Posted on 05/19/2009 5:19:00 PM PDT by DollyCali
Our dear friend is fighting hard the last leg of his battle with cancer. He lost his wife a few years ago & has gone through his own journey of misery with the big C
How to you pray for a good friend who is fighting the last struggle? I guess with lots of love and with the trust of God to see him through his transition to glory. I regret deeply we never met face to face(YET).. but email & phone calls do strengthen ties & that is good I guess.
LanZALot needs our prayers and needs to hear some “good stuff” from Freepers!~
A couple years ago he enjoyed a family cruise & took /posted some pix & many of us for the first time were able to put a face with a pix.. I speak with him on the phone on occasion & his voice if firm & warm.. Loving & considerate. That is Lew.. That is Lantzalot..
His last post here at FR was at the thread of Ray Malone(CommonTator) death.. HERE
I suspect when I send him the link to this thread he will check in if he can
Here are his posts at Free Republic
Here are some of his recent notes from here & there & yonder. So you might have some background.
In recent weeks, my visits here have become fewer and farther between. It has been getting to be quite a chore to leave my room and walk the 15 or 20 steps to the "computer room." Well, in the past few days, it is getting to be a near impossibility. So I have to consider that this ... or my next trip here ... or the next -- could be my last time. I would like you all to know that the time I have been able to spend with you has been most enjoyable. A real blessing.
I'm a transplant from Indiana (Fort Wayne) to California (now living in San Pedro.) I've blossomed and flourished here, but will never shake that Hoosier soil from my roots. I have a sister still living in Fort Wayne and a brother who's moved to southern Indiana. My elder sister passed on in april, 2000.
Moved to California in 1962, just before my 21st birthday, and got a job at a defense contractor. Stayed with that company until 1996, when I was blessed with early retirement.
In 1969, I met the most beautiful woman in the world; married her in 1971. It was 30 years of bliss until her passing in 2001, nine days before 9/11. We loved to travel together, read books to each other, and just be in each other's company. From our previous marriages, she had six daughters, I had a son and daughter. The grandchildren number 18, and there is a one-year-old great granddaughter.
It was through her that my politics changed from liberal to conservative. In about 1999 I joined what was probably then the most prominent conservative web site, posting under the name "LantzALot." (My family name is Lantz.) They were heady times, culminating in booting the Clintons out of the White House in favor of "W."
Since my wife's passing, politics has become a less prominent part of my life. When I returned to that web site a couple of years ago, it seemed that the level of discussion had deteriorated, and the poster we know as "Ghost" guided me to another. I took the name "Calknight" on that site, and when Ghost introduced me to The Right Reasons, I became just "onemoreknight."
One thing that has always been a big part of my life is music, from listening to the radio at my mother's knee in the '40s, to dancing at record hops in the '50s, to singing folk and folk rock (always in the privacy of home.) In the late '90s I fell in love with Irish music. In the last couple of years, I have indulged my love of music by participating in NCJim's "This Is The Week That Was In Matters Musical" thread, and by (you are permitted to laugh here) singing in karaoke bars.
Two years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. It was removed by surgery, but the surgeon told me it would be back in six to twelve months. Well, I lasted twice that amount of time. Scans at 17 months after surgery showed me still clean, but at 21 months (about two weeks ago) it was back -- apparently with a vengeance. In the terminology of poker tournaments, I have been playing the short stack and holding my own; but now I'm all in, and the turn has given my opponent the advantage. If I don't get a miracle on the river, at least I've had a good run
My political conversion. Mine didn't come out of intellectual pursuit, merely from observing that the "anti-establishment" furor of the '60s and '70s was contrary to my values, and realization that my youthful idealism was misguided.
Now, a little perspective: she was eight years older than me, and did not (fully) share my taste in music. When I was a freshman in high school, dancing to “Don’t Be Cruel,” she was already married and had two (of her six) daughters. She had about the same opinion of rock and roll as my parents had.
But this was different: a whole new sound. I was awestruck. I was impressed that a “rock” band would open with a symphony orchestra ..
Lew introduced me to many musical groups.. . If you go to the various threads at various forums at which he posted you are impressed with his knowledge & appreciation of many genre of music.. He shared many with me …two especially have captured my heart and soul. Celtic Thunder and Celtic Women
Here are a few links of music of theirs that Lew shared with me and I now have shared with many others along the way
Knights (or is it NIGHTS?... LOL) in White Satan – Lew is a Moodly Blues fan but I LOVED this visual with the sound for the song.
Nights in White Satin – Celtic Thunder
Lew if you read this.. KNOW that I listen to this daily & think of you.. and I LOVE YOU DEAR FRIEND…. Just as in this song.. the love that God gives to his people to share..I love you, yes, I love you, Oh I how I love you.. ..How I love you….
I know what Love Is – Celtic Thunder
A Bird without Wings – Celtic Thunder
I’m sorry to hear that. Prayers up.
And I still think the other one is bad, but it's the only thing I've ever had recorded.
Lew & guitar - Its good to be back home
now you can put a face & voice with a screenname!!!! (and see his home.. apparently from top floor of his home there are fantastic views of the ocean/harbors etc in California)
I’ll remember him in my prayers
Thank you for posting that Dolly —
Thinking of you Lew.
Hope you can get some comfortable moments and rest.
Big healing hugs to you.
Thanks for the post Dolly.
Lantz...we’re here with you...in heart and mind...you are loved by many more than you can ever know.
Thanks for the youtube link, Dolly and thanks to MelMinda for a glimpse of her father.
love
Awwww Dolly, thanks for posting that. Wonderful!
Lantz, we’ve never crossed paths before, but your story and your struggle touched me. Prayers and warm wishes sent your way!
~Many Prayers~
I join you in prayer — please keep us posted.
Prayers are up.
Prayers up for you.
And it is BAD! She recorded (and posted)it on the sly, when I was just learning the song.
Prayers lifted....
There you are! glad I checked pings one more time before tackling the day!
I like the way you are moving around & the camera is moving around. I think you sound great & look wonderful. Know you wish you had that energy now..& could get to Karoke & play a little
Are you on your new laptop yet?(or is is a notebook)
My prayers go out to LantzALot and his family. May God watch over them during this difficult time.
Prayers for peace and comfort, secure in the knowledge that loved ones and family gone before will be waiting to welcome you home in joyful love forever.
Just fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
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