Geez. Bono' Doll, I'll certanly add her to my prayer list. I have a couple of people right now besides Edge...wht do you say to something like that? And in this Great Land where a single night's stay in a hospital costs, what, $5000? And what does the average person's health insurance cover--IF they have any? Here's a stroy for you...my mom is a teacher, and last month, her aide, 21, just graduated from college, was diagnoed with a brain tumor. They're not saying much rght now, but it doesn't look good. She'd just gotten engaged, and was going to buy a small house with her fiance, etc. What do you say to things like this????
I guess the only way to counter it is with a happy story. I am a member of the One Ring.net, the big Lord of the Ring fansite, and 2 yrs ago we had a case where a 3 yr old girl was diagnosed with a similar brain tumor. They did not think she was going to make it. The family almost bankrupted themlves on treatments, and had to turn to their church for support. They took up a collection that raised about $15,000 (also with some small help from TORN readers), and the pastor halped out with livng expenses, etc. We kept this up for about 10 months and nonstop prayer meetings, someone set up a "coordinated time of day to pray for everybody" similar to what the folks at @U2 site have for Sian (they've had a daily 12 noon prayer thing going on for Sian ever since the rumor first went up, maybe we could do the same here) .They didn't think she was going to make it, and the firt set of tests 3 months later had no change, the 2nd set of tes, nothing, but at the end of 10 months, the 3rs set of tests showed a defenite remission. Last I heard the child is now about 5, and doing as well as anyone could who was that bad off.
Miracle do occur. I'd like to think that all our "love" s having an effect.
Carrying each other"..as the song says. That's what it;s all about, folks.
Thanks for the pic! I agree, it is adorable...though the pic U2 kitten mentioned would be great too. But that's ony the back of her. The best pic we have of Sian is the People Magazine spread on Edge's wedding 2 1/2 yrs ago. She stands in front of Morleigh, in a light grey dress, and a serious expression on her face. The pose and look is a lot like a pic I took of my kid sister when she was 5. Too adorable for words...she is a carbon copy of him, his face in minature. Edge stands to Morleigh's left, holding Eli's hand (who looks like his mom.) In the pic, to the left above Morleigh's head, you can see Holly and Arran. Blue (I think it's her) stands on the other side, by Edge. One of the best, if not THE bet, Edge "family portrait."