No one ever knows just what to say at a time like this. Please know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. May God hold you in His loving hands and protect and guide you through your ordeal. Sincerely, Marion

What a powerful and moving work this is. Thank you for sharing it.

Ontroerende woorden, sterke emotie, mijn hart bij je, niet kunnende doorvoelen wat je beweegt. begaan en medelevend, ben ik bij je juliette

thinking of you D...

A very strong picture and thought provoking words, thanks for sharing. I only can say be as positive as you can my friend!

((((((Dirk!))))))) I love you, and I don't even know you in person! xoxoxo's I mean that in a 'friends' kinda way. lol q-: Hang in there! You can do it! (:

Powerful words and strong photo my friend....!!!! God will help him but stop that it is necessary that all we have it to you present in our prayers....!!!

{{{hugs}}} Powerful and thoughtful poem.

I wish you all possible strength and power. You will make it!

Such powerful expressions Dirk...

Very powerful! I send you lots of prayers and hopeful healing. Bunny

Candles are lit, smoke rising from them as prayers, for you and the team that will bring you through this to health again. Hurry back to us.

Dirk, you are still a young Puppy not an old Dog like me. Just got out after two weeks in the hospital, feel better that I have in years. If I can make it So will YOU. Al.

A very powerful and moving work. My thoughts are with you.

Your poem touched me to tears. My heart and my thoughts are with you in these hard times, Dirk. All the best to you!

Thanks for your candidness in your artwork Dirk! - Only the best for your next step to full recovery ;)

Okay, apologies ..because this is gonna be a biggie..Deal with it guys.. :) Through raining eyes, a thousand words come to mind...yet none are sufficient...or nearly worth a single damn, in truth, are they? All the well-intentioned phrases, platitudes, though beautiful and tender, make not a difference in the world..though they are all that anyone standing on the outside of your self looking in...has to offer you in these moments. Empty words, I trust you know, I will not offer you. Useless, perhaps even a bit careless, those things, right now. But, in this moment, and in moments yet to come, know in your being that never have I tried so hard to harness so much energy, pointing it at an intended target, in literal attempts to will something into being...as I do for you these days. If one could literally bottle strength, courage, health, lack of fear, peace, and love...these would be my gifts to you...in overflowing and abundant plentitude. Though I am small..and merely mortal..these are the very things I cast into the universe to find you, to fortify you. I loathe that this has sat here, with me unaware, for a full day now. I get no notifications when you post despite having reset the option several times. Odd though, as I admit, I check here daily..even if only for my own sheer selfishness, as I feel certain others do as well...for the peace of knowing, that you're okay. For that I am sorry..though the loss is surely mine. It seems incongruent, doesn't it, to dash these words, this image, into a favorites folder? But, yes, it heads there. You, I know, will surely understand. The reasons, simple. First, because I know that creativity has been a difficult thing to come by for you these days...so I cherish it even more deeply than even I might have at any other time, for the energy and effort it has cost. But, more than all else, because never in this thing we each call our respective lives, have I ever received anything so stark, unvarnished, and steeped in simple, rawest truth...as these...your...thoughts and words. What greater gift is there in this world than that of a kindred soul laid bare, unashamed? I think, none. Our truest selves, warts or not, are the only real and tangible thing we truly have to offer one another. And this is the true gift here. For that, for this, for the sheer blessing of encountering you and coming to learn your lovely soul...( it is). I am literally graced beyond words...enormously thankful..and honored beyond all measure. Take the knowing of this with you..though the offering is meager..and press it closely to your heart...until you join us again here in this place...stronger, steadier, and ever growing younger. (((Dirk)))

Wish that you get healthy very soon, Dirk

I wish you better health Dirk and a good strong healing process.

What can one say to an image such as this? No one can understand unless one as been in some else's shoes. So I can not understand where you are at, but the image provokes such thoughts and feelings! So to you where ever you are on your trip on this earth, I send you my prayers to God for peace, guidence ,and healing. A most powerful image!

Wet eyes. No words.