Candles for Candy

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Lots of love and light

Night night sweet Zombie 💓

Oh trusty Phalanx, the time is nigh. I for one have girded my loins and squared my shoulders.

Should you need me, dear Zombie, I am ready to help lift you up until the wind catches in the folds of your red dress, and carries you high, ever higher. I shall see that huge smile in my memory, and hear the loudest throaty smoker's laugh echoing from above.

Crank up the music. Line up the glasses. Ashtray wiped and ready.

can one really be so sad for someone never once seen?

Hoping for a peaceful day for you Zombie, you will be greatly missed by this random stranger.

Will light a candle and break open the Jack Daniels Honey in your honour xx

Zombie, you are a lovely and much loved lady. You leave behind you a world richer for your having been in it and poorer for not having you in it for long enough.

Sleep well, sleep gently, sleep long. Rage no more against the dying of the light.

I have an image of us, Phalanx, Lurkers and Botherers (I include myself in the last one!) lined up, shoulder to shoulder, breastplates burnished, spears held high, giving one hell of a salute to our dear Zombie as she passes by in a fug of cigarette smoke, glass held high, with that massive, massive smile on her face.

Thank you, Zombie. It's been an honour.

....You leave behind you a world richer for your having been in it and poorer for not having you in it for long enough....

Thank you for expressing that thought, MrsWembley.

Candle lit for you Candy, i love this candle and now it has burnt down a little it's light is even prettier. It will shortly be filling my front room with gorgeous scent of cinmon and orange. Bless you Candy, may your journey be serene x

Candles lit (something and fig), wine poured. God speed on the final lap Candy.

These threads have been a little shining beacon of kindness and friendship these past few days. With all that's going on in the world that truly is something quite special.

May your journey on be pain free Zombie. Thinking of you.

A friend is someone who tries to pick you up when you've fallen. And if they can't pick you up, they lay down beside you (unknown).

We are all laying down beside you Zombie. Sleep well

I've only got a santa candle from Christmas...I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not.

Fly high,zombie. I have only just followed your threads but oh, how I wish I'd met you. You sound like the most marvellous fun! I'm thinking of you and hope you are at peace x

Feeling very humbled by these beautiful comments. What a legacy for one person to leave behind. How fortunate we would all be to have a tenth of your strength and compassion. Go gently...

Zombie and Zfamily and friends our thoughts and prayers are with you.

That sounds great, MyGast.

I wish you could smell it too kelper it's gorgeous!

Here's my Best Gin that I'll open tonight, I was on holiday in Lyme Regis and went to meet my sister who was in a little independent wine shop and I tasted a few gins and accidentally bought this

Cheers Candy, Cheers Phalanx, just words on a screen my arse x

That bottle looks quite plundered already, Midnight.

Wishing love and peace to a special woman. These threads are beautiful to read and should remind us all that most people in this world are good, kind and compassionate 💕

Yes Zombie - say Hi to the very lovely biscuitsandbandages who got up there first. Both of you gave us so much love, light and laughs on MN threads 💋

A 'holy' candle (sorry am Irish Catholic ) & an angel to guide you.

Much love x

Light it Gast! :)

Prob my sister or my dad cozie, we share our gins freely :) :)

I would love to see that wonderful picture of Zombie in her red dress.

I know it was posted several threads back but I can't find it. Could someone who has FB please post the picture - I want to raise a glass and remember what a bright, vibrant woman Candy was.

Can anyone find it ??

Tonight I am at work seeing new people into the world safely. I'll be thinking of Zombie often and hoping the peace, joy and kindness shown on these wonderful threads passes onto those new souls.

No . Just [entonox]

I went through a health scare last week. When I was googling my scenario, I came across an old mn thread of someone in the same boat, and a lovely, supportive post from Zombie. Always there with a kind word for people in need, but also one of the most distinctive, memorable and (it seems to me as writing in the third person must be so difficult) cleverest posters on mn. Never got to meet her, but the infectious smile shines through in photos, as does the warmth from others on her thread.

Sleep well, lovely lady. Love to all that knew her, or 'knew' her X