Hi Lynne, Thanks for sharing the poem. It's very true. The Patient Services Manager at our local chapter of the LLS developed a button that says "It's About Hope." I have one pinned to my purse and people frequently ask me about it.
Good luck with the bone pain. I hope it gets better. Jane G. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Group, this is Lynne A. > > I also would like to share excerpts from a poem the Patient Advocate Society > sent to me with some printed material on job retention and cancer. ( It is > strange, just before dx I lost a baby that I had named Hope. How uncanny is > this?) Well, thought someone else might take comfort from these words, the > author is Henry R. Nice, Jr. > > HOPE > ...."Once I wished for a cure > Oh how I prayed > My sould did pour > I cursed the day and wondered why > Of all the lives on this land > Why did fate drop its hand > Upon my shoulder > Life me up and ravage me? > How I wonder where they went > All my dreams.... > In a moment spent. > I prayed O-Lord that I might > Retain my strength > Continue to fight. > I long for the wish, the dream, the cure. > But most of all I do pray, > Please dear Lord, don't take away > The greatest tool I can see... > HOPE is the greatest tool for me. > ...."The day we lose the will to hope, > Is the day we find we cannot cope. > Life will no longer continue to hold, > and Heaven's gate will unfold. > The silver bonds will slip away > And our Lord will call us home to stay. > I'll walk the path, A many a mile, > Carry the load. > And try to SMILE > For I will beat this demon, I will survive, > As long as I have the will to hope, > I have the tools to set me free. > Hear me Lord this I plea > Give me my way, my way to cope. > Give me Lord.... > Give me > HOPE. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
