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She didn't skate on the edge of disaster, she jumped the damn canyon, and landed on the other side--not without injury, but she got up, she always got up. The Geoffreys war couldn't NOT donate money to a charity related to a disease she had--breast cancer, lymphoma, heart conditions, kidney things--until we made DAMN SURE by picking prostate cancer as the disease. She walked through some jobs, being a massage therapist, an occupational therapist, a psych person, an ergonomics/human factor psych student.

I remember her when Rusty came out for his wedding reception here, scaring us all in the Great Mall, laughing so hard the blood spurted out her nose--great party trick! Shit, it's REAL!

I remember her kind sharp wit at parties.

I remember her in a pub in Oregon, in a dark time.

I remember her laughing at the stories as she ate tidbits at the Afghan restaurant. It was a good night.

She raised two fine people in difficult conditions. She changed, adapted, re-did. She accepted help with grace, and helped when she could, with aplomb.

She inspired a Company of fine skills, and display thereof. To the Company of St. Teresa!

She achieved the Order of the Laurel in the SCA, a sign of the beauty she could make.

Teresa, thanks. See you again sometime.

Teresa McCartney, October 18th, 1961 to September 29th, 2007

Date: 2007-09-29 06:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsgeisel.livejournal.com
To absent friends.

Date: 2007-09-29 09:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kawgirl.livejournal.com
OMG! What happened? This is not the direction in which I expected events to turn. I was looking forward to celebrating her graduation with her. I am very saddened by this news. I do not know what else to say, really.

I know that you helped her out a lot throughout the years and she never forgot that. She very much valued you as a friend. My condolences.

Date: 2007-09-29 10:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com
And she jumped those canyons, and laughed about it through the pain. An amazing woman.

Date: 2007-09-29 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cynthia1960.livejournal.com
I'm sorry for your loss. May her memory remain forever unwithered.

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