i have a group on cm that a girlfriend of mine whom i met thru another group here..we have become the best of friends..she lives in n.c and i live here in n.y.i went their over the summer to meet her and her family and she is coming here to visit me.
our group is small in numbers and sometimes we dont go in their.and other days we cant leave in fear we may miss something.
one of our members whom we have never met let alone spoke on the phone..we did talk in the group and shared alot with one another.
well she was diagnosed two weeks ago with cancer.and it was spreading..and last night her sister i m me letting me know she lost her fight.she passed away..leaving behind two children and a sister.whos sisters husband just found out he has cancer.
we grouped together in such an outpouring support for one another heart felt prayers and tears flowing.be true to who you are and look for that special friendship that cm has created..
im veryhappy to be apart of this group and cm..
I am very sorry to read of your loss! Especially this time of year. I have lost an aunt like this situation you have posted. It's very difficult when a person you care for is diagnosed & quickly passes.
I have become friends with a few women here and have often thought what my life would be if I had not joined CM. It's scary for some and others embrace change. I am the latter. I think CM is a great support system for those who utilize it. Fotunately I do utilize it and glad I made the choice to join.
I hope her children have allot of family to ease this passing.
What does cafemom mean to me ? FRIENDS !!!!!! I have more friends now than i did in high school. I,ve made some wonderful friends on here and we enjoy chatting w/ each other. One lady who lives over in England, we chat every morning ( my time ) and keep up w/ each other regualrly . Other friends i have found live not too far away from me , that, nice . Maybe someday we can hook up and have a coffee together and visit and talk our selves crazy ! I would love that .
As for other things, cafemoms has certainly helped in the cooking dept. I now have about 10 notebooks full of recipes that i have copied down and have introdiced to my family making dinner a looked forward to occation now .
Also I have been chosen from time to time to participate in recipe projects like Ragu, and some other ones. They were fun and i,m glad I got to try them . Thank you Cafemom for that .
I,ve also watched groups go from 1 member to over 1,000 in no time, that was interesting !
Thank you cafemom and i am so glad i joined this group. Keep up the good work .
I have a small group much like the one you have where many of us have met in person, we have a gift exchange, we have raised money in situations like you just described. It's an amazing group of girls who came together because of photography, but ended up with something else completely. I couldn't give them up for the world!
I also own the largest photo group on CafeMom with a group of admins (many from the other group I am in) and I have worked hard to teach, guide and help thousands of other photography enthusiasts through it. That means a lot to me. It's a little of Giving Back for me. I only wish I had somewhere like that to go when I was learning the ropes of this business. I am pleased to pass my experience and knowledge to these women and hopefully prevent them from making the mistakes I made. It's bee UBER rewarding to watch them grow and develop from (some of them terrible) amateur photographers to professionals who are more talented than I am. It is absolutely delightful to see hte hobbyist mom's who don't want to be pros post the hilarious, adorable, beautiful images of their kids, families and lives. It's a smile anytime I am feeling cruddy!
Friendship and Support, those are the things I think of when I think of CM. I also have been lucky enough to have met in person a few wonderful woman thru here. One from Indiana whom I am very close to (she's a former NY'er) I have met a wonderful friend from PA whom I could not imagine life without anymore. Her dd and mine are BF's now and talk EVERY night. Our families get along great and do get together every few months. Then there's Shirley, what can I say about Shirley,lol. (J.A.N.) She is a wonderful woman and someone I am happy to call a friend and have had the pleasure of meeting her and her WHOLE family over the summer, they are so down to earth. I cried last night when I had to post about the passing of our friend, amazing how someone can touch you that you have never met.
Quoting Jillysmom:
Friendship and Support, those are the things I think of when I think of CM. I also have been lucky enough to have met in person a few wonderful woman thru here. One from Indiana whom I am very close to (she's a former NY'er) I have met a wonderful friend from PA whom I could not imagine life without anymore. Her dd and mine are BF's now and talk EVERY night. Our families get along great and do get together every few months. Then there's Shirley, what can I say about Shirley,lol. (J.A.N.) She is a wonderful woman and someone I am happy to call a friend and have had the pleasure of meeting her and her WHOLE family over the summer, they are so down to earth. I cried last night when I had to post about the passing of our friend, amazing how someone can touch you that you have never met.
awww thank you adele.this is so sweet of you to say..hugs
It's like my home away from home. It's where I chat with my "co-workers" in the full time working momas group. I have made lasting friendships with the women in that group and I love them dearly. We are there for eachother to lift eachother up when one of us is down, to share a laugh, to get and give advice, anything you could want/need, you can find there. I consider those women my best friens, even though we've never met in person. They are like family to me. In fact, we consider eachother's children to be our nieces and nephews. I can't imagine life without them or without CM.
May Randoms
- j.a.n
on Dec. 6, 2009 at 12:31 PM