Goodbye, Belinda, and Thank You
Categories: Picture a handful of 30-something to 50-something guys sitting around a kitchen table playing board games, war games, and role playing games sometimes till after midnight. We were often loud and silly, like a gang of 13-year old boys. I miss my weekly game nights.
Although I hadn’t gamed with my group in a number of months because of my recent change of schedule, I was and am still very grateful to our hostess, the wife of one of our group. She was always friendly, accommodating, and even forgiving of our sometimes borish behavior. Though she didn’t participate in our gaming, she did talk with us and laugh with us as we revelled in our nerdy pastimes. I respected and appreciated her.
She passed away, of cancer, this week. This saddens me, and my heart goes out to her family.
Goodbye, Belinda, and thank you for your hospitality.
Bullgrit
She put up with every inappropriate joke…with a smirk and shake of her head and never judged us. She was deeply spiritual but never tried to convert any of us. She was an intellectual who never made us feel stupid. I dare say she was the best person in the room during those gaming nights. She will be missed greatly.
My prayers go out for the passed and the family.
Bullgrit and Friendgrit said it much better than I could have. Goodbye Belinda, you will be missed.
To Belinda’s husband and family….you are in my prayers.
She sounds like she would have made a good wife for all you nerds. Sorry for your loss.