Anniversary

Cheryl wrote:


Reminiscing is fun sometimes! I also have an anniversary of sorts
coming up, though a sad one. The second year anniversary of my
son's death is in 3 days. I still read the other groups, but only
one, and only because I learn stuff there. But it's horrid at
times. Another anniversary/birthday coming up... since I don't know
what month Bonnie was born, I had given her an honorary birthday of
the day of Eric's death. In May of 2003 was when she was trapped
and she was ~5 months old, so I claimed Jan 25 2003 as her
birthday. The whole death/life thing. It works for me.


HUGS Cheryl. Eric's anniversary is a sad one, I know, but
maybe we can make it a celebration of his life. Everything you've
written about him tells me that he loved living and enjoyed pretty much
everything he did to the fullest. Do you have a sound file of his music
that you can put on a website so that we can hear his work? Maybe you
can post pictures of him somewhere.

I will be thinking of you on Tuesday. If one of Sonya's kittens is a
rather cute (as if there were anything but cute kittens) little boy, may
I dub him Eric in his honor?

Pam S.

On Sat 22 Jan 2005 08:28:35p, Tanada wrote in
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HUGS Cheryl. Eric's anniversary is a sad one, I know,
but maybe we can make it a celebration of his life. Everything
you've written about him tells me that he loved living and
enjoyed pretty much everything he did to the fullest. Do you
have a sound file of his music that you can put on a website so
that we can hear his work? Maybe you can post pictures of him
somewhere.

I used to have a tribute page for his band, but I dropped that site a
while back. I just put together a quickie page linking 4 of their
songs from their CD demo. It isn't to most people's taste, but I love
heavy metal; theirs is a mix of metal and rap. Eric's inspriration
came from bands I'd never heard of (mostly). I had to laugh when he
brought over a copy of the demo CD. When we listened to it, he kept
looking at me funny whenever the F word came up, and it came up a
LOT.

http://home.comcast.net/~csellner79/

I'm going to link another "Eric"'s song. One that has a lot of
meaning to me. There are a couple of others that do, too.

I will be thinking of you on Tuesday. If one of Sonya's kittens
is a rather cute (as if there were anything but cute kittens)
little boy, may I dub him Eric in his honor?

I would love it if you do.

--
Cheryl

I only discovered RPCA late one night last week while trolling through
various newsgroups and was taken by the good-humored friendliness
exhibited by posters. I was hooked! All this, in the midst of war,
politics, uncertainty...and I get to brag on my Punkers-kitty, too! I
have been reading Dave Yehudah's posts--sometimes they break your heart
but mostly they had me laughing my butt off, Wish I could have been
around sooner. PatM

Cheryl wrote:


I used to have a tribute page for his band, but I dropped that site a
while back. I just put together a quickie page linking 4 of their
songs from their CD demo. It isn't to most people's taste, but I love
heavy metal; theirs is a mix of metal and rap. Eric's inspriration
came from bands I'd never heard of (mostly). I had to laugh when he
brought over a copy of the demo CD. When we listened to it, he kept
looking at me funny whenever the F word came up, and it came up a
LOT.

http://home.comcast.net/~csellner79/

I'm going to link another "Eric"'s song. One that has a lot of
meaning to me. There are a couple of others that do, too.


I will be thinking of you on Tuesday. If one of Sonya's kittens
is a rather cute (as if there were anything but cute kittens)
little boy, may I dub him Eric in his honor?


I would love it if you do.


Done. I'm not a heavy metal fan, but I really like the first song that
you have posted. I'm still listening to them, so I can't say anything
about the rest of them, yet. Eric was very talented.

Pam S. looking forward to telling you about little Eric

Thank you for the lovely tribute, Jeanne. I have been a part of this group
for 7 years now, since 26 Jun 1998 when I posted my first story. I was
lurking for some time before that. Here's to another 7 years!

--
Flippy in Melbourne, Australia.
My Cats: http://www.flippyscatpage.com




"JBHajos" wrote in message
...
I'm "celebrating" seven years with RPCA, since January 1998. Cruising
down Memory Lane, thinking about what a joyride it's been. Grateful
to those who so warmly welcomed this ignorant, dumb-bunny into the
fold. Missing those who no longer post - TJ, Aim, HazelAz, and
others. Remembering buckets of tears shed for lost kitties -
Traveler, Dusty, Annabel Lee, Hale-Bopp, Berfert, Seth, Rocky, and too
many others. Tears shed for the loss of cyber-friends - Dave, JEM,
Sam's future daughter-in-law, Eve, Cheryl's son. Appreciating the
many, many things I've learned in asking for advice and in reading
informative posts by others. Thankful for the purrs offered when we
needed them. And, oh, the laughter! The tons of hilarious tales of
life with the furbabies!!

RPCA is the *only* Group I've continued with - have dropped all
others. Though it's grown tremendously, it's still the warm,
friendly, "feel-good" forum it was when I began. It's had some ups
and downs but gets through the downs with kindness and good humor.
Here's looking forward to seven more years!

Jeanne

Lots of gentle hugs and purrs,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
Reminiscing is fun sometimes! I also have an anniversary of sorts
coming up, though a sad one. The second year anniversary of my
son's death is in 3 days. I still read the other groups, but only
one, and only because I learn stuff there. But it's horrid at
times. Another anniversary/birthday coming up... since I don't know
what month Bonnie was born, I had given her an honorary birthday of
the day of Eric's death. In May of 2003 was when she was trapped
and she was ~5 months old, so I claimed Jan 25 2003 as her
birthday. The whole death/life thing. It works for me.

--
Cheryl

PatM wrote:
I only discovered RPCA late one night last week while trolling
through various newsgroups and was taken by the good-humored
friendliness exhibited by posters. I was hooked! All this, in the
midst of war, politics, uncertainty...and I get to brag on my
Punkers-kitty, too! I have been reading Dave Yehudah's
posts--sometimes they break your heart but mostly they had me
laughing my butt off, Wish I could have been around sooner. PatM

Welcome to the group! We don't flame each other here on rpca, unlike some
other ngs. Dave was, well, Dave. Even before he passed it was always
"that's a Dave-ism" or "You should be an honorary Dave". He always made us
laugh.

Jill

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:45:05 -0600, Cheryl
wrote:


Reminiscing is fun sometimes! I also have an anniversary of sorts
coming up, though a sad one. The second year anniversary of my
son's death is in 3 days. I still read the other groups, but only
one, and only because I learn stuff there. But it's horrid at
times. Another anniversary/birthday coming up... since I don't know
what month Bonnie was born, I had given her an honorary birthday of
the day of Eric's death. In May of 2003 was when she was trapped
and she was ~5 months old, so I claimed Jan 25 2003 as her
birthday. The whole death/life thing. It works for me.

--
Cheryl

{{{{Cheryl}}}}

I think it's wonderful that you gave Bonnie the birthday of the date
of your son's death. Life coming out of death is indeed something to
savor and love.

Ginger-lyn

PatM wrote:

I only discovered RPCA late one night last week while trolling through
various newsgroups and was taken by the good-humored friendliness
exhibited by posters. I was hooked! All this, in the midst of war,
politics, uncertainty...and I get to brag on my Punkers-kitty, too! I
have been reading Dave Yehudah's posts--sometimes they break your heart
but mostly they had me laughing my butt off, Wish I could have been
around sooner. PatM



Welcome to our happy home, Pat. Dave was an original. He always had a
different and totally strange take on everything. Yet, when one thought
about it, Dave's posts had a strange sense of their own. Whenever I
felt depressed, the sight of a Yehuddah would perk me right up.

The Dave I imagined when I was reading his posts was even better in
person. I feel so privileged that he came out to meet us in Flagstaff
last summer. He had me laughing so hard that I needed that bathroom
close by.

In fact I even got him back. I noticed that we saw a lot of vehicles on
the road (Interstate 40) heading towards Texas, but few heading away
from Texas. I told Dave this and that I'd figured out why. June is the
annual Texas re-union month, and all Texans were heading home to spawn.
Needless to say, Dave lived in Texas for a long time. I smelled like
beer for the rest of the day, and I don't drink the stuff.

Pam S. happy to have caught Dave in mid swallow.

Happy Anniversary Jeanne.

I've only been around for just over a year & I'm still kicking myself
for not finding the Group sooner. As others have already said, it's
exceptional. Long life to it.

Purrs

Gordon & the TT


"JBHajos" wrote
I'm "celebrating" seven years with RPCA, since January 1998.