I've known Kimber and supported her through the Airhog times, the Popeye times and now I'm doing what I can during the Kimber times. When she comes back she'll be laughing her *** off at the "group hug" mentality going on and applauding those who call a spade a spade. Tough as they come.
If there was one person that would be most pissed off at the "gag" order going on it would be her. Kimber didn't gag anything about her life. She shared it all with her friends and enemies alike. I remember her talking about her romance with Mick. I remember being nice to her on rec.scuba because she was seemed close to 'Hog and I liked 'Hog. Then the blossoming love on Jack Farmer's chat list. I remember reading all about her decision to move to GA to be with Mick. The daily reports of the move. The emails from her saying how much she and Hog liked the videos my buddy Greg Mossfeldt put up on his website. How I promised her that one day I would send her a DVD with copies of same.
Then came the day she woke up with Mick dead next to her. And I remember how she posted all the details on rec.scuba. What it was like awakening and looking into her dead spouse's face. The body fluids. How nice the ambulance guys were. How the days after were. How I regretted not being able to make the funeral; not so much for Mick, but for her and her kids. And I remember afterwards how she revealed the abuse she suffered in silence despite knowing that there were enemies out there "tsk, tsk"-ing her and revelling in her pain.
Then her operation. The brain op zipper pics, etc, etc...She shared it all in detail. And we shared her life with her.
Kimber, I'm pulling fer ya. You've been a friend. You get your *** back here because I made a promise to you that I didn't keep because I kept thinking I would do it tomorrow, and that is tearing me apart. And I want those pictures of that AC/DC chick from Belgium that you got. So get well soon.
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Brian