V's Version

Dear V,
I found your wedding video on Youtube as I was looking up Will Ferrell mocking on Phantom of the Opera. I do not know what the link there is. But I do know that I was looking for something to free my mind and lighten my heart with laughter. Instead I found you and Alotoflife.com.
And what a profound gift it was for me to explore your site and watch videos of your quilts, read your stories, and really feel the love and love of life which emanates from your being. Even over the internet. Wowie.
I have a 16 yr old daughter who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2004. After a successful limbsalvage surgery and 10mos of aggressive chemo she enjoyed remission of 15 months. She relapsed in June of 2006 with tumors in her lungs. After several trials of phase 1, 2, and clinical, we have decided upon surgery. Tomorrow in fact. We are blessed enough to have her in the hands of the chief of thoracic surgery at Robert Wood Johnson in New Brunswick, NJ. I trust that all will go well. Though she is not as matured yet, her spirit is similar to yours. She has not let this get in her way for a minute and gives back to others where ever she can. I am grateful for each day with her (mostly because it is either so so fun or so so lifechangingly profound). There is a new light in my life because of her cancer.
Anyway.....soliciting prayers is what I'll do now.
And thank you for being you and adding the V to our uniVerse.
I mean it.
I am happy to have come across your writings. (And quilts.....wowie!!)
Much love and joy to you and yours.
Michelle B.
aka......Caiti's mom......Cait the Great, that is....
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# posted by V Kingsley @ 8:08 AM