i am a lucky person. With only kind words and wishes of so many caring people on this planet, my heart is happy and once in a rare moment cancer itself seems kind. peg left this am for bene #1 in iowa, family land for her and sisters mary & patty, brother dennis, with mike and sharon besides her loving cousins sue and linda. (I do love garrison)she'll laugh and cry (frozen tears) with all our friends from webster to mt. vernon to minn/st paul and other chilled locals near by.what a gesture for such distant caring and fun music besides: Patty, rock the house - and keep the heat on.
next week Page Az. shows its support for us and their appreciation with a spag. dinner in town at the middle school. i'll be there, and no doubt will give a short and tender speech about the benefit - of garlic toast and long life! Ha. Thank you Page people who love and share with us the beauty of our southwest landscape.
The following Sat, March 15, beware the ides, comes a final benefit at grand canyon. I will write more about that next post, so stay posted and i'm off now to two days of chemo. wish me....wish me...wish me what i already have, love and support from so many great people here on the third rock from the sun. I wish it for all of you;
love and laughter, marcus
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This is not Marcus, but Peggy posting from the not as frigid as you think, midwest. Patty and others have everything set for a most special Saturday afternoon with promise of good music, friends, and relatives. Ellen made this trip possible, and Marcus gave much encouragement so I feel good about representing us. Wes, Alena, and her mother, Marjorie will join us tomorrow. You all warm my heart. Love, Peggy
I WANT TO BE THERE!!! Can't wait to see everyone soon at the Page and Grand Canyon benefits! It's bittersweet to be back in the 'land of the free.' I am going through re*entry. Ahh well, at least I can use the keyboards here. And I get to hang out with 2 of the funniest guys on the planet, my two dads. Earnestly, Hummingalongtheway, I mean it! (Remember "and for one low payment of just $0 you can shut the door!... We love you Annie!)
hey, we're about to head to I-owe-wha to give my momma some huuuugs! I'll make sure she brings some home to you. We're looking foreward to seeing you so soon! We're sending mega much love from the frozen north. With cold hands but warm Hearts,
W+A
Hi Marcus... Carrie O. gave me the link to your blog last week, and I just wanted to tell you that I'm thinking of you and your family so much right now! It's been forever since I've seen you (or any of the Fuhrmans for that matter) but you all cross my mind now and then... even more so these days. I hope your benefits go well and I wish I could make it to tomorrow's, but I'm knocked down with the flu and it's probably to everyone else's benefit that I stay home. :)
Anyway, I hope this finds you relatively well and warm... it's near 0 outside here, but I'm currently at 101, so I guess there's a happy medium to be had there somewhere.
Love,
Jessica (Severe) Higgins
Wishing you lots of hugs and love from everyone in that cold part of Iowa, Miss Peggy. Have fun, we'll be with you in spirit Peg, Patty and Mary and then in full body next weekend. Love you, Marcus, and wishing well through all these benefits. You sounded great on the phone, hope this round of treatment is a real benefit to your bod.
Hey did I tell you that Sheri is flying out with us next Fri? She'll be visiting friends in Phoenix while we head up to the canyon to be with you, Too funny.Love to all of you and love to all the wonderful circle of friends that help my brother through this time. You are amazing! So glad you're home safe and sound, Mandy Mae.
Julie
Marcus, I LOVE you, more than you will ever know.
You believed in me enough for you and LeeAnn (OK so I know I didn't spell her name right, LOL) to cast as me as M'Lynn in "Steel Magnolias".
It was my dream role and so far, the highlight of my WCCT onstage life. It was a great leap of faith for both of you. I only hope I did both of you proud.
And I have ever thanked you enough for leaving just a *glimmer* of a 'smiley face' on, Matt's, my only son's abdomen, during "Romeo and Juliet"? Yes, we have pictures to prove it. LOL
You are the BEST EVER.
Love you!
Thoughts and prayers are always with you!
Sue Heerema...aka...M'lynn..:D
Hello Mr. Fuhrman! Just dropping by to say hi. I hope you having fun!
-Nicole Manz
Hope Peggy has found her way back to the Canyon area and home. We were so glad we got over to CR to see her, hear the music and know more of your stong support in family and friends. Marcus, you also have some great bakers in your circle of friends! We are enjoying wonderful honey wheat nut bread for morning toast, chocolate angel food cake that is addicting and a rich carmel date pie. I only wish I had the recipes as well from the bake sale items on Sat. We attended a second fundraiser Sunday for the Bunkofske family in WC. They were shown lots of support as well. We hope having both Amanda and Peggy there gives you a boost of energy. We will try to post a few photos soon on WCCT for you to see from Sat. Breathe in the love surrounding you.
The Ryherd's
Wow, it was incredible. This emotional, spiritual thread ran through everyone last Saturday afternoon during the concert. As I looked out while playing, love was a very visible thing. (Marcus, remember: 1, 2, 3 WE LOVE YOU!) We raised some real money, more checks are still coming in to the Marcus Fuhrman Benefit account.
I am grateful to all who helped make this happen...I surely would have collapsed, doing this alone. But then again, none of us are really alone. Marcus, peace, bro in law, and you and Peg and fam keep me posted on Benefits # 2, # 3, .....
lOVE from ice land, flowers are coming soon!
Patty
March comes in like a lion out like a lamb. April showers bring May flowers. All those other little rhymes that remind us of how time passes, the good and the bad, this too shall pass. I'm wishing for the passing of time in some ways and wishing for it to stand still in others.
Wanting to hear about this job that I interviewed for today and trying to make myself enjoy the waiting and the anxiety is a Herculean task for a bothered mind such as mine. Wanting it to be time to come and visit you, and then wanting time to slow to a stop while we're there. Sometimes I think that that is the main task of the young, the growing- to appreciate the passing of time even when it seems to crawl and when it seems to fly, sometimes all at once. Funny to think that the length of an hour or a day never changes, despite how it feels.
Anyway, we'll be there in the Southwest soon, heading out in three days that are the same length as any other days (though more daylight now), just as we were in Iowa over the weekend. We dropped off the car for a tune up etc so it'll be ready to make the trip. We can't wait to see you.
Love you guys but I have to go discipline our naughty cat.
xoxo,
Alena
What a variety of emotions! It was so wonderful to see Patty and her bands perform. So talented and soulful. Although, we older cousins must take a little credit...it must have been all those "shows" we put on in the livingrooms of our parents' homes as kids that molded her into the artist she is today! Funny, how she is the only one who made it! haha.
It was a great example to my kids to see what people do, how people, family and friends, come together and surround those they love, when they truly need them. Peggy, so gracious and grateful for the many hugs that came her way. She felt so tiny when I hugged her, but so strong...strength that comes and goes I am sure.
And we had fun, and we laughed, and we cried. All part of the experience.
Marcus, you sounded great! I am hopeful that the chemo is doing what is supposed to do.
I have some good pictures. I will email them tonight. A great one of the cousins around the statue of liberty. Not quite sure why that was there!
Back to work for now, my Bible study ladies will want their hot water for tea. (I am at the church at "work")
Love you lots, as Alena said, I am more appreciative of time than ever!
1-2-3 We love you Marcus!...and Peggy.. and Mandy... and Wes and Alena...
Sue
Warm day today... I needed no coat in taking the bus to pick up the car. Sears gave good news, they say she's ready to go... and the car is in okie dokie shape, too. I don't know that we ever looked at the tires before thinking they needed replacement; they're less than half worn. Anyway, I've got to get back to writing some chem lab stuff. Today in my calculus class another student told me he sees a Nobel prize in my future. I laughed and said that I see myself more on the peasant side. Anyway, poor puns aside(heh), we are ecstatic about coming to see you guys! I'm setting my alarm for 9pm, so expect a call at 7. Here's a lil' calculus "did you know"for you--
There is currently only one integral (this is like a calculus sentence) that can be defined and is equal to infinity. It is composed as follows:
The integral from 1982 to present of the function [father+son] integrated with respect to both variables is equal to infinity.
Wes
Hi there Marcus, and you too Peggy, Wes and Alena, We are having heavenly weather here in Vegas. The sun is shining and it is in the 70's and tests are over for my third graders at least for now. Four more days until Spring Break, isn't it funny how looking forward to something makes the time pass slower. I am looking forward to see you all as soon as I can make it over to Page. Have fun at the Grand Canyon this weekend. It should be great fun, but I will think of you with love and smiles from under the sea. Love you Marcus and sending my happy thoughts to fill your hear. Normie
Mandy, I enjoyed our visit and can't wait to see you again. You are awesome as a person and as a daughter. Thanks Marcus and Peggy for sharing her with me. Love you, Normie
Peggy here, Marcus is doing pretty well after his two day chemo last week. We are amazed at the outpouring of love and generosity from Iowa, Page, and Grand Canyon. Keep posting comments - they warm our hearts. Terry, Dan, and Annie, you sure got some driving in getting me to and from Mesa - many thanks. (Tucson) Cindy, if you're reading please respond with your email address. I've been thinking about you and Mark.
Hope to see some of you readers at the Page benefit Thursday evening and more at the Canyon this weekend. I long to stay home more with Marcus...
love, Peggy
Normie, I love you too!! Thanks for feeding me and loving me. Have a blast on your vacation!
Hey Marcus,
Sorry I couldn't make it to the Spag dinner yesterday. Chad and I celebrated our 9th anniversary together.
I will get in touch with you soon because I really want to see you.
Spring break is this week so I have time on my hands.
Miss you much!
Mary
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