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A message from the Team Captain:
The Will I knew was from several years ago, and in so many ways longer ago then that.
He was one of us. We were the Buckston Brats then, a group of kids—all for one and one for all—teens growing up together. We had our own world within the world of the SCA. All of us were close and connected in our own ways. He was the beautiful and witty one, clever and mischievous, always seeming older then he was. I think he often surprised the "grown-ups" with his abilities and was recognized for his contribution to the SCA as a whole.
I went to college and lost touch. Not completely at first, but eventually, it happens. After several years I came back to Durham. I began hearing a few updates from Ysolt/Nancy (his mother). The fabulous person I had known was now struggling against a disease that was taking over his mind. He struggled and fought and was in a lot a pain.
That Will, someone who was so brilliant, was destroyed by an illness in his mind. He is now someone that I can only picture as the childhood friend, someone that is now alive in a memory. It hurts, it is confusing, but it is a reality.
And the reality is there is now an empty space caused by an illness that we know too little about.
Bi-polar is a difficult disease. It affects those that live with it and those that love people with it. It plays with your moods, it creates instability. I know many people with it, some who you would never guess, and some who live with a daily struggle of what they are capable and not capable of accomplishing. It is a disease that takes away….. sometimes ultimately.
That is why I have created a team in Will's name, to remember, to help understand, to help contribute to a cause that will help us discover the solutions and understanding, and hopefully someday, stop the confusion of metal illnesses from continuing to be such a painful reality.
I have an old picture of Will dressed in bright colored motley. I plan to wear some motley to celebrate the Will that I knew from those days. Bring some color out and join me in remembering Will by walking for him or by supporting a walker.
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