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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 29 Jan 2014 22:43

Yesterday at 2 am I received the news that a close friend's daughter had died unexpectedly. She was reading for an advanced degree at a northern uni. Her system gave out from the never ending strain of anorexia.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

<3

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Mersey

Mersey Report 29 Jan 2014 22:44

Im sorry to hear this Rollo .

Researching:
#Be Kind

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 29 Jan 2014 22:46

How sad, it is a terrible illness, poor girl with her future in front of her. My sympahies to your friend Rollo

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 29 Jan 2014 22:54

A terrible "illness". Not easy to overcome.

Condolences to her family.

Mr M.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 29 Jan 2014 23:21

how absolutely awful

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 29 Jan 2014 23:29

My sincere condolences to you, your friend and their family.

Rest In Peace Young Lady <3

Lesley x

Researching:
The Family

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 30 Jan 2014 00:47

So sorry to hear this sad news. How awful for all the family. Such a terrible illness. <3 <3

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Jan 2014 00:52

How sad for her family and all who knew her.

It just goes to show that this dreadful illness can be developed by even the most of intelligent of people.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Jan 2014 04:39

How very sad.

It is a devastating sickness.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 30 Jan 2014 08:04

RolloTheRed sorry to read about the sad news you received - my sympathies go out to her family, friends and you.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

PollyinBrum

PollyinBrum Report 30 Jan 2014 08:15

My deepest sympathy and condolences to your friends.
To lose a child is possibly the worst experience a parent can endure, to lose one in such tragic circumstances must be absolutely devastating. May she rest in peace.

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 30 Jan 2014 08:28

So sad Rollo.
My own daughter suffered from this same eating disorder .
We are so grateful that she accepted help and won the battle against anorexia but sadly for others, it is just too difficult.
My heart goes out to the family of this girl.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 24 Feb - 2 Mar 2014

http://www.b-eat.co.uk/support-us/get-involved/eating-disorders-awareness-week/

EDIT:
Lesson I learned about anorexia

It is not about the desire to lose weight. but the the fear of gaining it.

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 30 Jan 2014 09:54

Thank you every one I am really beat up.

Around ten years ago I had a really bad fall. Instead of coming round to crushing pain I awoke to a warm summer's day on a beach. Just across on the other side were all the people I had lost over the years and missed so bad. Then a far away voice said not the time you cannot stay. So I awoke to the blues and twos. Sometimes I just want to go back to that beach but I guess we must all carry on somehow.

<3

Love,
Love changes everything:
Hands and faces,
Earth and sky,
Love,
Love changes everything:
How you live and
How you die

(Webber)

"When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
Half closes the garden path.

And when I come to the garden ground,
The whir of sober birds
Up from the tangle of withered weeds
Is sadder than any words

A tree beside the wall stands bare,
But a leaf that lingered brown,
Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
Comes softly rattling down.

I end not far from my going forth
By picking the faded blue
Of the last remaining aster flower
To carry again to you. "

A Late Walk, Robert Frost

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

PollyinBrum

PollyinBrum Report 30 Jan 2014 10:06

Rollo

Love,
Love changes everything:
Hands and faces,
Earth and sky,
Love,
Love changes everything:
How you live and
How you die

This song brings back bitter sweet memories and always manages to make me cry. I truly feel for you.

Pain the price to be paid for love.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 30 Jan 2014 14:08

Rollo my deepest sympathy to the family and yourself
at this sad time.

Emma

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 30 Jan 2014 15:28

Very sorry to hear that Rollo. And don't you ever go back to the beach. Sure there are many people who enjoy your company and views. I do - even though we tend to tease each other now and again.

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

YG

YG Report 30 Jan 2014 17:32

I am so sorry Rollo. My sincere condolences to your friend's family and to you. It is obviously hurting you very much as well. Such a tragic waste of a young life <3

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 31 Jan 2014 06:21

How sad that this girl with so much to live for, has not had the chance to do that. My sympathy to you and to all her family and friends.

I can understand how these illnesses take hold of people, it's like folk telling me to get rid of my stuff I hoard, well logically I know I should but part of my brain is telling me otherwise.

Let's hope this dear girl is with all those gone before, on that lovely beach you visited Rollo, and her loved ones there are holding her tight.


Lizxx

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 31 Jan 2014 08:22

Condolences to all, such a terrible loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnqj_31LXg

Researching:
Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 31 Jan 2014 08:44

So sorry to hear this .
It's a dreadful illness.condolences to all.

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