Topic is Sleeping.
Simplicity (original poster member #60501) posted at 5:18 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2022
I know it's been a long time now, but coming back here and not seeing him here made me miss my adopted South African uncle. He was always kind and thoughtful in his responses, and seeing his journey out of infidelity had given me so much hope. In many ways, coming back here without him just is not the same.
ff4152 ( member #55404) posted at 7:03 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2022
Simplicity
I agree. Next month will be three years since he left us. The last message I sent him sits unread in my inbox. It’s a stark reminder of what was lost. But it also fills me with some happiness when I reread the things he said to me. He was kind to me when I was in a very dark place.
I miss him and am proud to call him my friend.
josiep ( member #58593) posted at 8:12 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2022
I've thought about creating a post like this but didn't so I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks of him so often.
What a remarkable person he was.
BW, was 67; now 74; M 45 yrs., T 49 yrs.DDay#1, 1982; DDay#2, May, 2017. D July, 2017
BearlyBreathing ( member #55075) posted at 8:16 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2022
Add me to the fan club. I miss many who posted here and then left— but he left a most indelible mark. He seemed to carry such a grace about him, and the universe took him too soon.
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
Cooley2here ( member #62939) posted at 6:55 PM on Saturday, October 8th, 2022
It says a lot about the power of this forum and the people who are on it. I sobbed when I found out he had died. It was like losing a brother. He lost his life to cancer and so have many of my family members so I just ached for him to beat it so he could live with the love of his life. What a sweet man.
When things go wrong, don’t go with them. Elvis
nightowl1975 ( member #32212) posted at 12:32 AM on Sunday, October 9th, 2022
I have a small box, less than the size of a shoe box, with mementoes from my nearly 50 years here on earth. I’m not a sentimental type in general, and the items in my little box are few.
But in that box are a collection of post cards that he sent my then-10 year old daughter from his travels all over the world when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Everywhere he went, he sent her a post card. They often took many weeks to arrive due to being sent from remote locations.
We received the last one after his death. I will never forget sitting in my driveway, crying like a baby, missing a man I had never met and would never meet, but who had left a mark on my heart that will never be forgotten.
May he Rest In Peace.
Me: 44
Ex: 52
D Day: 4/2010
Divorced: 7/2010
ChamomileTea ( Moderator #53574) posted at 12:16 AM on Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
BW: 2004(online EAs), 2014 (multiple PAs)
Married 40 years; in R with fWH for 8
pureheartkit ( member #62345) posted at 11:07 AM on Thursday, October 20th, 2022
He's with us. I think of him as well.
Thank you everyone for your wisdom and healing.
Lionne ( member #25560) posted at 2:38 AM on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
Me too. What a gracious, we'll spoken, kind hearted man.
Every man's death diminishes me but some more than others.
Me-BS-65 in May<BR />HIM-SAFWH-68<BR />I just wanted a normal life.<BR />Normal trauma would have been appreciated.
Topic is Sleeping.
