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RIP Stefanie Spielman

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Apache;1599828; said:
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Spielman children and to Chris Spielman.

While Chris Spielman was truly a warrior on the football field and life, Stephanie was a warrior in life. According to the reports, she fought cancer 5 times in her life. This is truly an amazing effort. But add to that her efforts to fight cancer through research and fund raising and supporting her family while involved in this struggle is nothing short of amazing. I met Mrs. Spielman and her selfless attitude and the sheer class that was her trademark was evident.

A vignette to explain just what kind of LADY she was.

I met Stephanie Spielman at the Ohio State hospital while waiting tests in regard to my Traumatic Brain Injury. We were in the waiting room and I looked across the aisle and Stephanie was there and I noticed she had come to the hospital with IV needles and tubes in her arm. I looked across and asked her if she was in fact Stephanie Spielman. She replied that she was. We made some small talk. All of this time, there was a young mom with 3 children. The kids were being kids and playing and were quite rambunctious. The mother tried her best to keep them under control, but it was obvious that she was worn down and barely coping. Stephanie, talked gently to the kids and asked them if they wanted something to play with. She then dug into her purse and retrieved some toys and gave them to the children and set them up at a table to play. The young mother was so relieved and the children were playing happily after that.

Trying to be cute (and I was not quite there mentally at that time) I asked Stephanie if she had something in her purse for me. She laughed and retrieved a red super ball and gave it to me and told me laughing not to get in trouble in the waiting room.

I told her that I was kidding and that I didnt really want a toy. She had spoken to my wife and they shared war stories and she told me, that I needed that toy far more than she.

I kept that super ball with me and carried it as a symbol of hope, determination and the complete selflessness of another.
I carried that super ball with me to all of my treatments and recovery.

Last winter, a friend and co-worker went on the Cruise for Cancer. I gave returned the red super ball and a letter describing the incident in which she gave it to me. I told her that I carried that ball a lot since and after she gave it to me and in my pocket for much of the rehab treatments and how much it meant to me and the inspiration it gave. In the letter I thanked her and told her that I was nearly back to normal (if that is a term that can in any way describe me) and it was time to return it and hopefully inspire her.

Stephanie cried upon reading the letter with tears of joy and compassion. She also took the time to contact me and inquire how I was.

This woman is and always will be a hero and inspiration to me.
She could have stepped back in the hospital being tired and worn down and coping with chemotherapy. But instead she took the time to help a mom in need and struggling with her children. She could have discounted as irrelevant this man she didnt know. Instead she inquired to my wife on my condition and made the human contact with me.

This was a great woman, great mother, and a great human being.

NEVER SURRENDER--is a saying that we put on the door of our football locker room. Stephanie Spielman and her husband Chris certainly epitomize that dynamic.

Heaven is certainly a richer place today.

God Bless the Spielman family in this time of sorry, but we all need to remember to celebrate this great woman's life.
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Apache;1599828; said:
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Spielman children and to Chris Spielman.

While Chris Spielman was truly a warrior on the football field and life, Stephanie was a warrior in life. According to the reports, she fought cancer 5 times in her life. This is truly an amazing effort. But add to that her efforts to fight cancer through research and fund raising and supporting her family while involved in this struggle is nothing short of amazing. I met Mrs. Spielman and her selfless attitude and the sheer class that was her trademark was evident.

A vignette to explain just what kind of LADY she was.

I met Stephanie Spielman at the Ohio State hospital while waiting tests in regard to my Traumatic Brain Injury. We were in the waiting room and I looked across the aisle and Stephanie was there and I noticed she had come to the hospital with IV needles and tubes in her arm. I looked across and asked her if she was in fact Stephanie Spielman. She replied that she was. We made some small talk. All of this time, there was a young mom with 3 children. The kids were being kids and playing and were quite rambunctious. The mother tried her best to keep them under control, but it was obvious that she was worn down and barely coping. Stephanie, talked gently to the kids and asked them if they wanted something to play with. She then dug into her purse and retrieved some toys and gave them to the children and set them up at a table to play. The young mother was so relieved and the children were playing happily after that.

Trying to be cute (and I was not quite there mentally at that time) I asked Stephanie if she had something in her purse for me. She laughed and retrieved a red super ball and gave it to me and told me laughing not to get in trouble in the waiting room.

I told her that I was kidding and that I didnt really want a toy. She had spoken to my wife and they shared war stories and she told me, that I needed that toy far more than she.

I kept that super ball with me and carried it as a symbol of hope, determination and the complete selflessness of another.
I carried that super ball with me to all of my treatments and recovery.

Last winter, a friend and co-worker went on the Cruise for Cancer. I gave returned the red super ball and a letter describing the incident in which she gave it to me. I told her that I carried that ball a lot since and after she gave it to me and in my pocket for much of the rehab treatments and how much it meant to me and the inspiration it gave. In the letter I thanked her and told her that I was nearly back to normal (if that is a term that can in any way describe me) and it was time to return it and hopefully inspire her.

Stephanie cried upon reading the letter with tears of joy and compassion. She also took the time to contact me and inquire how I was.

This woman is and always will be a hero and inspiration to me.
She could have stepped back in the hospital being tired and worn down and coping with chemotherapy. But instead she took the time to help a mom in need and struggling with her children. She could have discounted as irrelevant this man she didnt know. Instead she inquired to my wife on my condition and made the human contact with me.

This was a great woman, great mother, and a great human being.

NEVER SURRENDER--is a saying that we put on the door of our football locker room. Stephanie Spielman and her husband Chris certainly epitomize that dynamic.

Heaven is certainly a richer place today.

God Bless the Spielman family in this time of sorry, but we all need to remember to celebrate this great woman's life.
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That seriously brought tears to my eyes.

Great Story. Thank you for sharing that.
 
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kmurp;1599909; said:
I only registered for your forum today to post my heartfelt condolences to the Spielmans. Chris is such a credit to the OSU family. A real man....I wish there was some way I could pass on my condolences to him personally.
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Very Classy and Appreciated
 
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I saw Stephanie once when she appeared at one of the "Saturn Day @ the Zoo" events. She and Jack Hanna were wonderful and I remember seeing such emotion from the crowd...

Chris was an awesome tackler and his wife was no less in tackling Cancer.

Rest in Peace.
 
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In Africa, a life well-lived in service to others is a cause for jubilation and celebration. Rather than suffer her illness in privacy, Stephanie Spielman chose to stand and fight and to share with others so that those who came later might benefit from the attention she brought to the disease. She stands as testimony that one person can make a difference.

My condolences to the Spielman family on your temporary separation from this wonderful woman. God bless her and you.

Surely, you will be reunited one day.
 
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He was an inside linebacker at Ohio State; in the discussion for best of all time.
He played the position in the NFL.
Then he came home to get paid to talk about the Buckeyes on the Radio.

I used to say that Chris Spielman was living the life I wanted.


not anymore... Dear God... not anymore

RIP Stefanie
 
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I'm sure Chris will be the first to admit (and maybe already has) that he was by far the second-toughest Spielman in his family.

Very tragic, sad, and also inevitable news to hear of Stephanie's passing.

Her ordeal is finally over, and we can all learn many positives from her and Chris, and also celebrate her life along with the Spielman family.

God bless
 
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