My love and my tears are with you

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On Sunday Ronnie James Dio passing away made the foundations of Heavy Metal quiver, the King of Heavy Metal was gone.
Ronnie's music entered my soul at an early age, I was 14 years old.
From that moment he introduced magic into my life, I will always be grateful for that.
Thank you so much.
My deepest sympathy to Wendy, Diana, Monique, all of Ronnie's Family, Friends and everyone at Niji.

Through the pain and loss you feel
You can count on our 'support'
We'll be with you, in spirit
And in mind and heart and thought

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Not many words from me in my first post,I can say I have been busy or maybe just made myself busy, its never been easy for me share any kind of grief or even talk to strangers.But these last few days, I have been sharing many many stories in private with the fans, what Ronnie James Dio meant to them and it has been a pleasure to read them even if it has been very tearful.
But blacksheep06A said something in her post that really is true.
Ronnie James Dio the man, his music makes you a stronger person.
When my Mother told me she had 6 months to live, inside my world fell apart but I had to be strong, could not have my Mum worrying about her ''wee lad'' laughter was the best medicine for her and those last 6 months there was more laughs than tears.
When I was not caring for my Mum, I would be in the living room with headphones listening to DIO, while my wife cared for her.
My chance to escape for a few moments, I have been a fan of Ronnie James Dio since I was 14 years old but it was during this time that his words and songs, started to mean more to me than just another song.There is moments you share when someone is dying that you never forget and bravery is one the things that shines through more than anything.
One day my Mum asked me to bring a collection of cds, so she could pick some songs for her funeral,I thought this is gonna be hard but it was not...we had a great laugh that day, I played her Rainbow Eyes, she loved that but was she was not sure about her friends understanding that choice, but she liked the Rainbow theme, I had all the hymns printed on paper that had a Rainbow beaming across the sky and of course one of the songs that was played ''Over the Rainbow'' by Eva Cassidy.
I never believed my Mum would die, thats how I coped but when the end came, I fell apart. For 3 months, I just wrote and listened to Ronnie James Dio.Its was a combination of his music and lots of cuddles from my wife, that I came through the otherside.I was hoping to give him a copy of all the poems I had wrote that he inspired me to write but becoz of his illness that tour was cancelled.
I was never able to thank him for that becoz I owe Ronnie James Dio so much.His music showed me the way back from that dark place in my heart.

I've got my way back home
To the sky
There in the sky
I see your star

And in the words of Ronnie James Dio...this is a message to all of the folks of the forum.
You are the strongest chain
And not just some reflection
So never hide again!