Your Thoughts and Prayers for the Garritans...

[Markleford]

Ahh, I was wondering why I haven't been able to find you on Skype recently. I've dealt with too much cancer in my own family recently (including over Thanksgiving), and I know how it weighs on everyone involved.

Even if you can only help by "being there", that's exactly what you must do.

Best wishes to you all,
- m

[Lister Coleman]

Gary I am so very sorry to hear of your wife Marianne's diagnosis and just thinking about how tough it might be as you guys move forward towards beating this. You absolutely have my positive thoughts and prayers coming your way. Stay positive and strong Marianne and Gary and God bless you.

[Craig Reeves]

Y'all are both in my thoughts and prayers. Much love, guys.

[Samantha Penigar]

Each and everyone one of us are going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the fath.

Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where these is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. In Jesus' precious name. Amen.

I hope this does not offend anyone. It is a prayer that was sent to me and I have read it almost daily for the past two plus years. It is the first thing I thought of when I read Gary's post about the chellenge he and his family is facing.

Gary I pray that the whole host of Heaven keep there full attention and grace of the Most High will hold you and your wife in the palm of his hands pressed lovingly next to his heart.

[Iwanatsu]

One of my musician-friends survived a terrible cancer. The chances for recovery were very low so it all looked really bad. Yet he managed to win with cancer and the doctors had no doubt it was thanks to his very strong mind, positive thinking and an extremely "stubborn" will to live that helped a lot making this possible.

So Gary, please stay strong and try to do everything you can to support your wife in fighting this, because keeping her mind strong at all times is what can have a huge impact on the effectivenes of the medicine and the whole curing process.

I wish you both all the best and keep you in my thoughts,
Henry

[giwro_jon]

Dear Gary and Marianne -

I'm sorry to hear of your challenges - I know very well by seeing similar things in many families (during the last 20 years as a church musician) how difficult it can be.

I also know (and have witnessed) that prayer, the support of family and friends, good medical care and keeping a good positive attitude is very often a winning recipe for beating cancer.

Know that you all are in my prayers!

My best,

- Jonathan

[sd cisco]

Hello Gary and Marianne;
I too would like to offer you my sincerest hope for a speedy and complete recovery. My spouse had a similar diagnosis 5 1/2 years ago, breast cancer, plus several dozen lymph nodes involved. They gave her the maximum possible treatment in terms of the chemo and radiation. Some of the treatments were done at the Kingston, Ontario hospital, several hours away and required her to stay there for nearly 4 weeks. She had a "radical double mascectomy". Yet, today, she is active and strong again and has resumed her teaching career, full-time.
When I first learned of her cancer, that night, I felt as though I had come face to face with a bottomless abyss, as I considered and dwelt upon the unthinkable.
The experience has changed our view of life and made us thankful for each day.

I wish you both the strength, courage and love you will need to face this challenge. Please take heart in my story, and yes, think positively.

My very best regards,
sd cisco

[jsp2]

Dear Gary and Marianne,

I’m so sorry to hear of this dreadful news.
I will keep you and your families in my prayers.

Jeff

[welldone]

I wish you all the best and the necessary strength. May you get well soon!

You're in my thoughts.

Love,

Andreas

[wst3ae]

My prayers are with you both, I have spoken with both of you on the telephone, and indeed you are both the "voice" of the company, can't imagine it any other way.

If I might offer a positive thought... my mother and one of my cousins were both diagnosed with cancer many years ago, the absolute worst moment in both cases was learning of the diagnosis, but the rest of it can be pretty harrowing too. No, that wasn't the positive part, but both of them are still in complete remission many many years (I can't even tell you how many any more) later. I also have a brother in law who has faced not one, but two different forms of cancer, and he beat them both. His is more recent, but we're confident the worst is over.

A positive attitude, coupled with the best medical care<G>, and some faith... I'll pray for all three for you!

Bill