Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Honoring Bumpkin

It has been a truly sad week for many of my blogfriends, as we learned the shocking news that the

beautiful,
inspirational,
& kind







lost her sudden unexpected battle with ovarian cancer. If you were not a follower of her blog, please go familiarize yourself with this fantastic

blogger,
friend,
partner,
person,
Southern belle...

someone who is really, truly going to be missed by many.


I was consumed earlier in the week with Pretty Little Bare Feet's beginning school, so I was mostly just shocked to learn the news, as I read posts&updates about Lisa on my iPhone, in between all of my goings-on.

I wasn't sure how to feel - other than sad&shocked, obviously.

I wasn't sure

how to respond,
if I should respond,
when to respond.

In the last couple weeks, of course I'd noticed

absences on my favorite blogs,
guest posts,
messages&notes of concern...

& now it was all coming together in such heartbreaking detail.

But I didn't want to impose on anybody,
as I sometimes still feel like a relative newcomer to these blogging circles,
& I had only begun my own friendship with Lisa back in June.

Still, she wrote me some of the sweetest emails. We had found each other through Trish, & we had been looking forward to getting to know each other more. Lisa had become a loyal, welcome follower of my blog...& I was always touched by her blog posts, as well. Especially her outlook on the senseless oil tragedy in the gulf...Lisa was both honestly realistic, & still unfailingly optimistic.

Today, I am inspired by my beautiful friends Julie&Trish, to contribute my own little humble, quiet tribute...


This, my first ever Wordless Wednesday, is for you, Lisa...






















(via: Angela.)






(via: MadeByGirl)

& though it's always hard to say goodbye...



(Lisa's swing via)

Swing in Heavenly Peace...
12/29/69 - 08/08/10
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8 comments:

  1. debra@dustjacketAugust 12, 2010 at 1:57 AM

    I think that was a lovely tribute to our one and only Lisa.
    xxxxx Dj

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  2. nomo wino daphAugust 12, 2010 at 6:28 AM

    Very well said.
    GodSpeed Lisa!
    xxoo

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  3. I'maNolaGirlAugust 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Beautiful, simply beautiful.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    Thank you for sharing such a beautiful tribute to Lisa, it's an enormous loss for so many people she touched.

    Hugs to you,
    tp

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  5. Poppies and SunshineAugust 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    This is so sweet and beautiful. It makes me want to cry yet again...

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  6. MeghanAugust 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    I am so sorry that you lost such a wonderful friend. I did not know Lisa, but she was certainly loved by those who did.

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  7. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comAugust 20, 2010 at 1:59 AM

    It was easy to love our Lisa based on just a few of her emails and/or posts. She was so precious that way. Thanks for this post.

    Blessings and Bumpkin style hugs,
    xoRobyn

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  8. LoriAugust 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    Beautiful post ~ I know that Lisa would have loved it! She continues to bring many of us together and I know she is smiling down upon us from her big swing in the sky.

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