Farewell to a Lost Friend
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Just what the title implies.
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Fawkes_07
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Someone who really, REALLY ought to be doing something else, but just keeps on writing.
Wondering why my stories take forever? Have a look at My Other Time Devourer: www.willametteartcenter.com I'm both the webmaster and the president of the Friends of the Visual Arts, a 501-C3 nonprofit in Salem, Oregon. We Put The Fun Back In Art. 
Having 2 sweet little boys tends to drag things out too.
And what the heck, as long as it's self-pimpage time: If you just can't wait for the next chapter of Fair Ex, you can always go buy my book. It's not HP or fanfic but it's got that Fawkesy snark (in spades) It's here: www.turondo.com Warning: there's a bad word in the title.
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I am so sorry for your loss and unanswered questions. He sounds like he was a great guy for you to write this for him. I hope it brought you closure.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
Thanks. He was a great guy, and it did help a little. Several of the old gang read it and thanked me for writing it, so I think it helped them...which made me feel better too. But I still wish I had a Time Turner.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
Thanks. He was a great guy, and it did help a little. Several of the old gang read it and thanked me for writing it, so I think it helped them...which made me feel better too. But I still wish I had a Time Turner.
Oh Fawkes, I am so sorry. Your pain is palpable. I suspect while the pain may get softer, the spot in your heart may always be tender. In time, may you have some laughter along with your tears. You have my deepest sympathy, Kat
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
I think someday, maybe...I just got an email from Rob saying "ENJOY LIFE." It's just hard when the loss is so fresh.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I always thought these were fairly meaningless words that people say for lack of anything better. Until I lost my 33 year old sister completely out of the blue this week, that is. I have been grateful for these words in the last few days, no matter how meaningless I considered them a week ago. I truly think as long as we cherish the memories of our loved ones, they are never truly gone, but I'd also give damn near anything to pick up the phone again and hear her voice.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
Ain't it the truth. When someone so young dies, it's just an abomination, and none of these trite sayings like "At least he didn't suffer" or "He was doing something that he loved" are any comfort whatsoever. My dad died when I was a kid, but even that didn't make me feel so raw and miserable as the thought of Phil slowly freezing to death on that mountainside. GAH! I guess there ISN'T any such thing as a comforting word at times like these, you just gotta kinda ride them out until they fade. However long that takes...
I, too, have been where you are. I lost an old lover eight years ago. He died in a bar, senselessly, with a wife half his age and a defiant grin on his face. I raged at him, myself, the trophy wife and the world in general. I forgave myself first, then him. Catharsis is a wondrous thing. Bless you for the all too hard task of getting it out. You'll heal in time. It will always hurt a bit but you will heal. Thank you for the wonderful fiction you write. I look forward to reading more of your stories.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
Thanks. It's so acute right now, all I can think about is how wrong it is for him to be gone. But time does seem to numb such things.
Sometimes it is a wnder where life takes us. Friends of 20 years and yet we don't speak anymore, 1200 miles apart. Newer 'friends' the kind that have your back on day, and are gone the minute the bottom drops back out are lost in a sea of faces at different events with mutual acquaintences.. I'm sorry for your loss, and though I'm sure time will he lp heal the wound, the scar will remain silvery white just at the surface, never truly forgotten. Gone, but not forgotten, like a fallen friend.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
sigh. In the meantime, it hurts like hell.
I have no words that can express how sorry I am for your loss and suffering. The pain and heartache that you are feeling now will lessen in time, although you will never forget. Perhaps you can take some comfort that he was your friend, in your memories and in the knowledge that your life was better for knowing him.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
It's been almost a month now and already the sad stuff is diminishing. Someone just posted a huge set of photos of him on hundreds of different mountain hikes and I could actually look at them without crying. It's hard to know he's gone, but it does kinda fade to numbness after a while. I just wish I had a time-turner, to go back and be a better friend these last few years.
*hug*
*thinks of something to say*
*thinks better of it*
*hugs you some more instead and piles you with Fluffymuffin and Devilbrat affection*
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Farewell to a Lost Friend)
awwww... it's ok. There really isn't much to say. It sucks, but life goes on. Of course, devilbrats are always welcome in times of sadness. Conan the Hummingbird outside my window is a great comfort too (though he only loves me for my sugar syrup).