On McPoland loses his battle with cancer
Posted on October 3 at 11:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I know my brother Bob beat me to the punch, but I would like to say that today was not only my grandpa McPolands birthday, but it was the day my brother John joined all of our loved ones in heaven. I wanted to say THANKS to all who posted on this blog site, on Saturday I sat and read every entry that had been posted to John, he simply laid in his bed and smiled:) Today I read all of his new cards to him, and even though he was loosing his battle he would open his eyes to look at the special card that you took the time to send, and again smiled. He was surrounded all day long by his family, and he felt all of our love. The Hospice nurse that came today helped to get him ready for his journey to heaven...and the nurse tonight helped our family say goodbye. It was very sad, but in my heart I know he is smiling down with those we have lost, and getting together either a poker game or a euchre game:) This will be my brothers final blog, but I say this to all...
THANKS for all of your kindness and encouragement for John, you have all touched our lives more deeply than you could ever know. We will be planning his services soon, and I want all to know that one of his requests of our family is that we set up a scholarship fund, so please no flowers, my family will be returning soon to Janesville to set up this fund:) So here is a shout out to all of those journalism students be watching for my brothers memory to live on through others! God bless one and all!!!
Shelly (the General) Klinkhammer (Johns sister)
On McPoland loses his battle with cancer
Posted on October 1 at 5:12 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
On behalf of our family I want to extend our profound THANKS to all of my brother Johns "Janesville" family! I especially want to send a shout out to all of Bliss Communication for their support through the duration of this illness... John could not have asked for a better company to work for. The staff that has been Johns friends have done more than words can describe... I was with my brother when he was diagnosed, and joined my parents in the journey to bring him home, and all I can say is how proud I am to be his sister, he is certainly my hero! The family and friends who have come to visit, called, or sent cards have been like small gifts from heaven. As our family and friends surround my brother in these final days I ask all who read this to say a prayer for peace for John as he continues his brave fight. So finally THANKS to all who have cared for John, played poker with him, or worked with him... soon you will have a new gaurdian angel watching over you!
Johns sister
Shelly
Posted on May 11 at 8:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Today I came home to find a dozen lovely roses waiting for me... not from my husband (he knows better than to spend money on flowers), or a secret someone, but rather from my brother who is fighting everyday for his life. Over the past week I have felt quite pampered at work, and by my family. The hospital I work at makes a week long celebration for "nurses week" But the flowers I got were not for nurses day, or mothers day, but just because. Sometimes it is these moments in my life that take my breath away! Celebrate special moments everyday and count each day that you have with family as a blessing... you never know how long any of us has!
I love you John:)
Shelly
On I’ve got cancer, but the cancer doesn’t have me
Posted on January 16 at 3:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
As I sit here I am flooded with memories of a cold December night when I said goodbye to my parents and younger brother and went Christmas shopping with my brother who was just given the poor prognosis of his Cancer. I remember sitting in my car crying while my brother ran into stores to buy gifts for those he loved, wondering if this would be his last year to put enormous smiles on the faces of his neices and nephews. I found out on 12/22/2008 that I have
cancer in my thyroid, and if you haven't guessed yet I am Johns sister. My family calls me a "rock...strong..." but they would be wrong. You see it is much easier to be the one who is giving support than to be on the receiving end. I am fearful that when they open my neck to cut out my Thyroid that they will find something else, and I do not know how I would handle an unpleasant surprise. This last Christmas was hard, I lost my grandmother last summer who I loved dearly, found another brother had cancer, and found I had cancer... I forbid my family to talk about my new diagnosis as I had yet to grasp it myself, but more selfishly if I didn't talk about it then maybe it wasn't so... Well i will have my surgery
1/21/09
at the hospital I have worked for the last 21 years, and I am scared to death. I am afraid of the loss of control, and the unknown. So my dear brother... orders from the General (a nickname I am affectionately called by my family) be strong, keep yourself as healthy as you can, don't loose your sense of humor, and keep talking!!!
I love you very much!!
Shelly
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On Bullies, bullies everywhere
Posted on March 30 at 8:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I think that everyone can be a bully...we do it by being disrespectful to one another at work, with disruptive behaviors (talking on a cell phone during a meeting), talking down to peers, or by rolling your eyes at comments made by peers. When I was asked to talk about "bullying" behaviors I thought why me...I am a bully! I do some of those things! My thought is simply this...if you support, allow, or empower people to be a bully they will live up to that expectation. If you stop the behavior by calling attention to it, not gossiping about it you take the power from those doing the bullying. Let me just say it is hard to stop, but we start by increasing our awareness and then we teach our children...what really makes me sad is now we have to "teach" our children to be nice...So next time you start the eye rolling, or leave your cell on during a meeting, or have a side conversation ask yourself "Am I being a bully?" and if you are stop!
Johns sister Shelly K