A Gift for Cristi aka Persephone

[PunditLisa]

As you all probably know by now, Persephone aka Cristi Lamb, passed away suddenly a few days ago. She was in her mid-30’s and the mother of two children. I didn’t know Cristi well but I keep thinking about her and her children and how awful it must be for them to lose their mom. Cristi was crazy about her kids and her love and joy for them came through in many of her posts, such as this one dated 3/1/2004:

From Nothing Gets a Parent Moving Faster Than… thread:

"Another vote for the SIGOS. Especially when you’ve got more than one child.

That, or one’s spouse screaming “I CAN’T FIND THE KIDS!!!”

Yeah, that happened to me once. Early one winter morning, I heard a “thump,” and nudged my husband to go check it out. It wasn’t a serious thump, and it wasn’t followed by any screaming, shrieking, or crying. So he got up, and a minute or so later, I hear the aforementioned scream from my husband.

I flew out of bed, and then I heard crying. It was coming from outside.

The “thump” that I’d heard had been the front door shutting. My daughter (Dianasaur), then not quite 4, had decided to take her then 18-month-old brother (Johnzilla) outside to play. In the street in front of the next-door neighbors’ house. In the snow. Dianasaur had a coat and boots on over her jammies, Johnzilla was just in his jammies. Sitting down, and he was the one crying.

I was barefoot and wearing only a tshirt. I flew outside (parents do sprout wings when necessary), and got there just as my two-doors-down neighbor did. He snatched up my son, and handed him to me. I thanked him profusely, grabbed my daughter’s hand, and took them both back into the house. Where I promptly sat down and cried.

The only punishment they got for that was seeing me cry. That really scared them. But it worked. So did putting eyehooks on the front and back doors, up high enough that they can’t reach them until they graduate college.

I know there are many other stories out there that she wrote about Jon and Diana and was hoping you all could help collect them here. When it is complete, then maybe we can mail it to Tim or he could print it out for his kids to read when some time has passed.

My husband lost his mother when she was 50. I know he still treasures the few passages she wrote about him in his baby book. I’m not sure if Cristi kept a diary, but I really think this would be a nice gift for her kids, to Mom’s silly accounts of their lives and remember how much she loved and treasured them.

So if you know of any stories, please add them here, along with the date posted and the thread title.

Thank you.

[Eve]

Ummm, not to pee in your cornflakes, but I suggested that in her original thread, we discussed it, and her threads are being printed out and collected for her kids.

[Eve]

. . . Didn’t mean that to sound quite so bitchy as it came out . . . Where did I put my Wellbutrin?

[PunditLisa]

Eve, Yikes. I read through the original thread but somehow missed your suggestion. It’s a great idea and I’m glad someone is putting something together for her kids. I really think they’ll treasure hearing Mom talking about them.

Mods, you can close this thread. Thanks!

Lisa