tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post771267867083170211..comments2023-12-23T11:07:05.443-08:00Comments on Ed and Reub: Ringing o' the bellKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-45552051469391538112014-05-02T06:07:27.222-07:002014-05-02T06:07:27.222-07:00Linda! Of course. xoxoLinda! Of course. xoxoKerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-60701157413420477572014-05-01T07:26:20.311-07:002014-05-01T07:26:20.311-07:00Kerry, Thank you for suggesting that I come and vi...Kerry, Thank you for suggesting that I come and visit here. I will make an effort to search out all the blogs about your bell. If you could leave a new connection to the blogging site where I can access all the posts in my FB mail that would be great. Mine is not connecting now and I used my own old blog list to get here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-58564596323603265242014-05-01T07:21:31.322-07:002014-05-01T07:21:31.322-07:00Hi Ginger, I hope you are keeping well and I am gl...Hi Ginger, I hope you are keeping well and I am glad to hear from you again. This is wonderful that you will be spotlighting bells this week. It was such an awful year 2010 for our family but it made so much better by our blogging group who stood by us and helped us through. There is no way to ever return the strength you gave to Barry and I that year. So many blessings. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-12340778194194394242014-05-01T07:14:09.497-07:002014-05-01T07:14:09.497-07:00Hi Peggy, Barry absolutely would be very happy to ...Hi Peggy, Barry absolutely would be very happy to know that his connections through blogging provided new hope for cancer patients in other cancer centres. I am sure every time a bell rings and someone is finished chemo, they hear it in heaven. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-58732142810290270442014-05-01T07:07:21.667-07:002014-05-01T07:07:21.667-07:00Hi Pauline, Lindsay is with Barry now and I am liv...Hi Pauline, Lindsay is with Barry now and I am living with my daughter and having fun with my grandchildren. I still have the big bell Barry's company gave to him when he retired. I think of our mutual blogging friends every time I look at it or touch it. Our blogging time together was very special and will never be forgotten. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-727517209715920522014-04-28T19:54:46.544-07:002014-04-28T19:54:46.544-07:00Thank you Ginger. It was good to revisit the idea ...Thank you Ginger. It was good to revisit the idea of ringing bells for Barry. Sure miss that guy.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-84266531145571310522014-04-28T17:18:31.567-07:002014-04-28T17:18:31.567-07:00thank you for passing my words, the responses you ...thank you for passing my words, the responses you got from your readers was great. I'm choosing your bell to be our spotlight this week.<br />GingerVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501023251788210094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-40969954226536840392014-04-28T08:40:52.614-07:002014-04-28T08:40:52.614-07:00Oh wow. If Barry knew that he would be so happy;it...Oh wow. If Barry knew that he would be so happy;it's a wonderful tradition.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-46256390823700316712014-04-28T08:39:59.535-07:002014-04-28T08:39:59.535-07:00Haha! I imagine my brothers were listening very cl...Haha! I imagine my brothers were listening very closely for a reason to get out of the hot sun; they always heard this thing.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-66780074491988411702014-04-28T08:38:36.764-07:002014-04-28T08:38:36.764-07:00Thanks AS. It's a neat old thing, and the bird...Thanks AS. It's a neat old thing, and the bird feeder keeps it company.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-4865343107572696022014-04-28T05:34:19.060-07:002014-04-28T05:34:19.060-07:00We have a fairly new oncology center in our town a...We have a fairly new oncology center in our town at our local hospital. Many of my friends work there. When I told them of Barry's story they began the tradition of ringing the bell at the end of chemo. I now hear about the tradition in many centers. I remember you were part of the group back then too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-41621926886719483202014-04-27T14:00:47.233-07:002014-04-27T14:00:47.233-07:00Kerry, We have a bell like that at our farm. I tr...Kerry, We have a bell like that at our farm. I tried using it to summon my family, but they totally ignored me! :) So, it too, is just sitting there adorning the landscape.cedarmerefarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884226522131587799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-88136006100211185552014-04-27T11:49:02.285-07:002014-04-27T11:49:02.285-07:00Beautiful post. I love the bell - and the bird fe...Beautiful post. I love the bell - and the bird feeder.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-85811389010442208052014-04-27T07:11:55.382-07:002014-04-27T07:11:55.382-07:00Cancer survivors are heroes.Cancer survivors are heroes.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-8505034653546745022014-04-26T22:20:02.230-07:002014-04-26T22:20:02.230-07:00Moved to tears. My father is a cancer survivor.Moved to tears. My father is a cancer survivor.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-61302189469174993392014-04-26T17:12:03.314-07:002014-04-26T17:12:03.314-07:00Yes. But how strong the support was in this group ...Yes. But how strong the support was in this group of people who had never even met Barry. It was amazing, and Barry is still special to all of us.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-59424643512097870622014-04-26T17:09:32.624-07:002014-04-26T17:09:32.624-07:00Thank you Ruth. Those are kind and true words.Thank you Ruth. Those are kind and true words.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-49253761669800818432014-04-26T17:08:59.447-07:002014-04-26T17:08:59.447-07:00Aww, Granny. Ron is so recently gone that I bet th...Aww, Granny. Ron is so recently gone that I bet this post hit you hard. I'm so sorry. But you know, you really could ring the heck out of that bell for Ron. It might feel real good to do that.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-51454463939575923972014-04-26T17:04:55.657-07:002014-04-26T17:04:55.657-07:00Pauline, this is not the bell I rang. I used a pre...Pauline, this is not the bell I rang. I used a pretty little bell from India that I have here in Oregon. This big bell is located far away in the midwest where my home town is.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-16890492384117245742014-04-26T17:03:23.844-07:002014-04-26T17:03:23.844-07:00Maybe it's the same bell, RG! How many bell-ma...Maybe it's the same bell, RG! How many bell-makers were there who made big cast iron bells like this in the '60s?Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-14588215016516230572014-04-26T17:02:17.321-07:002014-04-26T17:02:17.321-07:00It is special, a tradition at the Toronto hospital...It is special, a tradition at the Toronto hospital where Barry was a patient.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-52299864007011877992014-04-26T17:01:41.510-07:002014-04-26T17:01:41.510-07:00It was a a beautiful & strange experience, twg...It was a a beautiful & strange experience, twg. It made me realize that the word "community" really did apply to groups of bloggers.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-7071613219974789672014-04-26T08:33:51.814-07:002014-04-26T08:33:51.814-07:00Keep ringing those bells. There are cancer survivo...Keep ringing those bells. There are cancer survivors.Ruth Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649059834123681889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-47064408212954027762014-04-26T05:03:42.009-07:002014-04-26T05:03:42.009-07:00I read this and sat here and cried and thought abo...I read this and sat here and cried and thought about it. I wanted to run out and take a picture of our special cast iron bell. I wanted to start ringing it every day to celebrate those endless chemo treatments. It would become a special tribute not just to your friend Barry but to my beloved Ron. But I could only imagine the grief it would ring up day by day. As Laoch of Chicago said, "It's frightening how fragile we all are."Granny Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031080477103832810.post-37817765856153607682014-04-25T21:26:01.390-07:002014-04-25T21:26:01.390-07:00It's frightening how fragile we all are.It's frightening how fragile we all are.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.com