CHEERS HAS MOVED ON TO BETTER THINGS.
Yes, my dear friend Nelda, aka Cheers has moved out of the cycle of pain and suffering into the heavenly arms of her Savior, Jesus.
Nelda was a very special person who was ordained to bless others with her humor, dedication, wisdom and love. She was non-judgmental as she offered up her suggestions and wisdom to those who came to her. She was also a human being, with her own faults and shortcomings, but now as we deal with her death we prefer to see her only in the ways she blessed us.
Have you lost a very special person? Someone who loomed larger than life in your heart? Then perhaps you can understand how the members of the Senior Playground are feeling. (http://www.seniorsplayground.com/). This woman’s impact on the world around her is much larger than she, and we, ever realized.
For much of her adult life, Nelda was Cheers, the clown. She had a clownmobile called Beaux and she did love that little car - as did the people who saw it coming in parades and special activities. She never really stopped being a clown; she simply dispensed with the clown apparatus as age took its toll on her. Then cancer reared it’s ugly head and the battle was on! Nelda never quit fighting until the very end; but she passed away quietly and peacefully at home. ‘Tis a blessing to those of us who mourn her because we won’t have to watch her valiant struggle as we pray for her.
Nelda/Cheers never lost her positive attitude and she sheperded our forum whenever she could. Fortunately she had prepared for this eventuality and trained two very good people to carry on after her. So the Playground will continue, but right now the slides and swings are empty as we all gather to celebrate the life of our friend and mentor.
May all the blessings and peace of God be upon Cheers, her family, and her many friends. She will receive the royal clown sendoff of balloons at her memorial service next
Saturday.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I did not know Cheers well, but do remember her when she was briefly on WS. She was always spoken of in such a fond way by those of her forum SP. I have no doubt the hole now that she has left will not be filled. But she would have wanted her forum to go on.. My sympathy to all the members of SP that I know will miss her terribly.
August 1st, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Thank you Cathy. We will miss her terribly but life does go on We plan to celebrate her life tomorrow afternoon at the same time the family in Vidor have their memorial service. Typically of Cheers, she donated her body to science for cancer research. She will get a royal sendoff both in Vidor and on SP, balloons and all, at 2-3 p.m. Please join us.