Denise is the heart of TCH, our den mom, and cute big sister. We miss her and hope she recovers quickly so we can have her back!
This thread is for us to post our well-wishes to Denise as she recovers, so she has one thread to check into. Any stuff we want to tell her can go here. This will be pinned until she gets back.
No Off-topic items please. Current events stuff go in the unpinned thread below. If you accidentally post off-topic, let us know and we can delete it.
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Denise, we miss you and pray for you and your family! Get better, girl. We need you.
Denise, we miss you, we love you and we need you. ❤
Prayers and best wishes to you and your husband, Denise! Do what the doctors say, and get well soon!
Denise, we miss you and are all pulling for a full and speedy recovery. You’re family to us😘
Hurry back to your mom cave and TCH!
Loving thoughts to you and your family Denise.
How do you know we love you? Well here is just that answer from one of your favorite movies.
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P.S. Expect a package from Homemade by Dorothy.
Get well soon Denise and come back quickly The place isn’t the same without you.
Great idea Votermom.
Get well soon Denise! Am sending along lots and lots of speedy healing, and lots of love and hugs!! ❤❤❤❤❤
You seem like such a strong and steady lady…I know you will come out of this ok. You are the main thread that holds us together here. You have a great snarky sense of humor. Get well and hurry back.
Hurry, get well soon…like asap! Miss ya!
Marty and Greg need you home with them. And we need you here at your online home! How are we ever to know what is going on with Sparkles??? Or hear that favorite Broadway tune? You are missed, so listen to the doctors and the therapists and get well fast. You know you have to be here Nov 3rd for the celebration. Love you! ❤️
🙏❤🙏
Denise
Suck it up, Denise! We love you. Get well SOON!!!!!
Hi Denise – get home QUICK! In the meantime, here’s one of your faves 😍
miss you much Denise…get better so we can watch those riden with biden fall off the cliff and celebrate 2020 the year Donald J. Trump and his patriots took back their country 🙂
Denise, get well soon! Pay attention to the therapists and docs at rehab. They know what they are talking about – regardless of how mundane those exercises may seem. Then, come back home – the one in VB and the one here at TCB. I miss you and need to know you’re okay! 💕💕💕
Miss you Denise!!
Also this ICYMI
Rule breaker. 😉
I know. I’m sorry.
I saw the rule after I posted.
Need to start reading the whole post before commenting. 😉
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Get better soon Denise!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
All the good thoughts to you, Denise! Bodies are so stupid. Hang in and know that everybody here is demanding that the universe gets its shit together on your behalf!
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
We are miserable without you!
Saw him do this at the first concert at RAVINIA last summer. It was 60°. We had to buy blankets at the gift shop it was so cold. But Josh Groban was brilliant. And he sounded just like this. Chills ——> not from the cold but from the beauty.
I can imagine, I get chills just listening to this here.
Tears.
Rest up and get well soon. Sending prayers and positive vibes!
Bad ass Denise — you have given me incomparable strength. I ain’t done. Not even close is it the life wisdom I want to steal from you. Ya might think a passer by at the Hole thinks nothing. I and obviously others care. We cherish you. I lit a candle today for your granchild.
You best be on the mend cause this asshole took the knee in front of God for ya kids. I wamt my Denise back. I am better parent because you rock..
I care about you
🙏❤ Sending prayers ❤
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Denise, sending prayers for speedy healing and recovery!!
Get better soon and get your happy ass back here and back tothe clubhouse stat, please!
I’m so sorry you and family are dealing with this and I’m keeping you all in prayer.
xxooxx
Denise
WTF?
There will be a congressional inquiry into who let this happen
Get well fast. We miss you. I miss you.
I do hope and pray we have your delightfully sassy self back here soon.
Mom!!!! Get well soon before we kids break the china…. we already wrote all over the walls (oops).
Good Morning Denise. I hope you are feeling a little better today. Can’t wait until you are back.
Denise, I hope you have a hunky Physical Therapist named …Alessandro, with Italian accent. 😉
Who serves cocktails at the end of every session
And what does this have to do with wishing Denise well?
I deleted it
Sheldon was a patriot like Denise. I wish her well.
Denise
You are missed. Prayers and get well wishes coming to you.
you got a lot of friends here
Good Morning Denise! You’re in my thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery!
Denise, hope you are feeling good today and doing your therapy. Lots of prayers and good wishes to you!
Hi Denise! Welcome to Thursday, Oct 15. When I was in rehab, it was always reassuring that I made it to another day! lol I hope the doctors and therapists are working the same miracles with you that they did with me. Have a great day. Enjoy your meals, your sleep, and your exercises. Have a great day! 💕💕💕
Just wanted to help keep up your spirits with something you introduced to us a few years ago. Have a great day!!!
Denise, Praying for your full recovery. You have helped your family for years, now let them help you.
Thinking of you when listening to this song. Denise would have been “just 17, if you know what I mean” in ’63?
Ditto and stuff.
So eloquent. 😉 How are you doing? Denise went 30 years without seeing a doctor. Does she win?
😀
Yes. Denise wins. 30 years without seeing a doctor is winning!
I saw a dentist today. I say “a dentist” because “my dentist” retired during the ‘Rona House Arrest. He gave me an Rx for antibiotics and I see him again on Monday.
Took two pills 4 hours ago and I feel better already.
glad you feel better. there is nothing worse than a toothache
Very good news Known!!
Good! And thank you for checking in. ❤
This is for our favorite Marine Wife:
As soon as I saw it I thought of Denise.
lol, where do you find this stuff?
Klownn has Scary skills. He gets two n’s so auto correct leaves it be. 🤡
Good morning, Denise. Its almost sunrise, and I just finished my morning meditations. I included my wishes for your quick and successful recovery. Its still dark, but any minute the sun will be rising. Here’s a sunrise that I know you’ll enjoy. Best wishes and lots of love 💘
Good Morning Denise. I’m still praying, still thinking of you and still hoping you come back real soon.
Hi Denise!! Pretty soon you will be tripping the light fantastic!
wishing you well and a good healing process————we all miss you here
Denise your boy
Love this guy. People like YOU Denise let us have a voice.
He flipping hits the notes.
Ugh this wont post
Good Morning Denise. As well as enjoying old movies, I remember that you also enjoy watching Sonja Henie. So here she is.
Good morning, Denise! Thinking about you today and everyday!
Goid morning, Denise! A brilliant blast from the past to get you going this morning!
Miss you Denise.
Woke up and was thinking of you this morning! Good Morning Denise!! Big hugs!
Just talked to DH. DVB is doing very well! They already cancelled speech therapy. Apparently she can say “Get the fuck off me” pretty well. 🤭
They are doing physical therapy several times a day and she’s worn out, but doing it well. No word on release date yet. He has received some of our cards already. He was napping, so I let him get back to his nap. Special Greg is hanging in there. 🙂
I told DH to tell her how much we all love her and are rooting for her return. He said he would. 🙂
Great news! Thanks for going the extra mile and also for letting us know. Xoxo
wonderful
Thanks for the update!!!
That’s our girl! ❤
That is such good news. Thanks for letting us know.
Lola thank you so much for the update. Glad to hear Denise is working hard at recovery and feisty! It’s good to hear she’s feisty, that’s usually a good sign.
Keep doing your PT Denise, we’re all cheering you on. Can’t wait for you to get back home! Love and hugs😘
Wonderful news! Get your butt back here girl. It is crazy out there. Big Aloha my friend
Yay! Great job Denise!
Thanks for the update, Lola!
The Crawdad Hole needs everyone here! Now! ❤
Isn’t Les Mes her favorite?
We miss you.
Me Aunt Maureen has lit a candle for you. Not sure why, but for some reason they lit em for me in 1970 when I was a goner. They have never gone out. Fifty plus years. It is now a donation site. People leave gift cards for families with sick kids and canned food. Loads of canned corn and string beans. The priest takes veggies to shelter. No family can eat that much corn. I got very close with my Aunt Maureen when they pulled the death panel shit on my dad. They wanted to put him down. He lived three years. Fuck the MDs. I said dad are you ready to give up. He said no. I said I got you. He died at home three years later from a heart attack. Shay got 3 years with her Pap.
She loved her great grandfather. Maureen and another aunt Patty watched me stand for my dad. I took a brilliant stand. I was not letting them kill my father. I slept in a damn chair in his hospital room. There was not going to be a morphine drip on my watch.
I earned Maureen and Patty’s respect. Sure in 1985 they didn’t deal well with me being gay. It was another time. Their only brother got sick and it was the gay son who had the grit to keep his head above water. It is like with pets. I get the phone calls when a pet needs to be released. Jim cannot do it. Steve, Casey, Dan, Mary, Sherry, Patty Beth, Cori none can slide a dog onto cardboard and hold paws as a best friend leaves. I can.
Maybe Aunt Maureen was of another mindset in the 80s. We live and we grow. Am i meant to exist hating my fathers sisters. I think not. My Maureen is older like late 70s. I spoke of Denise. She lit a candle and knelt asking God to exhibit compassion. She has a belief in me. She lit a candle. The candles started out for me in 1970. A tragic boy with an absurd ticker. I had two gaping holes in my heart. My valves leaked. Aorta was too far to the right. Heart was four times normal size. I did done die. Boring was death. I was always dying. I made it through the rain. Just a silly mistake. I dont deserve any of this. My pig valves are nearly 50 years old. They are meant to last 12. Who’d a thunk I would be a gay fag raising an athletic kid and on top of it all getting to know Denies??????
Good Morning Dense. Hope you are feeling better today. We are all awaiting your return.
Good morning, Denise! Something to make you smile today
If that doesn’t work…
Good morning, Sunshine!
I’m so proud of you kicking PT butt. Keep it up and hurry back, I miss you 🙂
Happy Sunday Morning Denise!❤
Is this what happens in Charm School? I mean rehab?
Good Sunday morning, Denise! I hope you have some sexy PT therapist who spends lots of time with you. 😉 And the food is tasty, the tv screen is large and you get to watch all the sit-coms that you love.
Hey Denise missing you. Terribly, madly, deeply.
Blessings and best wishes…
Good morning Denise! A little bit of Liza live on Broadway to get you going today. Hang in there, we all love you
Hi Denise. They say laughter is the best medicine and this sure is funny. 🙂
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Denise likes doxies.
Good morning, Denise. I hope every day is getting better and that you will soon be home with us. Miss you!
Good morning Denise! Don’t know if you saw this show, but thought you might enjoy this
Hi Denise. Just checking in to wish you a good day. I hope your health is improving by the minute.
We all miss you.
I keep checking in waiting patiently to see Denise is here.
In her honor, I’m going to use a word for the very first time online-
Get the fuck back here!
Now I have to go wash my hands.
❤
That’s sweet. ❤
Yes Denise GTF back here! So much craziness we need you to comment on. Hugs bud💖✌️
Good morning Denise! Just in case you haven’t had time to keep up with the news while you’re working so hard on recovering, here’s a glimpse in a nutshell of the latest Dem effort in a genre I know you’ll enjoy
Good morning, Denise !
I see my message from yesterday didn’t post. 😒 I was taking a “brain break” from Calamity’s remote learning. But I had been thinking of you and still am. I hope you’re getting set to practice all those exercises when you get home. The work never ends… 🎈 🎈 those TCM movies are awaiting your return. So Are We…
Sending love and hugs!! lateblum ❣️
Denise, there are roses!
Good morning Denise – something silly to start your day
Good morning Denise!! Hope your day is awesome, and hope you are home soon. Hugs and love! ❤
We sure are missing you! I hope you are getting lots of strengthening rest.
Denise! I miss you! ❤
Good morning, Denise. Your boy Freddie with opera legend Montserrat Caballé. I remember buying this album of their duets in the 80s; a wonderful fusion of my two favorite genres of music. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Also, plug the fucking computer in and come on by ❤
I haven’t been by this place in ages, and it was a shock to see that you’re sick. Here’s hoping you make a full recovery!
Good morning, Denise – a little encouragement to gtfo of PT and get your ass back home. Tie your sheets together and think like Jean-Claude Van Damme
Good morning, Denise! Still thinking of you everyday and hoping you will be home soon. We miss you!