this is his sis liz, thank you for the message, we started a video channel to collect his videos and messages, we also have a site, which is a virutal tribute, we will have a cermony on wednesday
@berendinmemoriam I'm so sorry for your loss. Getting to know him for only a few years was "interesting" and I never knew what to expect. He seemed like such a fun loving person loved being the center of a joke. I've really never met anyone who could be so goofy and funny, yet so caring and honestly wanting to help people. I was reading some of our chats on Skype and he gave me so much advice and always tried to help by introducing me to people(making me cry) He was great!
@berendinmemoriam I'll try to find the video of me, him and this guy Brandon hosting a charity show. I don't know if it's still up. Tell your family thank you for bringing him into the world and I'm so so sorry about your loss. I can't imagine.
I cried through the entire start of my show...no way could I say farewell to Berend or share the sorrowful news publicly without breaking down. I tried to "get it out of my system" the night before but...
Our favorite Villain called me Glinda, and my husband Glenn he called Tarzan. He has been a friend of our show for the last 3.5 years and we often chatted via Skype. My heart goes out to you, mate, and to all who mourn this painful loss.
@CelestialTeaRoom I always called him The Flying Dutchman and he usually would call me an asshole in response, but most of the time he was one of the only people who called me the shortened version of my first name.
i found it hard last month when my granddad, it was so strange going down on the train seeing all the people doing Christmas shopping it was hard. even too the point of going into my grandparents house. you expect too see him for a split second then it hit me, even after funeral it felt surreal like did that just.
I wish I had something poignant to say about him, but much like you with William, I only spoke with Ryhze a few times. I gained respect for him when I saw how hard he tried to help an online friend of his that's struggling with alcoholism, mental illness and spouse abuse.
I knew a guy that had a stroke at 32, no drugs, ate well, rode a bicycle every day... and I knew another guy that died of a brain hemorrhage at 33.
@onlywhenprovoked It's definitely fragile. The doctors told my family I was going to die when I was 17 after my appendix burst. It was caused by nothing.
Someone told me you go thru steps when someone you know dies. The first I think was shock and then was being numb. I'm getting passed the shock and moving into being numb.
lol had to look that up XD and ewe like who would do that? Also something I've found through life is that the good die young and the assholes live on forever. It will take time but one day you'll be able to think about him and smile without tears. <3
@TheSamara89kitten That's why I reject the idea of karma there are a lot of things that no one deserves and life shouldn't be about suffering especially when we are so lucky to have it.
@MistressArte As you probably know I've studied Buddhism for a while and karma doesn't really work like that, but I really don't want to get into it now.
I thought about making a video response for this, but I don't want to intrude on your life or be weird, so I'll put this in writing:
I've lost some people that were pretty close to me over the past few years, but I can't imagine losing someone that's this close to me. I can count my friends like that on one hand. I don't know what I would do if I lost one of them, but I hope that I would have the same strength you do to tell everyone how much they meant to me.
r.i.p rhysz
StanMarshI 4 weeks ago
Thank-you for this ... he would be touched. He liked you a lot and thoroughly enjoyed your time together.
*hugs*
DmKrispin 1 month ago
@DmKrispin Thank you. This was the video I did the night I found out. The 2nd is the day after when I could talk about it a bit better.
It was great talking to you.
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
this is his sis liz, thank you for the message, we started a video channel to collect his videos and messages, we also have a site, which is a virutal tribute, we will have a cermony on wednesday
berendinmemoriam 1 month ago
@berendinmemoriam I'm so sorry for your loss. Getting to know him for only a few years was "interesting" and I never knew what to expect. He seemed like such a fun loving person loved being the center of a joke. I've really never met anyone who could be so goofy and funny, yet so caring and honestly wanting to help people. I was reading some of our chats on Skype and he gave me so much advice and always tried to help by introducing me to people(making me cry) He was great!
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
@berendinmemoriam I'll try to find the video of me, him and this guy Brandon hosting a charity show. I don't know if it's still up. Tell your family thank you for bringing him into the world and I'm so so sorry about your loss. I can't imagine.
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
I cried through the entire start of my show...no way could I say farewell to Berend or share the sorrowful news publicly without breaking down. I tried to "get it out of my system" the night before but...
Our favorite Villain called me Glinda, and my husband Glenn he called Tarzan. He has been a friend of our show for the last 3.5 years and we often chatted via Skype. My heart goes out to you, mate, and to all who mourn this painful loss.
CelestialTeaRoom 1 month ago
@CelestialTeaRoom I always called him The Flying Dutchman and he usually would call me an asshole in response, but most of the time he was one of the only people who called me the shortened version of my first name.
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
i found it hard last month when my granddad, it was so strange going down on the train seeing all the people doing Christmas shopping it was hard. even too the point of going into my grandparents house. you expect too see him for a split second then it hit me, even after funeral it felt surreal like did that just.
it is hard when you are in that situation
thuggie1 1 month ago
I'm sorry about your friend.
I wish I had something poignant to say about him, but much like you with William, I only spoke with Ryhze a few times. I gained respect for him when I saw how hard he tried to help an online friend of his that's struggling with alcoholism, mental illness and spouse abuse.
I knew a guy that had a stroke at 32, no drugs, ate well, rode a bicycle every day... and I knew another guy that died of a brain hemorrhage at 33.
Life is short, enjoy it as much as you can.
onlywhenprovoked 1 month ago
@onlywhenprovoked It's definitely fragile. The doctors told my family I was going to die when I was 17 after my appendix burst. It was caused by nothing.
Someone told me you go thru steps when someone you know dies. The first I think was shock and then was being numb. I'm getting passed the shock and moving into being numb.
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
lol had to look that up XD and ewe like who would do that? Also something I've found through life is that the good die young and the assholes live on forever. It will take time but one day you'll be able to think about him and smile without tears. <3
MistressArte 1 month ago
@MistressArte OMG that's so true and you know what else? The good ones who don't die young SUFFER more! It's very very bizarre.
TheSamara89kitten 1 month ago
@TheSamara89kitten That's why I reject the idea of karma there are a lot of things that no one deserves and life shouldn't be about suffering especially when we are so lucky to have it.
MistressArte 1 month ago
@MistressArte As you probably know I've studied Buddhism for a while and karma doesn't really work like that, but I really don't want to get into it now.
AnAverageSkeptic 1 month ago
It's a wonderful thing that he had a friend like you around for the last few years of his life to share such a fun side of himself with.
-Gabriela
TheGabster28 1 month ago
I thought about making a video response for this, but I don't want to intrude on your life or be weird, so I'll put this in writing:
I've lost some people that were pretty close to me over the past few years, but I can't imagine losing someone that's this close to me. I can count my friends like that on one hand. I don't know what I would do if I lost one of them, but I hope that I would have the same strength you do to tell everyone how much they meant to me.
TheGabster28 1 month ago