sunshine 2 #101 April 22, 2003 It's understandable that those of us so far away can't make her memorial today. She understands and she's looking down happy that we all love her, but you know she's sad to see us all in pain. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpNFly 0 #102 April 22, 2003 I should say that I do'nt even know where to begin. My posts have been few and far between, and I am sorry... Hol spoke with me in a time when I thought things were hopeless... she had such a life about her, and she made me see the good in every situation... I never met her in person, however I now feel as though a friend is gone... Shall we take each day for granted, or see the good in what we have before us? Let us live each day to the fullest, realize our blessings, be thankful that we have breath in our lungs, and truly appreciate what is placed before us... Until we have wings and can fly free...let us live life, let us be!!!!!!! Hol... fly free, beautiful angel...eternal blues... To all those suffering from this loss, my condolences... I hope you all enjoy the poem below... REMEMBER ME WHEN I AM GONE AWAY Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti The key to walking on water... Is knowing where the rocks are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 3 #103 April 22, 2003 "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? 'Cause I must be travelin' on, now... "cause there's too many places I've got to see....." You all have proven that, in Holly's case, the answer is a resounding YES. Don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #104 April 22, 2003 i think i have it now, holly. x's and o's right back at ya.namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoobieCootie 0 #105 April 22, 2003 One of Holly's post was about her famous feet. I should have kept the March 2003 copy of Parachutist because I think that's the centerfold she's talking about. Now I'll just have to order a back copy from USPA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samp76 0 #106 April 23, 2003 I myself have never met FreeFlyHol, but by the comments made by everyone here puts a lump in my throat bigger then I ever thought possible. I can tell she is missed greatly. I only wished I could have met her. Blue Skies - Black Death Sam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daizey 0 #107 April 23, 2003 I found out the news on one of the very last days of my vacation. Even though i didn't really know Holly, the news really shook me up. After, reading through some posts and looking at pictures, i sat on the beach for awhile. I walked up to the water and wrote a few words about Holly along with the date and that she would be forever missed. I wrote this in the wet sand with a piece of drift wood....it was weird, the tide was coming in, but as i sat there for awhile and watched, the water never did touch the words....so in my time there, the words never did get washed away. I can't wait until i get to meet Holly someday, but until then, I will just be thinking of her as an angel over my shoulder... *daizey* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMGR2 0 #108 April 23, 2003 Holly Bear, you have friends on both sides. Slager will take care of you till we all get there. From the Rats, you will be missed. Bryan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #109 April 23, 2003 QuoteHolly Bear, you have friends on both sides. Slager will take care of you till we all get there. From the Rats, you will be missed. Bryan I feel quite sure Brad and #5 are planning a sweet dive with her as we speak! Blue skies Holly! Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #110 April 24, 2003 My Team Mate Bradstyle Just piped in on the incident forum along with Pat & Bev Weir, Holly's folks. Brad has been my buddy and team mate for many many years. We don't train together any more but he's one of the best friends a person could ever have. I met Holly before at one of the Bryon Boogies. The next time was with Brad. It pained me to call Brad. Speaking coherently while asking him to return my call was very difficult. Others had called as well so he knew.... We spoke a bit later and he was already on his way to the airport. Because of this common bond, I met Holly. In person I didn't know her well but we I'med and chatted so we got to know each other better that way. She was this incredible, funny, brilliant, sweet girl that gave the best hugs. I'll miss chatting with her and PMing some of the silliest things back and forth....*sigh* I really don't know what else to say here. I've read such good things. Funny, sad, the whole gamat of emotion. Take care every one. Stay safe ot there. TimMy grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #111 April 24, 2003 Holly's Memorial was very inspiring. many of the comments made there were exactly like those that were made here. she was lovely. we had the privledge of enjoying a reading from her diary/journal; what she wrote about life and enjoying every minute was very beautiful. I wish you all could have heard itMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #112 April 24, 2003 I said goodbye to Holly yesterday in my own little way. I'll always have a piece of her with me. Saying goodbye was hard, but she's up there teaching all those angels to party like rockstars. When i see her again, she'll greet me with a great big hug and a Holly smile. Fly free girl!! Love you lots!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyz 0 #113 April 24, 2003 I thought this will give a little help in dealing with this great loss,These paragraphs are from a book Holly lent me. "No death,nofear by Thich Ngat Hanh" The same things happen when we lose an of our beloved ones. When conditions are not right to support life,they withdraw.When I lost my Mother I suffered a lot.When we are only seven or eight years old it is difficult to think that one day we will lose our mother.Eventually we grow up and we all lose our mothers,but if you know how to pratice,when the time comes for the separation you will not suffer too much.You will quickly realiza that your mother is always alive within you. The day my mother died,I wrote in my jouinal,"A serious misfotyune of my life has arrived."I suffered for more than aone year after the passing of my mother.But one night,in the highlands of Vietnam,I was sleeping in the hut in my hermitage.I dreamed of my mother .I saw myself sitting with her,and we were having a wonderful talk.She looked young and beautiful,her hair flowing down.It was so pleasant to sit there and talk to her as if she had never died.When I woke up it was about two in the morning ,and felt very strongly that i have never lost my mother.The impression that my mother was still with me was very clear.I understood than that idea of having lost my mother was just an idea.It was obvious in that moment that my mother is always alive in me.I opened the door and went outside .The entire hillside was bathed in the moonlight .It was a hill covered with tea plants,and my hut was set behindthe temple halfway up.Walking slowly in the moonlight through the rows of tea plant,I notices my mother was still with me.She was the moonlight caressing me as she had done so often,very tender very sweet...wonderful! Each time my feet touched the earth i knew my mother was there with me.I knew this body was not mine alone but a living continuation of my mother and father and my grandparants and great-grandparants.Of all my ancestors.These feet i saw as "my" feet werw actually"our" feet.Together my mother and I were leaving footprints in the damp soil.From that moment on,the idea that iI had lost my mother no longer existed.All i had to do was look at hte palm of mt hand ,feel the breeze on my face or the earth under my feet to remember that my mother is always with me,available at any time! When you lose a loved one,you suffer.But if you know how to look deeply,you have a chance to realize that his or her nature is truly the nature of no birth,no death.There is manifestationand ther is the cessation of manifestation in order to have another manifestation.You have to be very keen and very alert in order to recoanize the new manifestation of just one person.But with pratie and with effort you can do it.So taking the ahnd of someone who knows the pratice,together do walking meditation.Pay attention to all the leaves,the flowers,the birds anf the dewdrops.If you can stop and look deeply ,you will be able to recognize your beloved one manifesting again and again in many forms.You will againembrace the joy of life. I hope this has helped who ever that has read it,Cause it help me LOVE YOU HOLLY! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyz 0 #114 April 24, 2003 One Big Fat Bump Coming Up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WILDBILLAQR 0 #115 April 24, 2003 THANKS LEWIS!---------------------------------------------- "Thats not smoke, thats BUCKEYE!!" AQR#3,CWR#49 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DivaSkyChick 0 #116 April 29, 2003 Sorry guys, not ready to say goodbye to this thread yet. Just want to see her name when I log on.... M --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #117 April 29, 2003 right on. me either. anyone want to call and talk on the phone for 3 hours about nothing? I've got a void I need to fill.Started moving through my day, then ran across a piece of paper I jotted her name down on on Friday, and time just froze.I knew she had a profound effect on me while I was getting to know her. But man, what to do now? keep jumpin, yup, keep surfin, yup, keep pluggin away at the SSP, yup. but there is nothing I can do to replace that friendship that she had for everyone she met, and that I came to know as a daily part of my life. It's a lot quieter in my life now, and I'm missing the laughter dearly.Love you guys. be good to each other Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #118 April 29, 2003 A while back, Holly shared a recipe for Cilantro Pesto with me, she was sharing hers at the DZ, with whomever wanted some pesto. Today, I bought my Cilantro plant and planted it, thinking of her. I will make my Cilantro Pesto in her honor. J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #119 April 29, 2003 I didn't know Holly at all, 'cept for the posts I've read. But I've been told I'm an excellent listener Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WILDBILLAQR 0 #120 April 29, 2003 I jumped Sun A.M. w/ the memorial ribbon pinned to my helmet. It felt good to fly again and know she was there. ---------------------------------------------- "Thats not smoke, thats BUCKEYE!!" AQR#3,CWR#49 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluesky1 0 #121 May 4, 2003 This is the first time I have tried this...but I just wanted to add my message to the others. I have never met anyone so full of positve energy as Holly...the few times I saw her irritated at something...she was still smiling and laughing at herself and the situation. She was a shining light and I can't believe that she is gone. A spirit like hers must be around somewhere...so I will feel her in the wind and the sun and see her in the stars at night. I will never forget her and I will always miss her. Blueskies...and I know your landing in the great beyond was a soft one. Love, Jill Potter "In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluesky1 0 #122 May 5, 2003 where do we get memorial ribbons? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #123 May 29, 2003 Just bumping this with a link to the video since iet hasn't made it to the remember page yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #124 May 29, 2003 clicky doesnt work.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #125 April 19, 2007 A note from Holly's family. QuoteFriends, Happy Spring, and our fondest wishes to you on this day! Today marks four years since Holly left us. We would ask that if you could make the time, to please email back (to this address) any pictures/videos/memories of Holly that you would like to share with everybody on her memorial website (www.hollykish.com). Our family intends to put up some more pictures, etc., but it would be an incomplete memorial without contributions from her dearly loved friends. To those of you who were saddened to see the Memories & Condolences board on the dropzone.com site get overrun by spam, the original postings have been saved on Holly's new site. (In fact, the dropzone site now permalinks to our family site for Holly!) The original posts need some editing, but is available for additional postings if you would like to do so! Thanks and love, Holly's Family Gone but not forgotten Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
