WHAT NOW!

Even as you take the steps through the door of your new diagnosis, you must listen to God. You may not have the answers to the questions that torment you about your family, your suffering, and your fear of the temporary darkness ahead. But if you listen, He will speak--in some way, through someone, on some page or in some event. and if you listen for Him, you will know it is God, and you can go on.

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Dear Mrs. Johnson,
I just want to thank you for all the newsletters, all the other stuff that I have received from the Steel Magnolias.  You are doing a wonderful work.  God bless you all.  I am through with all my treatments now and am doing fine.  It is so nice to have people thinking about you.  With Love, Dee Mae.....Heflin
 
Thank you for all you Steel Magnolias do for women in our community.  God is using you mightly.  Thank you too for interest in my poem, "Jane."  I'm also sending another poem that you might find an opportunity to use in the future.  If you read many of my poems, you'll know me well.  I can only write what I feel and experience.  I'm praying for you and your ministry.  Brenda.....Anniston

Dear Pam Bussey and Steel Magnolias,
Thank you so much for the immediate support you have shown towards me just upon hearing about my breast cancer diagnosis from my husband.  I loved the gifts from the Tuesday Bear Huggers and also the reading materials are very helpful as I prepare for my upcoming surgery.  I hope to come to a support group meeting as soon as I feel well enough and can drive.  I appreciate your acts of support and kindness more than you know.  
Sincerely, Charlotte.....Pell City 

Dear Steel Magnolias & Tuesday Bear Huggers,
I've never experienced any contact with a support group and the gifts and literature I received from you was most surprising.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I'll follow your success on the web.  I was very surprised as Patsy Boulie had not told me she was submitting my name.  What a delight to receive something from a group who doesn't know me but can understand my problem and needs.  I know the gifts will be extremely useful as I begin my radiation the middle of February.  It's amazing how cancer has wrought havoc to so many lives and having it causes me to think differently toward people, my time and values.  I am positive I will be okay and the journey I've begun, many women have traveled before and that I am not alone with my problem.  I will enroll on the on the web site as I graduated from Heflin Hi and I can keep up with all the success you and the good Steel Magnolias and the Tuesday Bear Huggers experience and what you are doing.  
Thank you again,   Barbara....Kensington, Maryland

 
Dear Mrs. Johnson,
Thank you so much for all the "Care Packages" I have received from the Steel Magnolias and the Tuesday Bear Huggers! I appreciate Ms. Pam Bussey for asking ya'll to do this. I read all the information and newsletters and thoroughly enjoyed it. I do not have a computer but would love to continue receiving the newsletter. Today was like Christmas when I received the packages full of body lotion, hand lotion, pretty earrings, bear pin, perfume, little bear, cute little pillows, and the great turbans and "Do rags or bonnets" to cover my hair. I couldn't have received this at a better time. My long brown hair is just about all gone. That has been really tough on me. I was diagnosed with bilateral cancer in late October. Rather than do mastectomy now, I had an enlarged lymph node under my arm and the doctor said he must do chemo first to save my life. I haven't been nauseated yet, and pray I won't be. Just tired and losing my hair. I do sing for my God at several churches and witness for him prior to my singing. I have a long road ahead of me like all of ya'll have walked, but know where my help comes from. The Steel Magnolias and Tuesday Bear Huggers are a GREAT "Ministry" and each ,of you should be proud of the work you are doing. I hope each of you know what you have done for me ALREADY has made my journey through cancer a little easier! May god bless each of you in a very SPECIAL way--I will pray for ya'll too....

All My Love Always,
 Cathy....Quitman, Mississippi

P.S. You do a great job on the newsletters.

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Dear Lenora,

I received my first Steel Magnolias for November 1. I really did enjoy it and thought of all the ones I did not receive. I am a 23 year survivor. Thank you for the newsletter. I would like to receive it each month.

Frances....Heflin, Alabama