tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post6760718008069423494..comments2023-09-12T11:22:39.209-04:00Comments on From Paradise to Plan B: Greg Laurie's GriefUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-31086479453307003382010-07-29T02:29:56.495-04:002010-07-29T02:29:56.495-04:00Dear Karen, Joe & Family: We love you all, and...Dear Karen, Joe & Family: We love you all, and continue to be touched by your beautiful son. I like that you are making Joeys Book of Words for all to reflect on. I so enjoyed the blog he and Rachel created during their journey with Gunther. I loved the clever comments from his friends and family and could just picture you laughing to "another belly-buster!". He was truly Entertainer, Jr. in your special family! Joey spread such simple joy with this life. An abundant life--No doubt about your Joey's way of living.<br /> Although my own brother passed over 30 years ago, I still find him actively in my dreams. I awake and am always keenly aware of his presence and how very real he seemed in the dream--even after all of these years! I feel as if he is comforting me but then miss him again. We, too, had lots of fun and laughs together. He was my closest sibling. Always praying for you & Joe and grateful for your friendships. Love, bonita & Johnjohnrg1@comcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-74039750548392787782010-07-28T19:01:05.730-04:002010-07-28T19:01:05.730-04:00I understand. Really, I do.
It has been 7 months a...I understand. Really, I do.<br />It has been 7 months and 13 days since our 12 yr. old son, Andrew Christopher Dorsey, went to Heaven.<br />He was diagnosed with brain cancer last August and within 4 months he was gone.<br />Yes...we have heard it ALL. Some of the things have been very hurtful because really, those who have never lost a child, one who should still be in your home, cannot fathom the depth of the pain.<br />Nor would they want to. Nor would I want them to.<br />The pain is at times excruciating and my body can barely contain it. It was especially that way in the first few days of his passing. I would lie down and writhe in emotional pain that seemed to be trying to make its way outside my body. <br />I likened it to labor, except in reverse. I guess I just wanted to tuck my boy back into the safey of my womb.<br />I'm sorry for your pain. And I'm sorry for mine.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238679303715431171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-65061256818908856862010-07-28T18:43:49.802-04:002010-07-28T18:43:49.802-04:00Thank you for sharing this. I have a friend who lo...Thank you for sharing this. I have a friend who lost a beloved son to cancer this past year, and I took the liberty of sending her the link to this post. It, and many of your own posts, speak so honestly of holding on to faith in the midst of great pain.<br /><br />Your son was beautiful. You loved him well. You still love him, and honor him, well.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-70100074924361883412010-07-25T18:57:38.891-04:002010-07-25T18:57:38.891-04:00This is how we feel having lost our girl two years...This is how we feel having lost our girl two years ago. It must be the same for all of us. Thank you for putting it to words. You know God is in our lives but it really is not ever the same. Some say we are strong but in private that isn't the way it is. Love you so much Karen and JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-77014563538923062502010-07-25T12:34:03.622-04:002010-07-25T12:34:03.622-04:00My heart goes out to your friend Greg. It seems t...My heart goes out to your friend Greg. It seems that 2008 was a terrible, terrible year.<br /><br />One of my friends lost her husband that March, and another mutual friend said to me the other day, "I can't believe we lost both Ed and Josh in 2008."<br /><br />I said that I basically don't believe 2008 even happened.<br /><br />I am glad that Greg (and you) have found such comfort in faith. My experience has been quite different, but I have come to understand that as connected to a call to minister to those whose lives are flooded with darkness rather than light.<br /><br />If only I could have offered that to my own child.<br /><br />OH! Word verification: heave. Heaven minus the last letter -- for those of us for whom doubt is the most familiar of experiences.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-87696833269980420442010-07-25T01:30:52.701-04:002010-07-25T01:30:52.701-04:00This grief is so much to bear for you. I don't...This grief is so much to bear for you. I don't think I could hold up under it. I'm here--I hear you--and I won't forget cause it seems cruel to forget. I rarely know what to say--but I feel like always offering something and doing it consistently cause God ask me to. He ask me to show compassion. He ask me to be there for a fellow christian. He ask me to walk like Him and I try. I'm not as good as God but I am faithfully and continually keeping you in the front of my prayerful mind. <br /><br />Every night at this time God reminds me to remember Karen. Cause God wants to hear that I love my brothers and sisters. He commands us to love one another. And I do.Anna/Flowergardengirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971296678810885112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-59211585450810583272010-07-25T01:00:20.958-04:002010-07-25T01:00:20.958-04:00How perfectly true and lovely, though painful. The...How perfectly true and lovely, though painful. The "authority of those who have suffered" is so important to me now. Faith, and statements of truth, are very different in that light. I have little tolerance for listening to preaching from others.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-51495371784035848252010-07-24T23:54:56.450-04:002010-07-24T23:54:56.450-04:00I have been comforted with words of "being in...I have been comforted with words of "being in Heaven". It has comforted me greatly. It's just not so comforting from people that haven't been there.<br />I have never lost a child but a sister I loved dearly.I try to imagine the heartache associated with losing a child but I can't, nor do I want to in this life. <br />You and Joe much stronger than I. That gives me very much compassion for you both!<br />Much love,<br />GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-8808846441170197712010-07-24T21:55:52.905-04:002010-07-24T21:55:52.905-04:00This was such a nice post tonight. Have been havi...This was such a nice post tonight. Have been haviing a herd time. I never know why but I miss my baby girl and it is hard. Her birthday is coming and I want to celebrate. It is hard, because she is not here. Thanks for reminding us that we are never to be okay. God is in our lives full time, it is just not the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com