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JMCKUSICK

(1,969 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 11:11 PM Feb 27

Oh my dear God!!!

Debm55 just told me that you all just put me over the top on my GoFundMe fundraiser.
I'm stunned, and yet again turning into a emotional basket case. (That's a good thing)
The last post I read was about Josh Marshalls reporting on the gutting of Social Security as I'm trying to get SSDI. I laid down trying not to be depressed by that news and here you all have lifted my spirits even higher than I could have thought possible
I can't express how big a surprise and yet another example of the miracles that I couldn't have imagined deserving.
I will be reaching out to each of you that have written and donated of course.
Please know that these funds will take care of May bills as promised and I'm just so unbelievably overwhelmed with gratitude and more than that, filled with $5532 reasons for hope.
I willl be on tomorrow and begin my very favorite part of life right now, offering and feeling the gratitude that only only a recipient of true grace can express and understand.
I love you all so much, I thank you all so much and that you've blessed me with your grace.

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Oh my dear God!!! (Original Post) JMCKUSICK Feb 27 OP
We want you... 2naSalit Feb 27 #1
Thank you 2naSalit JMCKUSICK Feb 28 #12
Huggggggggs. So glad to see you here, with such loving, happy news. niyad Feb 27 #2
Thank you niyad JMCKUSICK Feb 28 #13
I am glad you are on the road to recovery. We need you. Big hug. LoisB Feb 28 #3
Thank you LoisB JMCKUSICK Feb 28 #14
HERE is your GOFUNDME link Omaha Steve Feb 28 #4
thanks for re-posting this MadameButterfly Feb 28 #8
So happy that your blood pressure reading allowed you to go KitFox Feb 28 #5
So glad you are now on the road to recovery! MLAA Feb 28 #6
You couldn't imagine deserving miracles? You Are, as I have said before, a miracle! Dorothy V Feb 28 #7
+1 MadameButterfly Feb 28 #9
Thank you so much for your words of wisdom JMCKUSICK Feb 28 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author JMCKUSICK Feb 28 #11

niyad

(123,303 posts)
2. Huggggggggs. So glad to see you here, with such loving, happy news.
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 11:50 PM
Feb 27

vibes contnue for your swift and complete recovery.

JMCKUSICK

(1,969 posts)
13. Thank you niyad
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 04:20 AM
Feb 28

Your loving warmth comes through so clearly in your words. The Hugggggggs are a wonderful bonus.

JMCKUSICK

(1,969 posts)
14. Thank you LoisB
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 04:22 AM
Feb 28

It is so wonderful to feel this sense of belonging, especially in these times.

KitFox

(289 posts)
5. So happy that your blood pressure reading allowed you to go
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 12:23 AM
Feb 28

home!!!!! Hoping your recovery keeps getting better and that you feel stronger every day! Deb was so good at keeping us updated and it is wonderful to see a post from you! You are so full of courage knowing all you have endured! Please keep us in the know of how you are doing. We care!!!!😊🩷

Dorothy V

(311 posts)
7. You couldn't imagine deserving miracles? You Are, as I have said before, a miracle!
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 01:32 AM
Feb 28

You are a wonderful example of a person facing their fears with courage, in the midst of "interesting times" no less, and that makes you a blessing. An inspiration to all who know you. A blessing is like a pebble tossed into a lake. The ripples go out and who can tell where they will go and who they will touch.
You've got it, John. You are spreading your blessings out into the world. They will do great good and make for more and more ripples. The good you spread will go far beyond our horizons.
You do me good, I am a cynic by nature and inclination and you bring forth my better angel. Thank you.
Take it easy and heal. Time to pet on yourself a bit, you deserve it.

JMCKUSICK

(1,969 posts)
10. Thank you so much for your words of wisdom
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 04:13 AM
Feb 28

Dorothy V.
By definition, I've sought not just purpose, but validation with specific results.
I can now laugh at that silly notion because if that were the case, I'd be liable for all the actions that I didn't take.
The pebble analogy is so perfect because their effects are never by intentional design but rather the wave created washes over any of us, bathing us in its effect.
Thank you for that.

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