A Little Stunned
I don't actually know how many people here read the Common Ground stories about Ezra and Kalin that 
irana and I wrote over on Y!Gallery. In the course of the years since we started that together, she was a constant source of encouragement, and it was fun to write with her. She was a very, very good friend to me.
Last night she died. She had heart problems, and it was always a possibility. I just hadn't wanted/thought it would be this soon. She's survived by a daughter and her husband.
I'm still kind of stunned, as she and I were working on further installments of her Kalin and my Ezra just yesterday and I'd really liked talking with her this past week. I'd sent her a gift in the mail on Monday, and was writing her birthday fic for most of the day today... and I guess my main regret was not getting that done sooner. I am glad I made the time to talk with her and write with her this last week. I'd have been really upset if I'd put her off... as it is, well, I might see both the birthday fic and the Kalin and Ezra story through and we'll see how it goes.
irana and I wrote over on Y!Gallery. In the course of the years since we started that together, she was a constant source of encouragement, and it was fun to write with her. She was a very, very good friend to me.Last night she died. She had heart problems, and it was always a possibility. I just hadn't wanted/thought it would be this soon. She's survived by a daughter and her husband.
I'm still kind of stunned, as she and I were working on further installments of her Kalin and my Ezra just yesterday and I'd really liked talking with her this past week. I'd sent her a gift in the mail on Monday, and was writing her birthday fic for most of the day today... and I guess my main regret was not getting that done sooner. I am glad I made the time to talk with her and write with her this last week. I'd have been really upset if I'd put her off... as it is, well, I might see both the birthday fic and the Kalin and Ezra story through and we'll see how it goes.
My condolences to her family.
I will pass on the condolences.
Thanks.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for passing that on. If anything, I'm grateful now I did thank her for all she did for me. There's a lot of good to remember.
Thank you! And thanks for commenting on Zora's post, too, I know those will get to her family, too.
Glad you got that time with her. It sounds kind of like her last week was a happy one, and you were a part of that. ..now I want to run around hugging everyone I care about just in case. Scuse me. *hugs*
Yeah. That's kind of the lesson I'm taking from this as well. I'm so glad now that I got that time in when I could... it's amazing.
Go hug your loved ones!! I'm glad to start with a hug for you.
My condolences to both you and her family.
Thank you. I'll pass the condolences on.
I think continuing your collaboration in her memory would be the best way to remember her. Keep doing something that gave you joy together. That's what I've been doing, and it helps a bit.
I'm very sorry for your loss as well, and yeah, I completely agree about "suddenly" being one of the worst adverbs.
Thank you so much for you encouragement as well, it means a great deal coming from you, and I appreciate it all the more. I'm glad you've been doing and that it has helped.
It's funny... she and I were talking about sky-diving a while back and she wistfully had said that it was something she had to face as something she wouldn't be able to do, so she charged me to do it for her. *laughs* I think I'll still carry through with that, too.
I try to play well with others. *grins through tears* But thank you for your thoughts on that as well. I very much appreciate your sympathy and shall pass on the condolences. I'm sure her family will appreciate it.