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Hello, this is Numpster, Rosebuds sister. It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that my dear sister Dianne (aka Rosebud) passed into the Lord's hands this morning at 11:15 am. Please know that she died peacefully in her sleep. She was well sedated and had the most awesome hospice team taking care of her and helping her through her last hours.
Thank you for all your prayers and to all God Bless.
Wendy (aka Numpster)

Numpster, I'm so sorry for your loss. Rosebud will be missed by all of us! I know she is with our Lord and has no pain or worries now. Hugs to you and her family. Bless you.

Wendy...
 

Wendy (Numpster)-I am so very sorry to hear about Rosebud's (Dianne's) passing. She was an incredible inspiration to me and so many others here. I enjoyed her posts very much and grew to love her as if I knew her personally. I know she will be missed by many here and by all of you who were family and friends. You will all be in my prayers. God bless you and all of Dianne's family, especially her husband. I pray you all find comfort knowing she's with her Lord and Savior and will be sharing Christmas with Him this year. Here's a poem I was lead to when another dear friend of mine (named Diana) passed away from cancer a couple years ago:

Merry Christmas From Heaven

I still hear the songs,
I still see the lights
I still feel your love on cold wintry nights

I still share your hopes and all of your cares
I’ll even remind you to please say your prayers

I just want to tell you, you still make me proud
You stand head and shoulders above all the crowd

Keep trying each moment, to stay in His grace
I came here before you to help set your place

You don’t have to be perfect all of the time
He forgives you the slip, if you continue the climb

To my family and friends,
Please be thankful today
I’m still close beside you,
In a new special way

I love you all dearly,
Now don’t shed a tear
Cause I’m spending my
Christmas with Jesus this year

-by John Wm. Mooney, Jr.

God bless you, Wendy, and all of your family. I'm so sad with you and will miss your sister very much.

I'm heartbroken this morning as I just read Numpster's post.

Numpster, your family has my deepest condolences. I am so sorry to hear that Rosebud passed, although I take joy in knowing she is surely with the Lord now. I will miss her. There's a few people here, and elsewhere in my life, that I feel have brought me closer to the Lord, and Rosebud is one of them. She was a true Christian inspiration.

Rosebud's husband, and the rest of your family, will be in my continued prayers.

I also continue to pray for Bargoo, I hope she is healing.

Dee

Numpster, my heart is heavy this AM, I just read your post about our precious Rosebud. While I am saddened I know that she has perfect health, now ,She is safe in the arms of Jesus, but I will miss her so much.
Numpster blessings to all your family at this time.

Prayers continuing for all requests & especially Bargoo and for Rosebud's family.

A request for DS3's girlfriend and her family-they're having a rough time right now. The GF has type 1 diabetes (15 years old) and has a hard time controlling it. She passed out in the shower last week with no one home and laid there 45 minutes before she had the strength to get out of the shower. We worry about her a lot. I found out a couple days ago that her mother has a pacemaker that isn't fixing the heart problem the way it should and the doctor wanted her to be hospitalized, but she wouldn't stay and is at home and working as normal. I don't know her well at all, but I'm guessing she's afraid of being away from DS3's GF, due to the diabetes issues. Also, the mom's mom (DS3's GF's grandma) is dying of brain cancer and has only 2-6 months (very optimistic estimate, according to the mom). There's a lot on their plates right now and they are not believers. GF is seeking, but my DS hasn't told me she's made a commitment yet-he's very open about that.

I know you all will lift them up, plus my DS3, as he's soft-hearted and trying to help out however he can. He's been down that road of losing grandparents to cancer, so he knows what she's going through. We paid the fee for her to go on the youth group's Christmas break retreat/conference trip at the end of the month, so she'd have some time away and maybe focus on her growing faith. Couldn't really afford it, but felt led to give this to her.

Thanks, in advance, for all the prayers. Lifting you all up every day!:hug:

Ronni-

Prayers sent for your DS3's GF, mother and grandmother. Praying for the GF to be led to the right support and medical professionals so she can learn to manager her diabetes, for her mother to get the help she needs with her pacemaker, for her grandmother to be able to complete any tasks needed before her passing, and for all of them to be led to Christ.

Continued prayers for Rosebud's family, and Bargoo's healing.

My mother, when I called Sunday, was quite drunk. I'm really concerned. It's hurting her marriage, and her health, and I think is just pulling her down even further into depression. I would ask for prayers for her and my step-Dad.

Dee-Prayers continuing for your mom & dad (and you, as well). It's a hard, hard situation to be in. I don't know if it would help or if it would even work, but have you heard the idea that many alcoholics crave the alcohol because they are allergic to it (the grains, in particular)? My dad had to give up his drinking when his allergy to it got so bad he would quit breathing at night after drinking due to swelling in his throat. I wonder if you could ask your mom's doc to test her for allergies to see if she has reactions to wheat, barley, hops, and anything else used to make the booze. Most docs won't address a drinking issue, but some are willing to talk to patients about allergies. Just a thought...Prayers going up:hug:

Ronni-

Thanks. My mom almost certainly has food allergies. She's had a gut problem for years, but when I've suggested she do allergy testing or an anti-inflammatory diet she refuses.

I appreciate the prayers. Your family remains in my prayers.

Merry Christmas to all and God' s richest blessings to each of you.

Bargoo- to you as well. I hope you Christmas was a good one. How are you feeling these days?

A belated Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and felt God's blessings all around!

Prayers going up for all requests and especially Bargoo, plus Rosebud's & Gary's families through this Christmas season. I had to chuckle the other day when I got this picture in my head of Gary and Dianne (Rosebud) meeting in Heaven. It gave me a lump in my throat, but made me happy to think of them meeting.

God bless you all! Merry Christmas!

That is a nice thought. :)

Merry Christmas back to you and your family!

I miss Gary and Rosebud so much ,two of our finest prayer warriors. As much as I miss them I cannot wish them back

Prayers continuing for all.

Bargoo-How are you doing? You're on my mind frequently. God bless:hug:

I was looking for Rosebud... my heart is crying right now...I seen where she passed away.. I thought she was doing better oh I just stayed away to long..

Bootsie-We've all been heartbroken at Rosebud's loss. I know she's healthy and happy now, but still miss her optimistic posts and stories.

Bargoo-Prayers continue for you. Miss you. :hug:

I, too, miss Rosebud's presence here on the forum and particularly in this thread. And I often think of her husband, and hope that family is caring for him and that he has the support he needs, and for her sister who joined us here to tell us about it.

Prayers continue for Bargoo. I hope you are getting better!

Rose bud was loved by so many just like Gary was . I miss them both they helped me so much and others too. I feel them both here even though they are both in Heaven watching over this site.

Oh this computer needs its brain exrayed! It is really scrambling my brain!

Just know I am praying for all of you, and cherish your time with your loved ones. I am going to do my best to check in often for I didnt and Gary was gone and I didn't now Rose bud is gone. I do not want to loose Ronni, Bargo ,Dee or Trish....

Stress...stress... wish i could :frypan: do this to stress!

praying for all of you every night.

Bootsie-I'll pray for your stresses to leave! :hug:

Please pray for my DH today. We have a new small group church meeting starting tonight. Please pray that he won't start coming up with silly excuses to not go to any more of them. I can foresee things like…"They have more money than us, so we have nothing in common" "They're farmers and have more money than us, so we have nothing in common" "They live in the big town, so we have nothing in common" He's a master of coming up with 'reasons' we can't socialize or be friends with others. We haven't had any kind of social life for years because of his judgmental attitude and it even causes problems for us going to church, because he's one of those who says "There are too many hypocrites there for me to go"---Kinda driving me crazy. He needs to see that he's not perfect and that no one's any better or worse, just human, and we all need God and to support each other. He has been going to church with us for about a year now regularly, but sometimes, those judgmental attitudes creep in and he just doesn't seem to be able to see how his opinions are not necessarily correct.

Anyway, I'm just hoping these new in-home small groups are the opening for him to meet some new people and really get to know them and, in the process, get to know more of how God wants us to live & believe. Thanks!

Praying for you and your husband, for he and all were made unique ,very special made, God put something special in all of us, for it would be a boring world if we were all alike. Hope all went well if not just like housework,dieting don't give up on him. My husband has not much to say unless it is on a cow,goat,dog or cat. Maybe find out someone who likes the same thing so they will have something to talk about., kinda accidentally sit across from them and start up a conversation. When my husband starts talking hard to stop him so we can leave. Gotta love him! Ha!

The first meeting went very well….it was a dinner, of course, and mostly for getting to know each other. Turns out that the couple that sat next to us, who's boys had played football with our boys in high school, but we hadn't met, had actually lived in the same town where DH grew up and our boys were born in the same hospital! DH seemed to really enjoy getting to meet them and talk about the old town, as well as meeting some of the others we hadn't met before. It was an answered prayer for sure!

Hello and I'm back and need some prayers for my hubby..

My Hubby hasn't been feeling so good since about Thanksgiving. He started with a head and chest cold and then never really has bounced back. But anyway, and probably has nothing to do with the cold, last week I told him his eyes looked yellow. Well of course he couldn't see it. But then he did go ahead and make an appt. with the Dr. And his skin is yellow now too. We had to be at the VA clinic in Mt.Vernon at 8:30--it is about an hour away on Wednesday. The Dr. thought it was hepatitis but wouldn't know for sure until all the blood work got back whether it was A, B or C-- He called Thursday morning and it isn't Hepatitis so they want more blood work done and an ultrasound of his liver and pancreas. We had to be there at 7:30 yesterday morning. The ultrasound shows an obstruction,maybe a growth or a lot of gall stones, between the liver and pancreas. So now we will be headed to Fayettville on Wednesday morning for a cat scan of that. Sure hope they can find out what is going on and get him better. He has lost 10 pounds and he can't afford to lose any weight!! So that has been my week!

Even though I haven't posted much lately I have been reading your posts and continue to send prayers..

Ronni how awesome how the Lord worked in your life! So happy for you and your husband. Prayers being said for your husband and you. Tired tonight going to call it a night.

Karen-prayers going up! Hope those docs find out what's wrong quickly and have a good fix for it! God heals and I'll keep praying!

One of my animal friends died Ruffus, Cat, I thank the dear Lord he shared him with me but sure do miss him and so does his buddy Rueben.

Bootsie-so sorry about the loss of your furry friend. It's so hard to lose them, isn't it? Our pets just become parts of our families. Prayers for you.

Karen-Prayers for your DH's cat scan today and for wisdom for the docs.

Ronnie just looked at how much weight you lost! Congratulations!
Praying for all here and also for all the animals out in the cold.

Still waiting to hear from the Dr. I hate waiting!

Sorry, I've been MIA around here.

Bootsie I really miss Gary and Rosebud too. I've got friends here at church home who are battling cancer. Our Pastor told us at Wednesday night small group meeting that they have learned that the cancer of one of them is not curable. It is shrinking with treatment and we are praying it doesn't spread. This woman is so precious and loves the Lord so much. I really pray that she will be all right. Sorry to hear of the loss of your little pet. Did you get the freezing weather there in TX? I'm beginning to miss TX and wish I could go home and be close to my family. My Daddy is 90 yrs young and I surely do miss him.

Ronni My DH and I just started back to small group meetings at our church. He always enjoyed going, but the Pastor would as him to pray and he doesn't feel comfortable praying in public. The crazy thing is that we head up the internet prayer ministry for our church and when DH sends out the prayer lists each week and also during the week when we receive new requests, he writes the most beautiful prayers. He says it is easy to do it when you have time to think about what you are writing which is quite different from doing it on the spur of the moment in front of people. When he got sick, we quit going to small groups because we had physical reasons for not being able to be there. However, when we could have gone back, he wouldn't go. He did ask the Pastor one time not to call on him to pray, but he is so busy with so much on his mind that he forgot and asked Tony to pray one night. I finally told DH last Sunday that I had signed us up for Wednesday night. It is usually a larger group and my lady friends go to that group and I would feel more comfortable going to it with out him. I let him know that he could go or not, but I was going. I was shocked that day when he told me he was going with me and I have to tell you that we both had a wonderful time. It was just what we have been needing. Glad your hubby went with you and I'll be praying our hubbies will continue to go with us. :)

Karen I surely will be praying for you and your DH that whatever the problem is that God will give the doctors wisdom as to what it is and how to successfully treat it.

Prayers continue for all.

Still haven't heard-- hoping to hear tomorrow but if not by noon I think my DH will call and see if he can't find out something.. So frustrated!

Hi I am a christian , can I join you all. I am from Oregon but now living in
Tempe,az , I have lost 7 pds......

sasyblond401 You sure can. WELCOME!!! CONGRATULATIONS on the 7lb loss. Glad to have you with us.

Karen Hope you get good news today. I guess doctors are busy and they don't get in a big hurry to get back to us. Prayers continue for favorable news.

Prayers continue for everyone.

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penmage-Prayers going up! Don't feel 'selfish' asking for prayer for yourself. If you don't share your own needs, no one will know. God wants us to share in our difficulties so we can receive strength from each other and from Him:hug:

Karen-Praying for good news.

sasyblond-Welcome! Come on over to our Christian Encouragers thread too, if you like!

We did finally hear from his Dr. and they want to do a ERCP on him. There is a definite obstruction and gall stones, the gall stones may be the obstruction. Now we are hoping they can do it at one of our local hospitals and not have to drive to Littlerock which is like 5 hours away.. So we are waiting to hear from him on that now. keep the prayers coming.

Prayers continuing, Karen!