I posted yesterday on blog-friendships while thinking of Sarah, her sisters and her partner.
Just because most of us haven't physically met doesn't discount friendship at all.
I love what it says over at SWLF about not passing up on the dessert cart. So true!

Sweet, sad, and heartbreaking.

Sarah's sense of hope and her sense of being loved by her family really shines through in that post.
Thanks for posting it here, Susie.

Thanks for sharing this, Susie. The love that surrounded, and still surrounds, Sarah is exactly the kind of love I blogged about just today. It's beautiful, it's inspirational, and it's essential.

Thanks for the post and the update. It truly is weird how many Blog friends invade my thoughts everyday. Recently CK's post about Mike, Frid's health, Misfit and her long lost friend. I consider most bloggers friends and feel honored to think they may think the same of me. Sarah as well as all of you are in my prayers.

What a beautiful post (yours). Sarah's finally one cracked me up. I went back recently and reread her entire blog. What a special lady.

Like you, I thought the message from SWLF meant she was dying, not that she had already gone.

I think the connections and friendships that can be made online can be just as real, if not more so, than those in person. Fran and I have always said that you get to know people "inside out". You know who they are and what kind of person before you know what they look like. When an online inside-out friendship meets in person, its even more special than most would believe.

Susie, thank you for introducing us to Sarah. Although I came in at the end, it was still nice to learn a little bit more about such a special woman. She touched a lot of people during her short time here. May those people carry on Sarah's legacy. Sarah lives on.

I ate candy today in Sarah's honour. Thank you Susie, for sending Sarah my way. She wrote me such uplifting comments. I feel lucky to have met her.

I had only just become aware of this family from you and went and read Sarah's whole blog today. She had one hell of a sense of humour. I loved that she didn't use her spell check and she didn't care.

Her sisters are amazing.

I love you, Susie. I don't think I say that to you enough. I'm still here and always will be.

dc - disappearing character

sierrabella, thanks for what you wrote on your site. You are right about friendship. I re-read Sarah's blog today. There is MUCH wisdom there, and at swlf's site.

misfit, yea. All those things.

mrtl, yep, it is a special place. You really feel the love they put out.

bucky, you're so welcome. You said lovely things at swlf's site. Thanks for being you.

kalki, you're so right. And your post was very special.

william, my friend, I know; I chat to Jif about what's going on with blogfriends just the same as with "realfriends." He's used to it by now, knows most names and stories.

sassyfemme, I think you and Fran are so right. We go on and on about ourselves, what we think, what we like, etc., here in blogworld, in ways that most of us don't in realworld. There is some real "getting to know you" going on here.

CK, you are welcome. As I reread Sarah's site, I must say, you are right about the living on. At least I do hope so. She was a "lucky duck," she liked to say.

kranki, you're welcome, love, I guess that makes you a lucky duck, too. All of us are, who got to meet her. She thanked me for introducing the two of you, too.

august95, thanks for saying that about the spellcheck, I had forgotten that, but that was one of the first things I loved about her, too. You know, because of what you and your sister said about how much it meant to have comments when you were going through a tough time, that's what made me want to send people to Sarah and swlf. You absolutely were the inspiration for my doing that. Ripples go out.

dang, OK, you don't say it enough, but your timing is pretty damned good. I love you; have from the start, pretty much. I'm going to hold you to that "always will be." I hope you and Jen are well and happy.

momo, thank you for that. Isn't she great? Going through so much, but still so funny, so hopeful, so optimistic. I do feel very blessed to have had my path cross hers.

*smiling through tears*

Love you and your blog, Susie...always have. Thank you for your compassion.

I'm just here...I just need to sit, macerate in the love and the goodness that exists here. You are such a healing blogger. Thank you.

(putting my feet up and staying a while)

XO

Wow Susie, you blow me away with that comment, really.

I wanted to thank You for making me aware of these incredible sisters (including her partner). I will be thinking of Sarah tomorrow and praying for her.

Wow, I'm very sad for someone I never knew...I've got a rootbeer barrel in my mouth at this moment because it's all I could find up here in my office.

It's hard but it's sweet...like life.

Best wishes to Sarah on her journey and virtual hugs to her partner and family...

Elvis, hold that door open...

Susie,

Thanks for posting Sarah's blog site. I have been reading SWLF and had been praying for Sarah...but I never knew her blog name. I'm thankful to have it.

Just because people do not meet face to face, doesn't mean they don't know one another heart to heart.

God Bless you...

Susie: OFF TOPIC

I need your professional opinion over at Mindfulthings.

Susie, I also want to thank you for making me aware of Sarah and her family. Posting a link to their blog . . . where I saw in the middle of such pain and grief, the love, faith and the celebration of her life.

I easily spent an hour at Sarah's and the sisters' site after you linked to them. What an outpouring of love. I am so sad to hear that Sarah isn't with us anymore. She and her family will be in my prayers.

Wow. Just Wow. I will eat candy today in sarah's honor.
I know what you mean about making friends that we don't know. I've made alot lately, blogging. It's new and fun and caring.

I wish candy could make all better, though. I know, I know, life isn't like that. People leave whether we want them to or not. I'd never met Sarah but I did my share of crying when she passed. My heart now goes out to her partner and sisters. Thanks for letting us know about them all.

I admire her courage.

Thank you for sharing this. Otherwise I would never have "known" of Sarah. I'm so glad to have met her, and so sorry I was late in doing so. What inspiration.

Thanks, Susie. I've been afraid to check the site... afraid of this very news. But after your post I went over and read some of the family's thoughts, feelings, etc. Healing stuff. True love. Goodness all around!

abmaster, thank you, and right backatcha

greenie,WHAT? You can't macerate here, this is a PG-13 blog! :0 You can marinate for as long as you like, though.

august95, yep, it's true. And you are most welcome.

MB, you make me smile :)

lori, you say such lovely things; heart to heart, that's right.

hugs to you, too, lealea

LB, ohmygoodness. I was there, and just too flummoxed to comment. I'll come back. Wacko. Not you, him.

nina, you are welcome. I hope everyone visits. It -- they -- are quite special.

cori, yea, both sites are good places to visit for a while; they do put out a spirit of love and hope, even in the very worst time possible.

leesa, if you are new to blogging, welcome. Thanks for stopping in, here. You are right, they are many lovely, caring people you'll meet with this strange little hobby :)

squirl, you have such a kind heart, I know that you have been deeply touched by this. Candy helps a little for a minute. Then you have to get some more. And more . . .

torrie, me, too.

jennifer, you are welcome, I'm glad you visited. I do understand the people who are saying thanks for having met Sarah and company. I say thanks, too. It has been a blessing, an honor.

charlotte, I am glad you read. I know what you mean. It is devastating, and healing and heartening at the same time. Such a mystery.

Susie, it's been a while since I've hit your blog... however, I immediately went to Sarah's... and of course to her sisters'. Having never met Sarah thru comments, and just reading her & her sisters' blogs now... I have to admit... my eyes welled up. Someone so obviously full of joy and life, and a joy OF life. So bittersweet.