Comments | elizabeyth: One of those things.

elizabeyth

One of those things.

Sep 01, 2009 19:08

My boss, Catherine, died over the weekend. The details are not confirmed, but apparently she drowned trying to save someone who had fallen out of a boat in a pond on her property.

If you have ever heard me talk about Catherine -- and some of you have heard me talk about Catherine A LOT -- then 99% of what you heard was probably negative. My ( Read more... )

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elizaloula September 2 2009, 12:05:08 UTC

Oh! Oh. I love you. And I don't know if this is a fitting thing to say at a time like this, but you are such a wonderful writer. I wish we could all come and sit with you on your stoop tonight. I'm so glad your friend M. came to be with you. Sending you big hugs.

kymmz September 11 2009, 21:06:27 UTC

Late reading this, a beautiful, honest obituary. She wasn't perfect, but she was completely the kind of person who would die trying to save someone's life. And I think that that's the kind of person we all like to think that we are, but until the moment, we don't know. And that's what she turned out to be.