Ah, good. My email got through. You know, I just spent the last few hours going through some of his posts from the last 4 months or so. I am sitting here, marvelling at how smart this man was, at his sideways sense of humor (especially directed at himself), the variety of things he knew about… I am overwhelmed. I knew those things already, but reading those posts brought it all home again.
Those of you who knew him only from the threads where he posted never got to see the man who was thoughtful, kind, helpful, loving and very caring. I adored him. I wanted to share those things with you tonight. He was truly one-in-a-million. I always used to feel somewhat nauseous when I would hear someone say that they had found their “soulmate” (it was usually said after 1-2 dates or about 6 months before the divorce). But this man truly was my soulmate, in the most complete sense of the word. I was 49 when I met him, and he was well-worth every second of that wait. God, I’m going to miss him!
How sudden and so sad. My heart goes out to you, LadyLion. The next few days will be tough. It looks like you have several Dopers’ thoughts to help you through it. I’ll add my prayers to theirs.
Please accept my condolences. I enjoyed reading his posts, and I’m sorry we won’t be seeing him any more. I’m glad you had the pleasure and the joy of his company for as long as you did. I just wish it were longer.
Matt, thank you. With this being such a tough day, you just brought the first smile to my face this morning, when I saw Steve’s name on your list. As Steve himself would have said, “You rock.”
I was only fortunate enough to meet Padeye (and TheLadyLion) in person once, but he left a lasting impression on me. Even though I knew he was slightly peeved at me at the time for some, ahem, embarassing rantings I had made a few weeks prior, he still treated me with good nature and shared with me his immense knowledge of a city brand new and slightly intimidating to me. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t know half of what I know about the layout, architecture, and history of Phoenix.
I can’t believe Los Dos Molinos was 3 years ago already. I always just assumed I’d meet him again one day, and I’m terribly sorry that I didn’t get to.
I hope you’ll be ok through these hard times, Cindy. I don’t know what else to say :(.
I am so very, very sorry, TheLadyLion. I wish you all the comfort, consolation and peace you can find at such a terrible time. You’re being held closely in our thoughts.
