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It is with heavy heart and deep regret that I must inform the community that Stan Morton, otherwise known as Stanman died a week ago. I heard from a friend of the family so I didn't get any details
I know that I will miss him. He tried hard to always be a positive voice and commented often.
Big Closet will be quite different with him gone
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A generous soul
I quite liked him for his courage and generosity, especially in praise for other's stories. I did quite a few graphics for his stories, but it was far too little, now that I think of it.
Puddintane
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
It is very sad to see another
It is very sad to see another of our friends has passed away, Stanman will be missed.
Bailey's Angel
The Godmother :p
Rest in Peace
I'll miss Stan. I helped him by editing several of his stories and he helped teach me patience and compassion.
Thank you, Stan. You made me a better person and I'll never forget you.
- Terry
Farewell Stan
Blessed be on your continued journeys. You will be missed.
Beverly Colleen
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I am a leaf on the wind, but someone turned the fan off.
Holding Him In The Light
I will be holding Stan and his family in the Light. May his kind spirit be remembered fondly.
I will also be holding myself in the Light, that I may learn to be more accepting, understanding, and encouraging of people, despite their limitations. Stan loved this community of ours, and more than anything, wanted to participate. His boundless enthusiasm didn't quite make up for his limitations as a writer, but his indomitable spirit never let him quit. He wanted to honor the writers he admired, and always respected the people who participated here, which is much more than I can say of my own sad, sorry self.
That his fan fiction was often just childlike repetition of the underlying stories, or that he often had trouble understanding what he was reading, were just symptoms of someone trying very hard to participate, far beyond his natural ability. It took me a long while to realize just how hard and far he was pushing himself, and how much love motivated him in trying to overcome his limitations. I'm one of those who blocked his comments to keep my blood pressure down, but more often than not, I would click on them and open them anyway, just to see how he was doing.
Anything Stanman lacked in the intellect department, he more than made up in the love and dedication departments. That that love was so rarely returned and so often misunderstood is something we're all going to have to live with a long time.
Let's all hold Stan, and ourselves, in the Light, and contemplate what we've lost.
Stan was a wonderfully
Stan was a wonderfully encouraging person. He will be missed.
Stanman
I will miss him, I hope he is in a better place. I think we will all miss his positive voice.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain.
Leigh Veritas
A man of many story ideas
Stanman had many good story ideas, and I watched as his writing improved over the years - from a storytelling style that was full of rumination to start off with to being much, MUCH better in his later stuff.
I have to admire his confidence - while I tried very hard to keep my comments constructive, I'm afraid I'd have been crushed by them, but Stan wrote on, developing his writing ability right out there in front of God and everybody.
Stan had so many good story ideas, and was getting better at telling 'em the last time I read one of his stories.
If I had even a quarter of his story ideas, I'd write a LOT more. . .
Blessings for his survivors and to speed his soul on to its further adventures.
One more voice
Let me just add my voice to everyone else here, in offering my condolences and sympathies. As was his motto, "may your light forever shine".
So sorry to hear this
I didn't know him, other than through his comments here, but I rather liked him. We know people through their actions, and based on that he was one of the good ones. I feel sorry for those who knew him even better than I did.
Love,
Titania
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
I think that he suspected it
I think that he suspected it was coming. In the last few weeks prior, he had been posting to FM like mad; perhaps to get everything up before he couldn't do it anymore.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
been away
I've been gone for a few days so this news struck me by surprise. I've never made it a secret that I never cared for his stories, but it never sat well with me that people on a certain other site treated him so badly. He was such a nice fellow. I never knew Stan and we really never interacted much, but judging from the number of comments on this blog he had a huge impact on a lot of people here. I was always amazed that he was able to comment on so many stories and I think it say a lot about him that he took the effort to do so.
This is very sad news for the community may he find happiness in the next life.
Have a delightfully devious day,
T_T
The world is just that little bit darker, that little bit colder, that little bit less innocent, and that little bit sadder for the sudden lack of his light.
I never have had much heart to criticize him for even his most out-of-far-left-field statements that seemed even to cause distress for people I care very deeply about because he cared enough about them to try and make positive comments, to try, even in his limited way, to uplift them, to do good to the extent of his capacity. That alone is enough and more for me, crying here at these news.
Many lives are like single drops in an ocean: remove them and they go largely unnoticed except by their closest neighbors.
With Stan, I think, it will be more like some cruel child's foot has stomped carelessly into our little puddle, and though we will regroup and re-fill our little basin, a large part of what made us us is gone, and the absence will be impossible to ignore.
Thanks to his family for sharing him with us, and our shared sorrow for our mutual loss.
-Liz
Successor to the LToC
Formerly known as "momonoimoto"
Rest in Peace, Stan
I have to admit, when I first started lurking on this site, I tended to roll my eyes at his comments. Sometimes they were a bit naive, or maybe missed a deeper meaning. But as time passed, I realized that didn't matter, that it was his way of giving back. And when I finally posted my first story, it was sort of an honor to get one from him, like I was a "real author" or something. Silly, I know, but there you go.
So, anyway, yeah. Stan, I hope your light shines forever, wherever you are. ;-)
You are missed terribly, Stan, and will continue to be missed
As I stop and think about StanMan, I realize more and more just how little I knew about him.
As I stop and think about StanMan, I realize more and more just how much I knew about him.
As I stop and think about StanMan, I realize more and more the positive effect he had on all us.
As I stop and think about StanMan, I realize more and more what he meant to all of us, even though we so seldom told him so.
As I stop and think about StanMan, for those of us who knew him only through his comments,
As I stop and think about Stanman, for those who knew him personally,
I can only pray that somewhere, there is a future tombstone from someone, whose epitaph reads only,
"I hope I will be remembered like Stan."*
As I stop and think about Stanman,, amid my tears, I realize once again how short this life is, and how unexpected a death can be.
As I stop and think about Stanman, and what I have just written, my tears continue to flow.
May your soul rest in peace, Stanman, and and may your stories bring joy to all who read them, where ever, any time.
* This is a quote for another post about Stan's death and was the inspiration for my writings above. I do not remember the post's writer, and I beg forgiveness for quoting this without the proper recognition. If it is yours, please feel free to acknowledge it, and include a link to your remmebrance of StanMan.
Dangit! I wish I could get over these tears.
Stormy
Don't let someone else talk you out of your dreams. How can we have dreams come true, if we have no dreams?
Katrina Gayle "Stormy" Storm
You are missed Stan,corrected version
As I stop and think about Stanman, my tears begin heavily to flow.
As I stop and think about Stanman, I realize more and more just how little I knew about him.
As I stop and think about Stanman, I realize more and more just how much I knew about him.
As I stop and think about Stanman, I realize more and more the positive effect he had on all of us.
As I stop and think about Stanman, I realize more and more what he meant to all of us, even though we so seldom told him so.
As I stop and think about Stanman, for those of us who knew him only through his comments,
As I stop and think about Stanman, for those who knew him personally,
I can only pray that somewhere, there is a future tombstone from someone, whose epitaph reads only,
"I hope I will be remembered like Stan."*
As I stop and think about Stanman,, amid my tears, I realize once again how short this life is, and how unexpected a death can be.
As I stop and think about Stanman, and what I have just written, my tears continue to flow.
May your soul rest in peace, Stanman, and may your stories bring joy to all who read them, where ever, any time.
*This is a quote from another remembrance about Stan Morton, AKA Stanman. I do not remember the post, nor the writer, and I ask forgiveness for quoting it without the proper recognition. If you are the author of that post, and you would like to be properly recognized, please feel free to reply to this post, and include your name, and a link if possible to your post or directions to where it may be found. Thank you in advance, even though it was plagarized, for the quote. It was my inspiration for this remembrance.
DANGIT! DANGIT! DANGIT!
I wish these tears would stop!
Don't let someone else talk you out of your dreams. How can we have dreams come true, if we have no dreams?
Katrina Gayle "Stormy" Storm
i did.
I didnt really know stan, but i could tell by his stories and comments that he had a good heart. I know when i logged in today i wasnt expecting this but. I know in my heart the hes in a better place now, i actualy have this thing i use to do when i read a snappy comment he made its kinda corny but i would stretch my arm out give a thumbs up wink and make a ding sound. Silly right but now thinking back he was the only one i ever did that to and this makes my heart feel real hevy but as soon as i post this im gonna give him one last ding. My heart goes out to all his friends and family and may you rest in peace buddy :,(
Stan will be missed by me..
he helped me fuel my stories. He was there to tell me to continue on....
As I said, tomorrow my paycheck will go toward whatever cause his death, because he'll be missed.
TGSine --958
I just learned of Stanman's passing away just now.
To the Big Closet group here,
I remembered Stanman would send me letters here for ideas into my story saga, The Omega Unicorn Chronicles. I wondered why he didn't write to me after a posting of one of my chapters.
The last letter he wrote me was this past June 17.
He gave me a lot ideas and characters to add to my story line. For that, I will miss his banter.
So, for you Stanman, I'll see you in the future!! Or perhaps I'll find you in that huge flower field in the Heavens during one of my sleep dreams.
Rachel76m
(Rick)
He was one of the good ones
I haven't really been on this site for at least 6 months, so I did not know of his passing, but I know I will miss him, even more so, if I ever manage to get myself to look at this site more often then twice a year, or something like that.
He always seemed to take the time to make sure everyone on this site felt like they mattered.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
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