tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post2443933672590542160..comments2023-05-12T05:26:44.242-04:00Comments on A Journey to the Door: ConsternationMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16184485468465733983noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-51292457955754885032011-01-19T08:03:45.271-05:002011-01-19T08:03:45.271-05:00I love your honesty. You are so brave and I love y...I love your honesty. You are so brave and I love you! <br /><br />xxxooocaps18lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871196922418029484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-1882415892364093862011-01-16T22:43:07.471-05:002011-01-16T22:43:07.471-05:00I wrote this after I read this: http://1dollar1mil...I wrote this after I read this: http://1dollar1mile.com/2011/01/13/learning-to-live/<br /><br />To spare you my babble...I simply want to say thank you. <br /><br />Thank for Martha for being such an incredible example and for allowing the world to read about your most vulnerable moments. Thank you for reminding us, teaching us, and showing us about the power of prayer and faith. You have taught me more than I’ll ever be able to express.Roopsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636676448110515242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-18178240108419803572011-01-13T22:32:27.871-05:002011-01-13T22:32:27.871-05:00You have such grace and dignity, and I learn from ...You have such grace and dignity, and I learn from you each time I read. Thank you for sharing your journey and your heart. I think it's incredible that you're doing even this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830398297390048913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-18953824217567635262011-01-13T22:15:58.427-05:002011-01-13T22:15:58.427-05:00Well of course you want to be home until you move....Well of course you want to be home until you move. We all do. I remember once I had to stay in temporary housing until my "new " house was ready to be moved into and it was so frustrating. I didn't know the neighbors, my way around or where the soup pot was. Just as I began to feel at home it was again time to move. I should have just stayed put. I get it. It only makes sense. I'm glad to see and hear that you are still creating, learning (and teaching). Living. I miss seeing you so much and selfishly wish for more time or even one more time with you but truly understand your process. I know you are taking good care of yourself and if you feel that stopping the aspirin routine is in your best interest, OK. The hard part for me is praying for a clot. A truer test of friendship there never was. But I'm trying. Really, Martha, you are such a hero to so many we all want to be a part of your incredible journey. Thanks for showing us the way. Love and peace, StephanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-40208976981621051102011-01-13T20:43:05.971-05:002011-01-13T20:43:05.971-05:00My continued prayers of peace as no other can give...My continued prayers of peace as no other can give but God. I thank him daily for the gift of knowing you. You have taught us how to live with faith and die with grace. May eternal peace be with you..until we meet again. Love and prayers, LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-25298188024148946942011-01-13T20:05:57.692-05:002011-01-13T20:05:57.692-05:00Love you so much, Martha. SheranLove you so much, Martha. SheranAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-25037455564423551802011-01-13T17:26:40.096-05:002011-01-13T17:26:40.096-05:00As always, praying for you everyday. Keep doing w...As always, praying for you everyday. Keep doing what you're doing....what's most important is that you are comfortable with the decisions you've made for yourself. The others will either get it or not...and that's ok. You are a remarkable woman and inspire me on a daily basis! Peace and love, BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-74983394488181503332011-01-13T11:36:31.174-05:002011-01-13T11:36:31.174-05:00You don't know me and I don't know you. I ...You don't know me and I don't know you. I rarely read blogs but yours is one I have consistently read for some months now (I think you were tattooing when I started reading). As an antique nurse the process of dying is no stranger to me. What keeps me reading your blog and praying for you as I read is the beauty and honesty and dignity with which you are navigating your valley of the shadow of death. So many do this part of life so badly. Being a stranger to you, my opinion is neither here nor there, but I think you are doing it superbly - that may sound kinda bizarre but I think you get it. Along the way you are also inspiring many who read your blog. Peace back to you. JulieJulie Stapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047726892081188018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-49907429578348623202011-01-12T17:01:45.723-05:002011-01-12T17:01:45.723-05:00My thoughts, prayers, love, and support are with y...My thoughts, prayers, love, and support are with you. Our God is a big God. He has you and He will NOT let you go!<br />Love RuthannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-71823872862404294612011-01-12T16:43:08.889-05:002011-01-12T16:43:08.889-05:00Martha, I just love you and want to support you to...Martha, I just love you and want to support you totally. You have taught me so much! I continue to pray for strength and peace for you. And...I just love who you are!!!!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-29833613192983934172011-01-12T13:22:33.771-05:002011-01-12T13:22:33.771-05:00You challenge my paradigm and invite me into thoug...You challenge my paradigm and invite me into thought. Thank you for being a phenomenal teacher!Jeff Faullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852546435849257348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-50967509287161952822011-01-12T13:22:03.416-05:002011-01-12T13:22:03.416-05:00As always Martha - I love your brutal honesty, hil...As always Martha - I love your brutal honesty, hilarity, and overwhelming faith. <br /><br />While I know my opinion really doesn't matter, I 100% support your decision to stay in your home. I was actually talking to Jo about it earlier this week and I think it makes perfect sense. I'm just sorry that you're put in a position where you feel like you have to defend yourself. I say...stop worrying about others and just take care of you. <br /><br />Thank you for teaching so many of us how to live!<br /><br />I love you- <br />JenRoopsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636676448110515242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-29477860701367273552011-01-12T11:24:06.182-05:002011-01-12T11:24:06.182-05:00As I 'just happened' to open to Job 30:16-...As I 'just happened' to open to Job 30:16-17 this morning I imagined that you physically feel as he did, "And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest…" BUT that in your spirit you KNOW as Job did, Job 42:2-6: "I know that you (God) can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted…I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you." and that His answer is to give you His presence, so that you know Him as you never have before…what a gift!<br />Ever so much love, M & DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-28363623529939987682011-01-11T19:55:40.161-05:002011-01-11T19:55:40.161-05:00Martha,
What you're saying makes perfect sens...Martha,<br /><br />What you're saying makes perfect sense to me. Sounds like you are making some difficult, but great choices for yourself. I'm so glad that you're going to stay in your home and with your care team!!! <br /><br />It takes a lot of courage and forethought to make all those arrangements, especially as a single person (I think you're single? I can't remember). This is your dying process, you get to do it the way you want. <br /><br />Sometimes people cling to people who are dying because of their own loss and pain, which ends up being kind of selfish (but also understandable on some level). They are so caught up in THEIR loss that they are thinking about what they need, not what the other person needs. <br /><br />I have a friend going through a similar situation and it ends up being a bit weird in that she feels pressured to take emotional care of her non-dying friends, when it should be the other way around--or at least mutual. <br /><br />I think these kinds of conflicts could be easily resolved if the mainstream US culture had a more wholistic way of looking at death and dying. <br /><br />However, our youth, health-loving, death-defying culture has a very strong denial mechanism in place, so many of us put off dealing with these kinds of things until it hits us right in the face, and then it is totally overwhelming. <br /><br />What I'm trying to say I think is, in light of what is going on with your health, friends and family are dealing in a big way with their own mortality. And if they are like many of us who have not had to face it in a big way, it is frightening and can come as a shock.<br /><br />These are a few of my thoughts on the subject, but it sounds like you've got a pretty good handle on it yourself.<br /><br />Here's to maintaining your dignity, personal values, and status as a card-carrying adult through this time!<br /><br />Your friend always,<br />Karen<br />Owenkitty from InspireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-43275211615810910202011-01-11T19:07:34.077-05:002011-01-11T19:07:34.077-05:00praying for you. wishing you peace forever.praying for you. wishing you peace forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-59196622886911496982011-01-11T15:58:59.169-05:002011-01-11T15:58:59.169-05:00I love you Martha! I love how open and honest you...I love you Martha! I love how open and honest you are with people. I love your ability to use words gently, even when what you are saying may be hard for some to hear. I love that you are my friend and that I am yours. I love that you are at peace and that God is keeping His promise to you. I love that I will spend eternity hanging out with you. Love, AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483299309441638557.post-41315435395551244342011-01-11T15:20:11.338-05:002011-01-11T15:20:11.338-05:00Love you, Martha.
xoxoxoxLove you, Martha. <br /><br />xoxoxoxKaren Fousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449620915831874979noreply@blogger.com