Hi -- this is Cyntari -- many of you know me -- many of your don't. This isn't about me tho. This is about the greatest man I ever knew. If it's ok I want to tell you all about him.

His name was Bill. He was born September 18 in 1957, the 1st of five children. After graduating high school he went on to attend the US Military Academy (West Point). He didn't join the Army because it was a job, he didn't join because that's what other people did, he joined because 1st and foremost he was an American and believed in what our country stood for. During his military career, he became both Ranger and Airborne qualified. He truly lived by the code of Duty, Honor, Country. He remained in the Service for 20 years - continuing to serve his country and developing one of the strongest work ethics I knew. There was never anyone that he worked with or for that didn't hold him in trememdous admiration and grow to care about him.

In 1981 he married. He had two children. There was never a time, that his family ever felt like second best. They knew that they were loved even if he wasn't an emotional person. His children grew up knowing that he believed in them. If there was anything that guided them as they made decisions in their life, it was always thinking in their minds, what would Daddy want for me to do. How would he do this. Those children are now almost adults - and you would never know anyone to say anything against them. This is contributed to their father.

Your all probably wondering at this point - why does she tell us all this. We don't know him. The reason I am telling you all about him is because his life, and the way he lived it should be a model for others. Live your lives with his motto. Do what you think is right to the best of your ability. Always consider that there are people that love you.

Why now? Yesterday while traveling from a mundane business meeting from an area in Iraq - he entered an area that was occupied by rebels.
They opened fire and the vehicle that he was in was riddled with bullets. He was killed instantly. His memory will forever touch those of us that knew him. I'm hoping that his memory can also touch some of you.

That man was my husband. He was the greatest man I ever knew.

Cyntari

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cyntari wow
im so sorry.

wow cyntari.... i'm so sorry... i hope you and your family stay strong even in your time of greivance. :|

wow cyntari.. I'm so sorry.. God bless you and your family ^^

I'm sorry to hear about your loss Cyntari...

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I'm sorry for your loss. He sounds like a great man.

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Dark is banned from ever touching my computer again.

I am so sorry this had to happen to your family.

Please let us know if there's anything we can do for you.

As a matter of fact yes. I look at alot of ppl on FFXI as rl friends and family. I will be coming on from time to time. I really need to have an escape outlet right now. I would like it if when I do come on that this whole thing doesn't become a major topic of discussion -- coming on will be my way of getting away from it all and allow my brain to just shut down for a bit.

I know that one thing Bill would've wanted is for our lives to continue. He was just that kind of guy. I know he would want us to remember him with happy thoughts. He used to say "If crap happens - sometimes you get some on your boots - but it can't slow you down - you have to MARCH ON!" That's how I plan to cope -- I need to be kept busy and continue on.

Cyntari

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omg cyntari.... im so sorry.... you always hear stories on the news, or about some people somewhere that you never knew. This obviously shows that it can happen to anyone, even a friend that you met on an online video game


please send me a /tell if you need to talk or would like a favor, ill be there for you

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Is this ok?

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I'm sorry for your lost... not very good at this kind of stuff...
I think you maybe able to understand this even tho it's all in Japanese...
I wish you the best :|

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood/13 ... ngtour.swf

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Damn melo...that's borderline saddening ><

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Dark is banned from ever touching my computer again.

melo...that just confuses and depresses me...

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well what melo posted looked like, somone losing someone in the ongoing "march" forward we call life. it showed them grieving, but finally moving on and actually making new happy memories. meaning, even though sometimes things happen that are tragic theres always more happiness ahead. it didnt seem sad to me, seemed more optimistic than anything. but thats what i got from it, i dont know japanese.

as for Cyntari, the mere simple fact that you have the courage to talk about this in open forum makes you one of the strongest and bravest ppl ive encountered. i think your husband was also a very lucky man to have a family who thinks this highly of him. if i could say something that would be totally comforting i would, but this unfortunately lies in the realm of you. so ill say this; your story made me tear, and it has impacted me as a person. i am truly very sorry for you, your family, and the worlds loss of this great man.

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I'm Sorry for ur loss Cyntari.
Let me know if u need any thing.



I Respect that and understand. I have done that too many times. I believe u will see him again some day.

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he died doing somethign that anyone can be proud of forever. That alone is a rare deed and something to truly be reconized.

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im so sorry....bless you....definatley let us know if you need anything....

When I see you ingame Ill do just what Ive always done. I wont bring the subject up, however, should you ever want to talk about it im always online or around on the forums.

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RIP Shiloh

wow, i would just like to express my depest condolences to you and your family and your husbands friends. It is nice to see that someone was held in such high esteem both in life, and after. Thank you for sharing this with us, this is one thing that truly makes me believe that online gaming is a true social spectrum, even in an artificial world, we are touched by the comings and goings of the people within it and the trials and tribulations they are facing in everyday life.

If you ever need anything don't hesitate to ask

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I'm so sorry. I'll be praying for you. ;.;

Cynatari ; ;

I am so sorry..

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Although i totally think this war was and still is wrong. I respect and honor those who have who go and choose to defend there country. Honestly cyn you telling me this has made me cry. Your husband sounds like an amazing man and and amazing father, i myself have grown up missing a father figure i've always missed and lacked a the guide of a good father figure if i had a choice ( of course i don't sadly) i would pick a man like your husband. I'm greatly and deeply saddend by your loss.

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The mikey's have a plan. Djay isn't all powerful.

I understood Melo's message. U have a man -- he travels thru life, and along the way he makes a few friends. He makes some here, he makes others someplace else, some people meet him and he touches them in some way. Then something happens to take that man away -- there's grief and sadness. But then u can look at all the lives he's touched and all the people come together in their grief for him -- and that's what's beautiful. Thank U Melo.

Bill wasn't over there fighting for a cause he believed in. He didn't pick and choose what he would or would not do for his country. He was over there because he believed in the principles of America. Because he stood for what this country is -- people who believe that u should have choices, people who care. That is in every country in this world. I understand that he was killed by other people who also have their beliefs - and I can respect that they have them. What I can not condone or respect is the method in which they spread those beliefs. No good came out of killing a man like Bill.

Mikey if I could only tell u what a great father he really was. He spent alot of our married life and the kids lives away from them. We always joked about how good the kids were and how I did a DAM good job raising them (lol). And yes, I was the one left at home with them - but ..
he was the one who instilled values into them.

He never said "this is what u have to believe in" he said "whatever u believe in - stand up for it"

He never said "you can't do this - your lacking this or that" he said "you can do whatever you set your mind to -- if your lacking education you get that 1st -- but if you want it, you CAN do it"

I loved him very much, and right now there is sooo much pain. It's not because I'm not going to be able to survive without him, or that life won't go on. Because of our military life and then all the traveling that he did with his civilian work, I know that I will move on and I can cope. The pain is because this man impacted my life, he always accepted me as I was, never tried to change me, he was always there when I needed him, whether at home or in a country thousands of miles away. That's what can't be replaced. A widow can find another income. You can find someone to help pay the bills if you want. You can find someone to wake up to in the morning. What you can't find is a person that believes in you that way -- that is what true love is -- accepting a person for what they are and believing in them anyway. That's what he gave me, that's what I will miss for the rest of my life.

Cyntari

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So sorry to hear about that Cyn. :|

Im sorry to hear that.. u'll see him again , maybe not anytime soon. but you will.

A little prayer
Little that we knew that morning,
God was going to call your name,
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
You did not go alone.
For part of us went with you.
The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you,
You are always by our side.
Our family chain is broken, and
Nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.

Rest in Peace

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Cyn, I am terribly sorry for your great loss.. I can't imagine going through life without a loved one by my side, and I would probably give up then.. But you, you believed in him and still do, and that is a great thing, that is love. I wish you and your family happy lives without bill, and I hope you try to continue your life normally, and never forget him.