My_Body_Aches

Heh.. gasp! People on reddit know a thing or two about what happens in current tech news? Who'da thunk it?

I think he wanted to come in here and nobody would know about his case, and get a big ole 'eff the gubment!' gangbang going on... but then... oh nooo... some people actually read and realize.. ya... theres certainly evidence out there that he's simply a slime-ball. Especially with his utterly blatant lies I've read that he has commented about his involvement with Sierra.

Enjoy prison, learn a thing or two in there eh?

Bugger. I'm probably way too late.

Anyway, on the off chance this gets seen, I've read your book probably 10 times, and it probably seems incredibly fake or silly after hearing it a million times, but I find you to be one of the extremely rare role models in my life.

I completely stole your balloon idea that replaces religious type things, when my grandpa passed away 6 months ago, it was devastating, and I wound up at his grave every week just talking and crying, then one day I got back in my truck and it clicked somehow that I had your book in my pack.

I ended up reading that entire chapter sitting with my grandpas gravestone, not speaking to him really, but reading for me.

The next day I got some balloons and I went to his grave site again, and I released them and it was the first time I had smiled in weeks, I was remembering him for the times we played cards on thanksgiving until 3 in the morning, laughing and sipping old whiskeys, and playing pool, and trap shooting all over the country.

Maybe it wasn't really your book, or your ritual, maybe it was just time for me to be ready to stop crying over his passing, and instead being happy for his life. I still however give you credit for vicariously helping me through that time in my life which was really difficult.

So.. I guess I don't have a question. I've just never told that story before even to the rest of my family, and I guess if you happen to see this somehow, I want to thank you for being wiser than I was at that time, and that you really did help someone.