We always think there’ll be time for this or time for that, and then suddenly time runs out. Sue Vincent is the most funny, compassionate, courageous lady I know. You’ll never be forgotten.
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Meeks
March 5, 2021
I’m losing a friend
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March 11th, 2021 at 12:55 pm
Hugs, Meeka. I will miss her always as well.
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March 11th, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Hi Traci. -hugs back-
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March 8th, 2021 at 3:31 am
Such a sad and inspiring post from Sue. She’s navigated her life with grace and is still teaching us how to do the same. I share your sorrow, Andrea, as we say goodbye to our dear friend. ❤
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March 8th, 2021 at 8:34 am
Yes, she is. I hope she reads this and sees what an impact she has had on us, IS still having. Each conversation is precious.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:17 pm
I insisted the children visit her. I think she visited us in the week following her death. Our keyboard which she used to love, started playing mysteriously in the middle of the night. I told the childrenI felt she had visited us. My children had grown up with her living next door. The whole organ playing in the middle of the night thing, amazed me.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:20 pm
I’m a total atheist and yet, when my sister-in-law’s mother died, we all saw an eagle circle the place where we had the wake. And then its just flew off. I hope it was Joan saying goodbye.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:34 pm
I was a sceptic. I never felt any presence when Dad died but the week following her death was full of incidents. I had spent more time with her than anybody. At times she virtually lived ib our house. She had her own knock. My toddlers would squeal in delightful when they saw her approach. When we were moving out, one lovely lady said she had visited us because she had been happy with us. She played on all our gammes and won. We still have her avatar on out Wii. I suspect we have recordings of her playing the instruments but we cannot bear to look. There is a special kind of immortality these days.
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March 7th, 2021 at 10:45 pm
I’m still a sceptic but…I think I wouldn’t mind being proved wrong. And yes, I think the internet and digital everything is creating a kind of immortality.
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March 7th, 2021 at 11:48 am
What a remarkable soul Sue is. Her ability to accept life and death with such dignity is a lesson to us all. One I hope I can learn.
~Hugs to you Meeks~
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March 7th, 2021 at 1:57 pm
She is, Anne. I hope neither of us have to learn that lesson too soon, but I admit I’ve been thinking about it a lot. -hugs-
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March 6th, 2021 at 9:01 pm
I followed your link and read her post, which was beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Sending strength and love.
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March 7th, 2021 at 1:59 pm
Thanks, Dawn. I’ve been an acquaintance for a long time. I wish I could have been a better friend sooner. -hugs-
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March 6th, 2021 at 1:57 pm
That which is remembered, lives … and none of us will forget her. When she posted that piece I read it through, commented my bit at the end, then went back and read all the comments and by the time I got to the end of them, (at that time, I’m sure there are many more by now) I felt like my grieving was done, and I could stand by and watch her pass through that veil, and almost cheer her on. 🙂
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:02 pm
I hate death. I know it’s a necessary part of life, but I still hate it. Sue is teaching me how live well right until the very last moment. If I forget, kick my up the butt please.
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March 8th, 2021 at 7:47 am
Western cultures, actually just about most cultures these days, have such twisted views about death, when all it really is, is a single step on a much larger Path. This is a Knowing I’ve had for a very time though. I think if one were exposed to the concept, it would take much time and effort to break through that old conditioning.
Butt-kicking will be applied as necessary. 😀
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March 8th, 2021 at 8:30 am
I grew up a Catholic, with all that implies about heaven and hell and the life hereafter. I found that I couldn’t believe in anything after death, and I still don’t, but I really wouldn’t mind being proved wrong.
Butt-kicking thanked in anticipation. 😉
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March 6th, 2021 at 12:09 pm
A couple of years ago I watched my friend’s final journey with cancer. For her final nirthday we bought her a star. It gave us all some comfort at the time.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:03 pm
As in a real star? Up in the sky somewhere?
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Yes. We keep meaning to get a decent telescope and check it out. We all knew it was her last birthday. I was with her from diagnosis to the day before she died. Once she was in the hospice i felt I could let go. The hospice was lovely. They kept her totally comfortable. I was not allowed to admit she was dying which was hard.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:18 pm
I’ve heard about naming stars but I’ve never met anyone who actually did it. That is so lovely. No one will ever forget her now. To me that’s immortality.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:19 pm
Actually I had been missing her so much. Your writing helped.
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:20 pm
I’m glad. -huge hugs-
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:39 pm
Just checked zi did it through star registration. Com
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March 7th, 2021 at 10:42 pm
Just looked it up. That is so cool. Thank you!
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:45 pm
I also wrote about her for her future grandchildren. Her widower husband passed on her cake machine to my daughter. They had made many cakes and craft projects together over the years. Thank you so much for reminding me about her.
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March 7th, 2021 at 10:40 pm
Now you have reminded me of my father-in-law! He died when my ex was only a teen, but friends and family talked so much about him, I felt as if I knew him too – 20 years after he’d gone. My Mum is still with me whenever I cook one of her recipes, and Dad is with me in just about everything I do because I learned all the best stuff from him. Thank you for reminding /me/. 🙂
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March 6th, 2021 at 6:15 am
Oh, Meeka, how sorry I am for your loss! I read her post — What a rare and beautiful and wise individual she is/was. ❤
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:05 pm
She is, and I’m so glad we get to say goodbye. I lost another online friend some years back, but Kathryn’s passing was sudden, and a horrible shock. Somehow the internet makes you think that everyone is immortal.
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March 5th, 2021 at 11:36 pm
Huge lump reading this, Meeks. Sue sounds like someone I would like to have known. Her last post is a lesson in generosity. Wishing you both much strength. Huge hugs! 😢
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:06 pm
Thanks, Mel. Sue is amazing. Truly amazing.
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March 5th, 2021 at 5:44 pm
Thank you, Meeks… I’m still here, weird though it seems… still writing when I can, reading what I can minus the eye. Thank you for linking so I could see its post… and send love and hugs. xx
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Huge hugs, Sue. When I read your post this morning I felt as if I’d lost you already. I’m so glad I haven’t. The you I discovered in your books is someone I wish I’d gotten to know sooner. So stay a while, if you can.
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:28 pm
I am doing my best to linger usefully 🙂 xx
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:07 pm
-huge hugs- you can linger unusefully too!
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March 7th, 2021 at 6:49 pm
I could… but then, that would be being useful to me and just taking time to ‘be’ 😉 xx
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March 7th, 2021 at 10:36 pm
-grin- and that’s bad because…?
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March 7th, 2021 at 11:32 pm
I can’t think of a single reason 🙂
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March 8th, 2021 at 8:45 am
-hugs-
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March 8th, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Hugs 🙂
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March 5th, 2021 at 3:18 pm
It’s not easy. But her friendship and yours will remain forever so. Take care.
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:05 pm
-hugs-
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March 5th, 2021 at 2:22 pm
OMG, I have followed Sue for years! I am so shocked. She always astounded me with her capacity for output, every damn day! Her post is so eloquent, sad, and poignant. What an amazingly calm and collected voice she has signed off with- oh to be half that graceful in the face of death- I hope you’re ok? I see you two commenting back and forth regularly… she is my first (known) WordPress loss… I am shedding a tear ❤ Thank you for letting us know Meeks xx
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:07 pm
She’s still here, and still fighting so her song may be ending but it isn’t over yet.
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March 6th, 2021 at 1:53 pm
She’s got an encore or two left yet. 🙂
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March 7th, 2021 at 2:02 pm
I hope so. 🙂
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March 5th, 2021 at 12:16 pm
Hugs and prayers…
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:07 pm
-hugs-
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March 5th, 2021 at 12:07 pm
Hugs. It will be hard. Here if you need me.
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:07 pm
Thank you.
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March 5th, 2021 at 11:10 am
I wish there were words to say, to make things better. I know there aren’t any. So, I’ll be selfish and simply say, be well, Meeka! 💖
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March 5th, 2021 at 6:08 pm
-hugs-
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