ZAPPED! Dear Most Wonderful People in the World:
THANK YOU !!! 
I had to start out with that, even though it is in no way adequate to express my emotions on opening up the huge box of love and goodies that came my way this week.
I recognized Selen's writing and thought it was maybe some of her delicious cookies that she has been nice enough to share with me in the past. After all, those have to be wrapped in tons of bubble wrap so they don't break, right? So they would need a big box, right? My week was painfully overscheduled and I set the "cookies" aside as a reward to myself if I could just get through Thursday. Then Selen sent me a carefully worded, "so did you get my box...?" email and I felt bad, thinking I should tell her I have it and I'm thrilled and I'm going to eat those cookies tomorrow, so I opened it and OH MY GOD. Little did I know or even ever suspect that you all would have RAK'd me!!!:bowdown:
My kids were eating dinner and had a front-row view of me as I stood there bawling the whole time, taking out package after package. I can't believe your generosity. The amount of love, thought and time that went into this brought me to tears. I can't thank you enough!
For those who don't know (I feel like I've been away for DPF for years at this point), I have been working at completing prerequisites for the RN nursing program for a few years now. I took my prereqs slowly because my kids were young and I'm their only (living) parent. (I was widowed when our youngest child was 2). I was a French and ESL teacher in my former life but have always had an interest in nursing as well. After my husband's illness and death, I was so moved by the amazing care we received from hospice that I thought I would change careers and if I could do for one person what they did for me, well, I might feel his death had some meaning.
Fast forward to this January, and I finally started the program. Everyone told us it would be difficult; I had no idea how right they were. It is more like boot camp than any academic program I've ever been in before. The work is unrelenting and the teachers are very tough. In the midst of this, my son totaled the car (luckily no one hurt) which he was using to help drive the other kids, I have had health problems, April is always hard because it is the month my husband died. I was seriously soul-searching, feeling alone in the world and questioning if I should even be attempting this at all. I can't even put into words how touched and loved I felt when I got your wonderful gift. Tears are welling up even now as I type this. I had just been composing my "I'm back!" message in my mind for when I finish the semester and could get back to DPF and some pin fun. I hoped people would even remember who I was and I have no doubt of that now.
Here are just a few pictures of the glorious bounty bestowed on me this week:
The kind words of encouragement that lifted me up:
The amazing pins:
The treats that are going to get me through finals week!:
Hope's amazing scrapbook personalized just for me:
Check this out!!
My heart is so full. You have reached out and made me feel so loved. I can never thank you enough! Please know your kindness came at the best possible time and gave me much needed encouragement. Thank you Selen for thinking of me, and to all of you for your unbelievable generosity. I will never forget this!!
With big hugs and much love,
Laura :hug:
I had to start out with that, even though it is in no way adequate to express my emotions on opening up the huge box of love and goodies that came my way this week.
I recognized Selen's writing and thought it was maybe some of her delicious cookies that she has been nice enough to share with me in the past. After all, those have to be wrapped in tons of bubble wrap so they don't break, right? So they would need a big box, right? My week was painfully overscheduled and I set the "cookies" aside as a reward to myself if I could just get through Thursday. Then Selen sent me a carefully worded, "so did you get my box...?" email and I felt bad, thinking I should tell her I have it and I'm thrilled and I'm going to eat those cookies tomorrow, so I opened it and OH MY GOD. Little did I know or even ever suspect that you all would have RAK'd me!!!:bowdown:
My kids were eating dinner and had a front-row view of me as I stood there bawling the whole time, taking out package after package. I can't believe your generosity. The amount of love, thought and time that went into this brought me to tears. I can't thank you enough!
For those who don't know (I feel like I've been away for DPF for years at this point), I have been working at completing prerequisites for the RN nursing program for a few years now. I took my prereqs slowly because my kids were young and I'm their only (living) parent. (I was widowed when our youngest child was 2). I was a French and ESL teacher in my former life but have always had an interest in nursing as well. After my husband's illness and death, I was so moved by the amazing care we received from hospice that I thought I would change careers and if I could do for one person what they did for me, well, I might feel his death had some meaning.
Fast forward to this January, and I finally started the program. Everyone told us it would be difficult; I had no idea how right they were. It is more like boot camp than any academic program I've ever been in before. The work is unrelenting and the teachers are very tough. In the midst of this, my son totaled the car (luckily no one hurt) which he was using to help drive the other kids, I have had health problems, April is always hard because it is the month my husband died. I was seriously soul-searching, feeling alone in the world and questioning if I should even be attempting this at all. I can't even put into words how touched and loved I felt when I got your wonderful gift. Tears are welling up even now as I type this. I had just been composing my "I'm back!" message in my mind for when I finish the semester and could get back to DPF and some pin fun. I hoped people would even remember who I was and I have no doubt of that now.
Here are just a few pictures of the glorious bounty bestowed on me this week:
The kind words of encouragement that lifted me up:
The amazing pins:
The treats that are going to get me through finals week!
:
Hope's amazing scrapbook personalized just for me:
Check this out!!
My heart is so full. You have reached out and made me feel so loved. I can never thank you enough! Please know your kindness came at the best possible time and gave me much needed encouragement. Thank you Selen for thinking of me, and to all of you for your unbelievable generosity. I will never forget this!!
With big hugs and much love,
Laura :hug:
