tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post259344448816540353..comments2024-03-28T03:27:26.345-04:00Comments on Dee-lusions of Grandeur: Godspeed Sissy Kaaren .. You WILL be missed!Dee Mentiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-87035900516789781282022-09-27T01:41:27.760-04:002022-09-27T01:41:27.760-04:00Very sad. Rest in peace.Very sad. Rest in peace.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-16206336178140409232022-09-26T12:15:59.123-04:002022-09-26T12:15:59.123-04:00Another Dee-ciple visiting us again after some tim...Another Dee-ciple visiting us again after some time away. Once again, sorry that it was under sad circumstances. Perhaps this is an example of how a community of "strangers" can feel so connected, even as distance and time gets away from us.<br /><br />And there is a bit of irony that we could use some smiles and giggles right now, but the person most qualified to give them is the reason we could use them in the first place. The good news is that we've got hundreds of posts and comments from her that can at least give us a lift when we need them.<br /><br />So glad you commented. As I tell everyone .. I'm here. Please do drop in when you can, and sit for a (magic) spell.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-6762406687891593782022-09-26T12:11:11.017-04:002022-09-26T12:11:11.017-04:00It's been a long time sweetie! Wish it was und...It's been a long time sweetie! Wish it was under better circumstances. Kaaren and I definitely talked about you at least a few times, especially after you vanished.<br /><br />I hope you are doing well. Feel free to email me some time. I'm still me, but older, and somewhat wiser .. trying to make my way in the world as best I can, and taking care of my Dee-ciples here on the blog.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-33972302663547321022022-09-26T12:08:36.430-04:002022-09-26T12:08:36.430-04:00Thanks. All those things really should be given to...Thanks. All those things really should be given to Mrs. K though. I was an internet confidant of Kaaren's. Obviously, Mrs. K was her soulmate. I just wanted to lift up Kaaren, and give a bit of a shout-out to who she was, and what she meant to others.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-85698865134387773182022-09-26T12:06:59.201-04:002022-09-26T12:06:59.201-04:00I certainly hope so. I would like to think that Mr...I certainly hope so. I would like to think that Mrs. K would keep them up and running, at least in the short term .. but it's also something that she doesn't need on her plate either. I'd be happy to moderate them for her if she wishes, especially if she decides to maybe keep up only one of them as a memorial.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-52778344562386157292022-09-26T11:59:01.916-04:002022-09-26T11:59:01.916-04:00Indeed. It's much harder for us now than it is...Indeed. It's much harder for us now than it is for her.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-64900801169722089552022-09-25T23:12:13.149-04:002022-09-25T23:12:13.149-04:00Sadness, nigh unspeakable sadness, upon reading th...Sadness, nigh unspeakable sadness, upon reading this news and learning of your loss, and Mrs. K's, and of ours as a community. I recently lost my mother to cancer and am still in grief. I suppose that some part that has touched our soul never completely goes away. Dee, thank you for commemorating our sister. Kaaren would have liked the commemoration, and your tribute to her, to know that she did not pass like tears in rain but in her own sort of peace with her dearest near to her in spirit if not in person. <br /><br />Although many of us are far in distance and communicate via the internet, I do believe that Kaaren found her smiles and giggles and the kind of community here that in a more perfect world might have been realized physically in person. But the smiles and the giggles and the hugs and the thoughts unexpressed---that is a life in itself, a universe, a home. And that is not lost, perhaps, and those we have lost may have crossed over a door; and when one door is closed another one opens. Somewhere, Dee, and in no small part thanks to you, perhaps she is smiling still. As is the one you one you loved and whom you love still. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737100434813480808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-17439467160203485672022-09-25T21:33:09.938-04:002022-09-25T21:33:09.938-04:00This is such sad news. I have been gone for so lo...This is such sad news. I have been gone for so long and have lost track of many. There was a time Kaaren and I were very close. I am beyond sad to learn of her passing. Your tribute about her is lovely Dee. Thank you. xoxo, LeeanneLeeanne Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969802988317490239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-44757261620113571912022-09-25T11:41:49.037-04:002022-09-25T11:41:49.037-04:00I have naught to offer but condolences and sympath...I have naught to offer but condolences and sympathies. Your pain is felt, your feelings shared. Love and best wishes. xxJoanna Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765570687013090805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-68825088894796813282022-09-25T09:41:17.812-04:002022-09-25T09:41:17.812-04:00My sincere condolences to you Dee, Mrs. K and the ...My sincere condolences to you Dee, Mrs. K and the entire community on the loss of Kaaren. While I did not know Kaaren, everything I have read about her was nothing short of fantastic. She will be missed but her memory lives on through all those whose lives she touched. ZoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-25835110580842447982022-09-25T06:36:09.242-04:002022-09-25T06:36:09.242-04:00So sorry to read, but her suffering is over.So sorry to read, but her suffering is over.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194839962103922922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-40828298901913513812022-09-25T01:29:20.717-04:002022-09-25T01:29:20.717-04:00I know. I read that too and my heart wept for her,...I know. I read that too and my heart wept for her, as I had felt the same way, "if I had only been there, or heard something, etc .." after I had discovered my forever person. It is something that will take time. I still have nightmares where I discover her in my dreams.<br /><br />And I totally agree. Without sounding too morbid, I'm not sure there could have been a better place to be, one in which Kaaren was comfortable, and with such a peaceful place.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-44661033827423326302022-09-24T23:29:32.443-04:002022-09-24T23:29:32.443-04:00I posted over there... I do not like Mrs. K is bla...I posted over there... I do not like Mrs. K is blaming herself. My mother was staying with me fighting cancer when she passed. I was actually feeding her soup when her head just leaned back. No time for goodbye, no sign of pain... but gone. An aneurysm. Nothing could be done. Mts. K could have done nothing. She brought Kaaren to a place she thought was lovely, and she was at peace, and the time came to fly into the beautiful sunset.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05876658910205882086noreply@blogger.com