Farewell to Geo
My world is a sadder place today.
My sweet Bard has left me to go sing in the angels choir.
I loved Geo as completely as I have ever loved anyone.
He sang his way into my heart and soul.
He was the most genuine, most careing and loving man
I have had the privilage of knowing.
Fiercely defensive of his friends and always there to listen when
they needed a shoulder.
When he left he took a piece of my heart with him.
I'm so grateful that He and I got to spend a little bit of time
together on that fateful Friday.
That we got to tell each other one more time that the
love we shared was shared equally.
And I'm so very Blessed that I got to hear him sing that one last time.
I will always hold him in my heart and I know that now he is an angel
sitting on my shoulder.
Thee Thee Thee my Love...Bound
Farewell to the Muse
Each joy thou couldst double, and when there came sorrow,
Or pale disappointment to darken my way,
What voice was like thine, that could sing of tomorrow,
Till forgot in the strain was the grief of today!
But when friends drop around us in life's weary waning,
The grief, Queen of Numbers, thou canst not assuage;
Nor the gradual estrangement of those yet remaining,
The languor of pain, and the chillness of age.
As vain thy enchantments, O Queen of wild Numbers
To a bard when the reign of his fancy is o'er,
And the quick pulse of feeling in apathy slumbers�
Farewell, then, good friend, I'll meet thee no more!
Farewell to the Muse
by Sir Walter Scott
(contributed by Istar)
Hello Family members and Friends
There are a few words I feel I need to share with you.
About Jeff As I and his "other family" knew him.
To start, Jeff was a wonderful "uncle" to my two children,
Jill and Justin. With Justin, he would read green eggs and ham
in an english accent With jill he would show her how to play
free cell on the computer.
Jeff also had many online computer friends Bound, pixie,
sunnie, brown and wild are just a few of the people that
his life touched. Often he would sit at my computer, chatting
away with his online community. He would sing karaoke to them.
How our jeff loved to sing. He had two songs that he would sing
to me all the time, Silent Lucidity and She talks to Angels.
He said that these were my two songs.
He was very sensitive to the needs of others.
He was always there for me. I went through a very rough time
this summer. He took my condition very seriously and went
to the emergancy room with me countless times. He stayed up
with me when I couldn't sleep. He rubbed my back and
told me to relax and be calm.
He was Jeff... There will never be anyone like him
He was the original. Thanks for listening
mlady_kellie_swan
The day I came to the retreat I was a stranger
We come to this world as infants, we grow we learn and
I'll Miss You Geo
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
A Brilliant Rainbow
There are sudden news in life O/one never will be prepared for ,
I just wanted to say that Geo came to mean a whole whole lot
.I'm so sorry to have heard about Geo,
. I miss my friend!!!!!! I know he's in a better place and all that,
I sat and watched. I found over time that the people here
are great and friendly. They except people for who
they are and not judge them and we became good friends.
The day Geo came in he was shown the same friendliness
as I was he stayed and eventually became a member of the retreat
and became family, that is what I found out that the retreat
is about family. We stick together all the time as friends
and family should, and he became to me as a brother.
I will miss his laugh, his jokes, his singing and
just seeing him there. I am going to miss him but
I am happy for him now, what he did not have in life and wanted
he now has in his passing.
I will remember him as he was and will never forget him.
I will not mourn over his death but I will be happy for him.
He has his dream now and not many of us can say that.
we grow old and fade into time. What we leave behind
is memories of who we were and how we treated others.
Will we leave this world alone and not missed or will
we be who we all wish to be and missed.
Only wishing that we hadn�t left others in pain.
I ask you this, who are you? Are you the lonely one or
the one with friends that love you?
I, for one wish, that the day I go I will have the friends
to remember who I was in this life, not to mourn over me but
to remember me.
Geo my friend I will remember who you were in life and never
forget you. Be well my friend till our paths cross again
for this is not a good bye it is just that our paths have taken
a different route for a time they will come together again one day.
So with that I will say this. "Later Geo"
Your Friend and Brother... Shadow D
by: Prinny
I�ll miss you Geo,
you made me smile and laugh,
your singing was amazing,
your interpretations made me laugh.
Although it hasn�t been that long
since you passed and said goodbye.
Everyone who loved you are grieving
Some even cry.
You were an amazing friend Geo,
you helped me when you could.
You updated us on everything,
made sure everyone knew what was going on.
It was a shock to us,
when you disappeared from our lives.
I�ll miss you, we�ll miss you.
Anyone who knew you, will most likely miss you.
You were a wonderful, loving, funny, energetic person,
who brought a smile to everyone�s face in the retreat.
Rest in peace Geo,
you�ll always be in my heart.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to new understanding
with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never ever the same.
I'll miss you Bro
pixie
Teri Onorato)
High on whispered wings I fly, a radiant star, I light the sky.
Toward the sun I soar so free, a brilliant rainbow follows me.
I pulsate through your very soul and in my paws your heart I hold.
The day will come when you'll fly too, I'll be here then to welcome you.
Until the time we meet again I won't journey far my friend.
for in your love I live so free, a brilliant rainbow guiding me...
when all your hopes and prayers is unheard. I sat with others
and prayed for things to become good, only to find out that our
prayers was unnoticed . Maybe one day we will know why Geos was called to
heaven so suddenly , ripped away from people that loved and needed him down
here. But for now i have to live with the knowledge that He will be missed
so much by so so many . I know that I will hear him sing each time
I step into the Retreat , and that there now is an angel soaring high
above us who will sing for us whenever we think of him.
bye bye Geo rest in peace my friend from passion
to a whole lot of people...myself included...
Words can't express how cruel it is that he was taken from us
so swiftly and without any warning. I know it seems like
I have only known all of you for a relatively short period
of time, but you have to understand something when it comes to me...
when I feel,I feel with my whole heart...whether it be good or bad...
which is why I get myself into so much trouble
(which Geo along with Shadow, Adam and Grabber have
helped me out of in some way or another).
I love each and everyone of you. Geo was one of the great's on here.
in his own quiet undemanding way he was the best friend you could have
the older brother you always wanted.
He made the Retreat a safe place for me the first time I got in
with the wrong people he swore to protect me. And even though it may
seem silly to some of you he would sing The Rainbow Connection for me
whenever I asked him to...he was always willing to listen if you needed
to talk...those are the things that matter in this world.
Not all the money you have or posessions..not even the amount of friends
you have, but the quality of the friends you have.
Each of us have our own memories of him and we will treasure them
always...but I want him to know that even when my kermit slippers
get worn and tattered I will keep them...just to remember him...
love ya geo...take care of us... and trust that you will be remembered
daily...oh and hey...*smiles*...say hi to my grandma for me...
maria(of the night)
even though I didn't know Him that long,
He became a good friend to me, as well as you.
I just want you to know that my prayer and thoughts are with you,
in your time of sorrow. I know what it's like to lose someone
that your that close too, I lost my best friend in the whole wide world
the other day from a damn drunk driver. and now I can't have Him back again,
but I know He is waiting for me on the other side......
as I know Geo is waiting for you......
so be strong and hang in there..
Wwe are all here for you whenever you need one of Uus.....
your friend ...voodoo.
but it doesn' t stop the aching in my heart.
This is supposed to be about Geo, though and not me,
so I'll stop the whining and get on with it.
Geo was sooo easy to talk to and he actually listened instead of just
letting me ramble. He talked me through some painful times and
I'll always be grateful for that. He showed me that "The Dance" was true
for me.....that's why he always sang it for me, to remind me that
I wouldn't give up one moment of the dance to rid myself of the pain I was
feeling. I guess that's what we have to do now.....deal with the pain by
remembering the dance with Geo. I loved the way Fluffy always came to the
rescue and the way the Seer was always so wise and gentle.
I know he's singing in a better choir than we Retreaters could have
provided as backup, smiles.....thinking of the dog barking when I
actually did sing along with him. In short, I loved Geo, he was my friend
and I miss him, but I know he's also kind of watching out for those of us
left behind. I figure we're pretty well covered with Geo and Wheelly both
keeping an eye on us. ....... Kitten