VEERRRYYY LONG :)=SAM

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SAM, THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR CONCERN!!!! WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, WE

JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN!!!! HE FOUND OUT ABOUT 5 YRS. AGO HE WAS HIV

POSITIVE, AND WE ALSO KNEW HE WOULD NOT STAY ON THE MEDS OR IN THE

PROGRAM!!!! AND THERE'S NOT A THING WE COULD DO 'CAUSE HE WAS 39!!!!!! AS

MUCH AS I WANTED TO GRAB HIM BY THE HAIR ON HIS HEAD AND SHAKE THE DEVIL OUT

OF HIM, I KNEW IT WOULDN'T WORK!!!! SO JUST LEFT IT UP TO GOD TO SHOW HIM

THE WAY HOME!!! AND BESIDES HE HAS 3 G/FATHERS AND I G/MOM WITH HIM NOW!!!

AND SOON THE SECOND WILL BE WITH THEM!!!!

NOW I'M SORRY!!! I WROTE MORE THEN I THOUGHT I WOULD, BUT MAYBE THAT'S GOOD

FOR ME!!!

AGAIN THANK YOU

MOM-BILLIE

> I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE PASSING OF YOUR SON. I DO NOT KNOW THE

> PAIN YOUR ARE GOING THROUGH AS I HAVE NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE SUCH A

> PERMANENT LOSS OF A CHILD.

>

> I CAN, HOWEVER, SYMPATHIZE WITH YOUR PAIN AS OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER (21)

> AND HER HUSBAND TOTALLY CUT US OUT OF THEIR LIVES FOR 6 MONTHS TO A

> YEAR. I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT GOD HEALED OUR RELATIONSHIP.

>

> MY (13) YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN BE SO

> UNDERSTANDING AND FORGIVING. I JUST LOOK AT IT LIKE THE STORY IN THE

> BIBLE ABOUT PRODIGAL SON.

>

> PLUS I HAVE READ A LOT OF BOOKS BY BARBARA JOHNSON, IF YOU HAVE NEVER

> READ HER BOOKS, THAN PLEASE LET ME RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO SO. SHE LOST

> ONE SON IN *NAM*, ANOTHER SON DUE TO A CAR WRECK, AND HAD ABOUT AN 11

> YEAR SEPARATION FROM A THIRD SON (IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT) WHO

> DISAPPEARED INTO A LIFE OF HOMOSEXUALITY. HE FINALLY REUNITED WITH HIS

> FAMILY. (PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR SON HAD AIDS THAT I

> THINK HE WAS HOMOSEXUAL. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO GETS

> HIV/AIDS.)

>

> ANYHOW, SHE IS A GREAT CHRISTIAN WRITER AND HER BOOKS HAVE HELPED ME A

> LOT WITH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS IN MY LIFE.

>

> I DO HAVE A STEP-BROTHER WHO IS HOMOSEXUAL WHOM I LOVE VERY MUCH, BUT

> HAVE NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE ONE OF MY SISTERS PREACHED AT HIM

> SO VERY MUCH THAT HE DOES NOT KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ANYBODY. I DID TALK TO

> HIM ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO AND TOLD HIM I WOULD NOT PREACH AT HIM OR TRY TO

> CHANGE HIM, I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE FOR HIM AND HAVE HIM INVOLVED IN

> OUR LIVES.

>

> I ALSO HAD AN UNCLE PASS AWAY OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND. HE HAD BEEN AN

> ALCOHOLIC AND HAD EMPHYSEMA. MY FAMILY WAS ON HOLIDAY WHEN HE PASSED

> AWAY. MY DADDY TOLD ME NOT TO CUT OUR VACATION SHORT BECAUSE OF THIS AS

> THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY GONE.

>

> THIS MAY SOUND ODD, BUT GOD USED MY UNCLES DEATH AND AN EMERGENCY

> SURGERY FOR MY HUSBANDS STEP-GRANDMOTHER AS A WAY TO CUT OUR VACATION

> SHORT. AND I AM VERY THANKFUL ALTHOUGH A BIT CONFUSED, BUT, YOU SEE, IF

> IT WERE NOT FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN

> D.C. OR ON OUR WAY TO PENNSYLVANIA LAST TUESDAY WHEN ALL OF THESE

> TERRIBLE ATTACKS HAPPENED.

>

> SORRY I WROTE YA A BOOK

> I GUESS I HAD MORE TO SAY THAN I THOUGHT:)

>

> GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

> SAM

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