RIP Robin Williams

As most of you have already heard, I'm sure, Robin Williams passed on today. It is currently speculated that he took his own life, but the facts are not 100% straight. Word is he was battling with depression, and to this I feel a strong connection to...and even more sadness as well as great sympathy....

Robin was an incredible, always kind and always smiling. Despite battling his own struggles and pain, he chose to make other people laugh and smile. Just seeing that man brought light into my world. Sure I never knew him personally, but his death has affected me more than some of my family members.

This guy is like my family, a second father....and one of the great reasons I am still here today. I too battled with depression, and it is a horrid and retchid thing that can come on for no reason at all, even if you have a wonderful life. The fights and struggles to keep going and stay alive are truly fierce, you just cannot think clearly. This man's laughter, bright eyes and grinning glowing smile kept me alive lonely nights when I needed a pick me up. I was able to laugh again with him, and to know that he struggled with something behind that exterior like that............my heart goes with him and his family.



If you too feel this great loss, I urge you to remember him in his proudest moments. Remember his witty lines, his genius, his gentleness.

I'll be popping in all my robin william dvd's tonight, having a drink for the man, and have a moment of remembrance. Tomorrow I'm hitting up my local movie store and getting any of the movies with him I do not have.

Rest in peace my childhood hero, my idol, my second Dad. You may have been behind a screen but you gave me much that some people just couldn't. I hope to see you again one day and share in your laughter.