wow.
I still have a mail I recieved from him. It makes me smile whenever I open it. your father was an incredibly funny, selfless man. But I’m sure you knew that already.
Thank you so much for the update, Amy. your post has made my day.
Tóg go bóg é,
John
Happy New Year to you as well. I thank you for the update. I can’t begin to imagine your loss or pain.
I think of Wally and family often.
When I go to the pet store for cat food or what have you, people are usually wondering why I’m giggling when I pass the gerbils.
Happiness and love to you and your family Amy.
Happy New Year Amy! I’m so glad you gave us an update. Wally was one of the funniest men I knew and I will always miss him. Best of luck to you and your family.
AMY!!! I just had to add my hugs with all the others. It is so nice to hear/read from you. Please come back and visit us often. Or better yet, become a regular! Originally, everyone knew you as Wally’s daughter, but I think it is safe to say that you are adored here in your own right and all would love to see lots of you!
Heloise
I signed up on this board after your dad passed on. I’ve seen a lot of references to your father. He seemed to be a way kewl person. I am very sorry I missed out on his contributions.
I’m happy to see that your family is moving onward in the greiving process. Don’t be surprised if you stumble and fall back a step or two. It’s just the way the greiving process works.
May God continues to lay his healing hand on your hearts. May the new year, century and millennium provide you with may pleasurable thoughts of your father.
Cheers!
Oh Amy, how kind of you to post.
As has been so oft repeated, I have thought of you and yours many, many times over the past months.
What a sparkling gem he was. That his sparkle still tickles us speaks volumes.
May heavens finest blessings shower down upon you!
In case you haven’t noticed, you are adored here, please return to us whenever you feel the need.
Much love from all of us.
Amy,
Your dad was a truely remarkable man and touched many, many lives. We used to joke about motorcycles, and every single time my husband and I ride our Harley, I think about him and hope he’s keeping us safe. He is really missed, and the positive energy that surfaces whenever he’s talked about is so strong, it’s literally amazing.
Glad to hear you and your family are well.
Remembering WallyM7 today,
Zette
Thank you for writing to us, Amy. I’m glad to hear that you and your family are doing well. I wish you a Happy New Year, and hope to hear from you again soon.
What an excellent surprise this post of your was. Thank you.
Amy, thanks for the information. I have this disease that causes me to think about the world in terms of books that I have read… it’s wierd. Anyhoo, when I think of your Pop, I think of the narrator’s father in Robert Heinlein’s To Sail Beyond the Sunset.
If you’ve got time, why not check it out of the Library and let me know if I’m on the mark?
He was a special man. Thanks for sharing him with us.
Thank you for posting that, Amy. You don’t need to hear it from anyone else, but I personally admired your Dad in a number of ways. After falling down a set of stairs at my apartment, and not being sure whether to cry at the pain or laugh hysterically, I realised that I just had a Wally moment, and wherever he is, he was laughing his ass off at me. There is something very graceful in finding humor in pathos.
It says mountains about the strength of your family to be able to say that you’re doing OK. Your boyfriend was an ass. Anyone who is able to face what you have with the amount of grace that you have is a rare human being.
Happy New Year, hon!
Thank you for posting that, Amy. You don’t need to hear it from anyone else, but I personally admired your Dad in a number of ways. After falling down a set of stairs at my apartment, and not being sure whether to cry at the pain or laugh hysterically, I realised that I just had a Wally moment, and wherever he is, he was laughing his ass off at me. There is something very graceful in finding humor in pathos, and your Dad had that oodles of that grace.
It says mountains about the strength of your family to be able to say that you’re doing OK. Your boyfriend was an ass. Anyone who is able to face what you have with the amount of grace that you have is a rare human being.
Happy New Year, hon!
It was good of you to check in and provide an update, Amy; thanks. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Please forgive me for not responding to your warm reception sooner, but I have no internet access and am posting from a friend’s house.
I intend to get a computer and access very soon,(Steve took Dad’s to school with him, the stinker), and then I’ll drop by more often.
Thank you so much for your sweet words. I’m so glad I gathered up the courage to post. I thought you might have forgotten me, because I never did post much.
My old email address doesn’t work anymore, but as soon as I get one, I’ll see about getting some pictures scanned and send them to you, Sis. I mean, Shayna.
Dad used to say, “Yeah, it’s crazy, but I love those guys.”
I love you, too.
-Amy-
we would never forget you, Amy. you, and your father will be embedded in our hearts forever. You as a great, and outstanding person; and your father as a great friend that left us all too soon. He touched many a-person here at the boards, and he, and you, will not be forgotten.
Thank you for posting agin, and I hope you do join us more often. Thank you, and Godspeed with whatever you do.
(P.S. Happy New Years 
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It was a pleasant surprise to see this thread. Thank you for posting and updating us. We all appreciate how difficult it has been for you, and we hope you’re finding peace.
The comment about playing the field is very Wally. 
So was the transfer of the business, and the certificate.
It is good to hear the family is doing well. Having something to do, to be productive, is good for you mother.
Wally was a wonderful influence on this board. I thoroughly enjoyed his posts, and was shocked by his death. Sometimes when I post I aspire to be as Wally as I can.
It has been commented that we appreciate the updates, but you are thoroughly welcome to join us at any time to be Amy. And I’m sorry my name isn’t Tom, Dick, or Harry. 
Merry Christmas, Shiny Solstice, Happy New Year, and all that!