Wishing you all a Merry Christmas

[Willow]

Hello all...I don't post very often but wanted to take the time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year.
I still have no news on my front but am hoping the latest biopsy results will be in in January. Thank you to all for all the support and well wishes.
Lets all hope for a brighter New Year
Willow

[sharona]

Wishing everyone here a Merry Christmas & a healthy Happy New Year. God Bless
Sharon

[CindyM]

Merry Christmas to both of you and Happy New Year to all my forum friends. Cindy

[Icanmanz]

I am wishing each and everyone of you a joyous Christmas. May God bless those of you that have been dxed with this terrible disease. To those of you that have not been dxed, I am praying that you guys will start off the New Year with good news. Prayers, we need lots of prayers!

This is my first Xmas without my son, but thank God I am coping. I miss him, but I know what he would have wanted for me to do, and that is to treat Xmas as if he were here. That is what I am doing. I am still cooking his favorite dishes. I pray to God that you guys that have lost loved ones to als, are doing the same. It's alright to shed a tear or two, but ask God to help you make it through Xmas. God bless you all! Love you guys. You'll have made such a strong person out of me. Thank you so much!!!

Irma:)

[Beebe]

Just wanted to send our very Best Wishes to all on the Forum. We will celebrate Christmas Eve the Polish custom in our family. It is a 10 course meal. No meat. There will be 24 of us, some of the family live quite a distance and won't be here this year. Michele (my daughter) and Kenny will have it at their home. Christmas Day will be at Stephanie and Jack's home. We live 5 minutes from each other. I will be helping Steph too. It's just wonderful to have the family together. Hope all of you enjoy your Christmas too. Fondly, Beebe

[trying to stay positive]

Wishing all the PALS and CALS a very merry Christmas. Be sure to enjoy each other and the time you spend together. Every minute is precious. For those of you who have lost a loved one, honor their memory and remember them with love, not sadness. God bless us all.
Linda

[trustinggod]

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Thank you for the support and friendship I've found on this Forum over the past 15 months.

Although I am no longer actively involved with a PALS I feel connected to the ALS community and probably always will. I've been touched deep within my soul by the experience and I believe I am a better person today because of it.

I will always remember the lovingkindness shown by the many people who answered my early questions of what to expect and the gentle honesty in the hard answers I needed. Your sincere sympathy in response to my posting of Linda's death touched my heart and made me feel understood.

My prayers will always include the many, too many PALS and the people who love them.

Again, I wish you all a Merry Christmas.

God bless you,
Jeanne

[Thumbs Up]

Irma, I know what you mean, I miss my sister and now I know I will be losing my only other sister. I miss my mom and dad but they had a full life. My sister was so young, as your son was. Did you know that there is a registry on the ALS Society of Canada website called "March of faces" It would be nice if you can check with them about adding your son, why not start the register worldwide. It would give more impact as to how many lives have already been lost and how many more have this dreadful awful disease. This could be a further push to public awareness. I am making arrangements to get our mom and my sister on the Ontario list. The New Brunswick list has 3 of my relatives on, my mom's sister, her son and my cousin.

Check it out. You send them a picture and details. It is a list by province. Let me know what you think?

I would love to give you a big hug. In my heart I am and God bless you.

[Thumbs Up]

You have to forgive me, even tho i replied to Irma, the message should have been to all. My mind these days is not the way it should be. My plate is too full right now. I won't go into detail, but my only son (30) has turned to a drug addiction. I am trying to help him and it seems to be taking more and more of me each day. But this is not what this forum is about. I am only trying to explain why I jump in and out and I think answer too quickly. One thing I am trying to do is help and my mind jumps all over, so if my posts don't sound right by all means correct me. My dream is to help find a cure and public awareness is very lacking with ALS.

God bless all you wonderful brave people caring people.

[kmgy]

I am new to this site, Just found it a day ago. I lost my father Dec. 27th, 2004 to als. he was 63. He waited until the day after christmas, then decided he was done with the bi-pap. He was dx with bulbar als July, 2004 and passed away 5 months later. His symptoms were first noticed in august, 2003 when he could not button his shirt. It took almost a year for the diagnosis. fortunately, he was able to walk without difficulty to his death.

I miss him terribly. Christmas is a tough time of year for us all as he did his best to make it through christmas. Thank goodness I have my little ones to try to keep my mind off of things. thanks for your encouragement and reminding me of what our loved ones would have wanted us to do - treat xmas as if they are still here - which in spirit i believe they are.

[patricia1]

I want to wish everyone a merry christmas .and happy newyear Thank you for all your support ,wisdom and knowledge during my disease . You are a caring and loving group.
There are some people here that will be having a hard time ,this time of the year after losing their love ones. The holidays can be very stressful for them. Just know my thoughts are with you and yours, may you have peace. Pat

[Icanmanz]

Hi Thumbs! Good day to you, and God bless. Thumbs, thank you for your nice post. I will be praying for your son. Please do not feel you are off topic, he is your son, you love him, and we all know you are concerned about him. Like I said, He is the answer to everything. Keep him (your son) in your prayers. There are times when people are introduced to this way of life, such as drugs or whatever, there will be a time when he or she will face trouble. Once they encounter this situation, they will turn to Him for help. God will not walk away from him, He is with him in every step of the way. Again, I will be praying for your son, and God bless. Now I must get back to cooking. I have a big day ahead of me. Stayed up till 3:00 am, cooking, baking, cleaning, you name it. I am almost done. We are having Xmas dinner at our son's. Good day friend, and God bless!

Irma

[Rhonda]

I have not posted in quiet a while, I still visit often, I just wanted to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! ! !

Love and Prayers to All
Rhonda

[Gina]

Hi all,just wanted to add my greetings to everyone and hope you all have the best xmas possible.!!I know it will be so difficult for those of you whom have recently lost a loved one and i will pray that the love of family and friends,this forumn included,will give you the strength to find some peace and love during this season!....hugs and prayers for all.....Gina

[vmd]

I wanted to wish all of you on this site a Holy Christmas and a Happy New year!

[delb]

I too wanted to wish a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone.

[Al]

For our American friends there is a March of Faces at http://www.march-of-faces.org/ Pals can have pictures posted on a banner to raise awareness and put a face on this disease.
AL.

[Al]

David and I and our families would like to wish all our members and others that come here seeking information and solace, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I know it is hard to look forward but just maybe 2008 will bring better news on the research front. God bless.
AL.

[Thumbs Up]

Irma, I have read your post over & over. Thank you. Your son was very fortunate to have you as a mom.

[CindyM]

It is wonderful to see the support and encouragement we can offer one another. I am still amazed at the power of the internet-that prefect strangers can create such warmth and understanding. Thank you one and all for helping make this forum so sucessful, in that regard. Cindy

[Steve100]

Merry Christmas everyone :)

[cheryilyn]

Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful people on this forum.

[Icanmanz]

Hi delb! Dear God, I have been thinking about you these past few days. How have you been doing? I have been wondering about Freddiesnetty, and Txgrl as well. I hope everything is okay! Have a nice one, and God bless!

Irma

PS.......Did you get a dog for Xmas? LOL Take care, sweetie!

[delb]

Hi Irma,
I am holding my own in the fight with ALS. Still no dog, but hope to get one soon. Going to the county hospital tomorrow to sign up with them. Hopefully they can assist me. Got nothing for Christmas, but this is not unusual. Have not for years now. Merry Christmas to you too !!

[sharona]

Hi delb,
I too have been thinking about you.Glad to hear you are going to try to get some help. You still have all of us for Christmas .Material things really don't matter anyway. love, hope & the real meaning of Christmas are all that any of us really need. I went to the cemetery today to tell my son Merry Christmas.He loved Christmas. I miss him so very much but I know he isn't hurting anymore( CANCER) & he is in heaven with our Lord. So please take care & know that we are still pulling for you.God Bless.
Sharon

[hboyajian]

Hello all, my dad did not quite make it to Christmas last year, but he stayed with us as long as he could, until the whole family was together with him. He always was a person who brought people together. He's done that yet again this year even though he is with us in spirit, not in physical person. Because he died at this time of year, we all felt the need to be together again and people made the journey to gather at my house for the holiday. We have started a special tradition that was suggested in a grief group my mom attends. We made a remembrance wreath with fir branches and four candles, each representing part of the experience of having loved so deeply and no longer having that person with us. I chose a blue candle for grief, a purple candle for courage to face the loss, a gold candle for the memories we cherish, and a red candle for the deep and never-ending love.

[Gina]

Delb,i am glad to see that you are holding your own in the fight against als.!I think that all of us on this forum really want for xmas is love and understanding and a place to go when we are feeling alone and need to talk to someone who understands.!We all have that now that we belong to this forum and so do you!!!!So even though you didnt get anything material for xmas you are recieving the best gift of all and so am i from the loving caring people on this forum!!!!Thankyou for being here and sharing and caring too!......Gina

[Gina]

hboyajian,What a wonderfull new tradition!!I am so glad that you and your familly are carrying on with your fathers wishes to bring the family together.It must have made him smile down on you and be so proud of all of you for being all together at this time and at the same time honoring his spiritual prescence as well.....SOUNDS like a wonderfull caring familly !!!!!!Thanks for sharing this experience and i wish you all peace and happiness in the new year!....Gina