Cherish Lloyd and her brother Isaac/Phillip Lloyd
What do these names mean to you?

I am a non-ex-TFI friend of Cherish Lloyd and her brother (?) Isaac/Philip Lloyd. I have just learned (through this morning of pouring over this site) that Cherish died in 2003 and I have to say I am shaken right now.

I knew Cherish and her brother very, very, very well in Columbus, OH in the 93-94 period. Their father is Phillip Lloyd and I was startled by the resemblence between father and son. If anyone here knows the younger Philip, then you'll know what I'm talking about!

I don't know why I'm posting...other than I feel compelled to do so for some reason. I want to provide useful information, but I don't know if what I have to say is needed or not.

Cherish was a girlfriend of one of my good friends, and Phillip worked for me for a while. We all did a lot of fun drugs together. We also really opened up to each other in ways I will never forget. I was one of the few people that could really engage them in deep philosophical conversations and I think they felt comfortable around me because of that.

Anyway, I am hurting right now having learned of Cherish's death, and I'm hoping someone might know the fate of her brother Phillip/Isaac Lloyd.

Thank you for listening.

- friendofcherish

p.s. I'm not opposed to giving my real name to anyone, but as a non-TF'er please understand this whole thing freaks me out a bit, so forgive the alias.

p.s.s. I want to say personally that I've had problems in life associated with my non TF parents, and it wasn't even a FRACTION of what most of you have seen in the TF, so my heart truly goes out to those of you who so bravely try to cope with what you've been dealt. The fact that you have to explain, define, prove, convince, counter-act to even get people to understand the abuse you've suffered is another abuse itself. If there is a 'family' it is this...we are all a family of human beings, and I love each one of you as my own brother/sister/son & daughter. I'm sorry that the ones you had let you down so severly.