Redstone was good people

[MrScorpio]

I'm sad to think that we'll not see the likes of him come this way again.

Farewell, My Friend.

[Ptah]

1. Yes he was. I feel honored to have known him.

:patriot:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. I agree

RIP Redstone, you will be missed

[abq e streeter]

3. Yes he was. It's a sad day. I hope his wife and kids are seeing the outpouring of love

for him here today, and that that outpouring helps them in dealing with their grief, even just a tiny bit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. They will see the thread once it's done...

I will send it to them.

I think it will help...

[abq e streeter]

17. Thank you, Peggy

[graywarrior]

4. Indeed. We shared some hilarious exchanges through PM's and phone calls in the past

I will really miss him.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. I liked his posts, but I didn't realize that he was gone..

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(on edit) I just saw another post and learned that he had passed on in his sleep.
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Fare well, Redstone.
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[BlueIris]

7. I really hope he finds the afterlife *awesome.*

At least he won't have MS there.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. He sure was! I loved reading his posts.

[rurallib]

9. yep - he was a good person.

My best wishes to his family.

[nolabear]

10. It is really sad. Wasn't he a writer? I'll certainly miss his posts.

[fizzgig]

11. yes, he was

i will miss him

[Akoto]

12. Want to share a PM he sent me May of 2010 ...

I think he'd be fine with it. He had made a post about the pain he was in, and I replied with my empathy, as a young person who is disabled with a chronic pain condition. Redstone sent me the PM unprompted, and I have held on to it since ...

I cannot express how much I appreciated your post in my thread about The Pain, where you told me about you have the same.

You said you're 25 years old. That's SO young to have to feel as you do.

But I'll tell you something: I was horribly injured when I was eighteen. And I'm fifty-six now, and I've survived.

I've survived probably only through optimism - it may sound trite for me to recommend that, but it does work.

Start each day, if you will, by sitting outside and listening.

Listen to the birds, especially. Note the difference between their calls and their songs. Listen, please, to the unconscious joy of the birds' songs.

They sing to celebrate the day.

As you and I, as Pain People, should celebrate the fact that we've survived another day.

May you have many more days.

Redstone

[freshwest]

13. Thank you so much for sharing this much needed wisdom. I will read it every morning.

[progressoid]

15. Wow.

It's those personal notes that make this place great.

And he was one of those greats.

[fizzgig]

16. thank you for sharing this

[Flaxbee]

14. Even though he wasn't around much recently, he just seemed integral to this place

For as long as I've remembered, he's been part of DU, and I really enjoyed his posts. The PM included in this thread is really wonderful; I am so sorry he's gone.

edited for type-o

[Iggo]

18. Yessir, he was.

I miss him already.