My hometown

wlyon · 11-04-2007, 01:39 AM

This is probably not the place for this since it doesn't involve lugers or holsters or guns of any kind. Instead it is about the people in my small Montana hometown. My wife has been in kidney failure for several years and has been on the National kidney list for two years. In May she went on dialysis. The local paper did an article about her. From this a local total stranger volunteered a kidney. The operation is Nov.27 in Seattle. The town (1200 people) has totally overwhelmed us with support. There is a "bandana bonanza," ,selling purple bandanas for Mary. Everywhere I go people are wearing them. Tonight our local live theater put on a benefit play. Our church has been highly involved. On Nov 18 there will be a town blessing for Mary. It is not the monetary portion that's important it's the love and caring we are the recepients of. It seems that the news these days is filled with bad things. They need to print more of the good things like my wife and I are experiencing. Believe me it is eye opening and very humbling. It makes an old cynical man like me think and even shed a tear or two. There is still a lot of good in this old country. Bill

Steinar · 11-04-2007, 07:34 AM

Glad to hear that someone stood up and gave something of grater value than any material goods.
News will always reflect the bad things more than the positive..
All the best wishes for the upcoming operation!

Earth is not flat,
Earth is not the centre of Universe,
Earth is not big,
-we are all neighbors

wlyon · 11-04-2007, 09:09 AM

Thank you Steinar. Bill

Ron Smith · 11-04-2007, 10:43 AM

Hi Bill,

Sounds like a great community. People seem to come together when crisis arises. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife.

Best of luck...

Ron

lugerholsterrepair · 11-04-2007, 10:51 AM

Bill & Mary..What you say is true. There is much good in the World regardless of what is in the newspapers. The goodness of strangers and people in your hometown, people that care even if they don't know you.

Ellie and I will be praying for Mary's complete recovery and a new life.

Jerry Burney

wlyon · 11-04-2007, 11:12 AM

Ron , Jerry and Ellie. Thank you ! Bill

Edward Tinker · 11-04-2007, 11:25 AM

I have known Bill for years and actually met Bill and Mary when I went to Bill Munis's funeral 1.5 years ago. They are just nice folks, the type I like to hang out with !

Bill has always stepped up to the plate whenever others need help; Bill if y'all need anything?? Can we send Cards, etc for Mary?

I will check around here for some purple banadana's, and since I know that Mary is a dog lover, then it should be okay if Terry says each of the dogs should have a purple bandana and we'll post a picture

Your friend,
Ed

wlyon · 11-04-2007, 03:01 PM

Ed. Thank you for your kind words and offer. We are fine .Would appreciate Mary in your prayers . Your friend Bill

John Sabato · 11-06-2007, 03:14 PM

Bill,

Reassure Mary that both she and you will be in my prayers daily for success of her surgery, and a complete recovery. I will also keep the anonymous donor in my prayers for their unbelieveable generosity... May God bless you all.

John D. · 11-06-2007, 04:51 PM

Bill,

Your's and Mary's story, and with what the community is doing - and that donor - is absolutely inspiring... I don't know who Jenn & I should pray for and send our thankful prayers to - simply all involved...

Some folks believe all that happens around us is "coincidence". That's OK for them. Your story is a miracle - and that's my belief.

All of you are in Jen's and my thoughts and prayers....

John D.

wlyon · 11-06-2007, 06:49 PM

John & Jenn Thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers. Bill

wlyon · 11-06-2007, 06:55 PM

JS Thank you John .Appreciate your words and prayers.

11-04-2007, 01:39 AM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	My hometown This is probably not the place for this since it doesn't involve lugers or holsters or guns of any kind. Instead it is about the people in my small Montana hometown. My wife has been in kidney failure for several years and has been on the National kidney list for two years. In May she went on dialysis. The local paper did an article about her. From this a local total stranger volunteered a kidney. The operation is Nov.27 in Seattle. The town (1200 people) has totally overwhelmed us with support. There is a "bandana bonanza," ,selling purple bandanas for Mary. Everywhere I go people are wearing them. Tonight our local live theater put on a benefit play. Our church has been highly involved. On Nov 18 there will be a town blessing for Mary. It is not the monetary portion that's important it's the love and caring we are the recepients of. It seems that the news these days is filled with bad things. They need to print more of the good things like my wife and I are experiencing. Believe me it is eye opening and very humbling. It makes an old cynical man like me think and even shed a tear or two. There is still a lot of good in this old country. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

11-04-2007, 07:34 AM	#2
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Glad to hear that someone stood up and gave something of grater value than any material goods. News will always reflect the bad things more than the positive.. All the best wishes for the upcoming operation! Earth is not flat, Earth is not the centre of Universe, Earth is not big, -we are all neighbors __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

11-04-2007, 09:09 AM	#3
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	Thank you Steinar. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

11-04-2007, 10:43 AM	#4
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Bill, Sounds like a great community. People seem to come together when crisis arises. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife. Best of luck... Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-04-2007, 10:51 AM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Bill & Mary..What you say is true. There is much good in the World regardless of what is in the newspapers. The goodness of strangers and people in your hometown, people that care even if they don't know you. Ellie and I will be praying for Mary's complete recovery and a new life. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-04-2007, 11:12 AM	#6
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	Ron , Jerry and Ellie. Thank you ! Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

11-04-2007, 11:25 AM	#7
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	I have known Bill for years and actually met Bill and Mary when I went to Bill Munis's funeral 1.5 years ago. They are just nice folks, the type I like to hang out with ! Bill has always stepped up to the plate whenever others need help; Bill if y'all need anything?? Can we send Cards, etc for Mary? I will check around here for some purple banadana's, and since I know that Mary is a dog lover, then it should be okay if Terry says each of the dogs should have a purple bandana and we'll post a picture Your friend, Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

11-04-2007, 03:01 PM	#8
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	Ed. Thank you for your kind words and offer. We are fine .Would appreciate Mary in your prayers . Your friend Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

11-06-2007, 03:14 PM	#9
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Bill, Reassure Mary that both she and you will be in my prayers daily for success of her surgery, and a complete recovery. I will also keep the anonymous donor in my prayers for their unbelieveable generosity... May God bless you all. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

11-06-2007, 04:51 PM	#10
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	Bill, Your's and Mary's story, and with what the community is doing - and that donor - is absolutely inspiring... I don't know who Jenn & I should pray for and send our thankful prayers to - simply all involved... Some folks believe all that happens around us is "coincidence". That's OK for them. Your story is a miracle - and that's my belief. All of you are in Jen's and my thoughts and prayers.... John D.

11-06-2007, 06:49 PM	#11
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	John & Jenn Thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

11-06-2007, 06:55 PM	#12
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	JS Thank you John .Appreciate your words and prayers. __________________ Bill Lyon