LTS: rest in peace

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<p>Received from LTS’ daughter at 12:22am:</p>

<p>“Your prayers worked. She has gone peacefully to God. Thank you and everyone for the support you gave to her and to me.”</p>

<p>Tomorrow–this morning, I will try and compose a message to LTS’s daughter. Right now, I am trying to come to terms with this news. I have lost someone who had become very dear to me, whom I admired tremendously for all she had achieved throughout her life, for her bone deep integrity, her fierce will, her humor, and her grace throughout this final ordeal.</p>

<p>May eternal light shine on her.</p>

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<p>And may she rest in peace, Amen.</p>

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<p>Oh…wow. LTS, you taught a whole lot of us many valuable lessons. Marite, your words are outstanding and sums her up. Thank you.</p>

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<p>Oh m gosh Marite - what sad news. I am shocked as the news seemed so good such a short time ago. She was and is such an inspiration. Even though I never met her I am in tears at this news. </p>

<p>I have this image of a pair of feet wearing red shoes walking through the pearly gates. Maybe that should be the dress code at her funeral. </p>

<p>As Astro said - your words sum her up so well.</p>

<p>{{{{Hugs}}}}</p>

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<p>Yes, I felt that we were easing our beloved friend’s transition.</p>

<p>Thank you all for joining together, with me too, to help a soul reach its final destination.</p>

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<p>Very hard to explain the overwhelming sense of loss. Sharing LTS’s journey felt like a special gift given to us all. I have never “met” anyone who displayed such humor and strength.
She was my inspiration during my own cancer battle. I don’t know how many times I used her fight to spur me on.
I pray for her daughter, what a loss for her!<br>
I will now pray to LTS as I know she has found her way to heavan and will send her blessings down to us.
Rest in blessed peace LTS.</p>

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<p>Rest in peace, indeed. Thank you, Marita, for including us in this.</p>

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<p>Shortly after catching up on the LTS thread I saw this one, I just posted a rest in peace there for those who may miss this one, and requested that the moderator make sure it is saved for her D (I reported my post as a problem one with the request to be sure it was read).</p>

<p>LTS lived an amazingly full life right up to the end- wish I could have known her in person. I hope someone with writing skills takes on her biography, using the amazing posts from CC.</p>

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<p>Her memory will be for a great, great blessing.</p>

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<p>mythmom, I felt the same way but was constantly brushing these thoughts away. I’m in tears.</p>

<p>LTS, rest in peace. You physical presence will be dearly missed, but you will always be with us.</p>

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<p>Marite- as I sit here with tears rolling down my face for a “friend” I have never met I can not help but think about how much LTS taught all of us about spirit, finding the positive in almost everything, and just truly enjoying all we are blessed to have. </p>

<p>I know her daughter knows how much her mother loved her, but please let her know how much she brought to all of us, that for many of us she was our first check in of the morning and our last good night. She touched us in so many ways.</p>

<p>marite, thank you so much for letting us know. Please let me know where I can make a donation in her honor.</p>

<p>LTS -“Of Blessed Memory”</p>

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<p>Oh, wow.</p>

<p>I am close to tears. My first thought upon reading this thread: “No way.” I feel so silly worrying about whether I’ll like my roommates or which jacket to take and which to leave when people like LTS are battling deadly and terminal illness.</p>

<p>My thoughts and prayers to LTS’ D. :frowning: I can’t even IMAGINE losing my mother, and I’m sure she will need much support in days (weeks, months, years) to come. I’m sure it is a comfort (albeit a small one) to know that she went peacefully. I will buy some red shoes before I leave for college and wear them in her memory whenever possible.</p>

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<p>LTS will continue to inspire us for our entire lives I think. I am also inspired by all the outpouring of love for someone we could not even address by her given name.</p>

<p>That love is a ball of glowing energy in the Universe, too, and she generated it.</p>

<p>Yes, my great sadness is for her daughter as well. What a loss for her. If she has any of her mother’s strength she should get through this.</p>

<p>To LTS’s D. Perhaps later today we could have a prayer time for her as well.</p>

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<p>The perseid shower is just LTS makin’ tracks across the sky in her red high heels.</p>

<p>“Look at the stars and see them shine!
We remember your grace as each twinkle reminds us to laugh again.”</p>

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<p>Rest in peace LTS. I just dusted off my lone pair of red shoes and will wear them tomorrow. We have all been blessed by LTS’s amazing strength and humor. Lord please bless her precious daughter with peace that passes understanding.</p>

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<p>Thinking of you and your family.
Thank you all for helping her through the door.</p>

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<p>I just could not sleep tonight and came in to find this…and, like so many, I am in tears for our friend LTS. Yet, I am relieved knowing she has now found great peace and I pray that her daughter gains strength and comfort from the profound influence her mom had upon so many lives as evidenced by this thread and of course by our “support for Latetoschool” thread.</p>

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<p>It seems so weird seeing her posts from less than 72 hours ago. R.I.P. :(</p>

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<p>I just woke up to hear this sad news. Please tell LTS’s daughter how sorry I am for her loss.</p>

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<p>So very sad… My thoughts and prayers are with LTS and her family.</p>