Thank you Ghost.
I've known you a long time now and I have always supported each team member regardless of the situation at hand; and in doing so I earned the term 'naive'. I will remain so!
With Carl, we met way back when, I think it was 2002, at the time he was just a player and we become friends.
But this last year since he was appointed as a mod we grew closer.
I've learned to listen to people, most are lonely as was Carl at one time.
We become close friends finding a common ground, we both had bad backs.
Carl told me the reason he became a Mod here was because I showed him what good he could do.
My heart was touched for a lifetime.
Then I even managed to talk him into writing a poem. He couldn't resist trying at least. So I am honored to have his poem as a keepsake from him.
He wrote about how worried he was about his best friend being so ill, saying how worried he was he may never get to tell me.
Then he expressed his happiness at my return.
I want to share these lines with you:
But the good lord gave my friend back to me
His love spreads and covers us all like leaves on a tree
A thought all of us should ponder, learn to treat all with kindness from the heart.
We don't know what tomorrow will bring.
I'll never forget Carl, he is forever in my heart.
**Thank you Flyordie for the kind tribute to Carl, I noticed the black dragon and strip over the name in his honor.
God bless all.
Rose