My computer is very slow. I haven’t been able to get on to the Straight Dope since I left my school at the end of May.
So I just found out about Wally. I knew he wasn’t on the Board anymore, from the sigs. I wrestled with the search engine, then gave up. Then, unexpectedly, I found a link to the tribute page in a sig line.
Goddamnit.
Can somebody please give me some links to how this was broken to the Board?
Can somebody tell me what happened?
And can somebody explain how I’m supposed to teach a Sunday School class tomorrow, and tell little kids that the world is a good place, on the whole?
I never knew the man, but I first arrived here around the time his passing away was announced. I did a search for some of his posts, read the tribute, and found myself in a state of mourning for a man with whom I never even had the opportunity to interact. I can’t even imagine how strongly this must have affected those who knew him.
In that thread, I read a rather fitting quote: “La vie est absurde, et Dieu n’existe pas.”
I hate to spew out clichés like “it’s always the good ones that go,” but in this case, it seems more than appropriate.
Sorry, John, my email a few hours ago didn’t arrive in time. Thanks to those who were more competent and posted the links.
I’m so sorry you had to find out like this. It still feels incredible and unreal even to those who lived through the tragedy day by day. The reality just plain sucks too badly to seem real, even now.
For all your pain, the best that can be said is, it’s shared. We’ve had time to absorb the loss, even though acceptance and belief are coming much harder. It isn’t the same SDMB without him, but the agonizing/comforting truth is that the SDMB is permanently change by his presence.
Your shock and grief is new, but it’s still shared. It’s a sad “welcome back” but everything you’re feeling and thinking is understood and accepted.
