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Offline Lightfighter

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Merry Christmas
« on: December 24, 2016, 10:13:02 pm »
Or, your choice of your preferred holiday.


While sitting here on Christmas Eve I've reflected a touch.  I'm finished putting together the kids presents and am looking at our tree with the associated presents strewn underneath. 

This is my first Christmas.  2016 has been a bitch to say the least.  I don't dwell on my firsts often.  I am a little tonight because I'm thankful I'm healthy and my wife is as well. 

Thank all of you.  From Jim to leatherman to bocker to zach to mech and many others.  Although sometimes we may not agree on everything, I feel like this place is a bit of a sanctuary where we all have a common bond.  You guys have provided me hope, information, and a calmness about everything. Even indirectly by me just reading responses from the members here I learn and I begin to see things from a different perspective that I otherwise wouldn't have.

From my family to yours, have a joyous holiday season and a fruitful new year.



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Offline Tonny2

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2016, 10:24:57 pm »


       OJO    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY....LIFE GOES ON AND YOU WILL BE CELEBRATING LOTS OF CHRISTMAS MORE, MAYBE NEXT XMAS I WILL SEE A PRESENT FOR ME UNDER YOUR TREE...LIFE GOES ON...HUGS              OJO
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Offline Lightfighter

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2016, 10:53:36 pm »
Quote from: Tonny2 on December 24, 2016, 10:24:57 pm

       OJO    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY....LIFE GOES ON AND YOU WILL BE CELEBRATING LOTS OF CHRISTMAS MORE, MAYBE NEXT XMAS I WILL SEE A PRESENT FOR ME UNDER YOUR TREE...LIFE GOES ON...HUGS              OJO

Damn. I knew I was forgetting one of the most esteemed posters on this board.  Sorry about that tonny. 

I'm sure we will all be celebrating many more.
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Offline Tonny2

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2016, 04:55:55 pm »
Quote from: Lightfighter on December 24, 2016, 10:53:36 pm
Damn. I knew I was forgetting one of the most esteemed posters on this board.  Sorry about that tonny. 

I'm sure we will all be celebrating many more.

          OJO       HELLO THERE, SO ARE SO KIND, FOR FORGETING ABOUT ME, LOL...PLEASE DO NOT WORRY, WE ALL ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, EVEN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, READING ALL OF YOU NEWLY DIAGNOSED MEMBERS, HELPS ME FEELING ALIVE, I WAS ABOUT TO QUIT (ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER TONNY'S DEAD) PARTICIPATING ON THESE FORUMS, BUT TONNY ASKED ME NO TO DO IT, SO, I'M STILL HERE, HONORING HIS MEMORY BY USING HIS USER'S NAME, TONNY2, REMINDING ME THAT WHEN I GOT MY DIAGNOSIS, I DEALT WITH IT ONLY WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY EX PARTNER AND MY FAMILY, NOT WANTING TO GET TO KNOW ANYONE ELSE LIVING WITH HIV, BECOMING FRIENDS AND THEN, SEE THEM DIE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED, GETTING AN HIV DX WAS A DEATH SENTENCE, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED, I MET TONNY HERE, WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS, I EVEN MET HIM IN PERSON, EVENTHOUGH HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2012, HE DIED IN 2013, AND I, AFTER 22 YEARS, AM STILL HERE...IS IT FAIR?, HE WAS ONLY 30 YEARS OLD...SORRY...HUGS                                                                                            OJO
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2016, 05:19:03 pm »
 :) I hope you are having a great Christmas.

As for 2016 being a bitch and dwelling on your first...Well my 2017 wish for you is that next Christmas, thoughts about HIV do not even come to your mind, let alone leave you with anything to dwell on.

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Offline Lightfighter

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2016, 07:42:42 pm »
Quote from: JimDublin on December 25, 2016, 05:19:03 pm
:) I hope you are having a great Christmas.

As for 2016 being a bitch and dwelling on your first...Well my 2017 wish for you is that next Christmas, thoughts about HIV do not even come to your mind, let alone leave you with anything to dwell on.
Would not be much fun if we agreed all the time  ;)

Jim

Thanks Jim.  With you and the others in this forum I'm sure I'll be able to grant that wish.
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Offline Emmig

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2016, 04:41:31 am »
Happy holidays and let 2017 be better.
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