Prayers for Molly and her family. There are no words to comfort a greiving mom.
I hope that getting in the routine and the love of her job helps ease her pain. My 37 year old cousin, also a teacher, will return to work soon after losing her husband last week after routine rotater cuff surgery. I'm sure they both have a long, long road ahead of them. Prayers for Molly and her family.
MORE TEARS! So well written, as usual.. was reading out loud to Tom and had to stop multiple times to collect myself. I don't know that I would ever have her bravery... she truly is motivating.
Wow. Your friend is so so brave. And her Ryan is teaching those kids many lessons, more important and memorable than calculus. May his life and legacy live on through her each day. Bless you all.
No, I have not taken over the blogosphere. I'm just moving the comments from the second page (which I have moved to here) and can't figure out why my head is showing when I LOGGED out!
Goose bumps!
It is a rare gift to feel the presence of God and the peace that is indescribable! I am so happy for her, and now she can hang onto that experience of joy that no one or no thing can take away from her. 
this is a fabulous story, but why is it in 2 posts??
sometimes you just have to force yourself to take that first step.
I wrote it in one long post (orginally) on two pages, because I feared it would be too long and no one would read it if it took up the whole page! I was wrong, so thanks, Mighty Mom!
My Heart breaks for Molly and her family. I am glad to know that she has founds small moments of peace and hope.
Barb, Thank you so much for sharing Molly's healing experience.
That is exactly what I prayed for, that she would feel the gift of God's awesome presence and love, and know that Ryan was there with Him.
There is nothing on earth that compares to that precious gift.
love,
Mary
ps note my new email address, a reminder of my own late night dance with our father.
Molly is such a strong woman and wonderful mother. I went back and read the post about Ryan and the letter she wrote him. There are no words to express myself right now. My heart is aching and tears are streaming down.
Without God, I don't know how anyone would get through something like this. It's great that Molly has faith in Him.
My daughter has battled an addiction for five years now. She's been clean for a little over 3 months. That's probably why this hit me so hard.
Ooh a chill just came over me. I'm so happy for her, she's back and she's making headway on a very long and tough journey. But, she is so strong!! You're such a great friend Barb to share with us for love and prayers!
loosing someone to addiction is so devastating. i will be thinking and praying for her and her family.
what a bitter sweet post.
It good to hear your friend is find some peace, and that she has such a great support system with her friends and students.
It takes time, it certainly does. I'm so proud of her for going in that school, for talking to the kids, for going to see a priest, for just being involved. Shutting down is not what her son would want her to do, I'm so happy that he made that perfectly clear to her in the classroom.
Wow. I'm a raging ball of hormones right now, and this really made me tear up!
Healing definatly takes some time. 
My prayers for her and the family
Beautiful post. I'm so glad she is finding some peace. Many prayers sent her way...
I've learned that there are some posts that I can read at work. Some I can not. I was balling like a little school girl who forgot her bunny.
I, like Molly, have a prayer shawl. It was given to me at a church when I had cancer. There were many times, I wrapped myself up in it and cried. I would think of all the love and prayers that went into the making of the shawl for someone that they may never personally know.
I'm sure Ryan was there with his mom wrapped up in the shawl like when he was younger and him mom wrapped him up due to the cold.
Such a moving post. Thanks for sharing.
Such a tear jerker.... I pray for her strength...Glad Ryan showed up to help his mom.
I like the prayer shawl idea; what a beautiful sacrifice to make for someone...obviously, they are a big help to people in trying times. I'm glad you had one, Kandee. And I'm glad you can say, "When I HAD cancer."
You are welcome
Wow what a powerful post and how wonderful the power of prayer is!
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