May 292021
As of 9:54 this evening – Tomcat has left the litter box. I am heartbroken, but relieved that he is no longer suffering.
Thank you all for being a part of his journey. Many thanks to all.
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I was just getting ready for bed and wanted to check to see if there was any news before I did.
I, like you, am heartbroken, but grateful to God that he won’t be suffering in pain any longer. 
Tom always letting us know when you were coming over.
I’m deeply saddened that Tom has left us. God Bless him.
I’m still shocked from the sudden turn around Tom had taken these past couple of days.
Tom will always be remembered for all that he did. He was a strong man who fought for many in so many ways.
I’m so grateful to God that I had the pleasure of knowing him for the past few years. He was like family to me.
I again thank you so very much, Wendy for all that you’ve done for him. Being there, going even further to do so much to take on medical battles for him, picking up his meds, groceries, etc. God Bless you.
Please keep in touch. You too are like family to us.
Rest In Peace Tom
No, it’s no surprise. TomCat gave it all he got, but the last few weeks it was clear that his cancer got the better of him and the pain gave him no respite unless he’d surrender his consciousness to the pain medications. He stopped fighting that only a short while ago; I hope his final doses gave him a peaceful and painless transition.
I’m so glad that the last thing Tom saw was you, Wendy, the best friend he could ever have and a most beautiful person in every possible way. Thank you for taking care of my friend, and being there for him every step of the way including his last.
I’ve been coming to Tom’s site for the best part of a decade and Tom has become a very dear friend of mine over the last 7 years or so even though we never met. We weren’t virtual Facebook friends, but we had a true understanding between us of most things except religion, about which we politely agreed to disagree. I’ve hardly missed a day coming to Politics Plus and though my comments were well beyond the time frames of most PP-devout, I always made them because I knew he’d read them. When he stopped doing that and also lost real interest in Republican nastiness, I knew he was losing his last battle and his fatigue was now literally dead-tiredness.
Goodbye TomCat, fearless warrior against Republican inhumanity. Goodbye tuxedo cat who threatened to eat any dawg pictured in a puzzle or in one of my Friday messages. Goodbye, my dear friend Tom. I hope your strong religious belief proves me wrong and you’re welcomed at the pearly gates with open arms for all you did for your ‘guys’ and for us.
For my friends here at PP: Don’t worry if I do not appear to comment here the next few days, but I’ve got a little too much sadness to carry with me right now. Tomorrow is the second anniversary of my husband’s demise.
What a beautiful tribute, Lona. We Politics Plus regulars have lost a true friend and a champion of rationality. These are crazy times, especially in the USA with one major party disintegrating and the other unsure of what it really represents. My thanks to WWWendy for giving him comfort and help in his final days.
I’m sorry to read you lost your husband I know only too well that painful walk. I’ve a cousin coming to stay with me for a couple weeks in June, having lost her husband last autumn. It was painful enough to have lost him but this was during covid and she wasn’t allowed to be with him his last days because of it, even though he didn’t die from covid. She is having a hard time dealing with that, the loss but her inability to be there at the end.
Hello, Dandelion. We are a family which may only get together at weddings anf funerals, but still ove each other deeply all the time between. Yes, Lona’s beloved Fons suffered a stroke while srding his bicycle, and by the time he was found, it was too late to save him. Just some of the tears we’ve shared here – of curse, along with joy … and anger (at Republicans, by whatever name) … and frustration (because justice can take so long.) .. and sometimes relief. Although this occasion is sad, it is good to see yu.
Thank you Joanne, I’m sorry Fons wasn’t found in time, that was so unfortunate. As I mentioned in here another member Harrion Rhodes also passed on last month, end of April from stroke. Thanks for keeping things up for Tom and Wendy for all she did. Nice seeing Freya dropping by. Hang in there, we need courage with all that is going on from the “right” tis a real horror show and TomCat was always on top of it.
You’re welcome, and many thanks. to you. I didn’t know Harrion, but I did know Care2, and any member’s passing is a grief to all of us left behind. I hope you saw some of the great articles Freys has been writing – the main blog page has a search function and if you search fo “sound off” it should find them for you.
Oh, Wendy, I am so sorry. I know you are hurting so much now. Thanks you for all you did for TC and keeping us updated. What a wonderful last comment to treasure forever, though. This crazy world is better thanks to good people like you and Tom. The cat goddesses are purring comforting vibes to all on PP. Every one take care. Peace.
Thank you, and Bless you, Wendy for your sad news about dear TomCat. Thank you, too, for being there when Tom left us, and also for helping and caring for his needs, physically and mentally.
I will deeply miss this kind, gentle, and sweet man over these PP pages. I’ve learned alot, and through his words, his caring, his words of wisdom, his prayers, his encouragements, they will forever stay and be in my heart. He was a dear Friend and will be sorely missed.
Late Friday evening, a strong storm swept through our little town. Wind, pelting rains, trees being torn in two, roofs flying off houses, with a tornado flying through for good measure. We lost power, and the rain flowed freely. Perhaps, as an forewarning… it was Tom flying through saying goodbye preemptively.
Tom has left his pain, left this earthly realm, and risen to the Heavens. Tears are flowing, and I pray that Tom will be at rest, and at Peace with his God.
Goodbye, dear Friend, you will be sorely missed … and know that you were Loved.
Tears are flowing … in having read these endearing comments, I can’t say or add anything to what wonderful words about Tom was written. I will miss him deeply, you were loved, but also knowing that he is at Peace, and in my Heart.
Fly freely, Tom, you are no longer in pain, God has wrapped you in His Arms forevermore.
Lona, prayers up for you as well. Take care, Friend.
One more fellow Woodstock attendee will no longer be clawing at the soil of the planet. TC will soon return to the soil thereof. But, his presence among us will not be forgotten,as his legacy will remain. Irvin Yalom, the existential psychiatrist, took that meaning down to “legacy.” ( “Momma and the Meaning of Life”) And TomCat has left quite a legacy behind. I’m sure that the prisoners his volunteering helped will not forget him, and neither will we.
We will miss you, TC.
Meow.
Thank you for providing such complete updates Wendy. I began coming to this blog a little over a decade ago, more faithful during C2 days when he made it so easy via messages. TC epitomized the spirit of giving back to the community as a part of his rehabilitation and did make a difference in a lot of people’s lives, including mine.
Thank you for informing me of TomCat.
You are welcome Dandelion and I suspect you are who let Evelyn know.
Words escape me in this hour of anguish.
But dear Wendy, I am so glad you were able to be with him. You truly were a Godsend for being his guardian angel.
Please let me know how I can help in dealing with the multitude of details that will come from his passing.
I’m very saddened to learn of TomCat but grateful I got to meet him via C2. Like JL I kept in touch with what he was providing via C2 and did pop in here from time to time. However when C2 shut down, I was in the middle of a move and didn’t have time to get all the connections I was in hopes of doing. I am in FB under my real name of Sheryl Goodwin, profile with child raising feather to the trees, of which I’ve connected with some of the C2 members. I appreciated all TomCat did online and offline, he had a good heart, and we need more of the good hearted so I am sad when one of those good hearts are no longer with us.I’ll take liberty here to also inform C2 members of Harrion Rhodes passing if anyone was connected to him on C2. He had a stroke and took his journey the end of April 2021. Another good hearted person. Take good care everyone. C2 at least allowed us to meet each other and connect with some good people. We had fun, laughed, and cried, worked hard to do what we could to improve even a tiny bit the world we lived in. We found TomCat and he us……..So long Tom – gentle journey to the Star Nation.
Greetings, Dandelion. I often wonder how you are doing(esp. when I’m in my lawn!) Sorry it is on such a sad day for all of us. Tom was a very special person—– bright, funny, dedicated. Like Colleen said, we are like a family here. We will carry on with memories of him in our hearts.
C2 was a special place and we all did become like a family to each other over the years. Tom certainly was a special part of that family. But I miss many of you that I grew connected with over the years. See, I’ve never left you, as long as you see a dandelion on your lawn. Smiling.
Hi Sheryl, I am pleased to see that you are still doing your thing.
Thanks Mitch – yes I’m still hanging in there. Being my same self just on fb now. Also I ran for Precinct Chairwoman under the Bernie banner and won! Another Progressive doing her thing.
Hi Dandelion, I remember you from the Care2 days. Hope you are doing well.
Yes, Robert I survived the covid pandemic and still hanging in there and able to hug my two grandchildren again as well as my son and daughter. Glad to see you are with us still and the others who have come to this thread. I think it would please Tom to know he had brought us together – wish it was under better circumstance.
I am glad to see you here, Dandelion, I think of you (and your grandchildren often)…I am glad to hear you are doing the good work that I remember you always did in the care2 days….other than those who I continue to see here at PP you are the C2 person I think most often about…..best of wishes, health, happiness, and keep doing “good trouble”….
I am crying, heartbroken….like many, I never met TomCat, but followed him since the C2 days….he was amazing, inspirational, and someone I thought of everyday…..his legacy will outlive him for a long time….
I remember Tom cat, he was the first person I told about Jim Phillips passing he didn’t believe it.
but I did note his post in c2 news
To WWWWendy, Honey, we all appreciate what you were doing for TomCat. He really was excited when he knew you were coming! He knew that you would take the greatest care of him and we all appreciated that because we couldn’t be there.
To all the rest of the guys here,
i have been gone for a while because of the passing of my husband 3 years ago and when I tried to get back C2 had disappeared and I didn’t have any of my contacts! I tried to find TomCat online and couldn’t remember the name of his blog and I didn’t know anywhere to look for it. I asked everyone I could think of but didn’t have the right people to ask. I just found the blog recently and didn’t know about the cancer. I wanted to get a post from him or at least see one he wrote and never did. Having health issues of my own, I couldn’t stay one it all the time. I am so truly saddened to see this! He was like a mentor to me on here. He was so wise and caring! And we had the “cat” thing goin. I never missed a day on C2 to catch his posts and the link to his blog to catch his take on the world that day. I am totally undone. I’ve lost a few people over the last few years and other than my husband, this one stings the worst. I will miss him terribly and I bet he has his computer in the sky tappin out entries to a new blog now that he can write PAIN FREE!
Rest in forever peace, TomCat! We will always have a clean litter box for ya anytime! ♥️🥰😍🐈⬛😢💔
I left a comment here yesterday, but it seems to have wandered off into space.
TC had many friends because he was a friend to all. His kind of friendship is not easy to find. A man none of us will ever forget.
God Bless Wendy for the loving care shegave TC. Joanne kept me informed of all that was happening and all that Wendy did to make his life as comfortable as possible.
My prayers are with all who loved TC as much as I did. His suffering is over, and that brings some peace.
Joanne, you need to slow down and take care. We all need you in our lives for many years to come, so ask for help, and do only as much as you are physically able.
So nice to see so many old care2 friends. We need to find a better way to stay connected. I am sorry this is so disjointed, but I have had some health issues that make typing difficult. Sometimes I wonder how I got so old so fast, but then I get to hold my new great grandson, and I thank God for all I have.
Love and prayers for all.
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