Oh Amy. I am so sad for you b

Oh, Parker. This is not the way I wanted to see your pixels around these parts. Be kind to yourself (or let your nearest and dearest be kind to you).

You are missed around here, Parker. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I searched for this and It was a Robert frost poem from my high school days.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in.'

This is how I feel About you all and about Connie. We will take her in.

Thanks. I don't want to derail; if Delurking is still open, I'll stick my head in there.

You are not details conversation! Please talk If you want to. The past few days have just been my head up my own ass, and that is nothing to Connie's passing. I seriously was imagining, once clean, I could have a good solitary life like hers, which I so admired.

It's good to see you Parker, please post in whatever thread feels comfortable

Oh man, this is a blow. She was such a strong and distinct personality, and I really admired her and cheered her on. I'm so shocked and sad that she's gone.

Amyparker, much love to you. I remember reading and loving the fics you two wrote together years ago. Two Ladies of Quality, wasn't that your nom de plume? I really looked up to you both as women who were smart and thoughtful and competent and grownup, and who also wrote and read fanfic and had very high standards for it. Something about that was so appealing and exciting to me, that you could be Real Adults who also loved this thing that most people would call silly or trivial, this thing that I also loved. Of course, that was a big part of the appeal of this whole community, but I remember noticing that about you two in particular in the early days.

I seriously was imagining, once clean, I could have a good solitary life like hers, which I so admired.

You can, Sophia, and I believe that you will.

amyparker, you're absolutely not derailing. I am so glad to read your words again, and so sorry that this is the reason why.

I can't believe the shittiness of the FB algorithm, and how it failed all of us. I'm another person for whom Connie was part of the fabric of this community, and who was used to seeing her drop in and out, posting sometimes more and sometimes less depending on everything from fandom to nosy bosses to life stress--and, more recently, posting less often because her offline life had begun to shift and she had more things pulling her away from her screen than toward it.

So I didn't notice when a few weeks went by, and I never saw any posts to or about her but the two that Hec shared with her after she'd already passed. I'm sick and sad and furious, for her and for everyone.