My friend, Tomo. 1988-2006.

[MiniMandaRuth]

Sorry if I seem depressed.

Someone I used to know just died this morning.

Knew them from different occasions... met them at my friends birthday parties, when I was wandering around my little town.

She was sweet, with a loving disposition. She would really give you the shirt of her back (Really did, once).

:cry: A beautiful poet with a mind for art.

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Safe passage, Tomo.

Might your suffering be over. Peace and comfort to you, MMR. :hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

4. Thanks.

:hug:

[peacefreak]

2. I am so sorry for your loss.

It is a hard thing to lose some one at your age. You're so full of life, it seems impossible that death could come to one so close. Live your life to its fullest. And remember her.

[MiniMandaRuth]

5. The weird thing is... is that she really wasn't that close to me.

I only met her three times (four at the most) but she left such an impression on me...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. She will live in your memory, my dear MiniMandaRuth.....

Remember the good times, and that will help you recover from her death.....

That which is remembered, lives!

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

6. She was so bright and warm...

that even though I only was graced with her presence a few times, she just really struck me.

[rockymountaindem]

7. My condolences n.t

[MiniMandaRuth]

14. Thank you.

:hug:

[billyskank]

8. ...

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

16. ....

Thank you.

[miss_american_pie]

9. I'm sorry, MMR

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

26. Thank you.

[bigwillq]

10. So sorry for your loss Mini.

:hug:

May she rest in peace.

May I ask how she died?

[MiniMandaRuth]

11. AIDs.

AIDs took her.

Wasn't gay.

Didn't do drugs.

Her mother gave it to her.

her mom died shortly after Tomo was born.

[Mutley]

12. Oh sweetie.

:hug: :hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

17. Thanks, mutley.

[NNadir]

13. I am very sorry. So young.

[MiniMandaRuth]

19. Jeeze... she was what....

18?

[RetroLounge]

15. Damn that is sad...

hugs to you.

:hug:

RL

[MiniMandaRuth]

20. Hugs back, RL.

It's strange.

The good die young. She really could have changed the world. She was a one of a kind artist. I saw a watercolor by her once. It was so beautiful, happy and sad, joyous and tragic at the same time...

[auntAgonist]

18. MiniMandaRuth

I don't know what to say, I just read the entire thread and the cause of your friend's passing. I'm so sorry and SO mad that this happens. All I can offer you dear girl is a :hug: and warmest heartfelt condolences. Such a horrible waste. :cry:

sincerely and with tears.

aA
kesha

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. Thank you.

I've been reading some of the emails being sent around. It's amazing how much one person can affect others so much....

[reyd reid reed]

22. I'm so sorry, MMR

It's hard to lose someone at any age -- we never get used to it and, even if we expect/suspect that it's coming, it's still unexpected.

But at 18...it's almost unfathomable.

I wish I had some magic words that would help. Some special combination of letters that would ease the pain but...it will get better. And as long as you remember her, she'll always be here.

Always.

:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

23. The sad thing is... is that, we knew she was going to go soon.

The doctors didn't expect her to live much past 10 (She had AIDS... just like her mom had) and the last two years of her life... she had withered away to nothing.

But even though she was only skin and bones... she had enough life to fill a room.

[wildhorses]

24. I am so sorry for your loss

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

25. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

[MiniMandaRuth]

27. Tomo... know that I will always love you...

Don't ever forget me, Tomo. I love you!!! We still love you!!!

Never forget people like Tomo!!!!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. Might belong on 20 questions, but:

How? Why? She (?) was so young...

Really sorry, MMR...

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

29. AIDS....

It was a she. A wonderful, beautiful she who used to have gorgeous long brown hair.

Mom gave it to her. Mom died when Tomo was four.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Ouch.

Miserable fucking diseases.

:hug::hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

31. By the time she died...

she was horribly thin... She hated her body, which looked like that of a four year old in terms of development.

her hair had begun fall out... she was in constant pain...

:hug: for you, and for Tomo.

[DainBramaged]

32. Words cannot say enough

The scourge of the world, ignored by the Reich-wing. My condolences. A hug is all I can offer and a toast.
May the afterlife wherever that be treat her with compassion and respect.:toast: :hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

33. Tomo was also a dem since she was born.

She often joked that she had a donkey on her foot... because that's what she used to kick some repub ass.

[flamingyouth]

34. I'm so sorry, Mini

That's terrible. My condolences on the loss of your friend. So young. :( :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

35. I'm very sorry that you lost a good friend, MiniMandaRuth.

It sounds like the world lost a very special person when Tomo passed away. May her spirit rest in peace.

[WCGreen]

36. It is a shame to pass on so young....

Hand in there kid...

Keep her memory alive...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. K&R......

This one deserves to be on the Greatest Page......


:cry: for your loss all over again, after reading all the posts here..

Your memorial picture to her made me sob.