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    Man o' man, what a sweetheart his mom is!

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   Out of nowhere I got a card from @stepee's Mom! Not bragging, but it was top to bottom and continued on the back. Most know that we lost our oldest son Donnie to brain cancer in 2019 and this forum and alot of you here helped me tremendously and at the time I found it hard to grasps just how kind pretty much strangers can be in a time of need...so, again 6 YEARS later, I thank you all! Anyway......

 

   I had a hard time writing the letter, well card with long letter inside. It's hard to console someone with loss like this, most will say "I cant imagine what your going through" and that's very nice to say and it's appreciated. This time though we/I know exactly what she's going through. With exception of us knowing it was coming with Donnie, we were both at his side when he past away!

    Long rant to say that I cried in front of my wife reading her card, from a complete stranger, but her words were worm and she spoke about her relationship with Stephen and that she was sorry for our loss too. She mentioned how good the letters felt to read knowing her son was a friend to so many. How she felt about me not knowing him personally and how she knew we would've been fast friends if ever given the chance. How she was comforted by all the love and well wishes in so many letters from US ALL HERE! Like I tried to say, writing the letter was hard, literally took several days as the feelings of our loss welled up bigtime while trying  to put words to paper & comfort her and family from a position experience as best i could!

 

   I thank you @Commissar SFLUFAN so much for been a vessel we could all use to get some much needed comforted words to his Amazing mother and family. I feel amazing for being a part of the healing even though it's miniscule in the grand scheme of things! I know just how much a small gestures can make someone's day!

 

   Stay safe, I hope everyone is getting ready to enjoy some amazing food and be surrounded by family or friends, or BOTH. I know she will keep our cards and letters forever, I hope they are doing OK, or as well as can be expected! These holidays will be especially hard, breaks my heart thinking how heavy their hearts are!

 

    Thanks EVERYONE!

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Man that’s heartbreaking! It’s been probably over a decade since I’ve visited this forum and this was not something I expected to see  :( 

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On 1/7/2025 at 9:56 PM, caleb1915 said:

RIP @stepee @Iculus @noey jerd

 

This one's to some amazing people and day one patchers


I didn’t know that @Iculus had died. My last interaction with him was sometime in 2022 when he was kicked out of his home situation in…Georgia? and was going to take a bus to Dallas where his Dad lived. I covered a hotel room for him in between when he got kicked out and his bus left. Don’t recall hearing anything from him after that, and it seems his board history ended around that time. Sad stuff, man.

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9 minutes ago, sblfilms said:


I didn’t know that @Iculus had died. My last interaction with him was sometime in 2022 when he was kicked out of his home situation in…Georgia? and was going to take a bus to Dallas where his Dad lived. I covered a hotel room for him in between when he got kicked out and his bus left. Don’t recall hearing anything from him after that, and it seems his board history ended around that time. Sad stuff, man.

 

Ugh. :(

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32 minutes ago, sblfilms said:


I didn’t know that @Iculus had died. My last interaction with him was sometime in 2022 when he was kicked out of his home situation in…Georgia? and was going to take a bus to Dallas where his Dad lived. I covered a hotel room for him in between when he got kicked out and his bus left. Don’t recall hearing anything from him after that, and it seems his board history ended around that time. Sad stuff, man.

 

Oh goodness - I had no idea about that at all :(

 

Honestly, I'm assuming that he passed on based on what he mentioned about his cancer diagnosis, but I have no evidence other than his board presence ending shortly after that.

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10 minutes ago, Nokra said:

I'm guessing it's someone he knows ( @Andrea?) using his account, but Steam says he was last online a couple of weeks ago. :(

I sometimes see someone playing games on his Switch account. Makes me sad. 

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