Plaidman

[AnaKhouri]

I didn't know him as well as a lot of people here, but I'd always hoped to get to Portland some day so we could hang out.

It's nice but weird to put a name to this kind, helpful guy. Farewell, Driver Liles. Maybe we can still hang out someday.

I like to think that when someone dies, everything they're not is stripped away. Anger, sorrow, pain, illness...all of it gone, leaving just the person, who they really are. Looking at this thread, I feel like I can see who is really is now, who I always suspected him to be.

[RootedPhoenix]

*hugs everyone and bawls with everyone*

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I know I mentioned it before, but I've been coming back to this in my mind all day. A selfless, kind, and wonderful man once told me, "You are loved." He was right. You mean something to someone out there. Never forget that fact.

He certainaly was

I think one thing we can learn from this tragedy is that we're a family . . . we're near, far but all of us here are a family.

We're here for each other when things are rough and when things are good. That's the one special thing about this site that makes us what we are.

We care about humanity. We care about each other. We laugh together and we cry together.

We are one. And we will carry on in memory of our fallen Plaidman.

And I hope I'm not babbling too much . . . the full realization has hit now and I've been between bawling and trying to read the posts.

[powerboy]

RIP my online buddy. RIP.

[Midnight12]

uhm...yes? it gonna be added. please let me know if access to photobucket album is wonky/not working

[Peppergirl]

Awwww. Now I'm crying all over again. They are so cute, Midnight!

May I have permission to post the last one (about the in memory of an awesome friend) on my FB page as a tribute?

[Midnight12]

was digging through my albums on fb and the external hard drive and found some of the avatars i made for Plaid when i started doing avatars under my old screen name.
hesitated because i knew posting them would bring on another wave but i asked mods to make sure. so here they are.

http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p...Fira/Plaidman/
there are many in there and too many to post. if you have more to share please feel free? not sure how to change this to a public view or if its better to make a new profile for cs


Found his myspace, under his email or here
http://www.myspace.com/draconsnighthawk
as far as i know its not private as everyone is mostly on facebook its already known i guess
these are all the pics i have gotten from him posting on here, some of his avie pictures, and pics from his hip replacement. its all out of order.

[FormerCallingCardRep]

Hubby and I have been educating as many as we can for the last 20 years. Hubby for as long as he can remember.

Hubby and Driver spoke many time about their mutual struggle. He was there for support when Hubby had a fibroma removed from the C2 area of his spine two years ago. I just wish he would have reached out to us.

[Teskeria]

RIP Plaidman. You will be sorely missed.

[Raveni]

For those on the Easr Coast, contact www.nfnetwork.org They help to rais money for research and they do a summer camp for children who has NF so they can meet other children who have NF. The NF organization the Plaid always mentioned to me is www.ctf.org

If any good can come out of this, please educate your friends and family about this disorder. Nfnetwork has packets of information that can be mailed for free or downloaded and printed from their site.

[Jester]

Hasta luego, Plaid. Via con Deos, mi amigo.

[Boozy]

There was no member quicker to reach out to someone who was hurting than Plaidman. I found his compassion to be all the more remarkable given the extraordinary challenges he faced in his own life.

This community is poorer for having lost such a loving and generous soul.

For those of you, like me, who are feeling helpless and hopeless in the face of this loss, I can only ask that we all strive to be the kind of person he was.

[Sapphire Silk]

He was a great man, and he was a kind man. My name is John I was his best friend here in town. I can try and help those who want to get a hold of his family. At the moment his mom is overwhelmed but I'm sure she will appreciate your thoughts.

John, thank you so much for letting us know about Driver's passing. I think I can dare speak for everyone when I say we all greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness you showed him and us by doing so. I can't say I knew him well, but I always enjoyed his posts, and clearly many others here had deeper relationships with him.

Please add my deepest condolences to those of my friends here for Driver's family.

Requiescat In Pace, Driver. God Bless you and may He welcome you into His Loving arms.

I think that depression is the cruelest disease anyone can suffer. It convinces us that no one around us sees or understands our suffering, and isolates us from those who love us the most.

I hope that anyone who suffers from depression, or knows someone who does, will seek help. It is out there for the asking.

[Akasa]

RIP Plaidman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCokhCqK9rw

[Kiwi]

I was reading a thread on fratching and saw his replies, it doesn't seem real yet. So sad to see his posts