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Pastimes : Pray for Edwarda. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 5:19:00 PM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 1576

Should JLA or some other responsible person learn the answer to the mystery that took Edwarda away, I would like to know. If this is inappropriate to report here, I would welcome a PM. Mike

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 5:21:00 PM
From: cgraham	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576

Bob, Your couldn't have been more eloquent. She would have appreciated your heart felt comments. Keep her in your heart. Cat

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 5:28:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 1576

I am printing that post out and saving it forever. I am not being dramatic or exaggerating.

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 6:13:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576

That's as great a tribute as she could have asked for. It is astonishing how much our lives can be affected by people we have never met in person. Some people are that way. She was one of the rare ones. For the way she touched people who never met her in person, for the outpouring of disbelief and grief at her untimely death, Edwarda reminds me of no one as much as Diana, who also touched so many with the love which so clearly defined her very presence. I though I was a big boy. But if it's true that big boys don't cry, I'm obviously not one.

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 7:49:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576

Bob, I too have started writing and aborted the message multiple times. I don't know if I can accurately convey what I am feeling, but I will try. Quite simply put, Edwarda was a good person in both thought and action. Clearly she brought light into the lives that she touched on SI, but she did it in 3D as well. More than anything though, she looked for the good in people. And she found it. She found the good in people that I disliked immensely. And she helped me see things their way so that I could at the very least have an understanding from where they were coming from. And she gave freely to help others. When I was involved with a charity event last year, she sponsored me for what can only be described as an extremely generous sum of money. And she and I had never actually met in 3D. But she trusted and liked me enough and wanted to help others enough to want to be a part of the effort. As most of us would expect, the generosity of her kindness that we all experienced here on SI, carried over into 3D. I have always had difficulty in talking about my life on SI as the "real world". Edwarda, knew that this place is as real as home. She always differentiated the two with "2D" and "3D". Her passing has driven the point home to me. This is the "real world", it is just 2D. But dammit it hurts in 3D. Tom (aka JXM)

To: SI Bob who wrote (884)	6/19/2000 11:23:00 PM
From: MSB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576

Bob, I remember seeing some mention of removing posts about Edwarda (or was it: posted from her?) earlier today, though I did not investigate further as to the specific nature as to what was to be removed. Upon reading of the news of her passing during my lunch hour and having to deal with the issues of closure in one fell swoop, I was too much of an emotional wreck to see what exactly was what with regard to the removal process. If there is a process, and it is going to include all of her posts, I'd like to suggest that some of the very best be copied and saved as this might be something her relatives would treasure having. I know if she were my sister, I'd be very happy to have something of her and her thoughts in written form. I'd also point out, around the time of her uncles passing, there was some discussion about how one could pass on the thoughts of others in book form for the benefit of surviving family members. I do believe she was very much in favor of such an idea when the discussion was taking place. So in the hunt, if they be other threads, please take care to cull those which may be of interest to parties outside our little world. Wishing this be the last of my participation in the matter, Mike