My last post for a while....

[Old As Dirt Mom]

Hello fellow CC'ers:

 

I hope it's OK to post this. I will be brief.

 

If you are so inclined, please pray for my 12-year-old niece who is in critical condition at the University of New Mexico hospital in Albuquerque. She, her brothers, and parents were riding their horses near Santa Fe when a drunk driver crossed over the road and ploughed into them. (Two horses are dead.) If she pulls through, the doctors say she will need to be hospitalized for 6-8 weeks, plus another 6-8 weeks of rehabilitation. My mother will be going to New Mexico to help my brother and his family during some of this difficult time. My father requires a lot of extra care due to poor health, so I will be helping to care for him, and spending much less time in front of my computer for a while.

 

Would appreciate your prayers and thoughts for this young girl, who, if she pulls through, may never have the use of one of her legs again.

 

I have truly enjoyed making the acquaintance of so many of you through this forum. I appreciate your patience in replying to my many naive, and frequently wrong, questions and statements. I appreciate your intelligence, your humor, and most of all, your genuine kindness. I love to read your travel stories and adventures. I have gleaned so much useful information here. Thank you.:)

 

I promise to post an update, if that is permitted.

 

Karin

[LandLockedInAZ]

Hi Karin,

You don't know me, I lurk on this board a few times a week. I recognize your screen name.

I just wanted to post and tell you how sorry I am this happened to your niece. I lived in ABQ for 13 years and I understand about the lifestyle there (horse-loving community in the metro area) and the risk of drunk drivers. However, I wanted to offer that UNM has a very good hospital, so that is working in her favor.

She'll be in my thoughts and I'll be hoping for the best. Your family will be in my thoughts, as well. A tragedy like this is hard on everyone.

[bepsf]

What horrible news!

 

Take care Karin - we'll be thinking of you & your family...

...please come back and let us know how things go.

[Copper10-8]

Karin, very sorry to hear about that! You and your family are in our prayers!

Take care of yourself in these difficult times!

[xpcdoojk]

O my! Take care. I hope she recovers fully!

 

jc

[SnorkelBear]

Mid age,

 

I hope the kindness and prayers from all on this board will help your niece to a full recovery. Be strong, share your love, and never under estimate the power of the Human spirit.

[SeaGypsy1]

Karin, I am so sorry to hear of this tragedy. You and your family will be in our prayers. I have enjoyed all your post and hope we meet someday. Look forward to hearing from you.

[LHC]

Your family and the child will be in my prayers.

My youngest was in a life altering accident almost 4 years ago.

It is devastating, but it beat the alternative of not having him at all.

Praying,

Linda

[serendipity1499]

Karin..Our thoughts & prayers are with you & your family during this horrible time..Please let us know how your niece is doing..Betty

[doone]

Karin, I can't tell you how sorry I am about your neice. Please know we are all praying for her and your family.

[Betsy's Mom]

Our prayers and thoughts are with you all during this difficult time. Keep us informed, please.

B.

[RevNeal]

Karin,

 

You, your niece, your brother and mother, and father are all in my prayers at this difficult time. Peace be with you, and may God keep you safe and give you strength.

[lougee1043]

take care --my thoughts are with you and your family in this time of crisis

[Druke I]

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[babytraveler]

Wishing the best for your family and for your niece. That's so horrible.

[sail7seas]

Karin....So very sorry to hear this horrible news.

 

Sending all good thoughts to you and your family.

 

Please let us know how everything is going for you.

 

[tomc]

Karin... Take care of yourself and keep in mind that our prayers and thoughts are with you. Check back in when you can.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Karin, I am so sorry to hear of this, your Niece and family will certainly be in my prayers. Just know you have lots of support here and when you can, give us an update.

[Southbound]

Karin, What an immense tragedy for you and your family to be faced with! Will keep you in my thoughts and pray for the most positive of outcomes. Please try to maintain a positive attitude and keep in touch when you're able to.

[mafig]

I will pray for your niece.

 

You will be in my thoughts.

[turia]

My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

[pompey86]

Karin,I am so sorry for your niece and all your family, my thoughts and prayers go with you, take care, kind regards, audrey

[patval]

My wife (who is a 3-Day Eventer) and I pray for you and your family through this rough time in your life.

 

We offer this prayer to your family:

 

O Merciful Infant Jesus! I know of Your miraculous deeds for the sick. How many diseases You cured during Your blessed life on earth, and how many venerators of Your Miraculous image ascribe to You their recovery and deliverance from most painful and hopeless maladies. I know, indeed, that a sinner like me has merited his sufferings and has no right to ask for favors. But in view of the innumerable graces and the miraculous cures granted even to the greatest sinners through the veneration of Your holy infancy, particularly in the miraculous statue of Prague or in representations of it, I exclaim with the greatest assurance: O most loving Infant Jesus, full of pity, You can cure me if You will! Do not hesitate, O Heavenly Physician, if it be Your will that I recover from this present illness; extend Your most holy hands, and by Your power take away all pain and infirmity, so that my recovery may be due, not to natural remedies, but to You alone. If, however, You in Your inscrutable wisdom have determined otherwise, then at least restore my soul to perfect health, and fill me with heavenly consolation and blessing, that I may be like You, O Jesus, in my sufferings, and may glorify Your providence until, at the death of my body, You bestow on me eternal life. Amen.

 

Paul

[hammybee]

There is sunshine after rain

 

I will be thinking of you and your family.

[k8russ8]

What a horrid scenario. My sister-in-law raises and trains horses in Corrales, New Mexico. She is always speaking of the trafffic on Corrales road. She says it is so very dangerous for riding. Too many un-thinking fools behind the wheel. God is good. The only place our trust can be is in the hands of the Lord.

Peace be with you and your family.

Kate