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Thread started 10/18/08 8:55am

ThreadBare

A friend of mine died yesterday

I learned yesterday that a buddy of mine passed yesterday.

He and I were closest during my teens, and he was known among our circle of friends for his big frame and even bigger heart. He used humor to win friends, and he did so easily. You could always count on him for a silly joke and loyal friendship.

I moved on to college and made a regular habit of living away from home. Even so, he'd keep in contact with me and other friends from our hometown. He'd e-mail us updates on his work at our old church, send me invitations to choir events (even though I lived far away). When I once called him a spammer (mostly in jest), he said: "If I have to be a spammer, I'll be a spammer... fo' da LORD!" lol

His weight issues contributed to a bunch of health problems and he'd spent the past year in a rehabilitation center, just trying to gather the strength and courage to walk again. He told me in a phone conversation earlier this year that people rarely visited him. They called pretty regularly but rarely saw him.

So, I put seeing him on my short list of priorities, during my vacation home this summer. I wasn't prepared for his condition. It was good, however, to see him again. There's a lot he missed out on because of his health issues. Yet he constantly tried to encourage others.

Do something nice for a loved one or for a complete stranger. Get past your walls and live.

Life is so utterly short. rose
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Reply #1 posted 10/18/08 8:57am

Cloudbuster

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Bless you, man. hug
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Reply #2 posted 10/18/08 8:57am

DanceWme

Im so sorry ThreadBare.

R.I.P rose
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Reply #3 posted 10/18/08 9:01am

littlemissG

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hug
No More Haters on the Internet.
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Reply #4 posted 10/18/08 9:01am

thekidsgirl

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so sorry! comfort
stay strong, you're in my heart
If you will, so will I
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Reply #5 posted 10/18/08 9:06am

veronikka

hug
Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul
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Reply #6 posted 10/18/08 9:07am

sammij

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I'm so sorry to hear that love sad
hug hang in there.. rose
...the little artist that could...
[...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...]
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Reply #7 posted 10/18/08 9:11am

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rose

hug
You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
authentic power is service- Pope Francis
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Reply #8 posted 10/18/08 9:17am

Serious

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rose
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #9 posted 10/18/08 9:25am

Cinnie

comfort That was really cool that you made a point of visiting this summer. hug
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Reply #10 posted 10/18/08 9:47am

FreeSpirit

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(((Chris)))
rose

This is so true.

Get past your walls and live.
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Reply #11 posted 10/18/08 9:49am

JuliePurplehea
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rose
Shake it til ya make it dancing jig
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Reply #12 posted 10/18/08 9:51am

emm

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I take way too many things for granted. Nothing is assured after all.


hug you are a good man. lots of love to you. kiss
doveShe couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone to stay dove
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Reply #13 posted 10/18/08 10:22am

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rose
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Reply #14 posted 10/18/08 10:23am

Boriqua1130

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You have my condolences. @)-}-----
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Reply #15 posted 10/18/08 10:29am

KidaDynamite

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Oh wow. Sorry to here this! hug dove
surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years...
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Reply #16 posted 10/18/08 11:14am

SUPRMAN

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My prayers and condolences.
I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think.
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Reply #17 posted 10/18/08 11:29am

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I'm sorry. rose
"What's 'non-sequitur' mean? Do I look it up in a Fag-to-English dictionary?"
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Reply #18 posted 10/18/08 12:17pm

CalhounSq

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So sorry, Threaddy hug hug hug
heart prince I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it prince heart
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Reply #19 posted 10/18/08 12:24pm

Statuesqque

I sorry rose
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Reply #20 posted 10/18/08 12:26pm

CarrieMpls

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I'm so sorry to hear, thready. hug
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Reply #21 posted 10/18/08 12:33pm

Flowers2

hug I'm so sorry rose
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Reply #22 posted 10/18/08 12:34pm

bluesbaby

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hug sorry for your loss, Chris
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Reply #23 posted 10/18/08 12:47pm

ThreadCula

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hug hug
"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood...NOBODY!"
johnart says: "I'm THE shit"
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Reply #24 posted 10/18/08 1:54pm

hokie

I'm sorry for your loss.

hug
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Reply #25 posted 10/18/08 1:59pm

rasplicious

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ThreadBare said:

Do something nice for a loved one or for a complete stranger. Get past your walls and live.

Life is so utterly short. rose


I'm so sorry hug and you're right to remind us through this post of how important it is to live.

God bless
xxx
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Reply #26 posted 10/18/08 3:01pm

Muse2NOPharaoh

Im so sorry Christopher. hug
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Reply #27 posted 10/18/08 3:28pm

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rose hug
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Reply #28 posted 10/18/08 4:20pm

union119

sorry to hear about your friend rose

and you are right:

life is too short to be small.
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Reply #29 posted 10/18/08 5:49pm

SCNDLS

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I'll keep you and your friend in my prayers. pray rose
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