may have remembered anyways.
When I arrived home last Wednesday, there was a pretty large package in the mail. I opened it to find a book titled "Angels with One Wing - In memory of Jane Will Eichler". You may recall that my friend Jane lost her battle with cancer a little over a year ago. During her five year battle with cancer, Jane enlisted a group of people she called her prayer warriors. She communicated with us through a series of e-mails that her husband, Bob, has now chronicled in a book.
Wednesday night I glimpsed through the book, looking up specific dates over those five years when I remembered key things in her messages. There's reference to her being able to attend our wedding and notes about becoming a grandmother. Needless to say, there were numerous tears shed, but I also smiled as I saw the picture of Jane in her pink wig and read notes from Bob about how much she loved her horses.
The book ends with some family photos and messages shared from some of the prayer warriors and others in Jane's life. My niece Kelley, a 10-year old at the time of writing her note, who is watching her own father battle cancer, wrote a beautiful note about how Jane showed her to have hope that someday we will fight cancer and win! My mother has a note included that explains how one of Jane's prayer warrior notes brightened what was a bad day at work for her. When Jane was dealing with so much she was still able to lift up others.
This book is a wonderful tribute to my special friend and I'm so thankful to have this special way of someday sharing with my son what an amazing woman she truly was.
To anyone battling cancer or helping a loved one face this disease, I would love to offer up this book as a bit of encouragement and solace. I will lend it out under strict circumstances. Jane would have wanted it to be shared.
posted by MJ at
11:07 AM
1 Comments:
I'm crying just reading your post. What a special woman, I'm glad she touched your heart because you will "pay it forward" like she would have wanted you to! Thanks for sharing these sentiments, and how amazing that she has a book that will keep her spirit alive for others!!
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