Thanks for posting about Wally. I wanted to send you a private message but your icq number and email address are not on your profile so I couldn’t.
It took great courage and your message was much appreciated.
Same here Shayna. A big hug to you. You’ve been in my thoughts all day.
Yup me too. ( And I hate me too posts but…hell it’s true.)
Just adding my thanks Shayna. I know it had to be hard for you to tell us, but if you hadn’t that thread would not have been here and wouldn’t have turned into one of the most beautiful, touching tributes I have ever seen.
Ayesha
I miss Wally
Let me add a grateful “me, too” on this, Shayna. When I turned the computer back on and got Amy’s email, my heart stoppped. I switched over to the board, numbed and disbelieving and agonizing how to possibly convey the news.
You had beaten me to it, and done it so gracefully and kindly and with such a whole heart I was glad it worked out that way. It was tremendously painful for you, but I’m convinced no one could have done it better. It was somehow right, because I truly believe Wally would have entrusted the task to you if he’d been able.
Many thanks.
Veb
Thank you Shayna!
Just chiming in.
Thanks for the e-mail yesterday Shayna. It means a lot to me to know what Wally thought about me.
I know it was hard to break the bad news to the Doper community Shayna. I dont know if I could have done it. Thank you for your courage in telling us. :
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I’m glad for two things. That Shayna got the news to us rather than Amy having to tell us, and that a thread titled “Shayna” wasn’t more bad news.
You are a true friend to so many people.
My thanks to you as well, Shayna. Delivering such painful news to us Dopers had to be an absolute nightmare.
I’d like to send flowers or a contribution of some sort. Shayna, do you (or does anyone else) know where I can send something?
((((Shayna))))
Because SquirlCub explained the gay username symbology, I don’t need to know what a “talkinsquirrel” is…
Yikes.
ultress, I just sent a reply to your kind and thoughtful email.
I am so overwhelmingly touched by this thread, I cannot even begin to express it. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who has posted here. You’ll never know how hard that topic was for me to post. It tore my heart to shreds to have to be the bearer of such horrific news. I was in such a state of shock from having read Amy’s email that I’m surprised I could put 2 words together. Even now I look back and think of all the things I should have said and didn’t. Or couldn’t. There are just some things that one is unable to express, ever.
Wally has been my savior, my rock, my champion and my friend and, as I’m sure many of you know, we had grown quite close. I will miss him more than I could ever say.
Wally loved everyone here and had kind words to say about so many of you. ChiefScott, I’m glad to know that forwarding his thoughts about you has helped you in some way to cope with this tragedy.
Veb, I was just coming to the board to see if I could grab your email address from your profile and send you a note when I saw this thread. If you don’t mind, I’d like to post Wally’s words about you here to share with everyone. He thought the world of you, Veb, and appreciated your kindness during his surgery more than you may know.
**Shayna 06/12/20 10:04 PM**
Sorry to take so long. I was composing a reply to Veb who's having a really rough time of things right now.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthreadphp?threadid=27337
**WallyM7 06/12/20 10:07 PM**
Poor Veb. I'm going to send her an email. She's such a sweetheart. Before I went in for my heart surgey, she sent me some emails that perked me right up. Except for one, which believe it or not, made me cry. I still have it.
Veb, you touched his heart very deeply with your kindness, so much that he saved the words you wrote. Know that and let it be a comfort to you in your greiving.
Persephone, I don’t have any information about the funeral or where to send contributions yet. I’ve let Amy know that I would like to attend the service and that others here, as well, would like to either attend or send cards, flowers, etc. She is probably the only one who can use his computer and the child is inconsolable right now, so I’m not sure when I might hear back from her. I’m hoping it’s soon. I promise as soon as I have any information I will gladly pass it along to everyone.
Thank you again for all the beautiful thoughts posted here. You guys are just incredible.
Shayna, I’d be honored. Post anything you want.
Veb
Psst, Veb, look above. I did post it in my message. If Wally were here, he’d say, “Sheesh, where’d you get your glasses? The Mr. Magoo Optometry Shop? :wally”
I know it wasn’t much, probably easy to overlook, but I figured you’d like to know what he said about you.
And for these words you posted above, I must say a most sincere thank you to you as well.
That means more to me than you will ever know.
We talked into the wee hours the night before his accident. At midnight, his parting words to me were, “We’ll talk tomorrow. Love you.” And mine to him were, "I love you. Night night."
Sleep tight my treasured friend. I will miss you tremendously.
I echo what they said, Shayna. Thank you is so inadequate for what must have shredded your sweet heart to type.
{{{{{{Shayna}}}}}}
<choked up, words stuck in her throat, purplebear leaves quietly>
Put me on the thankyou list as well. It is never easy to tell anyone they have lost a friend.
Shayna, I just wanted to add my thanks as well. I know it must have been very hard for you to have to break the horrible news but I’m glad it came from someone who cared so very much for Wally. I know he appreciates it too. He was a wonderful man and it pleases me that he had someone as caring as you to talk with before the accident. I know you are hurting and if you need to talk, feel free to e-mail me at any time. I’ll e-mail you my number if you want to talk. Just let me know. Please let us know as soon as you have any information from Amy.
{{{{{{{{{{Shayna}}}}}}}}}}
{{{{{{Shayna}}}}}} thank you.
Being relatively new here I have had the opportunity to read some of Wally’s post though I don’t recall having an actual exchange with him. Still, every time I read his posts in the past, I could not help but grin at my monitor like a big idiot because of the very natural and insiteful humour that almost always infused his writting.
Thanks to you, and many other posters, I’ve taken the time over the past couple of days to read some of the Wally-isms that people found and re-posted. I found myself missing a person I’ve never met or spoken with, although now I feel fortunate to have gotten to know him just a little bit through his old posts and shared sentiments from many of his dear friends (like you) on this board.
My deepest sympathies to you for the loss of such a good and kind friend. I think we are all better people for having gotten to know him - even in the most indirect ways.
You did a wonderful thing, Shanya. Thank you.