The sad part of being part of this forum.......

 Is when people, due to health, move on. You would think that all of us here being anonymous and just here for the fun of it, wouldn't get emotionally attached to other users.

A few years back someone I considered a "friend" who more frequently commented on Kat's forum and was good friends with Kat as well - through email as I remember - suddenly went quiet. We knew she was elderly but it was still a blow. Kat tried emailing her with no reply.

Even on here I have come to realize a lot of us are getting on in years. Some of us don't want to talk about our health, others are more open. Every so often when I don't see the presence of a regular that has been on here for years, my panic button activates. 

I have come to realize our friendships on here are very much transitory. Yet, getting an email this past week from one of our regulars on here did knock me for a loop. I know it is someone I will miss and we will all miss. I have been requested by this gentleman to post his email to me to all of you on here.

Hi Snowy, 

Actually I've been putting on a false face.. sorry about that. I am now in stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, and have entered hospice care. Tick tock, time has flown away... with good dope I have entered Forever Land. 

As I had been hoping, Paradise now comes with background music. But it does need to be recharged every 24 hours. I think they are still beta testing it. 

I am at least very comfortable, fed well and surrounded by friends and loved ones. So say hi to all the usual suspects for me. And tell them I regret nothing...


Hello to each of you, Disqus crew... 

It has been a marvelous ride... but I am now powering down. Since the days when I was more prolific on these pages, I have spent more of my time in coming to grips with partisan politics. But now another element intrudes here... my physical health. Turns out I'm going down slow... toward a natural death. 

So I'm surrounded by friends, good neighbors and relatives... not to mention, a basket full of kittens. The humans feed me well and care for me as well as for my needs. It's turning out to be a really nice ending. I wouldn't miss it for the world. 

My wife-- now long deceased-- used to have a companion for here father who also announced she was dying. So people had better take care of her, show her more respect. She was like that. 

And she dined on that ticket for ten more years, before she finally up and died! Everybody got kind of tired of her, always working that angle. 

I may try that. Say some nice things about me. Let's see where I go with it. Snowy can be my spirit guide. 

Milo. 

Milo, if you read this, know that I will seriously miss you. I have enjoyed our banter over the last few years. All my best wishes to you and your family. Sincerely.






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