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Terrible news concerning nik -- Niky passed away last night.

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Currin Comics

Currin Comics

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Very sorry to hear this news, as we all have been bracing ourselves for this moment. My prayers go out to his family and freinds and all of us here on the boards, as he was beloved here to a great extent. So, try to do something you love today.....and think of Nik. My heartfelt condolences to all-Peace CC.

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fingfangfoom

fingfangfoom

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The post that hoped I would not see yet knew was forthcoming.

 

Condolences to Nik's family and to those on the board who were lucky enough to share time with him, something that I was never able to do other than through PM's.

 

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i miss him already.

 

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Rest in peace Nikos Manousaridis. You were one of the best people it's ever been my good fortune to have met, and I will always remember you.

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Twelve years ago my family was introduced to "The Dragonfly" when my nephew passed away. Since then it has become a part of our mourning process and has been read at passings. I hope it touches everyone here while they grieve.

 

"The Dragonfly"

 

Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions.

 

Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew that when this happened, their friend was dead, gone forever.

 

Then one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what he found at the top.

 

When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun was so warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body changed, and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying. So fly he did! As he soared, he saw the beauty of a whole new world and a far superior way of life to what he had ever known even existed.

 

Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking by now that he was dead. He wanted to go back to them, and explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended.

 

But his new body would not go down into the water. He could not get back to tell his friends that good news. Then he understood that their time would come, when they too would know what he now knew. So he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life!

 

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Fly well Nik. You touched many.

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