friend of nat

This Saturday, in honor and memory of Natalie, Robin (poppymom) and I are going to be driving to Ste. Genevieve, MO. We are going to the Mississippi River at dusk, and will hold a small memorial service for Natalie there. We are going to make sculptures to set free onto the river along with some flowers and maybe some floating candles. If anyone would like to send sculptures (or anything else you'd like floated off in the river, notes, etc) to be a part of our little memorial, PM Robin for her address.

 

I had hoped to go down to the lake tonight with Rosie for a little impromptu memorial service, but the weather is really bad here.

 

This is all so deeply sad, strange and surreal.

 

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Also, I wanted to share this photo that she shared with me a month or so ago......she told me some lovely stories about her grandparents. She missed them and loved them a lot. There is a wee bit of comfort knowing that she could be with them again.

 

That is a beautiful and wonderful idea

We will be thinking of you Saturday night.

And, thanks for the pic!!

xoxo

Speaking of her critters, please rest assured that they are all in good hands It was our primary concern after hearing the terrible news.

Hello to all,

A friend of mine from the Elliott Smith board just sent me a message letting me know that there was a thread here as well.

I wanted you all to know that your thoughts and comments are being passed along to many of her other close friends and will be expressed to her parents. A couple of people have suggested gathering some of the notes being posted in her honor and sending them to her parents in the next couple of weeks; I'll remind those doing the organizing that this thread is full of thoughts etc and should most certainly be included in that package.

By her parent's request, there will be no formal service. In her mother's words, "It's the living that's important, not the dying." With that in mind, friends in the Portland area along with those who are able to make it from out of town will be getting together in Portland Sunday afternoon in her honor, to celebrate her life by sharing stories, photos and anything else that feels appropriate. If you are in the area and would like to attend, please feel free to post something here or on the Elliott Smith board and her friends will certainly be in touch.

I would also like to note that while Natalie was feeling sick last week, her friends took the time to stop by her apartment to check up on her regularly and make sure she had food/water/medicine, etc. She was well loved, and well taken care of. Her passing came as a shock and has left us all gutted.

As I'm not a member of this community, I won't be keeping up with PMs, but many of her friends are available via Sweet Addy. Feel free to post in the thread there, or if you'd like to communicate privately, feel free to PM me or Kara Lee or Mighty Mouse.

Thank you for all of your warm thoughts. Natalie will be dearly missed by many. And of course, I'm so sorry for the loss of a community member.

Thanks,

Alexis

hello all

 

i am one of natalie's friends from portland (i haven't posted here before). we're all still in shock and so incredibly sad. if any of you would like to attend the informal memorial/friends gathering, it will be this sunday, january 13th, at a friends house as mentioned in the post above. her parents will be arriving tonight and we will be going to her apartment tomorrow. it's going to be hard . we miss natalie so much. i wish i could offer answers about her death, but we won't know for another 2.5 weeks after they finish the tests.

 

 

natalie touched a lot of lives and it has been hard finding/tracking down everyone. thank you for helping to spread the news. i want to make sure all her friends know. if you need more information on her memorial, please feel free to leave your email address on her livejournal page or on the natalie jane thread at sweetaddy.com (the site where i met natalie).

 

much love,

mel

nice to see a familiar face.

-lexx