Goodbye Gralin - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Glirdan · 05-11-2006, 06:08 PM

My condolences and wishes to both her family and friends.

Lush · 05-12-2006, 04:24 PM

My condolences. Cancer is... ehhh. We're all going to be touched by it, or are already touched by it.

Stay strong.

Durelin · 05-13-2006, 02:28 PM

God bless her, and all her family and friends.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-29-2006, 06:09 PM

I would like to send my condolences however late they might be.

I was away at the time of this tragedy so I did not know, hearing this now has left me absolutely devastated. I honestly feel like weeping after reading this.
I did not have much contact with Gralin, but the little I had was very positive indeed and when the shock disappears; I will remember her with joy. She is a person I am happy to have known the little I did.

I hope I don't upset anyone by bringing this up again, hopefully you are able to think back on Gralin and remember the good things she brought rather than her sad ending.

Mithalwen · 10-05-2006, 01:04 PM

I am glad you have bumped this up, I always meant to post here but I tarried - partly because I fell into the "once bitten, twice shy category" and partly because (with no disrespect to Precioussss intended) I really hoped this was another hoax. Then the moment passed.

I was aware of Gralin as someone bright and funny but I did not really know her, so moved by the unmitigated tragedy of her death, I read through a lot of her posts. Most of these are to be found in the Quiz and Mirth forums but not all.

Three I would like to draw your attention to:

Firstly Gralin in her own words.

Secondly What Tolkien meant to her.

Thirdly Her farewell.

Reading these increased my sadness but it also increased my admiration. She had clearly had difficulties in her life before her fatal illness, yet the experience had not embittered her - Gralin assigned nothing to Mordor. Even if she wasn't referring to her diagnosis in the third post - almost her last, it is almost unbearably poignant. She has haunted my thoughts a great deal in the past months and is highly effective in giving a true sense of perspective. While I now pay her a belated tribute, I will try to always remember her joie de vivre and complete lack of self-pity. Therefore I will not say goodbye.

05-11-2006, 06:08 PM	#1
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	My condolences and wishes to both her family and friends. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

05-12-2006, 04:24 PM	#2
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	My condolences. Cancer is... ehhh. We're all going to be touched by it, or are already touched by it. Stay strong. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

10-05-2006, 01:04 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I am glad you have bumped this up, I always meant to post here but I tarried - partly because I fell into the "once bitten, twice shy category" and partly because (with no disrespect to Precioussss intended) I really hoped this was another hoax. Then the moment passed. I was aware of Gralin as someone bright and funny but I did not really know her, so moved by the unmitigated tragedy of her death, I read through a lot of her posts. Most of these are to be found in the Quiz and Mirth forums but not all. Three I would like to draw your attention to: Firstly Gralin in her own words. Secondly What Tolkien meant to her. Thirdly Her farewell. Reading these increased my sadness but it also increased my admiration. She had clearly had difficulties in her life before her fatal illness, yet the experience had not embittered her - Gralin assigned nothing to Mordor. Even if she wasn't referring to her diagnosis in the third post - almost her last, it is almost unbearably poignant. She has haunted my thoughts a great deal in the past months and is highly effective in giving a true sense of perspective. While I now pay her a belated tribute, I will try to always remember her joie de vivre and complete lack of self-pity. Therefore I will not say goodbye. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 04-11-2008 at 03:10 PM.

05-13-2006, 02:28 PM	#3
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	God bless her, and all her family and friends.