...and this end is a new beginning. ;)
I've given the matter some thought, and I've decided that this story -- the story of Diana Paulina -- is completed. This blog will remain as a tribute to her, and you're welcome to leave comments here if you wish (If you're a comment spammer, you might want to consider the karma you're messing with), but this is the last post.
There is, of course, life after Diana Paulina, and I'll be hanging out with Nancy, Cranium Man and some other people writing about that at these new digs. If you know us this well, you might as well come see what happens next.
If you've just gotten here, I suggest going to this first post in March of 2007 and working your way forward.
One final note -- I meant to say that we got to within a hundred pages of the end of seventh and final Harry Potter book. I finished it myself the morning of the Memorial. It was fun, and I do a mean Mrs. Umbridge, but I doubt I'll be reading it again for awhile.
The last words seem like they're important, so I've been thinking back over some of dp's in her last days. Here's the one I like best:
Wow.
Hi Kevin,
ReplyDeleteSo no one has asked...what was the context of dp's "wow"?
It is difficult to accept that the story of Diana Paulina is complete. We will continue to add to her story because she has touched us all and continues to live through our memories.
I love you.
Colleen
There really wasn't a lot of context. It was Saturday, and she was slipping in and out of coherence. I don't believe she'd said anything else for awhile before, and she didn't elaborate.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to think she'd caught a glimpse of the Next Great Adventure, but it's certainly open to multiple interpretations.
uoy evoL
;)
Kevin, I am so sorry for your loss. I hope that your memories will sustain you.
ReplyDeleteI am a former unbound resident from 1983. You, Diana, and Sam, Reva, and the crew have touched me deeply; too deeply I might add, LOL. Since I am still friends with the person that arrived there after me, we both still speak of those days on occasion.
I do remember the stages of grief and all that psycho babble you spoke of and it didn't work then and I doubt if it works now. That said, what does work is knowing who you are and knowing how the life you choose and who you chose to live it with and among can leave lasting internal smiles that just don't fade away. I hope that yours is bright even in the midst of this transition and sadness.