Gingerbread Man on 29/9/2018 at 17:54
My shit's coming back together slowly. Please, not even as a grim and sardonic aside (and you know how I love the grim and sardonic asides), please don't think I would ever make a joke of this sort. Not about anyone I loved, and not to anyone I loved.
I wish I could explain what happened. I don't even know what happened. Amanda is still friends with Mara's ex-husband Ray, and when I came home from shopping last night Amanda had just been on the phone with him after he asked her to call him. Even Ray didn't know what happened.
Mara was my best friend across two decades of adult life. She was my support when things were shit, my partner-in-crime when hijinks needed to be undertaken, my drinking buddy on far too many nights. Generous and powerful, love and loved. Just a stunning example of friendship. And now I'm losing my shit again.
Go buy some tequila. Toast that wonderful bitch until you can't speak your native tongue anymore. Make her laugh one more time.
Vasquez on 29/9/2018 at 18:30
Oh my god, no! :(
Tocky on 29/9/2018 at 19:45
Damn. Was it breast cancer? Not that it matters, I just know it ran in her family. She thanked me so effusively when I donated to her walk. I suppose she did everyone. She was such a wonderful person.
This sucks. I don't know how to process it just now. Automatically I feel ashamed of my crude jokes and boorish behavior and wish I had been more heartfelt in my responses to her, but then, it was the same with Fluke. Not that there is any doubt she didn't overlook my words as just me being me. She will be missed. That much I know.
Starker on 29/9/2018 at 21:20
I don't think anyone's really thinking it's a prank. They're just hoping against hope.
Sypha Nadon on 29/9/2018 at 22:37
Ah, that's very depressing news indeed. My contact with her has been infrequent these last few years (aside from the occasional Facebook comment), but I remember her very well from the old days, and always felt she was a real sweetheart. I remember she would always take time out of her no doubt busy schedule to help me with various computer problems way back when, and she was always sending me interesting things in the mail, which I've retained over the years: my favorite was an hourglass that I still keep on my bureau. So sorry to hear about this... and especially sad for both her family and the people on here who knew her better. :(
Ringwraith on 30/9/2018 at 03:31
:(
Naartjie on 30/9/2018 at 05:49
She was just a lovely person.
scumble on 30/9/2018 at 08:28
I feel it is a missed opportunity that I did't get to know her better. I hope we can find out some more details soon because it sounds like a very unfortunate sudden illness :(
Medlar on 30/9/2018 at 08:37
Dreadful information, I'm in genuine shock over loosing someone I only know through this place. A real character, a real person and just so nice.
Condolences to her family and all here.
We have lost one of the foundations of this place, we have lost a good one.
R Soul on 30/9/2018 at 14:50
Very sad news.
I happen to be updating a T2 FM for which Mara did some voice acting. It'd be nice to add some sort of tribute to her, but I'm not sure what it should be.
I've placed this rose there:
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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/tribute.jpg)
Maybe there should be a plaque next to it, or a quote scroll with peoples' messages. Or maybe it's bit soon to be thinking about this. There's no urgency however, but I'm open to suggestions.
