One year ago today
It's an anniversary. Hooray. One year ago today, give or take about 5 hours as I write this, Leigh Ann died.
But, what I actually came here to say is: everyone who knows me in this forum also knows Leigh Ann. In fact, most of the people I know here, I know because I know Leigh Ann. From pagandom, the SCA, SF fandom, music, WetLeather, the OTO -- all of you, I know from the places she took me to and the people I met there. For you...
I'd just like to take a moment to thank all of you for having known her, for the things you gave her, for how you all helped her grow into who she was. It was a great ride. Thank you for being part of it. I say that on her behalf as well as my own, and regret only that she can't be here to say it herself -- at least, not in any place where it's easy to hear.
And for her, this bit of Rumi:
The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.
-- Nitnorth