tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post1955020962918028226..comments2023-08-06T05:39:38.950-07:00Comments on All the Good Titles Were Taken: FailAlexishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346705798623879197noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-41056675165364701112008-05-01T22:34:00.000-07:002008-05-01T22:34:00.000-07:00I know we don't talk about your blog a lot. In tr...I know we don't talk about your blog a lot. In truth, much of what you've written both here and in your blogs about our daughter are hard for me. Unlike the careful and deliberate language I so consciously choose when crafting something "Mr. Anderson" would say for public consumption, you always write so honestly and so vulnerably and that's so often hard for me to read. About Eden, of course-- sitting and thinking about Eden is still so hard for me. But about you also-- about your strange sense of doubt. And this blog. This blog especially.<BR/><BR/>Sam-- if there were anyone who saw things through to the end, it is you. One year ago you and I were given the prognosis that our precious Eden, who we had already named and anticipated and loved, would surely die and were counseled to terminate her life. And we didn't. Six and a half months ago, I sat with you in Room 3007 of Cedars-Sinai hospital as we held our baby and said goodbye to her for the last time and you did not quit or fail or waiver and you didn't once question or curse your God. All the things I felt at that moment and for the thirty-six preceding it, all the times I gave up inside and stopped hoping. And there you were in triage on October 13, 2007, making the nurses laugh and saying "Just so you know, I'm one of those crazy Christian ladies and I'm expecting this baby to be healed." <BR/><BR/>It's still so hard for me to talk about some of the last year... I think, sadly, even with you... but I want you to know-- as I know you already do-- that I would have quit-- both then and now-- were it not for you. That you are the strongest person I know, Sam and that if ANYONE sees things through to the end, it is you. <BR/><BR/>And so, at the very end, you chose not to fail. In trusting your God, in loving your husband and committing to the hard work of being married, in parenting and schooling your children and in realizing the extraordinary woman God created in you. <BR/><BR/>On my best days, I can only hope that my successes are as extraordinary as your "failures".<BR/><BR/>In awe of you, Your husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-49348728083710817292008-04-29T09:20:00.000-07:002008-04-29T09:20:00.000-07:00I know what you are talking about Alexis. it's som...I know what you are talking about Alexis. it's something personal that YOU wanted to accomplish. But isn't that the way it is in life? It isn't that we fail ourselves, or sometimes others, (and many times the Lord), it is that we don't let it keep us down. We pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and continue on. Bravo for you Alexis!!! Continue on! Dust yourself off and finish this darn month!!!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771017912917038138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-75312580812157072932008-04-28T18:28:00.000-07:002008-04-28T18:28:00.000-07:00Yup, I have to agree with the rest of them. So NO...Yup, I have to agree with the rest of them. So NOT a failure!! ((hug))Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928671200075024859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-2889974439308250252008-04-28T16:58:00.000-07:002008-04-28T16:58:00.000-07:00nicky is mean...actually i went to La Capilla yest...nicky is mean...<BR/><BR/>actually i went to La Capilla yesterday and i'm like 'it's steven's birthday, i wonder if the Anderson's are here' i looked for you and you weren't there... you guys were too busy having a blast!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236907909426227224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-15015355233709819812008-04-28T16:15:00.000-07:002008-04-28T16:15:00.000-07:00Nicky... your so mean... lolNicky... your so mean... lolCassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125762024382701814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-35194741905641172392008-04-28T15:15:00.000-07:002008-04-28T15:15:00.000-07:00I just don't know if I can agree with everyone els...I just don't know if I can agree with everyone else...............<BR/><BR/>Just kidding! ;o) There's always next month. ;o) ROFLNicky Stadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822435957665942347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-23855996693844126242008-04-28T14:44:00.000-07:002008-04-28T14:44:00.000-07:00So... you were enjoying a day with your family and...So... you were enjoying a day with your family and being a good wife and mom... Where is the failure in that?sharkiepatronushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678739280941370297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-43460988867515988192008-04-28T11:16:00.000-07:002008-04-28T11:16:00.000-07:00Amen to Stacee!!!And Satan needs to shut the &*^& ...Amen to Stacee!!!<BR/><BR/>And Satan needs to shut the &*^& UP! <BR/><BR/>You are soooo NOT a failure... REBUKE THAT THOUGHT!!!<BR/><BR/>so what you didn't blog for a day.. the world did not crash down around all the rest of us... your priorities were exactly in the right place... your husband and kids.... <BR/><BR/>stop it.... just stop it...Cassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125762024382701814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756744954182541859.post-56021408969562215642008-04-28T09:43:00.000-07:002008-04-28T09:43:00.000-07:00not posting one blog is not a failure. you win at ...not posting one blog is not a failure. you win at life because you had an amazing day and were to busy to enter cyberland. =] <BR/><BR/>love you!staceeliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296762005596990402noreply@blogger.com