urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:chicksupreme dance, dance, hippo Taueret 2008-06-02T15:14:05Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:chicksupreme:30187 2008-06-02T15:14:05Z 2008-06-02T15:14:05Z <a href="http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/mikkidavis/?action=view&amp;current=Windows-1252BZ3J1bXMuanBn.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/mikkidavis/Windows-1252BZ3J1bXMuanBn.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />My best sisterfriend's mother, Barbara, passed this past Wednesday. <br />I loved that womyn like my own mama.She was a part of our family. <br /><br />She has been fighting stage 4 breast cancer for the past 5 years. She passed at 54. Way too young. She saw her daughter have a commitment ceromony last summer and had a pitbull grandbaby, but there could and should of been more.<br /><br />She was the biggest Gunsmoke fan in the known universe.<br /><br />She was truly a fighter, always bouncing back. I'm glad that her suffering is over, as her spirit is really in a better place. <br />She died at home with Melissa, Mckenzie, her husband, and best friend. <br /><br />Affectionally we called her Grums, lol. She was amazing for so many reasons!<br /><br />Things that Barbara aka Our Grums was really really lovely at:<br /><br />-If you broke up with someone she would be the first person to agree with you that they are a douche. <br /><br />-If you fell in love with somebody she would learn their name and welcome them with wide open arms<br /><br />-Pronouns. She will never get your pronoun, chosen name, or meat eating preferences wrong. In a crowd like ours, alphabet soup is usually a given. But she ate it all up. FGL, YES, FTM, MTF, LGBTQ. <br /><br />-Christmas<br /><br />-Thanksgiving<br /><br />-Easter<br /><br />-Halloween<br /><br />-Hugs and Kisses<br /><br />-Loving hard.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm proud to have known her.