# Cristi Lamb (Persephone) R.I.P. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525 "2004-03-04T15:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/101 "2004-03-04T21:52:07Z")
She looked like a lovely lady. I’m so sorry. Strenght to her family and friends. **:`(** ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/102 "2004-03-04T22:03:50Z")
I only knew Persephone as a name on a screen, but I find that I’m muttering ridiculous inanities to myself such as “She was _just_ posting on Monday. How can she be gone?” ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/103 "2004-03-04T22:12:45Z")
Such a loss. Cristi was always so kind to me on the boards, in LJ, and the couple of times we met. I’m stunned. I’ll miss her sweet and encouraging words. Jeremy and I send our deepest condolences to Patrick, Tim, and the kids. Peter ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/104 "2004-03-04T22:19:14Z")
Damn and blast. All I can do is add my condolences, and my prayers for her and those she’s left behind. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/105 "2004-03-04T22:24:15Z")
☹ Sometimes life’s so unfair. **Persephone** will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/106 "2004-03-04T22:24:49Z")
☹ I don’t know what else to say. My heart goes out to all her loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/107 "2004-03-04T22:31:17Z")
My heart is deeply saddened to read this thread. **Persephone** has always been a bright light on this board. We will miss her dearly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/108 "2004-03-04T22:34:06Z")
Persephone and I didn’t talk much, but every time we did it was good, and her enthusiasm always carried the day. Today when I heard the news, the very first thing I remembered was what she posted way back in 2001 when I wrote in MPSIMS on a home repair I managed to do myself: > [@](#): > > You installed your own toilet. > > Oh, you totally rock! 😃 I guess that’s what I’ll remember most of all. It made me feel good to hear that enthusiasm. It started raining here in Kansas City today, hard and cold and biting, about 1:00am or so. And it’s been cold and dark and bad all day, on a very cold and dark and bad day. The heart tries to make synchronistic connections of misery, although the mind knows it cannot be true. Una ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/109 "2004-03-04T22:34:12Z")
My heart goes out to Patrick for the heartbreak he must be feeling now. I met them both at OhDope 2002 and they were both such lovely people, so in love. Oh it’s so sad. ☹ R.I.P Cristi, you were a wonderful lady. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/110 "2004-03-04T22:55:08Z")
If anybody had any doubts that messageboards are indeed _communities_ may they read about the lives that Persephone has touched here. My deepest sympathies to all of her family and friends. kambuckta ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/111 "2004-03-04T22:57:05Z")
Her love for her family and friends always shone through every word she wrote. I didn’t know here, and I’m sorry I’ll never have the chance to. I know her loved ones must still be in shock over this. So damned sudden. Please remember all her love, and smile through the tears, thinking of her, when you can. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/112 "2004-03-04T22:58:01Z")
This sucks. Christi was a relatively new friend of mine – or acquaintance, I guess. We ran in the same circle on LJ. I think we ended up friending each other after the Megafest . I did get to spend some time with her and Patrick at that Megafest in NYC this past January. In fact, I pretty much spent a whole day with them, just coincidentally. Sushi in the afternoon, then China Town in the evening and then over to the Ace bar. It’s just so weird, after all the good and bad I distinctly remember thinking to myself … “this is just a really nice person.” All the message board babble was so secondary. What counted is that when I did hang out with her, I really enjoyed her company. Reading her journal lately and how joyeous she sounded throughout all the shit she was going through … and I’m sorry if I’m being too maudlin; I don’t mean to make things worse. I’m just really sad over this. This really bums me out. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/113 "2004-03-04T23:47:03Z")
Can someone who knows her family do a search on her, and print out all the threads **Persephone** started? It would be a great thing to save for her kids for when they get older, so they can get to know their Mom’s “voice” (especially since so many of her threads were about them). It would be a shame for Future Hamsters to destroy them–someone should print them out now and hang onto them. When her kids are adults, they’ll want to have them. ---
**Author:** ![Paradoxical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Paradoxical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paradoxical)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/114 "2004-03-04T23:47:08Z")
My condolences ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/115 "2004-03-04T23:55:27Z")
I didn’t count **Persephone** as a friend, or even an aquaintance. I think perhaps I’m poorer for the lack, and now have no chance to correct the oversight. My best to her family, friends, and loved ones. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/116 "2004-03-04T23:58:27Z")
I’m very sorry. There is a deep sadness today - even half a world away. My best wishes and support for those close to her, and for whom life must inevitably go on. Most especially the kids. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/117 "2004-03-05T00:06:55Z")
I’ve known Cristi mainly through LJ but I was always struck by her spirit - how kind, thoughtful and strong she was. My thoughts and prayers go out to Patrick and her family. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/118 "2004-03-05T00:18:11Z")
I don’t know what to say; the bottom fell out of my stomach when I read the news. I loved spending time with Cristi; she was loving and easy to talk to, and though she was older than me, I always felt like we were equals. I always looked forward to seeing her if I was back in Michigan – the Michidopers are like a family, and that was largely because of her. Her brand of affection made her seem like an older sister. I’ll miss you so much, Cristi. You should have lived on for years and years, and I’ll always remember you. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/119 "2004-03-05T00:18:18Z")
Wow. This is horrible. Thank God I got to meet her at the NYC Megadopefest just a few weeks ago, and got to sit next to her and Euty at the Ace Bar. Just when things were finally going her way…those poor kids. My mother has had epilepsy for fifty years, something I mentioned to Cristi and got her sympathy about. I think I’ll give her a call again. It’s hard to imagine such a vital life force just…stopped. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/120 "2004-03-05T00:32:23Z")
I don’t know what to say except that I am very sorry for the loss and pain felt right now by family and friends of Christi. My heartfelt condolences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525.md?page=7)