Last night our Dear Friend Kellie paid a vist to this site! She updated us on what is going on in a life gone very wrong because of smoking! At the end of this blog I will add a link to her page and to her blog from last night! But first in a show of respect for this lady, I am reposting a blog/letter I wrote to Kellie in August of 2010! If you do not know Kellie yet, take the time to get to know her! She is an EXtraordinary woman!
Dear Kellie,
August 27, 2010 by pir8fan
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You don't know me, and I don't know you, but I sure would like to meet you! I have read your words and marveled at your courage for a while now! I look around and see so many with so much to be thankful for who "try" to quit smoking! We sit around our keyboards and pat each other on the back and talk about how hard it is to quit! We do not discuss the hardships associated with not quitting! Those reallties are a little too scary to talk about! Where is our courage?
Then we come to you! In an open and frank discussion of your real life, you force, us to look into the mirror. And often we turn away, at a loss for words. How hard it must be to spend your life trying to divert us from the trap you fell into, and seeing the indifference to your warning! Yet you summon up another sniffter of courage, and and battle on. You struggle for everyone of us, in a tireless manner, and never looking for anything in return! I wish I had something to offer you, besides my unwavering respect! That, and this salute to true courage!
One day we shall all take our last breath before we go and stand before our Maker. Shakespeare said thru the words of Jullis Caesar " Cowards die many times before their death, but the valiant taste of death but once." I pray that we might all face our future with the courage you display everyday. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you face each new challenge. Forever, Tommy
https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/people/kellie3
I love you Kellie!
