On behalf of Scott and his family, thank you all so much for your kind thoughts, your memories, your prayers, your hugs and your love.
Scott and I became friends because we shared a mutual friend here who was going through some bad times and he emailed me to ask for advice as to how he could best help her. He loved her very much, and he wanted SO much to help her. Someone he had never met, and never DID meet, “in the same room.” That pretty much tells you why he became so important to me.
I think he had the biggest, most giving heart of anyone I ever met, and that is going some…since I am priviledged to know some of the most loving and giving people anyone EVER knew.
He was, quite simply, the BEST.
He would be very surprised to have seen the outpouring of love and sadness that his passing caused…he was a very humble man, and never DID see how much he meant to people here. He used to say that if he never posted again, no one would miss him because he never said anything very “noteworthy.” Nothing I ever said changed his mind, and BELIEVE ME, I TRIED to tell him he was wrong.
It warms my heart SO MUCH to know that I was not the only one who appreciated him for the incredibly wonderful friend he was to so many of us.
I will never hear my dear friend’s voice on the phone ever again, saying…“Hi blue eyes, I was just thinking about you and wondering how you were doing?” But I take comfort in the fact that he was loved by so many, or at least will be MISSED by so many.
Thank you, my darling Shayna for taking so much of the burden off my blindsided heart by seeking out information, answers and the details of the memorial service. I have felt so helpless to do ANYTHING, so far away from where my friend left this world, and you allowed me some peace that all was being done that I would have done if I had been geographically closer. And thank you most of all for being there for me while I tried to figure out HOW this could have happened…and how I was going to get through losing such a dear friend without losing my mind.
You are indeed my sister, more truly than if my mother had given birth to the both of us. I am blest beyond words to have you in my life. [sub]And you are NEVER allowed to die. You do NOT, under ANY circumstances, have my permission. Just so you know.[/sub]
Thank you, Opal, for hosting a memorial page for Scott. I so appreciated your offer to host a page, but I am totally technilogically impaired and had NO idea how to make a page, so I just noted the kind offer and intended to thank you by email later. I was so pleased that you chose to do it ANYWAY, because NO ONE ever deserved it more. All of you who can, please visit and leave a memory or a comment…I intend to print all this out and send it to his family. Thank you SO much, Opal.
I appreciate ALL
