Christine43 wrote:God, what a hard time you've been having, I am sincerely so sorry. It's always so hard on those left behind when someone passes. I lost my brother in '85 and then my best friend in '88 and I was a basketcase for a while so I understand. You, Ralph and Chris sound like remarkable people and you'll get through it. It's terribly hard to lose someone you love, when did he pass? In my case, it sort of incorporated itself into my life. My children know all about their uncle, in fact, Perry is named after him. They also know all about my best friend and our friendship. Best friend Wendy was quite ill and brother Perry was depressed and having a very, very hard time and I remind myself they are at peace and I'll see them again. I hope some of this helps a little. Christine
Ralph is a remarkable person. His brother Chris was a remarkable person. Me? I am just a regular gal lucky enough to have met my soul mate in Ralph. I was a different person when I met Ralph, heading down a not so savory path and meeting him made me change completely. I knew the first time I saw him he was my soul mate and guardian angel. I have completely changed my errant ways. (a LOT of us in the radio and rock music biz in the 1980's were errant in our ways! :twisted: ;) ) He makes me a better person. He makes me WANT to be a better person! That is huge.
Chris passed in February of 06, two years ago now ...He was special and we miss him alot. I wish he could have come to live with us and share our house. He was a joy to be around! Now the house is just too big and too empty. :(
I am so sorry for the loss of your brother and your best friend. It IS hard to lose those we love and we must forge ahead without the physical presence of them in our everyday lives. We can go on though, because they are still with us in our hearts and in spirit. And we will definitely see them again.
We recently lost our beautiful 11 yr old kitty, Orion. There is a whole thread on it, I won't repeat the story here, but the crux of it was that Orion was our child, more than a kitty. We are devastated over the loss and it is hard to be without him, but each day dawns a little brighter and we know he is with St. Francis and probably Chris is playing with him while they wait for all of us to come someday in the future. :) We all will celebrate with our loved ones together again!
DisneyMom wrote:Back to autism for anyone interested.....
There is a conference at the Anaheim Convention Center on February 16th(Saturday) Featuring Jenny McCarthy, Temple Grandin, and Barbara T. Doyle (Sister of a friend of mine!). I am not involved in this in any way, but thought maybe others who were interested and might want to combine a conference with a trip to Disneyland :)
more info at
http://www.Autism-Conferences.com
Hope I have not posted improperly!
I so wish we lived in the area. It would be so much easier to attend these events. :(
Very cool information! Thanks for the link!
BRWombat wrote:As far as I'm concerned, all the SGT regulars can be honorary marsupials. The more the merrier!
Oh Goody, I have wanted to be an honorary marsupial myself. I prefer Possums! I'd like to hang by my tail :p: and the one's in Bambi were just as cute as they could be. But then all the critters in Bambi pulled at my heartstrings. Disney got me with that film, manipulating every feeling they could out of me....!
The Possums are the cutest little critters in the world! We had one that lived under our deck when we lived in Berkeley. Between him and the racoons

that hung out in our yard, we had a great time watching the antics of the night creatures. :D:
susi*honorary possum marsupial

*slicker