a moment of silence

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due to a terrible family tragedy, i will be away for an undetermined time, hopefully brief. please keep my family in your thoughts. i am very grateful in advance for any good karma you can send our way. thanks, friends.

134 thoughts on “a moment of silence”

  2. Anne,

    Mark and I are praying for you and your family. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do for you or help you with.

  3. My deepest sympathies for your loss. I am sending you many thoughts waves, hugs and prayers to you and your family and hope that you can find some peace and comfort knowing he is at peace now.

  14. Oh Anne, I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I will be thinking of you during this difficult time.
    xoxo

  20. I’m so sorry to hear that you and your family are having to deal with tragedy. My thoughts are with you.

  22. Hi Everyone,

    I am writing on an update for all of you and because I still am not sure where to put these so that all of you will see it, I am putting it in Anne’s comments in hopes you’ll check back here often.

    I am setting up a Benevolent Fund for Anne’s family to help deffer any funeral costs. I am not asking for you to donate and please do not feel that you must, this is solely for those who wish to send cards, donations, flowers ect..

    The funeral service for Anne’s brother is at the following address…

    McVeigh Funeral Home Inc
    208 N Allen St
    Albany, NY 12206

    (518) 489-0188
    You can send any wishes, ect. to this address for the Hanson funeral which will be held this Friday.
    I am sure Anne can feel all your thoughts and prayers and I think it goes without saying that she is greatful for all of you and your thoughts. For those who wish to send cards ect to Anne not through the funeral home, I am going to give my personal address and you can send it to me and I promise you, I will get any and all items that are sent here , to her as soon as she comes home. I just am not very comfortable giving out Anne’s address without asking her permission first and I am just not sure when she is coming home first of all and secondly, when she does, I am sure she will be not only very tired but she probably isn’t going to have alot of energy to do a lot and I would like to try and have things organized for her already. To be honest with all of you, I feel very very bad for Anne and her family and I am not sure WHAT to do for her so I am doing whatever comes into my head to try and help so if it comes out a bit silly and poorly orchestrated, I am very sorry but I am not sure how to do this type of thing.

    Here is my address: Anne Hanson
    c/o
    Debbie Jusi
    2414 Pennington St Nw
    Canton, Ohio
    44709

    Again, thank all of you for your prayers and warm wishes on behalf of Anne, I just know she is so overwhelmed by all of your love and support….
    I will post more when I know more.

  23. oops. P.S. I’m sorry everyone but I forgot to add that please know I will NOT be opening any of the mail sent to me, it is addressed to Anne and for her, I will just collect it….I wasn’t sure if anyone would think I would open it up or anything, I just wanted you all to know that it will be private for her.

  24. I am so sorry for the loss of your brother. there are no words that can make it right. I only know you through you website but I am praying for you and your family in this difficult time.

  27. Anne, I’ve never commented here before, but I read. I am thinking of you and your family, and though nothing I can say will make it better, please know that people around the world are thinking of you and yours.

  28. Dear Anne,

    I am so sorry that your family is suffering. Please know that you and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.

  29. Anne, I am very sorry to hear about your loss. Please know that you & your family are being held close in so many people’s hearts right now.

  31. Hi Everyone,

    Sorry, there is apperhantly a miscommunication with the funeral home and myself. Beckie (not sure if she has a blog, geesh, how silly am I for not knowing that..) anyways, Beckie is also a very good friend of Anne’s and she used to have fiber crack *wink* (gorgeous fiber) but she contacted the funerla home and asked some questions about flowers and stuff and they told her that it would be better to mail donations to the mother (or in this case Anne) instead of the funeral home….but this was AFTER they talked to me last night and said yes, go ahead and post their address and so people can send not only condolences,flowers and/or any monetary donations…..sooooo again, because I do NOT want to post Anne’s personal mailing address and also, she is not there, I will again state that you can send anything to my address and I will get it to her asap. Also, it still remains the same, please know I will not open anything, it all remains private, for Anne’s eyes only. You could also feel free to wait for her to come home and ask her if you could send cards and stuff directly to her and ask her for her address. Again, I just don’t want to give her address out without permission.
    Thank you Beckie for helping take care of this. I am so happy to be part of this community, I can’t tell you how much I feel for all of you, your all so fantastic and I know Anne can feel your love and prayers.
    Thanks ya’ll,
    Debbie

  37. Oh Anne, I will absolutely keep you and your family in my thoughts. I wish I hadn’t fallen behind in my blog-reading, so I would have known about this sooner! Knit for sanity if you can, and be well.

  38. I am so sorry about your loss, Anne. I, and all of us here are thinking of you.

  39. So sorry to hear of your loss. You and your family are utmost in my thoughts and prayers. Know we are all gathered around you and holding on. Love and prayers Pat

  41. Hi Again Everyone.

    I just wanted to give ya an update and save you the pain of having to track it down via my blog LOL. I talked to Anne last night and she is doing well, as well as can be expected in this difficult time. She is so touched by all of your wishes and prayers, and believe me, she really IS touched by it. You all are so great and your so amazing, I knew it before but I know it now too..The outpouring is amazing. Anne wanted me to let anyone know this,,,,I talked to her about the monetary donations and she wants you all to know, please don’t feel like you have to do that but if you want to, there is a charity listed in the obituary (I left a link for you all in the above post) and she is very impressed with it and said to please send your donations there. It is a worthy center that does ALOT of good within the community…..but also, again, please don’t feel like you have to do ANY of that.
    I will continue to keep ya’ll posted and updated with minimal hoopla from me 😉
    Keep your prayers and well wishes for Anne and her family during this very difficult time.

    Debbie

  42. Anne, Thinking of you and your family throughout the day again today and in the days to come. Prayers and healing thoughts coming your way.

  43. Oh Anne, I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you and your family are getting through this difficult time OK. I’m sending loads of good karma and comforting thoughts your way. Hang in there and be strong.

  44. I wasn’t reading blogs for a few days, so I just got here to see this. I’m thinking about you and your family and sending all the good energy your way.

  47. i couldn’t find a link… here is the obit in full

    Hanson, John P.
    Hanson, John P. SCHENECTADY John P. Hanson, 43, died suddenly Friday, March 2, 2007 at home. Born in Schenectady, he was the beloved son of Suzanne Bottari Hanson and the late Joseph L. Hanson Jr. John was a 1981 graduate of Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School and 2003 graduate of Union College. He was employed at the Schenectady County Public Library. He was the dear brother of Michael (Mun) Hanson of Hawaii, Anne Hanson (David Whitfield) of Canton, Ohio, Helen Hanson (Krishna Govindarajan) of Medford, Mass. and Joseph Hanson III (Deborah) of Cedar Park, Texas. John is survived by several aunts, uncles, cousins, and 10 nieces and nephews. Funeral services Friday at 9:15 a.m. from the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen Street, Albany thence to St. Madeleine Sophie Church at 10:00 a.m. where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Relatives and friends are invited and may call Thursday, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment will follow the Mass in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands. Those wishing to remember John in a special way may send a contribution to the charity fund of St. Madeleine Sophie Church, 3500 Carman Road, Schenectady, NY 12303 or Christ Guild Society, c/o St. Madeleine Sophie Church.

    and here its the paper link

    http://www.legacy.com/TimesUnion-Albany/Obituaries.asp
    then search for John Hanson.

    You can sign a guestbook there too.

  50. Oh my good ness, Anne. I’m so sorry to hear about your brother’s loss. ((((((((((((BIG HUGS))))))))) to you. Please know that your family are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. My heart just goes out to you.

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