JennS Originally Posted by http://clusterfook.com/ . I would read her stories--in that no holds barred way of writing she always had-- and admire her, weep with her, celebrate with her and laugh with her. She entered my heart and she made me listen to her. No, I take that back. I wanted to listen to her. She had amazing things to say. Lisa is a mom to two tween girls and a wonderfully loving husband. She is dying. When I say she is dying, I mean that she is in her last moments. From the most recent post on her blog as posted by her friend http://secondhandkarl.com/ :"She’s in the final, final stages now, people.
So out of her mind with pain and drugs that she often doesn’t even
recognize her husband or children. Dude says it’ll be “lucky” if she
makes it through the weekend, though he also says it’ll be luckier if
God takes her away sooner. She’s that bad.I’d been riding her to get a “last post” done, but it doesn’t look like
that happened. There’s a fragment of a post she was working on, which
I’ll post here soon, but there won’t be any more posts from Lisa beyond
that."That last sentence squeezed my heart so tightly. I just cannot fathom such a beautiful and amazing voice silenced. It quite literally brings me to sobbing tears. (So forgive me if this post doesn't make as much sense as I would like it to.)As moms, I know so many of us feel that heartbreak knowing the family she is leaving behind. Two tween girls. A loving husband. Her family. Her family.We at the Motherhood want to reach out to those girls. We want to let them know that their mom leaves behind an amazing legacy with her words. We want them to know about the hundreds or even thousands of lives she has touched with her blog. Her blog means something to so many of us. We understand we can never take away the pain. Nothing we can do can make it right or make it better. But we want to show her girls in some small way that their mom touched our lives, too. Many of us strangers. All of us loving her and praying for her and keeping her in our heart.The Motherhood is going to put together a small package for her girls and husband. We will be adding small things just to let them know we are thinking of them and we, too, loved and cherished their mothers. We will be putting some homemade items like the beaded bracelets and other things that are made with love, but we also want to hear from you. Because we are a community here and that is what we do. We reach out and we care. This community at the Motherhood has shown that time and again. It is time to do it again, my friends.Do you want to add something? Do you have an idea of something to add to our care package of support? Please, leave it in the comments so we can get this community together and behind this family--even in a small way. Even if you just want to leave a message for her family, please do so. Those words of support mean so very much! We will send them along with whatever package give them. Please, help let them know the power their mom and her blog has had in the blogosphere. These girls should know and see in tangible ways how much their mother was loved and the many women she touched with her story. Again, we know it won't make anything better, but it may just show the girls that the reach their mother had was far, far beyond the inner circle of family and personal friends. Lisa has touched us and will for as long as people can read her story. And for as long as we share it with others.Lisa, may you find your peace and leave us knowing you were loved.
about 1 year ago - Comment
gottalovemom Jenn, where can we mail the stuff to? (thanks for organizing it!)
about 1 year ago
greenology101 Oh, this is such a sad story, it breaks my heart. Please let me know what project you are going to do or where to send some sympathies. Maybe we could do a Motherhood Comfort Quilt (although I am no sewer) and everyone could have a square with a message and their name ??
about 1 year ago
Emily I'm thinking about Lisa and her family and saying my prayers for them. I love the idea of sending her family some motherhood treasures. I'm happy to package things up beautifully with a note and this post and the comments and send them to her husband and daughter. I can only imagine that when they're ready, they will appreciate being reminder of the many people Lisa touched and inspired.
about 1 year ago