Prayers..

Continued prayers offer up for your wife and for you Johnny.
 
You and Rosalie continue to be in my prayers. We all know that you need to hold onto your faith NOW more than ever. Surgery is only one way Doctors have of dealing with some issues. Chemo can also result in a cure and or remission. Remember He is still with you and your wife. We are as well.
 
You and Rosalie continue to be in my prayers. We all know that you need to hold onto your faith NOW more than ever. Surgery is only one way Doctors have of dealing with some issues. Chemo can also result in a cure and or remission. Remember He is still with you and your wife. We are as well.
Thank you sir always. Appreciate the support.
 
I also I'm continuing prayers for your wife and you
 
John,

Know you and your wife are still being lifted up in prayer and thought of a lot here also!
 
John,

Know you and your wife are still being lifted up in prayer and thought of a lot here also!
Thanks buddy. Honestly I’ve lost my faith. I’m so bitter and in some ways lost. Appreciate everything.
 
JB, so sorry for not seeing this post earlier. My wife and I will keep you and your wife in our prayers. God bless you both! Hang in there, and do not loose your faith.
 
I continue to pray for you and your wife....praying for strength for both of you to wade through this...hold on to that faith...strength from Jesus.
 
JB, so sorry for not seeing this post earlier. My wife and I will keep you and your wife in our prayers. God bless you both! Hang in there, and do not loose your faith.
Thank you my friend.
 
John, I'm sure you are familiar with the walking with God "illustration" where sometimes you can only see one set of footprints in the sand. This is one of those times.
 
John, I'm sure you are familiar with the walking with God "illustration" where sometimes you can only see one set of footprints in the sand. This is one of those times.
Man it sure feels that way. I feel that he ruined our lives in many ways. I’m so bitter as I’ve said. I’ve just simply lost my faith and so angry with him, it, spirit, whatever. I refuse to mention his name I refuse to ask for help and guidance. I just refuse to plain believe anymore.
 
Man it sure feels that way. I feel that he ruined our lives in many ways. I’m so bitter as I’ve said. I’ve just simply lost my faith and so angry with him, it, spirit, whatever. I refuse to mention his name I refuse to ask for help and guidance. I just refuse to plain believe anymore.
I completely understand your feelings John. We don’t know each other beyond our posts on this site, but I know exactly how you feel. Without too much over sharing, my wife and I struggled for over 10 years starting a family. Multiple miscarriages, doctors, procedures, many dollars, and nothing but heartache. At the same time my family and friends are not even trying and having babies. Watched my wife really struggle to be happy for people who didn’t know we had just had a 5th miscarriage when they handed her their newborn.
I’ve been a Christian since I was 9 and have enough belief to know God has a plan. But I had decided his plan for us sucked and I was very angry for many years. Long story already not short, we finally had a son, then another, then a daughter. With the wisdom of hindsight I can now see lots of reasons things happened in his time and not ours, some of which really didn’t have anything to do with us (my wife has counseled many young women starting down the infertility path).
I am not trying to be preachy, but you seem to be a man of great faith, as told by starting this thread asking for prayers, and I’ll pass along something my uncle told me when I was struggling. He understands your anger, He built us that way. Unfortunately we don’t always know his reasons or his timing, which is hard for men who want to make everything “all right” for those we love.
Don’t know if that helps at all brother, I just saw a lot of my old emotions in your recent posts.
 
Continuing to pray for you and your wife, JB. I know times are tough, but don’t lose your faith!
 
Just saw this. Know that you and your wife are in our prayers. Never any offense to ask for help. Anytime anywhere! God bless
 
I completely understand your feelings John. We don’t know each other beyond our posts on this site, but I know exactly how you feel. Without too much over sharing, my wife and I struggled for over 10 years starting a family. Multiple miscarriages, doctors, procedures, many dollars, and nothing but heartache. At the same time my family and friends are not even trying and having babies. Watched my wife really struggle to be happy for people who didn’t know we had just had a 5th miscarriage when they handed her their newborn.
I’ve been a Christian since I was 9 and have enough belief to know God has a plan. But I had decided his plan for us sucked and I was very angry for many years. Long story already not short, we finally had a son, then another, then a daughter. With the wisdom of hindsight I can now see lots of reasons things happened in his time and not ours, some of which really didn’t have anything to do with us (my wife has counseled many young women starting down the infertility path).
I am not trying to be preachy, but you seem to be a man of great faith, as told by starting this thread asking for prayers, and I’ll pass along something my uncle told me when I was struggling. He understands your anger, He built us that way. Unfortunately we don’t always know his reasons or his timing, which is hard for men who want to make everything “all right” for those we love.
Don’t know if that helps at all brother, I just saw a lot of my old emotions in your recent posts.
Thank you very much for your words. Unfortunately " I am not at that point" so anger and pain consume me. I am sure you understand where I am coming from. Watching my wife go thru this knowing I am helpless just kills me. I look into her eyes and see not only the pain of this disease but the pain of knowing how hard she worked her whole life and struggled to get to the point of nearing retirement and now for not. My future is uncertain in many way's also. We of course built our future for two...Now ??
 
Yes sir, I do understand.
 
We of course built our future for two...Now ??

johnnyblues,

my wife and i had a special needs son. having a special needs kid was one of my greatest fears. we did not want to be "parents" our whole lives, figure out what to do with our son when we die first, etc.

what i've learned is; prayer works. i have learned to adjust MY attitude about our family situation, embraced it and realized that in OUR case (I'm sure not yours) that we adjusted to the situation and are enjoying our life how it is, not how i expected or wished it to be. (my son is now 32). i am wishing you the best and hope your wife is doing better.

blessing on both of you
 
I almost feel the need to apologize for this thread. Obviously this is a forum on hunting in Africa. I never expected the amount of continued responses to this personal issue. I am however grateful for all the support and encouragement I’ve received from members. Tomorrow begins day one of chemo treatment as some of my closer friends here already know. Anyone wishing to continue responding to this thread should probably do so in private messages. I just feel this downer of a thread should probably go away.

Opinions welcome on my thoughts.
 

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