Popular Post JeffsFort Posted June 4 Popular Post Posted June 4 Hi guys! Sorry everything has been moving so slowly. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't planning every single step based on where not to walk lately. We all know that Comicality was a very private person. Very few know who he was in his offline life and of those people, he still managed to control exactly what info he would share. I was blessed enough to be in the inner circle when it was needed most so, I'm planning that next step based on a few questions I've received regarding being able to offer help to Comicality's mother after suffering a reduction in income and the large expense of his final arrangements. Of course, she doesn't even know who "Comicality" is, which is unfortunate and makes this all difficult, but not impossible. After speaking to her regarding the fact that Comsie had a lot of friends online who want to find a way to help, I explained that we could attempt a fundraiser to try to help get her head above water again. Setting up a GoFundMe for the first time was a little easier than I expected and having it pay directly to her will be just as easy. So, I asked for permission to share the fundraiser here and hopefully get her a little relief from people who cared an awful lot about her son. I plan to share it anywhere I will be allowed to and to continue to protect the privacy of Comicality's legacy and family, will continue to offer her help in any way that I can, including relaying assistance and well wishes from a lot of people she didn't even know existed There's been so much heart hurt since April but, we do have the ability to do something positive with it. Please consider giving Comsie's mom a little help. If all of us gave even just a little, it would be a huge help to someone who was the rock to a person who would become our rock online. Thanks everyone! If you have any questions or comments, let me know here and I'll continue to follow the topic https://gofund.me/6e3c4532 1 6
Site Administrator wildone Posted June 5 Site Administrator Posted June 5 This is a great idea, Jeff. Thanks for getting it set up 4
JeffsFort Posted June 29 Author Posted June 29 There was a direct message for us all from his mother, it's posted here: 2
JeffsFort Posted July 24 Author Posted July 24 Just a quick update to let everyone know that I will be having my bank cut another check to send down shortly. Comsie's mom was absolutely floored with the last check and we have another $700 and change to send her which she is not expecting ::grin::. I want to thank everyone for helping in this mission to make sure she has some help in attempting to rearrange her household budget now that it has been permanently reduced and impacted by the sizable expense of a funeral. She now knows that her son had a huge impact on more people than she could ever even fathom and that is an added legacy that she considers a gift now. I can tell you that she is a wonderful person who raised an absolutely amazing man and all the work put in was well worth it!. It does appear that donations are now starting to slow so I think we should plan to shut down the GoFundMe soon. Possibly let it ride through August and then turn off the lights. Know that you all have played another huge part in helping Comicality, by helping to look out for his mother now that he can only watch over her. I know it would mean a great deal to him. I personally can tell you that it has to his mother. For that I can never thank you all enough! ::HUGZ:: 2
JeffsFort Posted September 10 Author Posted September 10 A quick update to let everyone know that Comsie's mom is doing okay. She's still having a rough time going into his room and the house still isn't right but her spirits are up and she's doing what she can to keep it from consuming her. Which is really all any of us could hope for if one of our children ever predeceased us. If I thought my car could make the trip, I'd head down to try to help. Above and beyond all else, every time I speak with her, she asks me to thank everyone both for the kindness we have all shown her but also of loving her son as much as we do. I still remain vague when it comes to what he shared with us and thankfully she hasn't dug too deep. As it turns out she has read something he has written, possibly PreComicality stuff as he's been writing for fun since grade school I've learned. It really means a lot to her that his story telling is the glue that held this old Shack together for so many years. That will always give me a smile. Anyway, every time I play with the idea of closing out the GoFundMe page, thinking it's all done: someone asks me to wait. So, we have peaked at a total of $3,600.00, there's a little over $200.00 in the bank to go in the next check. It's not causing me any trouble to just let it ride so if you guys would like to revisit it over the holidays, I'll make sure it makes it down to her. Thanks again for everyone's help in making sure she's not alone and if Comsie is still checking his posts, and I hope he is, I expect a pile of story endings waiting for when I come to join you bro! I mean it! LOL! ::HUGZ:: 2
JeffsFort Posted October 25 Author Posted October 25 A really quick update before going to bed. I just authorized my bank to cut and mail a check in the total of $750 to Comsie's Mom. I was able to leave her a voice mail to let her know to keep an eye on the mail as it's scheduled to arrive on October 31 The overall total from us all at this point is $4,015 which I know has absolutely floored her and covered nearly half of what needed to be paid out as final expenses. That just absolutely amazes me! If I could go door to door to thank each and every person, I would without a second thought. But, you know, work and all that stuff ::HUGZ:: 1
JeffsFort Posted November 9 Author Posted November 9 I want to post a final update to thank everyone for their kindness and for being a bit of a lifeline for someone who meant an awful lot to someone who meant an awful lot to us all. I miss Comicality worse than I ever could have expected and after decades of him always being out there and being Comicality, I don't think I could have ever anticipated how to handle saying goodbye to him; it still feels like that next post or email could come from him tomorrow, which is still hard to accept. Helping his mother at this time both gave me the opportunity to get to know someone in his life that he kind of sheltered from his online community and persona, for reasons that only he could explain, as well as show her how loved his son really was by so many. With each dispersement from this campaign, I got to witness first hand just how floored she was at how many people were affected positively by her son. But with the most recent dispersement, she feels that more would be too much. This is the text I received: "Hi Jeffrey, A quick note to let you know that I received the check yesterday. Thank all of you for your kindness. You guys have done more than enough, if any other funds come in, please give it to one of the other members of your writers’ guild. Since there is so much bad weather happening, I am sure some of the other members can use a helping hand. This would make me happy. I look forward to hearing from at your convenience. Take care and be safe, and again, thank you very much." So today I am disabling the campaigns ability to receive donations. For Comicality I want to thank each and every one of you for for making this positive impact in the life of the person who meant so much to him and for standing united with me as a "Shacker" which would have made him so proud. For him, I'll attempt to relay a hug and a thank you to each, and of course, one final "Seezya."
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