<p>zooermom: That is so perfect. It really is.</p>
<p>Will wear my own red high heels today.</p>
<p>I think we should start “The Red Heels Foundation” for patient advocacy. That was close to LTS’s heart. The trouble is, we probably don’t have anyone with her organizational skills; not my strong suit – I’m one of the dreamy artistic types. But will work with anyone who steps forward.</p>
<p>We should make LTS’s last dreams a reality.</p>
<p>Perhaps a collection of the most inspirational elements of her thread could be compiled into a book and published, a la Randy Pausch, and proceeds could be seed money for the foundation.</p>
<p>What do you all think?</p>
<p>So sorry to hear this. I never posted with her but enjoyed reading her threads. My condolences to all.</p>
<p>What great ideas mythmom. I would definitely participate.</p>
<p>Boy am I going to miss her. I’ll never see red shoes or hear that song without a smile and a tear.</p>
<p>The support thread had become a part of my morning routine. Sat down every day with my tea to check on LTS before checking work email.</p>
<p>I was so devastated when I read the news this morning, that my H had to comfort me like a small child. What a great loss for us all, especially LTS’s precious daughter and those who were her caregivers. Godspeed, LTS. I know you now dwell in the light, where peace passes all knowledge. May we meet someday in that light.</p>
<p>My love and prayers are with her family and friends today.</p>
<p>soozievt: Thank you for post#59. It sums up a lot of my own feelings.</p>
<p>I am also in tears, although I have never posted til last night. I clicked on this at 9pm central, unaware it was prayer time. When I sent my prayers to God, there was an electric feeling that went through me. I hope my feeble attempt helped her in some way. This whole story makes me feel so inadequate. God speed to you all.</p>
<p>When I logged in this morning and started seeing past-tense… It is very cold in this building, and the sky outside is very gray today.</p>
<p>Marite, does LTS’s daughter know of these threads? Could we print them, bind them, send them? LTS’s spirit and voice are so very clear here, so full of her essence. When I lost a dear friend/mentor/nearly-sister to cancer several years ago, I found that the clearest and most comforting way to remember her was to go back and read her e-mails to me, and to read things she had written. A person’s writings bear the same presence now as they did when we first read them. Time doesn’t dull written memories. This thread might bring some comfort to LTS’s daughter, both in the memory of her incredible mother and in the overwhelming community of support that LTS found here. The message that I find in these threads is: Latetoschool is amazing, Latetoschool is loved. If I were to unearth such a powerful message about someone I had lost, I would take such comfort in it…</p>
<p>An engineering office, surrounded by highly analytical and unemoting minds, is a terrible place to feel like breaking down and crying. And here it is, on the task list I left for myself yesterday–it is a tribute to God’s grace that my task for the day is to design some spandrel beams.</p>
<p>Edit: I would love to help with the Red Heel Foundation.</p>
<p>I am a recent CC’er so have only “known” LTS over the past several months. This morning I decided to search for her older threads. I just came across this gem, which brought a smile to my face amidst the tears:</p>
<p>“I also appreciate very much your point of view. I disagreed with almost everything you posted, which is why I am still thinking about everything you said. Again, I’ve never learned anything from anyone who agreed with me 100% of the time.”</p>
<p>SO, how do we make it happen- the Red Heel Foundation?</p>
<p>Requiem </p>
<p>This is very sad news. I am stunned. I will miss LTS. What a blessing she was to all on this board.</p>
<p>somemom: I don’t know. As I said, ideas, writing, art my bailiwick. First, a list of people who’d like to participate.</p>
<p>Right now: aibarr, somemom, me, anyone else?</p>
<p>I will start an off CC cite for this. A group of us who met on another thread have already done this, so I know who to consult.</p>
<p>Will get back to y’all with details.</p>
<p>Zipyourlips, thank you. That quote sums up LTS.</p>
<p>Thank you to all who posted inspirational prayers & songs. Booklady, I especially like your post #52. </p>
<p>Mythmom, what a wonderful idea. I am not the kind who can head up such an undertaking, but I’d love to lend a hand.</p>
<p>count me in, mythmom, though I am not sure what part I can play…but I will do what I can!</p>
<p>Hi, I was always a lurker in this part of the forum, but I did read bits and pieces of LTS’s thread, and am very saddened, but I feel like she used what life she had left to inspire as many as possible. Her story will always be remembered by not only those who knew her in person, but also by those who knew her on this forum. My prayers are with her family and all the board members here, and may she rest in peace.</p>
<p>mythmom, I would love to be a part of this.</p>
<p>cherry blossoms for LTS, for her daughter, and for all</p>
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<p>I would love to participate, mythmom, although I am not sure I have much in the way of organizational skills.</p>
<p>I still have a sense of unreality about all this. I did feel very uneasy yesterday, to the point that I figured out how to find LTS’ latest post, to see how long it had been since she posted. I told myself that she was busy over the weekend. Then, a while later, sax started the prayer initiative. I am wondering whether she was going on intuition or actual knowledge of a medical crisis.</p>
<p>I woke up this morning very worried, but hoping to get news of a crisis overcome. I still can’t believe that this vibrant woman is gone. I have not been able to get any work done this morning.</p>