susan labelle
sudbury ontario
2005-12-06 22:02:15 | Dear levitt family, I as the rest of your letters, was about to say. I saw the last two minutes of the vicky Gabereau show , I to am not an afternoon tv watcher and was off to therapy after an accident which has left me in a lot of physical and mental pain. which i know will be just for a time and hopefully they will both heal. A year and a half ago my husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The doctor said our relationship would never be the same. We both confessed the other day that we thought that she ment dealing with imminent death. We now know that she ment trying to live. Unfortunately this illness not only robs you of your physical it robs you of your mental ability through lack of oxygen. I have worked in pallative care for fifteen years with exactly this kind of illness. Walked countless of families through it. To be told so often we could not have made it without you. Those were words that perhaps carry me through these harsh days. We are now on our own journey of discovery thank you for more thoughts to work with more avenues to explore sincerely susan |
Jay
Edmonton
2005-12-06 18:57:57 | Thank you for being so strong in the midst of others weaknesses. |
Cindy Locken
Bay Tree, Alberta
2005-12-06 17:45:59 | I just saw Ned on the Vicky Gabreau show. Its not usual for me to watch T.V. in the afternoon, but I am certainly glad I did today. Although I have no children of my own, my family has lost three of our 'addtional' nieces and nephew. I cannot find words to describe the horror of watching my siblings and their husband/wife go through the loss of our beloved kids. I am going to purchase Ned's books for my family. Something that is difficult to understand for some, is that we all need one another through the loss. We have all suffered something, and we all need to help each other, and be helped in return, despite each of us, not knowing what it is we need. thank you Ned, for inspiring me to be a better, kinder, more helpful person. |
beth hartlen
whitecourt,alberta
2005-12-06 17:42:33 | dear family, I have just encountered your website and just wanted to pay my respects and let you know how much it has come very quickly to mean to me. I am 33 yrs old and have just moved from my family for the first time. I have been treating this process almost like a death experience and I am just ashamed of my self. I have spent the past month feeling sorry for my self that I do not have these wonderful people in my daily life.after reading your story of having to deal with a real death experience and knowing your successful outcome I have decided to let this experience be put into better perspective. They are jsut not going to be there at the drop of the hat but the important thing is that they are there. Thank you for showing me the courage to do this. sincerly, Beth Hartlen |
Alison Meeks
Georgetown, Ontario
2005-12-06 16:36:02 | This afternoon I turned on the TV at a time not usual for me. Then I saw you, telling your story on Vicki Gabereau, and I knew why I turned on the TV after all. I was so glad to see someone talking honestly about grief. Last year I lost both my Mom and my Dad, the September before that I had lost my job and 25 years before I my brother was killed by a drunk driver. Grief took my too busy "normal" life and threw me up against the wall and every time I tried to get back up it happened again. At some time in life we all loose a loved one, why has it hit me so hard? But I'm learning so much. Learning so much about life and death and grief and guilt and the list goes on but also learning so much about myself. I don't know what I'm going to be when I come out the other side of this but I can be certain it will be a better person then I have ever been before. |
Carol McAulay
Port Elgin On.
2005-12-06 16:07:32 | God Bless Stacey who has helped so many others in her absence I,m sure we will all meet one day!!! Carol McAulay |
Carol McAulay
Port Elgin On.
2005-12-06 16:02:12 | What an inspiration you are!! I have not lost a child but parents, and husband.God Bless you and your family. Carol McAulay |
Sandy Lubert
St. George (nr Brantford) Ontario
2005-11-09 12:28:55 | Hello Levitt Family - I am in contact with Ned and looking forward to hearing him speak in Hamilton in the new year. In the mean time, I am getting to know Stacey through this incredible website. What a beautiful and wise soul she is! This, I think, is one of my favourite lines: " I guess coming face to face with your fear and talking it out really does pay off." How on earth did a young woman, not even 20, learn a spiritual lesson that so many of us are still struggling to embrace at mid-life? Her poetry is intelligent, aesthetic and witty, all at once (which, from what I understand, is an apt description of the poet herself?)... THANK YOU for sharing her spirit with the rest of us. Warmly, Sandy Lubert |
Trish Rabideau
Windsor
2005-06-09 20:29:33 | This site is absoulutley beautiful. I come here often. What a sad life we must live. Please feel free to visit my sons memorial site @ http://home.cogeco.ca/~bjones14/fullframe.htm Love Trish |
TRACEY WILLIAMS
Powell River
2005-05-31 16:56:26 | I HAVE JUST HAD SPINAL SURGERY AND HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO MY HOME. TODAY I TURNED ON THE T.V TO SEE MR. LEVITT ON VICKI GABEREAU. MY HEART IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT TO THE FAMILY, HAVING A DAUGHTER OF MY OWN I COULD NOT IMAGINE THEIR HEART ACHE. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHERE I CAN GET THE BOOKS. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I TURNED THE T.V ON AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN MISFORTUNE (SUCH AS MY SURGERY) WE START FEELING QUITE SORRY FOR OURSELVES AND FORGET THEIR OUR PEOPLE GOING THROUGH ALOT WORSE THINGS. I WILL EVENTUALLY GET BETTER BUT YOUR LOSS IS FOREVER. YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS . TRACEY WILLIAMS |
Paula Pakozdy
Hamilton, ON
2005-05-30 23:07:47 | thank you Ned, Cheryl and Vicki Gabereau---more jewels in all of our crowns because of all of your good works and sharing! Peace & thanks |
Joclyan McDonnell
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2005-05-30 19:51:45 | My mom heard about your story and your website and passed it on to me. I admire your love and courage. Thank you for sharing it with the world. J McDonnell |
