Brief tribute

[bill_schubert]

I 'met' someone on LJ who I found out today died last week.  I did not even know her full name until today nor did I need to.  Nor did I know her life story.  Over time I had gleaned a lot but turns out it was a small percentage.  Some people burn very brightly and she was one.  Easily one of the goofiest people I've run across.  She'd dance to her own tune in people's Ring recordings.  And arrange silly videos of friends dancing to one song or another.  Her LJ is full of such as well as selfies of paddling on Peugeot Sound.  All while openly fighting through a hysterectomy, cancer and being on her own during a pandemic.  And finally letting go.

LJ helps me keep people at an arms length while not losing touch entirely.  Every now and then a tendril creeps through to rattle my humanity cage.

Via Con Dios wildcelticrose2 .  

Comments

[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

"...'s death diminishes me because I am involved in [hu]mankind; therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee." ---John Donne

I'm sorry for your loss; I know you will miss wildcelticrose2's presence.

Peace.

[susandennis]

To me it is extra difficult when an LJ friend you know so well but have never met dies. I've never quite figured out why but I know it's true.

[anais-pf.livejournal.com]

How sad. From the brief glimpse of her LJ available to me, she looks like a really wonderful spirit. I am sorry for your loss.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing her around LJ from time to time. I'm grateful that after all the suffering of the last year her passing was the easiest possible under the circumstances.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She spent a year in pain and misery and alone but made videos and danced and was just goofy. She baked and created art and learned the ukulele and sang. And saw the future for what it was and accepted it. She lived and died with an enviable grace.