As I was thinking of them tonight, I wish a special goodnight to three friends we don't see anymore since they hover with the clouds.

Goodnight luvpain. I still love your witty bot sayings

Goodnight Bboy - you left us before we could meet in person. I know I would have loved ya

Goodnight Christina - I called you Toots and my sister because you were the closest woman in my life. I miss ya for all that you mean to us.

Mac I would like to add to your list.

Goodnight Don FL you shared so much knowledge on the boards while you struggled with your health issues. I thought I might meet you at a MoM. You are not forgotten.

Goodnight Dingbat you were a member for a brief time but touched many of us. Peace to you.

You know I was luckey to meet Lov but not BBoy or Christina.My dear friend Lilac gave me a book mark with Christinas pic on it.I keep it in my bible and I am reminded every day when I open it up and theres Christina there to greet me.I miss all my friends who have gone befor me thanks Wolfe

I never had the opportunity to have met Bboy. But I did meet Christina and there was a true trooper. I thought I was the top rung for being on Androcur for 3 years before castration and low and behold, Christina was on Androcur for 4 years before castration. Christina was a wonderful lady. Any person who can stand up and actually do what your heart says, is a true trooper in my way of thinking. Luvpain99 will always be the biggest part of my memory. I miss his smile so much.

As Bob said, there isn't a day that goes by that him and OBB doesn't think of luvpain. I miss Christina so damn much. Christmas was her favorite holiday. She loved that House with the lights covering it. She got the cd of TSO, she loved listening to it. I would visit her every week, and was always invited to her home by her parents on any holiday. They loved and thought of me as a daughter also. It's very hard this year without her. Thank goodness for Surfy and friends of the EA. well, also the game "World of Warcraft" which Christina loved also. They have helpped me thru this. Anyway, I miss you all and wish you a very safe and happy Holiday!

love and hugs, Lilac

I frequently think about some of the wonderful people we have lost here at the Archive. People who have made a difference in the lives of others.

Christina, of course, springs first to mind. She was a most wonderful, loving woman who extended her help to anyone in need who came here. Her reassurances and her help with some of the difficulties of transition were wonderful. I had the privilege of meeting her once, and I can attest that Christina was one of the most huggable women I have ever met. Her love for others was very clear to all around her. I think of her often.

My time with Bboy was much too brief. He and I sat at Talula’s kitchen table and talked one memorable day. He was caring and highly intelligent. Off the Archive, he is best remembered for his work with children. A very kind and caring young man.

LuvPain was fun to be around, though he was very quiet and low-key the time that he visited out west. Everyone at the Portland MoM enjoyed visiting with him. At the East Coast MoM he was much more out-going and his fun side clearly showed. I have some very nice photos of some of his tattoos to remember him by.

I only spoke with DonFL a couple of times on the telephone, though we did exchange many emails. Don was studying to be a physician’s assistant when he died unexpectedly of his chronic physical problems. (His mother found his body in his apartment when she went to check up on him after not have heard from him for some time.) One of Don’s goals, as a trained medical technician, was to be able to help those with gender problems of various sorts. His thread on Chemical Castration (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=12114) was one effort toward this end. He had his data thoroughly checked by experts before posting it. Don’s health problems were exacerbated by continuing effects of the horrific sexual and physical abuse that he received from his step-father when he was 12 – ice pick through his penis, vice-grips on his testicles, etc. I can’t imagine a punishment sufficient for the man, who fled and has never been caught. (Don’s sister did shoot at him, but she missed.)

Dingbat and I exchanged many emails during the brief time that she was on the Archive. She was arranging a speaking tour that would have brought her to my neighborhood before she was killed by a drunk driver. Her discovery of the Archive had extended her efforts on behalf of those who don’t easily fit the gender dichotomy. I know that she would have made important contributions to the cause well beyond the Archive.

They have touched us all….

did these people die as a result of castration or testosterone problems?

notalife (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:35 pm did these people die as a result of castration or testosterone problems?

No, natural causes. Cancer, etc.

Is Squirm-E-Worm still with us?

Luvpain died of a congenital health problem.

Christina died of cancer.

Bboy died of criminal neglect at the hands of an incompetent ER Dr. asthma related.

And it still hurts to say it.