The Laz-E-Boy Gift from Amazing Girls

Finally getting around to the update post on what happened LAST Saturday and how it ties in to what happened LAST night at my house. It is a demonstration of absolute love and care and the meaning of lifelong friendships and connections.

One of my friends picked up the hint through one of my conversations or updates that in addition to replacing some of my patio furniture, I have always wanted one of those Grandma like rockers (All in the Family Archie Bunker like recliners) for my living room. Nothing fancy - all rocking and power recliner focused. I learned from my mom that my calmest non GoGo moments as a baby were in a rocking chair or swing and I know this to be true as I love my outdoor egg chair!

Well, said friend enlisted my sweet 1989 “Brickie” besties and they all pitched in and sent me a surprise Zelle to purchase my brand spanking new Lazy E Boy power rocker!! I was so moved from their generosity and secret coordination.

Now fast forward to LAST Saturday. Leslie took me to the Merrillville showroom and while I was literally sitting in the model I was planning to buy, I got a text that another group of women from our high school contributed as well.

From the bottom of my heart 💜 thank you to the following AMAZING women for not just contributing to my new recliner, but my new patio cushions too! I am speechless!

Amy Campbell
Carrie Brown
Joni Troy
Jen Vargo Okamura
Amy Heminger
Linda Sturges
Lynn Heuring Smith
Julie Kincaid Frazier
Lorie Leonard
Ginny Sparks
Kelly Tichacek
Suzanne McClure
Michele Hendrix
Lynn Budzielek
Kris Sherrard
Vanessa Massa McTingue
Sandy Tomas
Raeann Trakas
Jackie Kalin
Amy Burkhart

In the height of all of my emotion as I’m sitting in the chair in the La-Z-Boy store, the amazing sales person caught on that I was really overwhelmed and she was incredibly kind and helpful. I highly recommend if you need any furniture, not just a chair, you go see Thalia! She was an amazingly knowledgeable sales person who is studying design. I filled her in on what was happening in real time and she was also overwhelmed with emotion! She immediately got my delivery scheduled for this past Tuesday and I’ve been enjoying the chair ever since. It couldn’t come at a better time because from that afternoon on I have been bedridden. Unfortunately, I ended up in the emergency room Tuesday night, but to come back home to that chair was such a beautiful feeling.

So despite this being my worst week post chemo round two, I recovered and rebounded well yesterday in time for my girlfriends to come to my house with dinner and we had an amazing dinner on our patio and a time of togetherness that is just priceless and long overdue. The last time most of us were together was when they rallied behind me and coordinated a trip to New Buffalo, Michigan after my mom passed away.

My Brickie Besties in their GoGoAWAYCancer t-shirts. Forty-five years of friendship - I am the luckiest girl in the world to have these women in my corner. I love you all so much. Bricks don’t break.

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