OUR DEAR ANDY ..FLY WITH ANGELS OUR LOVE... con't

[flyarm]

our Andy lost his fight tonight at 9:27 pacific time

Ted asked me to tell you all..


ANDY SAID TODAY " I WANT TO LIVE ".....and he will in all of us.

You all gave him hope, and you shared your hearts, I know he loved you all.

Andy lived to love, and was loved living..he will live on in all the peoples lives he touched. And in all who knew him, and even those who only knew about Andy.

He was a very special man.

To you my friend ..I will miss you dearly.But you will always be in my heart.


And a youth said, speak to us of Friendship.
And he answered, saying:


Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love
and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger,
and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you
fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor
do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases
not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all
thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born
and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you
grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may
be clearer in his absence, as the mountain
to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friend-
ship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the dis-
closure of it s own mystery
is not love but a net cast forth:
and only the unprofitable
is caught.


And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide,
let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should
seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not
your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let
there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart
finds its morning and is refreshed.



Andy may you sing with the angels..you will have very special angels.

fly

[savannahana]

1. among us Andy planted his finest garden

together may we learn to tend it well,
in honor and remembrance of our brother and our friend.

many hours knowing, but brokenhearted & not yet able to accept it,
that you've gone from us, rare and beautiful soul.


Andy, you changed my understanding of what is possible
and i am grateful. so many of us, so deeply grateful to you.

for your family, each one who knew you best, and for all your devoted friends
and kindred spirits here, prayers of love and hope, healing and comfort.

:grouphug: peace :grouphug:




:hug: dear fly :hug:

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Thanks for posting this again....

Trying to open the original thread this morning slowed down my computer a lot because there were already so many responses.

I managed to sleep through a phone call in the middle of the night, and that my mother took, with the sad news. And I didn't wake up until 5:30 and come online to read it.

But...he is now with his father and sister. Termite said Andy's mother is being a steel magnolia. And he died surrounded by people he loved...and who loved him.

:hug: