K11 Owners Group

[Shoganai]

My niece was rushed to the hospital with head pain so severe she was screaming in agony and was placed on a morphine drip. It is likely lymphoma that's metz to her brain. It's been over two years and she has fought very bravely.

Here she is mothering a sickling squirrel. It was like the child she would never have and when it died she devastated. The squirrel was a symbol of her own suffering. At once weak, frightened and dependent on the kindness of strangers and at the same moment fierce, strong and wanting to live.






The radiation took her beautiful long, red hair.
The chemo took her teeth.
The cancer consumed her flesh leaving thin taters onto which her soul can barely hold on to.


But nothing took her spirit or her courage.
Her grace remained radiate.
When she moved it was like silk curtains in a summer breeze.
She NEVER complained, ever, though sometimes very rarely, she would say she was sad.

I can't stop crying.

My son, who is Asperger's is in SC with my parents and has been able to spend a little time with her. She is the sister he never had and he told once that she was his hero.
I asked him why. John said because one day a dog was chasing him and she picked up a bicycle and threw it at the dog. And when the dog charged again, she stood between John and the attacking dog and yelled at it until it gave up.

John feels everything we all do but lacks the ability to express it easily. Mom said he's become very withdrawn.

Several months ago, John came to me and said, "I need to tell you something". "If she dies I want to be the one to carry her" (meaning the casket). He said like he could do it all by himself. Then he said he had picked out the song her wanted to play for her.

He choose this.

http://youtu.be/MODq81_cDKI

I was so proud of him.





And I'm proud of her.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT


Nana korobi ya oki

[SugarHillCTD]

Gwen,

That is awful in so many ways.


What the hell is going on?

Just these past 3 days we were away with two couples that are our closest friends- Fred & Cathy, Steve & Eileen. Unexpectedly Steve's dad died of cancer last night- His parents live in England where Steve was born.

Then we got home this afternoon and my Cathy's sister called and the sad news is that their mom, my mother-in-law, is in a Florida hospital with terminal lung cancer.

What the hell is going on?

This sucks.

John
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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

[SugarHillCTD]

I'm gonna' reply to my own reply.

Cathy's Mom has been Dx'd with stage 4 lung cancer. Her Father is in nearly complete denial. He stopped smoking 5+ years ago but her Mom could/would not.

This has Cathy in a zombie-like place. Her brother is about the same (4 years younger and has gone through a MIL death) but her sister (2 years younger and has no experience in close passing) is going nuts.

I lost my parents (Dad) 21 and (Mom)11 years ago. But this is hitting Cathy pretty hard.

I don't pray but I am so close to her family........DAMN!

John
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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

[Alan Walker]

Cancer truly sucks, but it seems to afflict the most special people or at least transforms them. I have known several within my own family or circle of friends that have passed on after battling the disease for years. They have taught me so many wonderful lessons about life and living for each new day, and not wasting time on things that don't matter. Her memory will live on and continue to impact those that were closest to her, that I have found is how you tell how special people really are in the end. God bless you and your families through your hardships. Alan
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95 K1100LT Current ride
05 Suzuki DL650 sold
86 Honda Nighthawk 450 sold
76 Honda CB400F sold