tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903222.post113423667181277464..comments2024-02-27T14:56:21.864-08:00Comments on Loving, Losing, and Living: Hope: My StorySusan (Sara) Avitzourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06178913845437517694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903222.post-1134625478263762992005-12-14T21:44:00.000-08:002005-12-14T21:44:00.000-08:00Hi Abby,First of all, I wish you a full remission ...Hi Abby,<BR/>First of all, I wish you a full remission until the age of 120, as we say in Hebrew.<BR/>Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know that you've been reading my blog, and that it's been meaningful for you. One of the major reasons I write is to reach people like you - and your Mom - who are going through, or have been though, the same kind of crises that our family experienced (and in some ways continues to experience).<BR/><BR/>I wish you all the best in a long and happy life.<BR/><BR/>SaraSusan (Sara) Avitzourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178913845437517694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903222.post-1134517026485507402005-12-13T15:37:00.000-08:002005-12-13T15:37:00.000-08:00Hello Sara, my name's Abby and I'm sixteen. On Sa...Hello Sara, my name's Abby and I'm sixteen. On Saturday it will be t one year since I was diagosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. I have been in remission for several months, but your narrative has helped me to see how much my mother must love me and how hard it must have been for her when I was receiving treatments. Your writing is beautiful and incredibly insightful, and sometimes after reading it I cry. I cannot imagine how hard it would be to lose a child, especially a teenager but I would just like you to know that your story has changed me and how I think.<BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903222.post-1134434126602794082005-12-12T16:35:00.000-08:002005-12-12T16:35:00.000-08:00As your story reaches its inevitable conclusion, e...As your story reaches its inevitable conclusion, each post is more poignant and heart-breaking and beautiful than the one before it. May you always be able to look to the future -- your future, your husband's, your children's -- with hope in your heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903222.post-1134248198127824012005-12-10T12:56:00.000-08:002005-12-10T12:56:00.000-08:00Hi Sara...back in 1977 I did one of those "human p...Hi Sara...back in 1977 I did one of those "human potential" trainings that were so popular at the time. They told us that there is no such thing as "hope"...meaning, don't hope for something...just get out there and make it happen. I thought, at the time, how clever...don't sit on your butt hoping things will change...do something. But I realized years later, how simplistic that was...that hope is one of the most important elements of the human psyche...without it, how would we survive the unthinkable, the intolerable, and the unimaginable. This is such a beautiful post Sara...and a testiment to the human spirit...to never give up, even in the face of the most unthinkable. Without "hope", how could we accomplish that? <BR/>Thank you, again, for sharing these most intimate of thoughts and feelings from your heart and soul.<BR/>Randicruisin-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640061323519954002noreply@blogger.com