MOHAMMED MADANI

Just wanted to post about my brother-in-law Moh, as I called him. He died on November 1, 2007 of asbestos cancer, also called MESOTHELIOMA. His cancer was in the stomach area, not the lungs. Mohammed was in so much pain towards the end. We miss him very much.

The El-Fatah University where he taught called my sister to tell her they were having a tribute/memorial for Moh tomorrow morning. How awesome is that!

If anyone would like to post about Moh, please do, and I will see that my sister and his children will get your words/memories of him.

I'm not sure which hospital Moh was in, but my sister said the care he received was wonderful! So, if anyone who reads this and they took care of him. Thank you. Sandi

THANKFUL

Hi to all my blogging friends. Just wanted to say I am very grateful to have my blogging friends, as well as family and friends.

Yesterday I worked in my yard pulling weeds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ugh my aching back. I sat in my massage chair (thank you husband) and today feel great.

It was chilly here in FL 50-60 degrees, so I shut our sliding glass door to the pool. We were having rocks delivered down by our water, and my husband started to go out thru the door to make sure they didn't run over our sprinklers, and BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! He litterally ran into the glass door with his glasses on so hard, it knocked his knee and forehead with such force, he fell onto the table. I ran over there, grabbed a pillow and helped him fall.

He thinks he received a concussion, but would he go to doc????? of course not. So I got ice pack, an IBPHROPHINE, tucked him in bed because he was dizzy and was hurting. He didn't go to sleep, which is a nono when u hit your head.............I fixed him a hot bowl of beef stew and he said to me "why did you shut that door, it is always open" HAHAHA! I know it hurt because I have done that before, as well as my two nephews who were here with us a couple of months ago. BUT, when I DID IT, he said, "don't you know that door is there, it's been there all this time"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I say that to him? of course I did! But only the next day. ha!

So I am thankful my husband Bill is good, and so am I.
I can walk/see/smell/taste
I am thankful for my family's health.
I am thankful my brother-in-law Moh is still living and just had his 4th chemo last Thursday in Tunis. And, last but not least, GOD IS GOOD AND LOVES US.

TRYING TO CHANGE/FIX EVERYONE

Hi all! You know I've been hesitant to blog lately because I have been doing some soul-searching and have discovered this about myself.

I want peace in this world so much, I have found myself trying to "understand" the many faiths of this world, and to see how I can help fix it.

Bottom line, it's not MINE to fix....................My part is to pray about this war, and blog about everyday life.

What a REVELATION...........

WHAT DOES QURAN SAY ABOUT ISRAEL?

My sister gave me a book of the Quran, and it was destroyed in our hurricane Charley 8/2004
Can anyone tell me what the Quran says about 'ISRAEL'...............?

As most of you know, I am trying to LEARN about TRUE Islamic BELIEVES, AND THEN SEE HOW CLOSE OUR OLD TESTAMENT COMPARES. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS IN THE QURAN, IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO CHRISTIAN/PROTESTANT/JEWISH BIBLES.

I AM A TRUE BELIEVER , IF YOU SAY IT IS IN THE QURAN, TELL ME WHERE, SO I CAN READ IT. AND I WILL DO THE SAME.................AT LEAST WE WILL BE UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHERS CULTURAL BELIEFS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INPUTS/COMMENTS.

REMEMBER TO "QUOTE IT" FROM "QURAN". MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE WATCHING THE MOVIE MOHAMMED THE PROPHET, THIS WEEK NOW THAT THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN AND MY SISTER IS IN TUNIS WITH HER HUSBAND.

UPDATE ON MOH!

Moh is in Tunis for medical treatment. While in Libya received an infection when they tried to drain water from his abdominal cancer.

While in Tunis, they are checking his blood/liver to see if the infection spread throughout his body. Moh thought his incision on his stomach was infected, but Dr. said no. So - GOD WILLING - do chemo to see if his tumors will shrink.

Moh feels like concrete is in his stomach. I pray as many of heard my nephew pray: DEAR GOD, YOUR WILL, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, NOTHING ELSE. AMEN............I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT PRAYER.

Sandi

I'M GARDENING & CLEANING HOUSE!!!

Well now that the cancer research for my brother-in-law, Moh, is finished.........I am going to organize and clean my house!! My house is clean but soooo disorganized.

The internet has a WEALTH OF INFORMATION for so many topics, and I could not have helped my sister with this cancer research without it; as well as telephone numbers listed on these sites. I have been totally consumed for about 3 months and can now pay attention to my husband, cook and clean house on a daily basis. HE'S SO HAPPY!, YET WAS SO VERY UNDERSTANDING.

We recycle here in FL. We have separate bins for plastics, tin cans; papers, and glass. The newspapers are not an inconvenience, the inconvenience is the dishonest people and the FEAR OF IDENTITY THEFT. SO, I have to go thru each piece of unwanted mail and advertising, and shred our names/address............ Gosh, remember the days we didn't have to worry about IDENTITY THEFT.

I also transplanted my plants and repotted my rose bush. Dug up weeds in the yard, and took out shells, and rocks that kept our grass from rooting. But it feels great to be outdoors getting all that fresh air. We have orange, lemons and grapefuit trees, and have discovered a few "fruit rats".............grrrr I hate those ugly little critters, plus the diseases they carry. My husband has caught 2 so far in a trap with gauze and peanutbutter, (the gauze snags/traps their teeth) his traps are working.

Mine, not so good........I used a very tall trash can with a swinging lid, so they would fall in, to eat the dog food and little bits of peanut butter, and with the trash can being so tall, they couldn't get out.................well there is nothing in that can, and I thought for sure that would work too, because I set it right under the orange tree branch, where they climb and sit and eat my oranges. Oh well, we will persevere.

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

Well here's the story! Many of you know my brother-in-law has cancer. They sent a package of his original CAT scans, MRI'S etc. to the doctor here in the USA. - OK ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???????????? VIA---------------- DHL!!

This package has been sitting in OH for 3 days now. My sister emailed me the tracking info, and I got on the phone....................No delivery for Friday, still in customs...........

I talked to 5 different supervisors - all of which have helped me as much as they can, via computer emails to different DHL LOCATIONS......... Now it's the week-end, Saturday they closed early. No one working in International area on Sunday. I have to wait until Monday. The medical center was expecting these documents yesterday, Friday.

So, this morning, I asked to speak to another supervisor, after talking to 2 other representatives of DHL..........I'm ready to come through the phone and punch someone by this point. But, I was very nice! The last person I spoke with was Judy, I told her what was in the package, and why is was so very important to GET IT OUT OF CUSTOMS...........and delivered to the MEDICAL CENTER. She shared with me that her husband, has the same kind of cancer Mohamed has!!!

I sent her all the research information for this MESOTHELIOMA, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES, GOD USED ME TO GIVE HER ALL MY RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR CANCER.

my sister emailed me, the package just left CUSTOMS.....................

God is still teaching me to talk nice, when I don't want to, and when I want to smack someone for not going beyond the call of duty for customer service.

GRATITUDE

Today I felt the need to post my gratitude:

• For knowing and loving GOD
• For my health
• For my ability to walk
• For my senses (not commom sense, i have none) sight, hearing, taste, smell (food&flowers)
• For my husband - the love of my life
• For my children and grandchildren
• For my brothers and sisters.
• For my friends, who just love me anyway!
• People that our AWESOME GOD, puts in my life.
• The power of prayer, and miracles that are occuring every minute of the day. If, we just take the time to see them.
• and last, but not least, BLOGGING!

Would anyone else like to share their gratitude?