So, another week has come and gone and I've returned to the valley of the sun from FL. To the generous gentleman who made it possible for me to be with my Grandmother in this very trying time, I thank you publicly and profusely.
To the lady who offered publicly, well, I was sad at the way you let me down. I'm sad you didn't return my calls after you said you were going to book the flight for me and call me back. I really can't believe how you treated me knowing how upset and devastated I was. But you offered and that was, I guess, nice enough. I just hope no one ever does to you what you did to me.
In any case, I appreciate Jack, Scott, Modprod and Thor18 for all they tried to do on my behalf. It will never be forgotten and it is very much appreciated that you tried. My grandmother is a very special woman to me and it's terribly unfortunate that this stroke took so much of her away from us. She has, though, lived a very full life at the age of 93 and been in fairly good health despite being very obese. She's a good woman and I appreciate immensely that someone in our community was able to give me the gift of spending a week with her in the hospital. So far, she is hanging on and has surprised the hell out of her physicians. They didn't expect her to make it through the weekend but she has. They don't expect her to make a full recovery but she's currently in stable condition in the ICU.
So, for those of you who cared enough to at least take my phone calls and ask around if anyone had miles they could fly me out on, thank you. To the one of you who not only checked but also got back to me and came through for me, I can't express my gratitude in words. To the one of you who dangled the carrot, took my information and told me you'd book a flight for me but then stopped taking my calls, didn't call me back and never followed through, I hope no one ever, ever does that to you.
Thanks to all of you for caring enough about me to try to help and express your condolences. From the very, very bottom of my broken heart, thank you. Your love will never be forgotten.
Most humbly yours,
Andi Ryan
* Edited because I didn't mean to be so harsh. I've turned over a new leaf in the last week and I'd like to apologize to any of you I've ever been harsh with. Please give me another chance to show you my softer side. My walls are down.
I'm sorry about your grandmother's illness, and i wish her the best. However, this forum is primarily for marketing and industry-related discussion, and if you think this post reveals a softer side, you might want to get a second opinion.
Using this forum to embarrass those who failed to do something purely personal is not right. The rest of us don't need to read about your personal disappointment...PM her and be done with it. Your post asking for passes was deleted by Dingus because it was considered bartering. I think this post is similarly inappropriate.
You're right. This forum is for marketing and industry related discussion. Since I brough my question here for help in getting home, I thought I might come back to thank those who tried to help me as I was once thanked along with many others for helping someone else. In general, I think it just feels good to be recognized when you've done something to help someone else. But you're right, I should have thanked those who tried to help me over the telephone or email so I'm sorry for cluttering up the board with needless information.
I wasn't trying to embarass anyone at all and I'm sorry it came across that way. I tried to just delete the post but it's been too long and I no longer have that option. I apologize to any who were offended at my post. From now on, I will simply try to post nothing more than availability.
Andi, I don't believe you should have to apoligize for writing about your feelings and and events that are happening in your life. Cynical, if you don't like reading about someones feelings and what they wish to express to others, then skip over it and go on to something that interests you. It seems to me that there is plenty of room here for reasonable discussions among people. Andi, hang in there.
Andi I was sorry to hear the news of your Grandmother illness. We all have in our lives those who are near and dear to us. And when something awful happens to them we seek comfort where we can. I don’t agree with those who suggest this board is just a marketing tool. I prefer to hear all that those wish to express here, the good and the ugly. Inside of these messages is the real information I seek. It sorts out the sincere from the insincere and the lies from the truth. Most importantly it reflects those with the ability to view themselves as something more than merely a commodity.
I am very sorry to hear about your grandmother. Nothing ever fills the void that is left after that special grandparent is gone. Very rarely does a day go by that I don't miss my grandfather.
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