Hello Bluelight Community,
This is Lonewolf’s little brother. I am the one who informed Papasomni about my brother’s passing. When going through his phone and computer, I found out that he was part of this community. After reading your posts I see that he had a great network of friends here. Since many of you were close with him, I felt you should know how he passed, and that Krazy Cat Midnight is well and is being looked after by our mom. My brother went peacefully in his sleep sometime late in the afternoon on April 30th. That night, he was supposed to travel to meet up for dinner plans with our sister and mother, and when he didn’t arrive they were concerned. When they couldn’t reach him, they had a neighbor check in on him. He was found unresponsive, but it looked like he had been resting on the couch. He always took a nap before going on a long drive.
His passing was unexpected. He had been in a lot of pain this past decade due to psoriatic arthritis- a degenerative autoimmune disease, but as some of you have mentioned, he never complained or showed how bad his suffering really was. He didn’t want to be a burden or a downer to anyone around him. A lot of you have summed up who he was and what he was like in this thread- kind, funny, easygoing, modest, great sense of humor, and everyone’s friend. He loved music and was a talented guitarist. He loved cooking, pop culture, movies, and reading. He was our family’s math genius, chef, and encyclopedia. It is interesting that these last few comments mentioned animal visitations because that is something I have felt as well. He collected turtle totems and our family knew the turtle as his power animal. In his eulogy we mentioned that like the turtle, in recent years due to his illness his mobility was slow, yet purposeful. He was never in a hurry but always on time. He was gentle, patient and knew how to savor and appreciate the simple things life. It means a lot to see that he had friendship in this group. Thank you all for your kind words.