Libertine: On the Prowl

Vidi, vici, veni -- I saw, I conquered, I came. _______________________________________________________________

A Thoughtful Gesture

Yesterday, a regular reader of my blog, John Sherck, contacted me on IM to wish me a happy birthday.

We chatted for awhile about various things and he eventually commented about my blog entry that day. I'd said that I wished I could stop by the cemetery and leaves flowers on my mother's grave on Mother's Day. As he lives in the same city where my parents are buried, he offered to take a trip down there and leave some flowers on the grave for me. He added that he'd take some photos, so that I could have a "virtual visit to the cemetery".

I gave him directions to where the grave was located in this large cemetery, where the first graves date from the 17th century, hoping for the best. Before he signed off, he promised me he'd email me later about what had transpired, and said he'd send photos if he'd found the grave.

Hours later, when I got home from work, his email was waiting for me, with an account of how he found the grave, along with nine photos complete with descriptions.

I am quite touched by his kindness and I'm using this entry to thank him publicly for his thoughtfulness. Below is one of the nine photos he snapped.

Thanks, John.

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07:51, 2008-May-12 .. Posted by Nikkie

I had a similar thing happen. A couple of years ago I mentioned in an e-list group that I wish I could visit my dad's grave on Memorial Day (he is buried in a military cemetery). Since I was in Portland and my dad's grave is in San Fransico I was likely never to get down that way to visit his grave. One of the ladies on this list who I never even met offered to take flower to his gravesite and to email my pictures. I gave her my dad's name she went to the cemetery and found him right away. She emailed photos a couple of days after that. It was really touching that someone I never met would do that for me. I've posted his gravesite photos a year ago in Memory of him on Memorial Day. I will be posting them again this year.
I know exactly how you feel at his gesture. It is a really kind person who goes out of their way for a another person.

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08:01, 2008-May-12 .. Posted by LauriesAsylum

Wow....

I think that's amazing and wonderful.

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08:37, 2008-May-12 .. Posted by texican

That was very touching and a wonderful gesture on his part.

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09:45, 2008-May-12 .. Posted by DeeJay

...and THAT is what so many of us mean when we say that we've met some amazing people online. Your friend shines.

Happy Belated Birthday, Will.

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12:45, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by slayerbarbie

That was an amazingly thoughtful thing of him to do. Happy belated birthday, by the way. I hope it was filled with plenty of women....

How very nice of him

08:13, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by Patty

What a thoughtful and caring person. Gives you faith in mankind again, doesn't it? Hope you had a nice Birthday and also hope you got a chuckle from the e-mail joke I sent you. I got several chuckles, perhaps because I have been there myself, not quite as bad as the man shopping, but bad enough to cause panic. LOL

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09:44, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by Aielman

Very cool.

touching

01:45, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by Chandramoon

I was so touched by his gesture so I can imagine how much more touched you are by this - it just goes to show how real our online friendships can be!

How lovely to know there are flowers there after all.

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02:26, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by littleMissConfused

That was very cool! I miss my blog city blog. Say "Hi" to John from me...if he remembers who I am (lisapooh). I have not stopped at any of those blogs for so long...I really need to go back and catch up with a few people.

Your mom has a beautiful stone. I like the saying engraved at the bottom "Till we meet again" ...I like to think when we die we will get to see all of our loved ones that went before us.

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02:29, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by LauriesAsylum

Wow, you have good eyesight, I didn't realize that was on there!

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02:50, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by littleMissConfused

having a super huge 20" screen helps!

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07:08, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by mothman

That's fantastic.

Kudos to the good people in this world.

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01:39, 2008-May-18 .. Posted by grimfairy

That is amazing. I'm so caught up on privacy that sometimes I forget there's honest people in this world. I'm glad he was able to bring some comfort to you.