Thank you all

For the better part of a year now, many of you have sent me jokes to forward to my friend, Roy, who was a quadrapledgic.  Roy seemed to really enjoy those jokes.   He sent only one labored message expressing his joy with the jokes.  You  need to know that Roy passed this morning.  Thank you for your jokes and helping me make his final days filled with laughter.

I am sorry for your loss Karla.

Karla I am so sorry for the loss of your friend I will keep those of you that were connected to him in my prayers Please take good care Donna

Karla! I am so sorry for your loss!
I am praying for Roy and his host of friends and family at this difficult time.

Karla, Please accept my sympathy.  You are in my prayers.
With Love,
Jackie

Karla ,
I didnt know Roy or I would have sent him jokes etc.  I am sorry to hear of your loss of a friend. Friends are like family and so hard when we lose them..
Hugs
Shirley

So sorry for your loss Karla..

Karla...I am very sorry for the loss of your friend.  You and his family are in my prayers. 

Thank, I know his family will appreciate your prayers.  Roy and I share a cousin, but were not related to one another otherwise.  I had known him since we were about 12.  He was funny and very intelligent.  Prior to his accident he was a very successful lawyer with just about what anyonecould have wanted....beautiful wife, loving daughter, nice home, etc.   After the accident, his law partner tried to embezzle the money out of the firm, the wife took off with someone else and what was left in their savings, and the daughter distanced herself from him.  He was left with only his friends from West Point Militry Academy, where he graduated from and a few of us, his friends from High School.  The daughter returned to be by his side, when she matured a little and learned to cope with his condition.  It is such a sad story to think that he had to much and it was taken in an instant...as we are told it can be....and he was reduced to living on the charity of others for emiotional and financial support.  His estate has long since been depleted to nothing.  He is to be buried today in the grave that is next to his mother.  His mother and father divorced many years ago, and he will be buried in the plot originally bought for his father.  It certainly brings testimony to the fact that no matter how we live or are loved, we do die alone.  Roy was very much loved by many people, but most of us were helpless to do more than what we did....but I can reflect on the fact that how I regarded him was known to him and that I did what I was able to do to support him in friendship this last year and a half of his life.  I was not alone...many of us did.  He should have felt loved by his friends and his daughter.  He was not able to answer our emails or even hold his own telephone if we called, but I am sure that whatever everyone did was appreciated by him.

So sorry for your loss Karla.
Love,
Michele