Candle light Memorial Sept 30 - Virtual Invite
Until we can gather at the memorial to come, may this bring you some peace in your sorrow, and love directly to Jennifer from your heart.
The beautiful blogs, articles, her Board , many websites, and replies to news or blogs are remarkable. So many speak of her service, her devotion and all of it is SO true. She was my hero for what she did/gave to the world. Mostly, and for so long, she was simply my dear friend. She didn't give herself much downtime to relax and even while talking "off duty", she'd be multi-tasking for Advocacy. Rarely, she'd tell me that she and Emily Cat were all snuggled on the couch or in her room while we talked. She was all about Advocacy, but she was real too - and we'd span all subjects we felt like, or talk a lot about nothing at all, or deeply sharing our thoughts. It will be those times I miss most. And yes, it was a pleasure working in common areas of Mission or IBD work. Anytime she'd call upon me for something, I'd jump. I loved that my son and I could DJ her annual Hartford location for the Worldwide Advocacy gatherings each spring. 2012 was not in Hartford and I should have gone to New York to hang out. She still shines. No past tense - her Handbook is a patients light in the dark, and her other published works will continue to extend her Mission reach through your empowerment!
I will be Lighting Up for her on September 30th, and hope you can too.
While this was Jennifer's deeply favorite Pearl Jam song, I know everyone there is reeling with her loss too. And, I hope it's okay to also give comfort to Team McCready, Wishlist and the Band (and their families) who loved Jennifer so much to play Just Breathe done by Willie Nelson. Allow cleansing tears to flow. Together.
God Bless everyone loving Jennifer, missing her, and to her office especially - your load is hard right now, but you will find balance to do all you need to do in short term to map out the long term vision that Jenni pioneered. You are wounded too, so you are doing Jennifer PROUD! And much love to Emily Cat's new forever home family.
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