Farewells

[erinwrites]

Originally published at erin-go-blog!. You can comment here or there.

I wish I had time to share my thoughts about the first week of school. Alas, I do not. Tonight, Rand and I will be heading to Cleveland–usually, my trips to Cleveland are happy ones to spend time with friends. This time, though, we will be saying goodbye to one.

My friend Jen’s mom lost her battle with breast cancer this week. She was a beautiful, vibrant woman with a heart full of love, and she will be dearly missed by many people.

Donations may be made to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (link is to the Team Russo homepage).

I also learned, when I got home from school today, that Madeline L’Engle, author of my favorite book, died today. I’ll post more thoughts about that one at a later time.

Comments

[little-cinnamon.livejournal.com]

My favourite book is Madeleine L'Engle's The Young Unicorns. I'm still discovering more of her books and loving them as much as the ones I read as a kid. Talis and I have been trading her books, and I bought A House Like A Lotus from a Canadian bookshop in March - wow. What a wonderful writer.

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

I haven't read The Young Unicorns yet. I have a copy of it...somewhere... ;)

[little-cinnamon.livejournal.com]

... and having just gone back and read your entire entry more carefully, *hugs*. I'm sorry to hear about your friend's mom.

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much...

[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

Ever read L'Engle's Crosswicks Journal books? That's some of the best reflective journal-narrative writing I've ever read. She shall be sadly missed.

One of my (and Rand's, and Randy's) English profs, Jack Leax, was in a loosely affiliated group of writers with Christian themes called the Chrysostym Society; she contributed to some collaborative projects of theirs. The oddest may be their first, Carnage at Christhaven, an honest-to-goodness murder mystery that doubles as a comedy of manners, satire of evangelical mores and self parody. Worth tracking down, since L'Engle was amazing even when silly.) *smiles*

My condolences to your friend Jen.

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

I haven't, Dave, but someone else recently mentioned them to me.

And thank you for your condolences.