well it was exactly one year ago I started this Blog.....now they say most blogs peter out after 3 months.....they say ( i have no idea who they are) most blogs never even get people to comment......well we certainly broke that mold................yOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN AMAzingGROUP OF PEOPLE...........i know now that my words have reached hundreds of people.....but what you also must know that your comments also have reached so many and in many times were just as entertaining as i tried to be.................i have saved every e-mail to my business account tcheffo@yaleet.net, my personal account thunderbyd@aol.com and to this blog and i have to tell you i still am amazed by the support that i was given.....i mean i know it was not your everyday,run of the mill, slam dunk kind of situation...i mean you all stood by me as the chemo entered my veins...you all sat right beside me when my bladder was removed and replaced with a piece of my intestine...you all held my hand when i took those first few steps to the computer in the hospital to tell you all i was gonna make it........you all stopped any tears from flowing before they even tried to leave my eyes (although a few drops just managed to escape just now)......i cannot even begin to thank all of you but i have to try..........to my wife, casey and chris your humor and love got me through the toughest of times......... you guys rocked...to all my cousins i love you so much and feel like i was so blessed to be part of this family , to my friends ,brothers and sisters of the road....... ....... i could not have made it without knowing we would all be together again......to my dearest friends what can i say....i tried listing all of you all but was to choked up so i just have to tell you something..." i have been to the darkest place a man could ever go, i have looked through these eyes and saw what never should be seen, i have been lifted from my dream to become whole again and you have been part of the reason why.........i will spend the rest of my life never ever taking our friendship for granted.................your hearts were so giving,caring convincing.......i had no other choice but to survive."......to everyone within the sound of this blog.....THANK_YOU from the bottom of my new bladder......................................tomstrong..........
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TC!!! All is can say is i now truly understand the meaning of the line 'once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right'! you are that light- and this blog has been a rather strange, albeit extremely powerful and inspiring place, to keep in touch with this incredible circle of souls. Soooo happy we are all here together at this point, one year later! It's just an anniversary, not an ending! I am with PC in saying that your blogspot has changed me, too. And as one of your 'newer' friends through our trade show antics and late night jam sessions over the last few years, i have to throw out a sincerely heartfelt 'thank you' to my dearest friends in the world, onedoobeone and twodoobetwo (Kent & Felicia Doobrow)- i love you guys and my life was forever enriched after you intoduced me to the "Tomcat" and all the rest of his characters and cast!
the rest of you whom i've met along the way, and those i have yet to, are all truly caring souls and tremendous people, and as sit here watching headline news at 5 in the morn', i just wish there were more of you out there!
So, in the spirit of the pathway which left solid ground and crossed over the valley of fire, and then returned to terra firma, i suggest we start a list of those that can attend the next WSA and head out to the canyon AND MAKE THE WALK WITH TOM!!! YA'LL REMEMBER THAT BLOG WITH THAT AMZAZIN' PICTURE?
Peace, Out
vansman
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