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Selma Franco
RBC Britannia |
On behalf of all of my staff at RBC Britannia Branch, we would sincerely like to thank you for visiting our branch and sharing your personal experience.
Although most of us could not relate to your personal experience, it was "you" who we all related to. You are a truly gifted speaker who inspires and intrigues her audience. Your examples of happiness, life and laughter and your sense of how well we work together as a group was phenomenal.
We now understand your passion Annabelle and believe it is infectious. Thank you again for your "message from the heart". |
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Karen Divine
12.09.08 |
| I've started reading your book. It is so inspiring and filled with lots of messages of love, courage and hope. I am truly loving it! While I have considered myself to be a healthy person, the book gave me other things to consider. It has encouraged me to continue to take steps toward wellness and well being. Thank you for this wonderful gift of love! |
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Caryl Walker
11.03.08 |
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to go the “The Secrets of Today’s Modern Woman” event in October 2008. (I work with Murray Robins, in his office).
It was truly inspiring and encouraging to hear Ivana Trump and Jane Seymour speak right from the heart and give their own personal stories so freely. I liked Evana Trump’s example of how we “all” have 24 hours in a day to do what we need to do. Jane Seymour’s eyes sparkled when she spoke, her vibrant energy and humour made me listen intently to her every word. She had a lot of wisdom to share with us. It makes one realise how alike we all are, in simple ways and also in more significant ways throughout our life. They gave many secrets of how they faced adversity and came through as triumphant women.
I also want to mention that I just finished your book, Messages from the Heart. I cried a lot while reading the book, but it felt good to cry and at the end I felt much more secure with who I am as an adult. Thank you so much. |
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Illiki Rai
Rising Women Magazine
10.31.08 |
| Secrets of Today's Modern Woman was simply fantastic! The speakers were incredibly motivating and I had a great time connecting with many Rising Women readers and advertisers I have never met in person before! |
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Marie Primmett
10.31.08 |
| I just wanted you to know how much we appreciated attending your presentation on Oct. 27th. Everyone of your speakers had something to offer, but I did want you to know how much we enjoyed Jane Seymour’s inspirational message. This lady spoke from the heart, and gave us much to think about and apply to our everyday lives. Thank you again for making this such a special afternoon. |
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Maria Grant
10.31.08 |
It was nice to see you again at 'Bon Appetit with Bonnie Stern'. I had a lovely time and the food was very tasty and good for the soul.
Bonnie is a fun and great cook! |
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Jennifer J. MacLean
09.24.07 |
Hooray to you Annabelle for such a wonderful event and launch! You inspire me even further to get this important work out to the world!
It was great to meet you in Houston!
In Love and Gratitude,
Jennifer J MacLean :) |
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Lisa
08.14.07 |
I found your site searching around for information. You are an inspiration and I will forward your information to my friend. I was pleased to know that you are in Alberta.
Kindly,
Lisa Zinck |
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Claire
08.08.07 |
Hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was and still is terribly hot and humid here, but I don't want to complain as the cold will be here before we know it. Had a lovely weekend with my friends in Toronto.
Your book is so amazing - a true reflection of yourself. It was a pure joy to read. The word "love" appears throughout the book. It is obvious you are a person with a very big heart and surrounded by love. I'm happy you included so much about your lovely family.
I was so impressed with your interest in running. You are to be congratulated for your commitment and stamina in completing the Stampede Marathon. That is a tremendous achievement! (I love exercise, but I can't even imagine taking up running)
Your strong will not only led you to seek out natural healing after your diagnosis, but also following through with the programs.
And now look at you, an author, a public speaker. What will come next?
Hopefully, there will be a second book and I certainly look forward to that.
Annabelle, best of luck with your next venture.
I'm so happy our paths crossed at Sanoviv.
God Bless!
Claire |
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Laura
I really like your book
08.03.07 |
I'm 13 and I'm the daughter of my mom who bought your book for a friend that had breast cancer and is still recovering. I think what you do is really nice and helping and healing to others. I'm glad that you do what you do and it must help those who have cancer feel better and not alone. Thank-you
Laura :) |
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Deborah
08.02.07 |
You know how proud I am of your work for people on the cancer journey. I was especially pleased about your work today because I could pass your website on to a friend. Like you, she has been writing a journal since her diagnosis a month ago. Your goodness continues to travel the world.
Thank you.
Love,
Deborah |
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Jeanette Paterson
05.18.07 |
My husband sent me on a trip to LasVegas with a neighbour friend at the end of September 2006 for my 68th birthday hoping that I would win a lot of money, instead, as a result of that trip, I discovered that I had breast cancer.
My discovery was attributed to an accidental elbow given to me in my breast by a tourist who was standing with his wife and was unaware that I would be walking so close to him. The man apologized and said he didn't mean it, but in retrospect the man saved my life. If only I could thank him, but I don't know his name nor his whearaobouts.
The cancer was removed on December 15, 2006 and I was given 30 radiation treatments. I feel fine today, and hope the cancer doesn't recur.
My son, Paul, bought me your book at Chapter's in Calgary where he lives, and you happened to be in the store so he had it signed by you and you wrote a little note to me. He lives in Calgary and sent it to me for Mother's Day. I received it today and I look forward to reading it, as I'm sure I'll enjoy the book very much.
Jeanette |
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Jennifer Norfolk
Inspiration
04.30.07 |
Just wanted to send a note to thank you for your emails - they're great reminders of what little effort it takes for huge rewards - every day becomes a blessing! Take care,
Jen |
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Mike Porter
Dad, do you have cancer?
10.05.06 |
Diva Belle,
When I came home from work just the other day my daughter came up to me as she usually does.
But this time was different. She said "Dad, we have to talk."
I said, "What do you want now Shaniece?"
She said, "Dad, do you have cancer?"
My reply was "What???"
She said, "I saw this book on the shelf about cancer and I am concerned that you have cancer."
"No Shaniece, not that I know of."
The book on the shelf is written by my client, Diva Belle.
Both of my parents did pass away from cancer.
The message is ,"don't puff the magic dragon."
Trainer
Mike Porter |
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Unknown
It's all about the feelings.
10.05.06 |
Every word in your book I could relate to.
It's all about the feelings.
I also grew up with a family where I would not express myself.
Stress in my life has led to panic attacks and depression.
I also believe in complimentary care.
Different lives & different worlds can lead to similar experiences.
My children are also the flowers in my garden.
I also adore my father like you.
I didn't want to put the book down. |
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Andrea Nierenberg
For that I thank you.
09.22.06 |
When I read your book, I realized that in it there is something for everyone to read and learn. As we go through life with our busy schedules, it is important for us to take the time to count our blessings and take the time to care enough about our physical, spiritual, emotional, well-being. Annabelle, the work that you are doing and the book that you have written is very heart-warming. I loved reading it. It is a book that will make a difference in the lives of many and for that I thank you. It is the energy that you bring forth to others that is so inspiring to me. We connected through our meeting in Calgary, and hope to stay in touch.
Fondly,
Andrea Nierenberg
The Nierenberg Group, Inc.
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Patricia
I see in your book how much you have grown.
09.09.06 |
I have been reading Messages From the Heart and have found it very inspiring what you have been through. I also find reading it makes me sad because my mother, who I am very close to, has quite advanced Multiple Sclerosis and has always "poo-hooed" any forms of alternative healing. She was a nurse her whole life and is completely bound up in that male-dominated world. She has had many bad relationships with controlling men (father & husband) and doesn't seem to have the strength to see anything wrong with traditional medicine (which has never been able to help her) and how her past is part of her disease. I have tried several times to introduce something new to mom and she has always been polite but not engaged. She is firmly entrenched in traditional medicine - and not budging. I see in your book how much you have grown and how well you have done in body and spirit and I wish the same for her. Perhaps as I continue to work with you I will find a way to help her..
Patricia, Calgary Alberta |
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Suzanne Watson,
Thanks for your smiles.
07.31.06 |
Hi Annabelle,
We met at day zero, in the tent assignment line. I am the girl that gave you the little ribbon puffy thing, you were admiring. It was a pleasure to meet you and see your enthusiastic smile. This past weekend was the 8th time I’ve participated in the weekend to end breast cancer and the 3rd time this year and the volunteers are such an important part of it. I want to thank you for your commitment to the event and the hard work that you’ve put in this past weekend. I’m off to Edmonton in 2 weeks to continue on my 540km journey to end breast cancer and I’ll be thinking about you while I’m there. Thanks for your smiles, they really made a difference.
Suzanne Watson, Toronto |
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Marlene Cameron
A serious illness can be a blessing.
07.11.06 |
Annabelle shows us is in Messages from the Heart that a serious illness can be a blessing and a wake-up call to re-evaluate our values, priorities and what we hold precious in our lives. Her courageous journey to bring her physical, emotional, mental and spiritual self into wholeness and alignment is an inspiration for anyone experiencing dis-ease in any of these areas.
Marlene Cameron, Calgary, Alberta |
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Halley Girvitz
Each of us has our own personal story.
05.10.06 |
Dear Annabelle,
Each of us has our own personal story. Yours, just as it happens to have more turns and twists, peaks and valleys than some of ours. Thank you for sharing your inspiring, personal and heart-warming story with all of us from House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Sisterhood. Yes, I have heard you speak before but there is always something new to learn from each story you share.
I look forward to hearing you again as I am sure the rest of our Sisterhood members do too.
May you continue to have good health! Thank you again from all of the HOJMI Sisterhood---
Halley Girvitz, Calgary, Alberta |
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Libby
What I saw before me was a serene woman.
04.20.06 |
Dear Annabelle,
I met you at a constellation weekend headed by Dr. Klinghardt. You had met my cousin Sandra at the previous year's conference. You had completed a program of health and cleansing and had arrested the cancer within.
During that weekend, what I saw before me was a serene woman, comfortable in her skin. You had kept a journal of your experiences called Messages from the Heart.
I enjoy learning about anything positive, natural, earth-enhancing, self-love and that is why I wanted your book. At the constellation weekend, you were the one that I chose to stand in my place, so that I was able to observe myself in context.
It wasn't until later, at home, when I picked up your slim volume, that I realized how well I had chosen. Your book reveals that I have had like-events in my own childhood:
-the death of a mom at a tender age,
-the introduction of a neurotic and miserable step-mother,
-a well-meaning, but less supportive father.
This stress and other factors have taken their toll on us, in different ways. We are the fortunate ones who have found natural healings and greater levels of awareness; we will live to benefit from a fuller and non-debilitating (no chemicals) route to LIFE without disease and be an example to others who may observe what we have overcome and conquered.
AND we are constantly emorphasizing into a greater whole, similar to your boutique garden and your symbolic butterfly.
HOW MANY people do you know who are NOT taking MD "medication" daily? We both know that some of these unnatural, invasive chemicals remain in the body and/or have severe side effects, leading to greater debilitation.
Thankfully, knowing what we do now, we would not go that dangerous route again.
May GOD continue to bless you with expanded awareness, with strength and good health.
Yours truly,
Libby, Calgary, Alberta |
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Bev Rees
You have left a legacy of love!
04.13.06 |
Annabelle, congratulations on a job well done! Your book, Messages from the Heart: Learning to Love Cancer is inspirational. Working with you the past few years on your family history project has been a pleasure. I have learned a great deal from you during the times we have spent together. I have learned you are not a quitter. You are an example of a woman with great strength and you have much to offer to many. A favourite quote in my genealogy business, Ancestor Find "A man who is not proud of his ancestry will never leave after him anything for which his posterity may be proud." - Edmund Burke
Annabelle, you can be proud you have left a legacy of love!
Bev Rees, Calgary, Alberta |
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Nomi Whalen
A 'not-loving story' told to all with love!
03.30.06 |
I want to share my experience with my mother because I don't want ANYONE to have this nightmare! I went home to Vancouver, B.C. to vist my Mom. I noticed a bit of gauze protruding from her 'house dress' (remember those?)I said, Mom, what's that?" She quickly covered it up and replied, "nothing!" She had decided, at age ninety-one, that she was too old to 'bother' with a masectomy! My God! If only I had known! The cancer literally ate her to death. Please, please, everyone...hear me! Keep getting those breast exams and self examine! No one should EVER end their lives the way this amazing woman, leader, singer and inspiration to many...Lil Shapiro, ended hers!!!. The only one really bad decision she ever made in her wonderful life!
A 'not-loving story' told to all with love!
Nomi Whalen, Canmore, Alberta |
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Martin Hansen
I enjoyed Messages from the Heart!
03.27.06 |
I enjoyed Messages from the Heart very much. I could see many of the people and experiences described in the book reflected in my own life. I had generally considered many of the people and experiences in my life to be just ordinary. However after pondering the book, I realized that experiences and people described were part of the miracle that Annabelle experienced. Now when I see them reflected in my life, I realize that, as I have reflections of someone else's miracle in my life, my life is no longer just ordinary, but a miracle as well.
Martin Hansen, Calgary, Alberta |
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Judith Shwabe
Love knows no space, time or distance.
03.20.06 |
I received a phone call the first week of July 2005 from my Mom telling me that my Dad was going in for surgery and was not expected to live. He had been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma. I immediately called my Dad at the hospital and told him not to go anywhere, I was catching the next flight to Knoxville, TN. I prayed and said, "God I want more time with my Daddy." God answered my prayers. Even though his doctor said he had at the most 3 days to live, I mediflighted my Dad to Dallas, Texas 3 weeks later. I took care of him in my home. I am so grateful for the time with my Dad God gave me. My Dad was a man of incredible wisdom and wit.
He transitioned to Heaven on October 7, 2005. I was by his side holding his hand for the last several hours of his earthly existence. When he stopped breathing, his eyes moved as my oldest brother walked into the room. Then he shifted his eyes to the right and looked at me. I said, "I love you Daddy!" He mouthed back, "I love you." His eyes returned center and I felt this exhilirating feeling of rapid ascent. I exclaimed, "I feel it Daddy, I feel it!" It was as though my spirit traveled part of the way with my Dad into the Heavenly realm. Then I was back. With eyes looking toward the Heavenlies, I shouted, "You got the Victory Daddy! You got the Victory!" Now I truly understand the verse, "Death is swallowed up in victory." Our spirit man knows no death, only life to life.
Love knows no space, time or distance. It is eternal as our spirit is eternal. When I think of my Daddy, I feel his presence and his amazing love. He taught me how to live and now he has taught me how to transition.
I am in the process of writing the book my Dad and I were going to write together. Even though he may not be present in the physical sense, I promised him that his name would be on the front of the book as the co-author. So much of the wisdom I have to share is because I witnessed my Dad live it. His reputation (who people thought he was) matched his character (who he really was). He was congruent and consistent. He left behind a legacy of love, the only wealth that is eternal.
It is my hope and intent to encourage and inspire you to set your course of life to leave your own legacy of love ... the gift that keeps on giving for eternity.
I loved how Messages From the Heart helps us see cancer in a different light. Annabelle shines the light of love on cancer and teaches us that there is indeed a beautiful side to this diagnosis. I believe this book will help revolutionize the way the world views cancer. Through John Demartini's work, I have learned that no matter what we experience, there is simultaneously a perfect balance of positive and negative. Annabelle's story takes us on a journey that demonstrates the universal law that it is impossible to get a one-sided experience. She teaches us that cancer is not something to be feared, but something to be embraced. We can only conquer/overcome that which we love. Wow! Very impactful! Thank You Annabelle for sharing your beautiful story. It really touched my heart!
Judith Shwabe, Desoto, Texas |
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Jana Fiala
One Enchanted Evening.
03.11.06 |
Annabelle,
I have known you for so many years. I do not read often. When I attended One Enchanted Evening and started reading your book, I could not put it down. My husband asked me what I was doing staying up so late. Your book to me was like winning a lottery to others. I feel so inspired and am going to start to run. I love it.
Love,
Jana Fiala, Calgary, Alberta |
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Sherry
Peace be with you.
11.15.05 |
Hello Annabelle.
Your launch was incredible and my hat is off to your capable team ... and you for holding the vision and inspiring those around you. Congratulations! You are an incredible woman and I would love to have you as a mentor in my world.
Peace be with you~Sherry
Calgary, Alberta |
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Laura Rankin,
It is an inspiration.
11.11.05 |
I can't thank you enough for the gift of your novel. It was such a nice surprise to receive - how thoughtful you are! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about your journey. You've put so much heart into your writing. It is an inspiration. I have leant my book to my mother, who also has experienced breast cancer, and I am sure she will identify, learn and understand more through your writing. Thank you for your kindness! It is a comfort. I appreciate your thoughts.
Laura Rankin, Calgary, Alberta |
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Elayne Fitzner
Keep on keeping on!
10.25.05 |
Hello Annabelle-
I am Sally's mother and had my own journey through bowel cancer as Sally informed you. I received your inspiring book for my birthday this year (74th) and was delighted with your observations and your candor. There really is no room for anything but forthrightness with cancer is there? I guess that's why I distrust the publicity of Chatelaine for instance where they push looking good to feel good - I have never been convinced that cancer was their friend but rather that they were exploiting it for their gain. There are times when you just do not reflect joy and energy and a zest for getting on with the day - but I do not like the responsibility of having to 'look good' so someone else won't feel guilty for being healthy. There is such phoniness which surrounds much of the cancer treatment - and that word offends me too - I am a crank, am I not? Why do we keep referring to 'treating' cancer or any other major disease - overwhelming it would be a better term or just subduing same - like that.... I am talking not about your experience with the Hoffman program but with the medical approach in the traditional establishments. I was abused, lied to, and just generally taken for an idiot by most of the oncologists who were rung in on my case. I went it alone after that - alone in that I had to justify my decisions to the medical profession (in and outside of my family) having done that, my God and I walked through it together. My husband was concerned for me but defended my right to make the decision for my own body and supported me through it. This was in 1993 so we did something right and I was elated to hear your account.
I worry about the intensity of your journey because you may burn out - and your high energy approach is enervating. You are amazing and strong and impress on so many levels - I am so glad to have met you through your book, Annabelle - and you are deliciously human in your relationship with your step-mother. How hard that was for you - but she lost out in not giving herself the opportunity to connect with you during those formative years.
Keep on keeping on - I am so grateful for you - my sister-in-law is a mentor for breast cancer and is a survivor as well. How appropriate that you met Sally in a setting where she is so effective - I think our only daughter is the butterfly in our life - she and I have become such great friends and I am her greatest fan even as we have become yours.
Much love and appreciation dear lady - you are a torch carrier in spades.
Elayne Fitzner (The Ancient), Cardston, Alberta |
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Kori Russell,
Your mother has been a godsend to mine.
10.13.05 |
Darren, I want to let you know how your mother has been a godsend to mine. I know I should be thanking her but as it goes I am thanking you instead! She has supported my mom through her battle, although different, the same. Although we lost my dad last week to cancer, my mom will continue to fight thanks to your mom's encouragement. I just found a picture of her on the net with Jonah. Gorgeous baby Darren! Another thing for you to be proud of.
Take care.
Kori Russell, British Columbia |
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Robert Valverde
LOVE YOURSELF!
10.05.05 |
LOVE YOURSELF!
Dear Annabelle, I am Kathy Ohm's brother-in-law. We had a conversation about you and your book. I was reading it the other day, so I am sending you Words of Gratitude, which I offered at our spiritual center of Sukyo Mahikari, the Divine Light spiritual path. Each month, at our thanksgiving ceremony, two or three members read their expressions of gratitude, as an offering to God to thank Him for the many blessings the members have received during the past month. I thought you might be interested in how I am handling my journey of melanoma cancer.
Needless to say, my bout with melanoma has been one of the best things that has every happened to me. I have a whole new life.
Thank you so much for your lovely work and inspiration to the millions who do not understand cancer. And thank you for taking such wondrous care of Kathy.
Here are some clarifications.
Su God is the name God asks us to use to refer to Him at this time.
Oshienushisama is our current Directress, the adopted daughter of our founder Sukuinushisama. Oshienushisama's assistant is her adopted son, Odairisama.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to offer these words of gratitude today to glorify Suno Kamisama's holy name and to bear witness to the countless miracles He has showered upon me especially these last two years.
To begin with, I want to express my deepest gratitude for the twenty years that I have been a member of Sukyo Mahikari. During the 20 years since receiving Omitama, I have given and received divine light almost everyday. I have also had many opportunities to be of service, for which I am now truly grateful. I recently retired as director of the center support staff and as I look back, I feel deep gratitude for so many divine arrangements and blessings.
For the last ten years, I have been going regularly to a dermatologist to have small patches of skin cancer removed from my face, head and neck and to have three benign tumors removed.
During a routine visit to the dermatologist, in October of 2003, a melanoma growth was discovered on my lower left leg. The subsequent CT scan, in November of 2003, revealed what I feared. There were cancerous lymph nodes in my left groin. Melanoma is a particularly pernicious cancer that generally offers little to no chance of recovery. The cancer spreads through the lymph system and can move throughout the body very quickly.
I was initially angry and frightened at the news. But with the guidance of center staff, I was able to understand that God was asking me to reflect on my relationship with Him. Before this time, I realized that I had been too stubborn to listen. Soon, I was able to reflect and to realize that God was giving me an opportunity to grow closer to Him.
I began to read the monthly magazines more diligently and I became inspired by the experiences of kumite around the world. From these experiences I learned a deeper sense of gratitude.
Center staff recommended to me to respect the opinions of my family members and the doctors. This guidance resulted in great peace of mind for me. And I was able to remain calm and not worry about what might happen or what my future would be. I am overwhelmed when I look back and think of all the intricate arrangements God used to show me His love and His desire for me to grow closer to Him. I now realize how blessed I have been and that God has cared for me, intimately, every day of my life.
By the time the surgery was schedule for February 2004, I was grateful to God for this opportunity to apologize and to compensate for my negative karma and my many sins and impurities and those of my family. The surgeon was quite surprised when I told him I experienced very little pain from the surgery and the skin graft. Also, I was in high spirits as I came out of the recovery room to meet my family members. Not only was I able to leave the hospital two days ahead of schedule, but, to this day, the swelling in my left groin has not descended to my calf and shin as was expected.
In July of 2004, during a routine follow-up CT scan, more melanoma was discovered in my lower left abdomen. When I got the news, I reflected and as I recall, I actually smiled. I knew in my heart that God's love for me knows no bounds and He wanted me to grow even closer to Him.
As I looked forward to my next surgery, my thoughts were of two kinds; either I was not grateful enough during my first surgery, so God had to come to me one more time; or I had elevated so much that God was pleased with me and wanted to reward me with more training. I spent hours reflecting, examining the many blessings for which I had not truly been grateful earlier in my life.
I knew in my heart of hearts, that God was giving me a pearl of great price and I was so fortunate to have a second chance to reflect and to grow closer to Him. In my prayers, I found myself addressing God as my father, the one who cherishes me more than I love myself. I shed true tears of joy at the thought that God is truly my father. Then I read in the Prayer Book that the heart of God dwells in my soul. I could hardly grasp the idea of such a blessing. I spent hours reflecting, examining my many blessings.
After the second surgery in November of 2004, I was overwhelmed with the joyful thought that perhaps God is getting me ready to be of service in a way that I could hardly dream of. At this time, I turned my attention to the diligent practice of the ten points. Each morning I selected from a small vase, a Popsicle sticks with a number on it. As I reflected on the point for that day, I soon realized that more than anything; the ten points are my path, a roadmap to growing closer to God. And most profoundly, they give me courage and strength because I know I can rely on them, no matter what else is going on in my life. Soon, I found myself practicing some of the ten points without having to think about them ahead of time.
After my second surgery, I did not want to do the follow up process of Interferons, a powerful chemical similar to chemotherapy. However, I compromised and went along with my family's wishes and the doctor's advice. I truly did not want to put more chemicals in my body. I apologized from the bottom of my heart for having poisoned my body many times in the past.
Each day for twenty days, five days a week, from December 20th to January 18th, 2005, I gave the pint of intravenous Interferons divine light and asked it to be courageous and to do its best. I spoke to it as if it were an anxious child who wanted to help with something far beyond his ability to accomplish. I was surprised to notice that I came to love the little pint of liquid and looked forward to offering it light so it could be of greater service, to accomplish its mission.
I gave magazines to the six nurses who attended me and talked to them about the divine light. I was so grateful to be able to tell them about the spiritual path of Sukyo Mahikari. How blessed I was to plant the seeds of divine light, an opportunity I would not have had had I not been allowed to cleanse in this way.
The results of the following two CT scans, February and May of 2005, have shown that my body is clear of melanoma. The oncologist was surprised, since she expected to see more melanoma. She thought that I would have to take the follow-up injections of Interferons for a full year.
In May of this year, I began to feel tired and thought I had the flu. Then I noticed that the pain in my left groin was getting worse and I was experiencing increasing fatigue. I was admitted to the hospital with a severe staff infection in the area of my second surgery. At first I was a little fearful because the doctors did not seem to know what the problem was or how to fix it.
As I lay in the hospital bed, I was overjoyed to think that I have yet another opportunity to grow closer to God. At the same time, I was sad to think that God had to take these steps to allow me to awaken to His love for me. That night, before I fell asleep, I asked God what He wants me to learn from this. Sometime during the night, the answer came. "Love yourself." As tears came to my eyes, I could not believe that I heard what I heard. I asked again. The same answer came back. "Love yourself." I cried that night just thinking how much God must love me and how I have not loved myself nearly as much.
In the past, I thought of myself as some kind of ugliness to be ignored and discarded. I was hounded by the thoughts that my ideas and actions are stupid, arrogant and out of place and so was I. I broke the bones in my hands several times pounding concrete walls and hardwood doors in hate and frustration for who I was. I was depressed most of time and wanted to kill myself and attempted once.
Then God came to me and told me to love myself. If I were to say that there was a time in my life that God lifted me up from my enduring, daily depression, it was when He told me to love myself. Then tears came to my eyes to think that I did not know how to love myself and how am I going to learn. I turned once again to a renewed vigor of the mastery of the ten points.
As I have been reflecting on the words, "Love yourself." I have thought of God's sweet love for me and was thrilled. Sweet love. What a wonderful sound. Eventually I came to embrace the fact that God also has strict love. The question that then came to me was, "Do I love myself enough to live my life with strict love for myself?"
The next morning, while still in the hospital, a new doctor, who knew what to do, examined me. Two days later, I was out of the hospital, with my newfound treasure to love myself with strict love and with the unbelievable expectation that I might be allowed to be of greater service.
I will treasure these blessings the rest of my life and never forget what it means to love myself.
Suno Kamisama, Sukuinushisama, Oshienushisama and the Acting Oshienushisama, please allow me to express my deepest gratitude for my new life and for the opportunity to be of service once again.
Robert Valverde, Dojo, California
September 11, 2005. |
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Esther Sirkis
Freedom to live, and freedom to love.
09.29.05 |
Dear Annabelle,
I also have been thinking about you. You have so many things to be so thankful for. A new baby grandson. What an amazing time of your life. You and Mike must be over the top. Just enjoy, it is a wonderful club to be part of. "GRANDPARENTS." I am so thrilled to hear that your Book Launch went so well. I have started reading your incredible book. It is so moving and inspirational. It took a lot of courage to go in so deep and share it with the world. I admire your strength and I admire the path that you have chosen to continue to LIVE your life. It is a difficult path to go down but it is the way to learning and uncovering the truth. Taking away all the layers and revealing the truth is the way to Freedom. Freedom to live, and freedom to love. I am so proud to know such a kind considerate woman.
Loving Kindness and Friendship,
Esther Sirkis, Toronto, Ontario |
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Jague Sahota
This book is definitely for everyone.
09.27.05 |
Dearest Annabelle,
Your book has inspired me to read and reconnect with my spiritual strength. As a mom of a 2-year-old toddler, I never get the opportunity to read. I read a part of your book on our way to Banff with my family. I couldn't wait to pick it up and finish reading it. The speed at which I read your book made me realize how I've missed the beauty of words.
This book is definitely for everyone. It provides readers with opportunities for self-exploration. To look at ourselves can help us become stronger mentally, physically and spiritually, along with enormous happiness.
You take your readers on a journey that conveys beauty, love, appreciation, strength, forgiveness, family, life purpose, goal setting, self evolution, challenges and completion. Now who doesn't want to read about that?
Reading your book has also helped me reconnect with my spirituality. In doing so, I am more content, relaxed and balanced. Thank you for writing a beautiful piece of work. It is a courageous peice of work, it speaks from the heart. It gives individuals facing adversity hopefulness and strength in human potential.
Jague Sahota, Calgary, Alberta |
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Jordan Shuler
I could feel your heartfelt intentions.
09.27.05 |
Peaceful morning Annabelle;
A quick note to thank you for a wonderful evening last Thursday. I could feel your heartfelt intentions to reach as many people as possible with the wisdom you've uncovered.
It was a pleasure to be part of that and do look forward to our next encounter.
Kindly,
Jordan Shuler, Calgary, Alberta |
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Amanda Starr
You've opened my eyes.
09.23.05 |
Annabelle,
I had the wonderful privilege to win tickets to your book launch. Although I had not had a chance to read all of your book yet, I found encouragement and a new way to look at cancer. I brought my mom with me; she had lost her mother to breast cancer when I was still very young. It was hard to watch her go through the loss of my grandmother, they were quite close. We found your words inspiring and comforting. It's not surprising that so many scoff at the idea of "learning to love cancer", my first thought was "yeah right." But you've opened my eyes to a new way of thinking and if I'm ever faced with cancer, whether it be in me or someone I love dearly, I will remember your words and try to be as brave as you. Good luck to you and your family. Congratulations on being not only a survivor, but a fighter as well. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Amanda Starr, Calgary, Alberta |
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Ida & Sam
I have always seen the strength and courage.
09.22.05 |
Dear Annabelle,
Just wanted to let you know that Sam & I have always seen the strength and courage you have covered from yourself. It is precisely because you give so purely of yourself that all this and your beauty shines through. Good luck tonight and always.
Ida & Sam, Calgary, Alberta |
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Stacie, Stan, Josh, Devra and families
A dream come true!
09.22.05 |
Dear Annabelle,
What a special evening - a dream come true! We are so sorry we can't be there to share this moment of triumph, happiness and self-satisfaction with you. You have done an outstanding job of creating a wonderful and most impost inspirational reason for 'LEARNING TO LOVE CANCER'. You are truly an Aishet Chail - a woman of valour - and we are so very proud of you. We wish you a long life filled with good health, much happiness and lots of success with your organization and above all, the strength to keep you going in all of your endeavours. All of our love to you, Mike and the kids.
Stacie, Stan, Josh, Devra and families, Toronto, Ontario |
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Elizabeth Katchen
It was eye-opening.
09.21.05 |
Dear Annabelle,
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your book. It was eye-opening in several respects. You have accomplished so much and I admire you for so many reasons. I usually take a long time to finish reading a book but I read your book in one evening straight - couldn't put it down. Keep up the great work!
Elizabeth Katchen, Thornhill, Ontario |
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Joan Caplan
I feel touched at a spiritual level.
08.30.05 |
Dear Annabelle, After reading your book I wanted to tell you that I honour your journey and your courage. I feel touched at a spiritual level by your generosity of sharing.
My love,
Joan Caplan, Calgary, AB |
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Carolyn Libin
Your book is so nurturing!
08.23.05 |
Your book is so nurturing! You just want to open your heart and let people in. It is a gift on so many levels!
Carolyn Libin, Calgary, Alberta |
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Sandy Martin
No matter how dark the cloud!
08.28.05 |
Dear Annabelle,
I have had the good fortune to have known you Annabelle for some 20 years, yet I really did not know you fully and completely, until Messages from the Heart. Thank you for sharing all that you were and have become on your journey. You are truly a woman that defines the words grace, dignity and humility. As I devoured each page of this extraordinary gift, I laughed, I cried and I quite frankly could not imagine how your purity and goodness always shone through, no matter how dark the cloud! Your depth of character is refreshing, your struggles and triumphs owned only by you, and your generous spirit a testament to the love and family and friends that surround your full heart. I am so delighted that you have come into my life in a much more profound way. I am proud and honored to be your friend.
To Life,
Sandy Martin, Calgary, Alberta |
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Jill Bennett
A healthier course in life.
08.20.05 |
In October of 2003, at 51 years of age, I had a routine mammogram in Red Deer. Within 2 weeks I had a biopsy in Edmonton. My mother had died December 2002 of metastasized breast cancer, but she was 87. I had no worries. Took the family to Florida and returned to a phone call that I had an appointment with a surgeon. My ductal carcinoma in situ was invasive. In less than a week I had had a mastectomy on December 2, 2003. Three and a half lymph nodes were positive out of the 18 that were taken out. Christmas holidays slowed down the traditional medicine treatments, but I was scheduled for Chemotherapy in January. It gave me time to locate Dr. Bruce Hoffman and have a chat about how I could protect my good cells while my cancer cells were being poisoned. Through supplements, a diet prescribed by Amy Bondar, as well as visits to Monica Nipp for Rief Therapy and sound energy techniques, I now felt supported in my struggle to accept the necessary traditional medicine that was prescribed. However, after my second chemo treatment I sensed that things could be better and asked for a transfer from the Red Deer clinic to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. The difference was night and day. Coping within the system is a matter of advocating for oneself and seeking complementary therapies. Ones that feel right for you, as there is a large menu to choose from. Being able to ask for help while you are going through the treatments is a necessary step as well.
Our house was being renovated, so I chose to live in our Timber Cabin B & B away from the mess of drywall dust, sawdust and business phones. I had my music and my books. A special friend would come by to stock my wood pile and stoke the stove. Another friend would stay with me for the week after my treatment and make sure I ate and walked, while my 14 year old daughter was my chore angel. All helped me cope through the difficult time of being poisoned and feeling very sick. After 6 months of Chemo, it was recommended that I needed Radiation. Five weeks of daily treatments in Calgary. Other than being somewhat inconvenient at 2 hours away from our home in Rocky Mountain House, the treatments weren’t as physically debilitating (there was some local burning irritation), so I tended to cope on my own. I had time away from our business and relaxed in the city parks with my dogs while meeting new people that recognized me as a cancer patient and introduced themselves. A chance to try slowing down on for size!
The transformation of my perspective on life took many stages through this process. In the beginning, I figured now that I had cancer ‘bring on the coffee’ and other things I avoided for health reasons. I had been a vegetarian for 30 years and thought that I did eat healthy, plus I lived and worked in the outdoors. What was I doing wrong? After meeting with Bruce Hoffman and Amy Bondar I realized I had much to improve upon! Bruce told me in our initial meeting that I’d “be glad I had cancer”. Amy told me that “possibly vegetarian was not the diet of choice” for me. I started eating meat along with the “leafy green veggies” and cut out cheese and breads. I have lost 40 lbs to date and feel 100% better than I have in a long time. Taking time for me is a hard exercise, but I am improving slowly. Eating 3 to 6 meals per day, sitting down to eat and chewing your food isn’t rocket science, but a drastic change in my lifestyle and pattern of behaviour. I am working on it. Am I glad I had cancer? It has been almost 2 years since I was diagnosed. Only recently can I honestly say that I am living a better life now because of my wake up call 2 years ago. The “slash, burn and poison” were the low points. Although, because of the mastectomy, I had a breast reduction on the other side on June 2, 2005 and am very happy with my new “perky little boob” as Dr. Betsy Hall-Findlay calls it. I am enjoying my new short hair style that I probably would have never tried without my hair loss. And the seeking of complementary medicine has put me on a healthier course in life, one that I sought out 30 years ago, but slid away from and now know and feel it is right for me. My daughter has met with Amy in the last year and has chosen a healthy eating style for herself. This from a little girl who had previously avoided most veggies, salads and fruits in her diet. What more could I hope for? The Lord works in mysterious ways indeed!
Jill Bennett, Rocky Mountain House |
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Betty Smolkin
You're truly one in a million Annabelle.
08.05.05 |
Hi Annabelle,
It's me Betty! Just returned from Victoria yesterday and read through your book. I really enjoyed it and feel that I have a much better insight into who you are. I didn't know or understand what went on in the past as I joined the family in 1968 and I guess I missed (?) a lot. It truly must be cathartic and give you a great cleansed feeling to open your heart and release all of the caustic emotions and bad feelings within. I'm sure we could all do with some of that cleansing and take heed from your experience. I guess I'm really not too up on anything as I truly didn't even know you had breast cancer but trust you've beaten it with your positive outlook and hard work. Even though I am much older than you I can surely look up to you for all you have been through and the tremendous way you have handled and are handling everything. You're truly one in a million Annabelle and may your garden of dreams and wishes always flourish!
Best of luck always,
Betty Smolkin, Courtney, British Columbia.
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Dr. Stan and Carey Smith
Much success in your endeavours!
08.19.05 |
Wishing you continued good health and much success in your endeavours.
Dr. Stan and Carey Smith, Calgary, Alberta |
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Stacie Katchen
Written with heart and soul.
08.09.05 |
What an excellent book written with heart and soul. An awakening to another side of life and healing. A must read for all who are seeking a change and an awakening.
Stacie Katchen, Thornhill, Ontario |
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Karen Katchen
Inspirational, courageous and inspiring book!
08.06.05 |
Well Annabelle!!
It is 4 am and I have just finished reading your inspirational, courageous and inspiring book! What an outstanding journey you have been on, culminating, at least in this phase, with such an important gift to yourself and others -- your book of travels. How very fortunate you have been indeed to have had your cancer inspire this journey and I have been profoundly touched, honoured and inspired by your discoveries, your sharing of those, your messages and your energy to refresh and renew your values and priorities. That is all for now, as I am truly weary and ready for a restful sleep. Thank you. Sleep well. Live well. Live fully. And thank you again.
Karen Katchen, Toronto, Ontario |
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