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Author Topic: Moffie's one year annivercey  (Read 10016 times)

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Offline Lis

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Moffie's one year annivercey
« on: June 13, 2011, 06:40:05 pm »
Tomorrow  marks one year since our loss of a beautiful human...

Take a hit for me, and Bob says FooFoo likes the new dog..

I miss you my friend

lisbeth
poz 1986....

Offline Joe K

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 07:22:23 pm »
I miss him terribly.  Kisses on all your openings.

You will never be forgotten.

I see you.

Joe

Offline Basquo

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 10:21:51 pm »
I was thinking about Daddy Tim just today. I didn't realize it has been a year already.  I can't believe it's been a year, at first, but then I think some more and it could of been 20 years ago or it could have been yesterday. I never get used to learning my friends have died needlessly. It's STILL time for a cure! Moffie would back me up on that.

Offline leatherman

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2011, 11:03:44 pm »
I never get used to learning my friends have died needlessly. It's STILL time for a cure! Moffie would back me up on that.
amen  :-*
I miss Moffie's voice of wisdom in the forums.
leatherman (aka Michael)

We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
- Darren Hayes, "Chained to You"

Offline skeebo1969

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 07:18:39 am »



   Always missed and never forgotten... :'(
I despise the song Love is in the Air, you should too.

Offline J.R.E.

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2011, 08:52:50 am »

Thanks for posting this Lis.  I was looking at my calendar, just before you posted this yesterday, and realized that it's been a year.

He is most certainly missed, but not forgotten.


Ray
Current Meds ; Viramune / Epzicom Eliquis, Diltiazem. Pravastatin 80mg, Ezetimibe. UPDATED 2/18/24
 Tested positive in 1985,.. In October of 2003, My t-cell count was 16, Viral load was over 500,000, Percentage at that time was 5%. I started on  HAART on October 24th, 2003.

 As of Oct 2nd, 2023, Viral load Undetectable.
CD 4 @676 /  CD4 % @ 18 %
Lymphocytes,absolute-3815 (within range)


72 YEARS YOUNG

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 09:11:20 am »
"Pray for whirled peas." He always made me chuckle when he said that. "Kisses on all your openings" was another favourite. Thanks for reminding me, Joe. Remember in the old FuseTalk days when we had rose icons and he would always bestow a least a dozen on new members?

I loved his stories of growing up as the child of missionaries in the Kenyan bush. Getting naked out in the wilderness as a teenager with his Masai contemporaries and watching lions from behind a tree.

He preached the gospel of hiv like no one else could. I miss him terribly.

We're thinking of you, Daddy Tim, and missing you every day. Rest in Peas. ;)



Tim Van Nattan
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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2011, 03:02:13 pm »
I miss Tim terribly. I remember first meeting him, or so I thought, in Montreal.

He had a grand memory, and remembered we were acquaintances many years before in the San Francisco Bay area.

I miss our long-distance musings, his chilld-like rapture when he saw a vintage car he admired, and his sharp wit.

I also loved his remembrances of his childhood in Kenya. We also shared an abiding distrust of Christianity.

Rest well, dear friend.

HUGS (and a dozen roses)

Mark
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Offline emeraldize

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2011, 04:28:29 pm »
What I miss most about Tim was how open he was in his support of women, his sense of duty to community and his creativity.

Offline Lou-ah-vull

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2011, 04:41:26 pm »
I got those roses from him...one of the first "greetings" I received on this site way back (it seems to me) in 2005!  I miss him too.  I had the joy of spending an entire day at the Montreal AMG with him as I rode in his van when we made a day trip to Quebec City.  Naturally, he led all of the conversation.  That trip to Montreal was the first time I felt completely normal after my diagnosis... he was one of many angels that gave me that gift.  For that, I will always treasure my memory of him.

While I understand the "distrust" so many have of religion (and I have some myself) I still firmly believe in a glorious afterlife free from the infirmities of mind, body and spirit that plague us in this life.  I also believe that Tim is one of our many saints that will greet us when our time comes and we go to meet them.  This thought always gives me hope.

Thanks Tim!

Gary
Diagnosed Oct. 2005
10/05:  367 (26.2%), 24556 VL
01/06:  344 (24.6%), 86299 VL
04/06:  374 (22.0%), 87657 VL
05/06:  Began HAART 05/15/06, Combivir/Kaletra
07/06:  361 (27.8%), 1299 VL
10/06:  454 (32.4%), 55 VL
01/07:  499 (38.4%), UD
02/07:  Switched to Atripla 2/8/07
04/07:  566 (37.7%), UD
08/07:  761 (42.3%), UD
06/08:  659 (47.1%), UD
01/09:  613 (43.8%), UD
07/09:  616 (47.4%), UD
01/10:  530 (44.2%), UD
07/10:  636 (48.9%), UD
01/11:  627 (48.2%), UD
07/11:  840 (52.5%), UD
01/12:  920 (51.1%), UD
07/12:  857 (50.4%), 40
10/12:  UD
01/13:  710 (47.3%), UD
07/13:  886 (49.2%), UD
01/14:  985 (46.9%), UD
06/14:  823 (47.2%), UD
01/15: 1366 (45.2%), UD
07/15: 1134 (50.7%), UD
02/16: 1043 (55.1%), UD
08/16:  746  (55.4%), UD
08/16:  Switch from Atripla to Genvoya

Offline bear60

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2011, 05:24:54 pm »
Its good to remember Moffie. Thanks. Lis

Joel
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Offline WillyWump

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2011, 06:59:44 pm »
I miss you Moffie! You were one-of-a-kind!

-Will
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6/3/14 CD4- 736, UD 34%
6/25/13 CD4- 1036, UD,
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Offline AlanBama

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2011, 10:26:21 am »
Gone, but never forgotten.

I miss you, Daddy T.


Ann, you are so RIGHT about him being able to preach the gospel of HIV better than anyone!  \

Love always....

Alan   :-*
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Offline Teresa

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2011, 02:06:19 pm »
I am forever grateful for Tims words of comfort and wisdom to me when I first joined. I too got the roses that he always gave to new members.

 I will always remember Tim with love!

Teresa :'(
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Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2011, 11:36:08 pm »
I still don't have words for this.

His death weighs heavy.

MtD

Offline anniebc

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2011, 03:19:24 am »
I miss you more than words can say, your honesty, your support, your hopes that the young ones would eventually listen, your determination to tell it how it really was, even when you were called out on it you never gave up, and I loved your chocolate cake.

You will be forever in my heart...sending you a dozen roses.

In sadness
Jan :-*
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Offline Jody

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2011, 09:19:07 am »
I remember walking to the CN Tower in Toronto and I was walking to fast and poor Moffie couldn't keep up.  The trip to Niagara Falls was most memorable indeed. In Montreal he was just terrific and we had a great time there and in Quebec City.  I wish he were able to make more trips but it was difficult for him to get around.  He was one of a kind and loved by so many.  He was a huge help to so very many folks in living with HIV, a great teacher.  I too remember Tim's roses.

Always missed and never, ever forgotten, RIP dear Moffala.

Jody :'(
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Offline Jeff64

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2011, 05:47:13 pm »
I have been gone for a year...I am so sad to hear of his passing. He was the light of the boards!

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2011, 08:51:04 pm »
When I first joined, Tim seemed like the very mayor of AM. I savored both flowers and the glasses of wine he'd toss my way. He was, by far, the most august member of the Spin Cycle team and a beloved friend and adviser.

I have never erased his number from my phone: it's my way of coping.
Blessed with brains, talent and gorgeous tits.

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Offline Terry

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2011, 11:56:54 pm »
Tim was truly a warrior in the battle for life after HIV.

He fought that battle because he felt it was the right thing for him to do.

One can not miss someone that is continually within ones heart.

The truly Loved ones are too close to us to be missed They are always there.

Bucko, I wish everyone could, as you have done keep fond memories and never erase anything

Offline Joe K

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Re: Moffie's one year annivercey
« Reply #20 on: January 30, 2012, 01:08:39 pm »
Dearest Tim,

The hole in my heart, from your departure, may never heal.  I miss you terribly as we connected in so many ways.  I feel your spirit at times and I long to hear your voice... your laughter.  How fortunate I am to have a friend like you.

As always, kisses on all of your openings.

All my love,

Joe

 


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