Guohua has passed.

[ABNARTY]

I have waited to write this. It took some time for me to get it together in my head. 

To Mr. G, my prayers go out. To you and the family. If there is anything you need, please reach out. 

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I have challenges communicating with people. As a result, I do not frequently do it. Online boards are just as bad. I don't click and frequently get discouraged. When RN was recommended at another site, I figured I would give it a try. 

Mrs. G welcomed me immediately. How cool was that? An actual person with a terrific heart. When I wrote an OP or replied to a thread, she would give it a "thumbs up" or whatever we call it here. Whether she read what I wrote or not is immaterial to me. She was there and remembered me as a person. Sometimes she would even reply and I loved hearing what she had to say. I always figured her avatar was her smiling at me. Sappy, I know. 

If I continue reading and replying here, I don't know. But RN is in large part what she helped build. It will always remind me of her.

I am just another orphan that was welcomed, and taken in as a member of the RN family. I think I understand how you feel.

I write a lot, but I am not foolish enough to believe that it goes any further than talking out loud to myself(1). I never belonged to many sites, and I have given up on those that I used to participate in, because there too I was talking to myself out loud, but the atmosphere was far less tolerant, and often hostile.

I hope you stay and contribute to RN, and I hope that RN will continue as a legacy for Mr. G and to Mrs. G. If RN fades away, so will I(2). I may go back to lurking at a couple of sites, but I don't see myself actually participating any place else. The internet no longer has the same appeal to me, and I trust it less and less each day. All may be mute in the future anyway, as I can here the bells tolling in the distance.

Ask no for who the bell tolls.

1. That's a really good way to put that. Thanks for helping with that.

2. I will be here. Yes, I lurk other places (Gab, MeWe, FB, etc.) but here is the best.