Aw Dawn, many hugs back to you! Thank you so much for your kind words of support.



I appreciate your empathy Dawn, but really they're not bad things that happened to us. It seems that way while it's running it's course though doesn't it? In the bigger picture, I know that all of this has happened because there are important lessons for me to learn from all of this. I know it all seems bad, but these are the things that help us to realize how strong we really are. Each and every one of these experiences (even the ones that seem bad), & the way that I choose to handle them, shapes who I become as an individual & as a part of a bigger 'whole'. Every time I'm faced w/problems, I'm forced to buck up & be a big girl. I guess it's kinda the universe's way of saying "OK, you've passed this stage with flying colors, now it's time for a growth spurt!". It's all nature, the cycle of life & everything that makes up that cycle. And I signed on for all of it, when I agreed to come here to earth to experience human emotion. What good would I be to anyone if I couldn't relate to bad times? How would I ever learn how to appreciate the good times (duality)?

I thank you so much for all of your support Dawn. Without your words of encouragement & prayers, I'm sure these lessons would take longer for me to learn. It's always a great comfort to know that someone has included you in their prayers, in such a personal conversation with God, that means so much to me. And I thank you on behalf of my family as well, they benefited from your prayers too.

My BIL John did go for that second opinion, & found a doc that agreed to do the surgery. It was a great success!! He now stands erect again, will be able to care for his new son & is suffering no more pain!!! My sis Jen is doing great with the pregnancy, only 6 more weeks! She is able to get a bit more rest these days with John being able to take care of himself.

One of the lessons that I learned from all of this, is what an amazingly strong & brave sister I have. Not to mention, what an awesome wife she has turned out to be. I feel the pride of a mother who just realized that her little girl is now a woman. I am the older of us three, I've been w/my husband for almost 11 yrs, married almost 9yrs, I am raising two kids, yet I feel I have learned so much from my little sister on inner strength & being a supportive wife. See, even a sh!tstorm of bad, leads to good somewhere down the road (but I'd still bring good boots anyway)!

I have to say Dawn, that the more I get to know you, the more I feel I already do. Maybe because you carry the same kind of positive energy that Alisa carries. I'm pulled to people like that, like you; positive, loving, compassionate & helpful people. Thanks so much for the fairy tip & for all your well wishes.

I'm happy that you enjoyed the sightings & feelings on the fairy topic, I enjoy sharing them w/you. I believe you're right about me being blessed by the positive side of the Fae, it does feel like nothing short of a blessing, my visits w/them. They are so special to me. I've decided to make a fairy house, well two actually, one for the garden & one for the inside of the house. This past fall, after seeing the first fairy on Elm street, I took the kids for a walk on that same old street to collect twigs for homemade fairy doors(I introduced Alisa to fairy doors when we first met & she made a post on them if you want to read more about them). Well we never got around to making the doors, but I am so touched by my two visits w/them, that I've decided to give them homes in my home, rather than just doors to my life. I want them to know that they are always welcome, wherever I am. I plan to put one up on a wall-shelf(I've read that they feel safer in homes w/cats when they are high up), I do have a cat. I'm making the houses out of the twigs from Elm St.(kinda symbolic-first fairy sighting and all), leaves, moss from my backyard, pine cones, acorns & hot glue (I'm trying to figure out a natural alternative for the hot glue, in keeping w/the nature theme which they respect & protect so much).

When both houses are done & in place I plan to make offerings & leave gifts for them at their houses to show my appreciation for their two visits in my time of need. Also I just want to spoil them, I have so many little gifts already set aside!

You're right, a giant wee smile is what I received from them, although it felt more like a giant wee hug! And brighten our lives, they have!

Thanks for sharing this experience with me Dawn.

Love & Bless,
~Jaime~