Thoughts and memories of birdlady1978 (ABear70)

Sorry to hear the sad news she was one of my long time neighbours.
Sadly missed
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I didn't know her as a neighbor or a close friend but know she must have been a special lady to touch so many hearts. Upon hearing this news yesterday the song "I Can Only Imagine" kept running through my head. I thought she must know the answer to all these questions now as she has been enfolded into the loving arms of Jesus. My love and prayers to her family and all of you whose lives were touched by hers.

 

Well, I have to say that all of you are completely awesome! I just can't tell you how you all make me feel, but it a good thing, ya know,
@Arrouquelas, You sure did find the prettiest picture of a blue bird on a Lilac blossom, she would have loved that. I do.
@tlcmom, we all chatted together in Chat, and definatly had our teams we all rooted for...right!
@Bhodho, my Raffle winner and poster of my cup aka TGC president, you know....you are the coolest!
@sglick, thanks, I love reading your post better than mine, for sure!
@Brookeham, I love reading your posts better than the above,,,OMG just kidding!! Thanks for my 'Queen of Pink' title, it's just one of those things that make me feel Awesome!!
@lovelyfarm1, I think I saw you call me Aunty, and I love that and I'm going to keep it. You can call me Aunty any time and I will honer that for sure!
@hatzeva, feel free to drop me a funny IGM as well, even if your not fond, actually I'm not either all the time...lol!
@AnnTAngel7, You are so right about ABear/birdlady, worried all the time about her thermometer dropping and her NAB's gifts not getting sent. A sugar here a salt there a toolbox everywhere and an occasional Wilson..LOL!
@Banjoman, Yes there should be a way to let her family know how much we care, only thing is, is that farmerama to many is a secret fetish and that we all need a place to escape to...right?! You are very thoughtful.

P.S. Not trying to close thread down...LOL! Still waiting for teddy_bear

 

Hi DBAYES! {{hugs}} We know you are not trying to shut the thread down - but golly girl if you keep talking about it...! I think many of us would prefer the term "FOCD" if you had to label our farm habits. (Although I personally try to avoid the addiction of "having to farm".) As for hiding the game from family - mine is full aware of the time I spend on the game, but I understand it is different for each person.

I think her family might like to see the things said about her here. If they didn't know she played Farmerama, I still think it would be a nice surprise to see how many people's lives she touched. Perhaps you could text the web address of this thread to her phone if it is still active?


My prayers go out to those hurting over her loss... may you find comfort and strength in this time and in your remembrances of her.

 

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I could say a million things but it's impossible to find the right words in these situations ... I truly admire all your posts about the wonderful birdlady1978 / ABear70 (one of my two lovely bears in chat/forum!). Some of you remember the night when I told you all (that were present) that I still remember the days I have met you all ABear was around as well so here goes her story ... I had the honour to meet birdlady1978 while she was looking for her friend, DBAYES, in chat. She looked for her quite a few times but couldn't find her online. Of course she ended up alone in the US server (every single time) so I kept inviting her on the "crowded" side.

Sighs... It's so insanely hard knowing that something bad happened... tiki's story was a shock to all of us and I admitted then, and I'll admit again, it had a high impact on me... Sadly, players come and go, you wonder how they are after not seeing them around for a while... When you do hear this kind of news, it's just too sad ...

What is wonderful though, is that all of you will cherish the friends and people you have met in game, and they are not forgotten. Our thoughts will always run to them, remembering memories we shared together. As some players still remember and mention tiki, I'm sure many of you will still keep birdlady in your hearts for a long time from now on...

 

I still miss my neighbour Birdlady/ABear/Debs so very much. Thanks Teddy for your kind and thoughtful words. Best of Mondays to yous.

 

I wondered why ABear70, Deb, was not answering my IGMs. She was a wonderful neighbor. Normally I am not very sociable in this game. However Deb often reached out to me, I think trying to draw me out of my shell of isolation, with an IGM. Her IGMs always seemed to come at a time when I needed cheering up. I miss her so terribly and wondered what had happened to her. She never revealed to me about her Cancer. She just said that RL got in the way sometimes when she couldn't play for a while. I always welcomed her back and was so happy to receive a response from her. I wish I would have known her better. She was in so much pain and stress with her illness but never told me because she was worried about me and my illnesses. I seldom visit this section of the forum however for some reason I was drawn to this Gabfest section this morning..........She wanted me to know why she could not answer my igms anymore. God Bless you all who keep her in your hearts and prayers. I will remember her in my prayers also.

 

For a moment here, I was a bit speechless. After my first break from Farmerama, I came back to find she had cancer. And now, this.
Unfortunately, I did not have the honor of knowing her as well as many of you did, but from my occasional posts to her, I could tell that she was a woman full of love, joy, hope.
As to what CJ said about Deb believing that Jesus could heal her, even though she had passed from it, I believe Jesus did heal her. Death is the final enemy. No longer must she deal with cancer or any other ailments of the physical world. She will be deeply missed among many of us, but one day we will reunite with her again. We'll see that she is no longer tired. See that she is no longer in pain. And this is how I like to think of this. She left her physical being but she is still alive and well and happy. Still herself, but without the cancer.

 

Although I don't know Birdlady1978 (ABear70), I feel like crying when I see your posts. I am very touched by your love for Deb.
It is a pity that Deb has left this world, but this world is meant to be unfair.
I believe that in her next life she will have a better life, because in this life she has done lots of good things like making you happy.

There is actually something you can learn from this experience: Cherish your friends, neighbours and family when they are in this world.