((((Mel)))) I'm thinking of you sweetie.
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Daisy
"MelMenzies" <author@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Aug 23, 12:45 pm, "Cindy's Mom" <jehedgec...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Aug 20, 2:52 pm, "Daisy" <sweetdaisy67...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I'd love to read that book as well...and as soon as I get my budget
in
>> > order
>> > (UGH) I'm going to order yours too!! Reading is one of my passions,
I
>> > can't
>> > seem to get enough of it.
>>
>> > --
>> > Daisy"MelMenzies" <aut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > > On Aug 19, 3:30 pm, Liliana <xen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > >> I read Elizabeth Edwards book, and admired her strength and
courage
>> > >> in
>> > >> the face of losing a son, and now with her dealing with breast
>> > >> cancer. I gather she once was a frequent writer on asg, and
>> > >> received
>> > >> help, and gave help and encouragement to many people. I am sorry
>> > >> that
>> > >> her husband has betrayed her and her marriage, when she needed him
>> > >> the
>> > >> most. I know we are all human and make mistakes...... BUT how
could
>> > >> he for a moment forget all that they have been through together,..
>> > >> her
>> > >> cancer, and young children, which needed his full attention.
>> > >> Elizabeth Edwards..... I admire your strength.....and your
>> > >> forgiveness.
>>
>> > > I'd love to know more about Elizabeth's book, Liliana. Is it
>> > > available on Amazon? The story sounds so very like my own
(betrayal,
>> > > loss of a child, learning forgiveness) only I wrote my book as a
>> > > novel
>> > > because I have a grandchild who's identity I need to protect. The
>> > > poem I wrote for my daughter, which appears in the book, seems to
>> > > have
>> > > affected a lot of people. Everyone keeps saying how moving it was.
>> > > Anyway, I shall go straight to Amazon now to see if I can find the
>> > > one
>> > > you mention above. Thanks for that. Mel Menzies, author of A
>> > > Painful
>> > > Post Mortem- Hide quoted text -
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>> Don't forget the public library..that is where I got my copy of her
>> book! She is one strong lady, but dosen't deserve the husband she got!
>> What a sad thing. It does speak to John Edwards character that he
>> would treat her so poorly when she is in poor health..reguardless if
>> the cancer was in remission when the affair started, as if that makes
>> it ok! My prayers are with her as none of this will help her health or
>> her beautiful children..Judy, Cindy's Mom
>
> Thanks, Judy. I might try the library if I can't buy a copy. I'm
> terrible with books. They're like friends and I like to keep them.
> Can't bear to hand them back when I finish reading them. They stay in
> my mind and pop back with little memories when I need them. I haven't
> had a chance to look on Amazon yet. My parents are quite elderly and
> need quite a lot of sup****t. You can grieve as much for the living as
> for those who've gone. My Dad has lost his sight (almost) and his
> mind (but not enough not to know what he's lost). He says he just
> wants to die. I asked him if he knows where he's going and he said
> 'to heaven I hope'. I asked him if God knew that (he's always said
> he'd like to be a believer but can't quite believe). His reply was,
> 'I hope so. I talk to him all the time.' It made me cry. I'd rather
> he left this life and went to be with God than went on as he is. Life
> is so unbearable for him. Though many are kind, some people get very
> impatient with him. I think of my daughter - it would have been her
> birthday this month - and her child who's grown up without a mum.
> She'd bring a smile to my Dad's face. Mel Menzies
> http://www.melmenzies.co.uk
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