Namarie . . .

[lavendertook]

My friend delux_vivens has died. She made the world a better place.

I never met her, but we IMed quite a bit over the last few years. She should have had more time. She shouldn't be gone.



American lotus was her flower, but water lilies are close. Daisies, and black-eyed susans especially remind me of her beautiful beadwork.

Comments

[ink_gypsy]

I'm sorry you never got to meet, and very sorry for your loss.

[lavendertook]

Thank you, sweetie. *hugs*

[spiralsheep]

I'm sorry your friend has died. This post is a beautiful memorial.

[lavendertook]

Thank you, sweetie. I think she'd like manflesh added in more, but this is what I was always good at providing. I'm having a hard time stopping thinking about her. *hugs*

[zana16]

So very sorry for your loss. *hugs*

[lavendertook]

Thank you, bb! It's been a shocker. She was smart and funny and I think so on route to ever changing goals, and I feel like she was taken mid-step. And she had a possessive little siamese cat I'm worried about. *hugs*

I hope you are well and am sorry there's been no time for me to come visit you thus far. Update soon when you can.

[mererid]

Oh my god, I'm shocked to hear of her passing, and so very sorry for your loss. I know she was such a close friend of yours. What a beautiful post in her memory. *hugshugshugshusg*

[rakshi]

So sorry to hear of your loss. :(

[kore]

I'm so sorry. I never knew her but really loved her writing (and of course the manflesh posts). This is a beautiful memorial.

[ink-gypsy.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you--I miss her. This was too soon--too young--too in the middle of things--too what the hell happened. *hugs*

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

I didn't know her, but I am sorry she has gone, and sorry for your loss.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

She was smart and funny and founded deadbrowalking and co-modded sex_and_race, whihc were vibrant little think tank communities on LJ a few years back. She was a year or 2 younger than me. I knew she had some health things going on, last I IMed with her a few weeks back, but they didn't sound major, and it feels like she was taken mid-step.

*hug s you close*

[(Anonymous)]

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dear one.

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb. She had a tiny, possessive, high energy, 4 year old siamese I'm worried about. I heard on the grapevine that she is in a kennel--I'm hoping to hear more and if I need to put feelers out for her to find a good home for a little monkey of a cat. That little girl needs some good loving and attention and I hope she gets a good home quickly.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

What? WHAT? I am stunned and sad. She is such an awesome lady. I can't imagine the world without her in it.

*hugs you tightly*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I know--it's a shocker, hon. *hugs you close*

It's like she was taken mid-step--she had just started a new job and she was working on her regalia for powwows--she always had something new going on. Last I IMed with her a few weeks ago, she had some health issues going on, but it didn't sound major at all. I can't stop thinking about her.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss, my dear. *hugs*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight* Thank you, sweetie. We're losing too many too young too suddenly.

[aliensouldream.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry your friend has gone. She clearly made the world a better place as you miss her so. I hope her love of flowers and beauty gave her a lot of happiness.

*hugs you tight*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

She was a smart and vibrant person who made a lot of us think, and she was into so many things--someone so alive shouldn't have been parted from life so early. *hugs back*

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend.

**tight tight hugs**

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, honey. It's so sad for such a bright and vibrant person to be taken away so soon. It's hard to accept. I will miss her a lot. I'm profoundly lucky I got the time, though, that she spent with me online. *hugs you close*

[shirebound]

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful soul.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She was quite a vibrant flame. *holds*

[hanarobi.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I am so sorry.

Your tribute to her was beautiful.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie. Such a sharp mind gone. She modded deadbrowalking and sex_and_race, very vibrant little think tanks on media representation of POC and race and gender intersections back a few years ago, and she was a major part of why they were bubbling.

*hugs*

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my friend. It's hard to fathom her being gone. *hugs*

[febobe.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry. :( *huggiesnugs*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

*snuggles into your hug* Thank you, bb.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I am so very sorry about your friend. (hugs)

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb. *holds close*

We need to try for that Harpers Ferry afternoon get together some weekend soon after I adjust to my work schedule, and when it's good for you.