Loubon
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2003
I was so stunned by the news of Montessoris passing that I did not know what to say when I posted on the memorial thread. I felt I owed my friend more than that.
We found each other on the DIS Class Yearbook thread and she was truly the first person I thought of as a friend on these boards. Its strange because even as I think that, it is not like we had ever met in person or even spoke on the phone. Our friendship and connection came solely from the desire to make others smile.
While others might have thought the idea of posting pictures to mimic someones screen name was silly, we truly enjoyed it not only for the creative challenge but just on the hope it would make someone laugh and smile. It caused us to laugh at each other quite frequently.
We would go on posting rolls where we would see how many we could add in a short amount of time. Her early morning posts were a contrast to my late in the day posts that had me dubbing us the day shift and the night shift. And it was always a race to see who could post first when someone would request to be added. Sometimes we even got there at the same time! The mutual respect for each others creativity got to the point that we would not only post for acceptance by the person we choose but also by each other.
While this went on for over a year, her PMs were always signed with a sunshine. And it was only a few short months ago that I realized I had never bothered to ask her what her real name was. We both had a laugh at that.
Finally, as the thread reached 150 pages she was worried it would be shut down. I told her no problem we would start a new one and link them together but she said it wouldnt be the same. She wanted this one to continue so others would be happy. She was the happiest person on the DIS when Alex lifted the page restriction on the threads. So we just had to let it continue on.
I will miss those e-mails that said, Montessori has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled The DIS Class Yearbook - in the Community Board forum of The DIS Discussion Forums.
But most of all I will miss my friend.
In Memory of Montessori
We found each other on the DIS Class Yearbook thread and she was truly the first person I thought of as a friend on these boards. Its strange because even as I think that, it is not like we had ever met in person or even spoke on the phone. Our friendship and connection came solely from the desire to make others smile.
While others might have thought the idea of posting pictures to mimic someones screen name was silly, we truly enjoyed it not only for the creative challenge but just on the hope it would make someone laugh and smile. It caused us to laugh at each other quite frequently.
We would go on posting rolls where we would see how many we could add in a short amount of time. Her early morning posts were a contrast to my late in the day posts that had me dubbing us the day shift and the night shift. And it was always a race to see who could post first when someone would request to be added. Sometimes we even got there at the same time! The mutual respect for each others creativity got to the point that we would not only post for acceptance by the person we choose but also by each other.
While this went on for over a year, her PMs were always signed with a sunshine. And it was only a few short months ago that I realized I had never bothered to ask her what her real name was. We both had a laugh at that.
Finally, as the thread reached 150 pages she was worried it would be shut down. I told her no problem we would start a new one and link them together but she said it wouldnt be the same. She wanted this one to continue so others would be happy. She was the happiest person on the DIS when Alex lifted the page restriction on the threads. So we just had to let it continue on.
I will miss those e-mails that said, Montessori has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled The DIS Class Yearbook - in the Community Board forum of The DIS Discussion Forums.
But most of all I will miss my friend.
In Memory of Montessori
Very nice words about Montessori. I know what it is like to have great friends here on the DIS. I am so very sorry 
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