CRguy wrote:When someone says they have no words to describe how they feel .. and then go on to do so anyway
When someone says they are gutted by an experience and just need to share their energy with their friends
When someone who has been in and out of someone else’s life, and they yours, finds that their friend is suddenly gone
When we here, deal with life and death daily, and having experienced it personally never expect to have to share the passing of a friend we shared the other losses with
When we’ve been here for years and despite the changes, never expect to say goodbye to a best friend
When you have read all of this, you will know only a fraction of what I feel right now
Eric, BrownBagger …….has passed
I’ll be back tomorrow to post his In Memoriam
HERE
right now this is all I have to give
weisssoccermom wrote:I remember when Eric joined and his first avatar (I don't know how many here will remember it). It epitomized the name 'brownbagger' so well. Initially he was a stage IIA....just like me and I felt some sort of a 'connection' that here was someone who had the same diagnosis that I did. I remember being almost 'angry' with him ......all his bike riding during chemoradiation.....how the heck did he do that????
When I was asked, years ago, who would make a good moderator....my first choice was Eric. He wasn't a controversial person....he was warm, optimistic, funny, not necessarily politically correct....but was someone you just felt you could connect with. I was always amazed at how, even in the midst of difficult times, Eric always had a positive air about him. He shared with all of us his unbelievable garden, his times at mom's Wisconsin farm and I was particularly mesmerized by his wood burning furnace!
CR.....I do understand how you feel. Eric was your friend, your confidante....someone who (and I don't know if you ever actually met him) you could share life stories with....someone with whom you had a connection.....cancer brought you together and that friendship, that bond can never be broken. I also had that with Terry, so I understand. It just plain sucks when that person dies.....it doesn't seem fair and it scares you a little because (at least for me) you think, 'that could be me'. Just know that Eric was loved around here. He was warm, welcoming, upbeat, funny and overall just a 'nice guy'.
To Eric's family.....my deepest condolences. I know Eric loved his family....he talked about them often. His mom, wife and children have lost a bright spot in their lives but his spirit will live on in the hearts and minds of those who loved him and in those whom he loved.
Rest in peace Eric.
Jaynee
tammylayne wrote:I
Our journies are different, they are our.
s. We do this alone, yet we do it together. Yes....my life is better because of everyone here.
tammylayne wrote:I think of Eric, and many others everytime I come here. My life is better because of people I never "met", yet they became people I "knew". People I would never recognise walking down the street, but could tell you things that even their closest family members didn't know about them. I maybe didn't know where they lived, but I knew HOW they lived.
Our journies are different, they are our.
s. We do this alone, yet we do it together. Yes....my life is better because of everyone here.
James65 wrote:Probably there are only a few who remember Brady. He was the guy that welcomed me in back in 2006. I've never really gotten past his loss, or that of justsing, another beautiful person who helped me through the first of what would become many stages of cancer. And now Brown Bagger. We don't get past or over the loss of these people. We learn to live with the loss.
Such very sad, sad news.
kiwiinoz wrote:
Yes, it is 18 months since he passed, but I'll never forget him
Ride In Peace Brownbagger, ride with those hawks and know the world was a better place for you having been here.
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