But let's not forget her feistiness, her rage against injustice and stupidity and ignorance.
Many of my fondest memories of talking with Laura on the Train and elsewhere online were us laughing vociferously about what a dumbfuck Bush is. She was a force of nature. Energy like hers has to go somewhere.
And she could certainly battle against nincompoops on here. She'd run rings around them!
This is so sad. My thoughts go out to Laura's family.
I remember her as the most smartest, funniest, and sharpest debater around who really knew how to cut through the bullshit. She was also extremely generous in terms of trading shows and was one of the first people I traded with on the haven. She was always so open and kind-hearted.
Rest in peace Laura. You will be missed. :(
"We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan --- London, Brixton, 14 July 1993 London, Wembley, 1996 London, Wembley, 18 June 2007 London, O2, 18 August 2009 London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012 Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
Hippiemom passed away Saturday, December 8. We will hold a memorial service for her in Cleveland at the Church of the Covenant, where she was married. She requested a certain song to be played at the service, one I'm sure you all know, I have put the lyrics at the bottom of this post. If you'd like to give this a listen for her, I'm sure she'd appreciate it. She liked the Tribute to Heroes version best.
She asked a long time ago that no flowers be sent and suggested that instead people give donations to charitable causes she supported, such as the Memphis Three: http://www.wm3.org/live/howtohelp/index.php
Anyone who knows of other causes of which she was supportive, please let me know.
Again, thanks to all of you for being there for her all this time; you have been a source of strength and solace for her over the past few years.
And I wished for so long. Cannot stay.
All the precious moments. Cannot stay.
It's not like wings have fallen. Cannot stay.
But still something's missing. I cannot say.
Holding hands are daughters and sons.
And their faiths are falling down, down, down, down.
I have wished for so long. How I wish for you today.
Will I walk the long road? Cannot stay.
There's no need to say goodbye.
All the friends and family.
All the memories going round, round, round, round.
I have wished for so long. How I wish for you today.
And the wind keeps roaring. And the sky keeps turning grey.
And the sun is set. The sun will rise another day.
I have wished for so long. How I wish for you today.
I have wished for so long. How I wish for you today.
Will I walk the long road? We all walk the long road.
Will I walk the long road? We all walk the long road.
Will I walk the long road?
Will I walk the long road? We all walk the long road.
Will I walk the long road? We all walk the long road.
Will I walk the long road?
I am so sorry. We all loved her and miss her already.
Long Road will always have a very special meaning to us now.
"...believe in lies...to get by...it's divine...whoa...oh, you know what its like..."
wow, this is really sad news... i wasn't fortunate enough to know her well, but i did talk to her a time or two on last.fm. i suppose i don't know what to say here.
Laura, I love you. My life has been truly enriched knowing you.
I'll miss talking with you on the gabbly at 2:00am, gushing effusively about our awesome kids, who are the same ages apart, and that we were the same ages when having them both. I miss you butting heads with me on all the important subjects on this board, and yet, having a respectful alliance and inspiring friendship with you at the same time. I will forever carry you with me, as will many, many on this board...
Much love and many blessings to your wonderful family, whom you were so very, very proud of, and loved SO much.
:(
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
To all of Laura's family and friends, thoughts and prayers are with you.
What a very sad end to a beautiful womans life.
She will be missed by a lot of people who didnt even know her personally, but these people were impacted nonetheless by her words, inspiration, and her strength.
I can only hope that with the memories you have, you laugh and cry, as these are the most precious thing, and they are all yours...
i feel really bad right now. i hadn't been reading this thread the past several days and for some reason i noticed today that it had recently been "stickied". I knew Laura had not been doing so well and all i could think prior to opening this recently stickied thread was "oh god no, i hope this doesn't mean what i think it does". i opened it and was deeply saddened by the news.
Laura, I just want to tell you that I am glad that i got to interact with you these past few years here on the bbs and through pms and gabbly. Even though I never met you in person I feel like I have gotten to know you in some small way. I always appreciated your insights and contributions to whatever topic we happened to be discussing and all of the advice you have given me. Here lately I have been missing the late night drunken gabbly conversations we used to have, and now it just hit me that that will never happen again. I admire your strength and your courage and I am going to miss you. This place is never going to be the same without you. I have been on the train for several years and it seems the one constant around here was hippiemom. I could always count on her to take my side with much more grace than myself whenever i got involved in some stupid con vs lib pissing match, which seemed to happen way too often. Looking back, none of those arguments really ever meant anything in the scheme of things, but without discussion there are no new ideas. Laura, we all love you and are going to miss you. Every time I hear long road I will be thinking of you and your family. How I wish for you today.....Rest in peace my friend. Rod
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.- Hemingway
laura's family, seemingly hundreds and hundreds of friends and pearl jam have suffered a tremendous loss.
i didn't know you long laura, but we connected quickly. i'll miss the long gabbly chats about cancer, living, life, kids and dreaming about a pearl jam cancer benefit and being front and center rocking out together.
you gave me incentive to fight my own...even when you were losing your own fight. you said i was amazing....coming from you, that was the ultimate compliment....but it was you who was truly amazing.
i've only cried twice this year. once for zane...and you helped me through that. and now once for you. you will be sorely missed hippiemomma girly girl.
It seems like it was just yesterday that Laura and I were sitting in her hotel room in Toledo 2004 after the show listening to Pearl Jam on her Bose radio and chatting about the band and life until 4-5 o'clock in the morning.
You are loved, and you will be missed, Laura.
Oh help me, help me from myself!!!
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
It seems like it was just yesterday that Laura and I were sitting in her hotel room in Toledo 2004 after the show listening to Pearl Jam on her Bose radio and chatting about the band and life until 4-5 o'clock in the morning.
You are loved, and you will be missed, Laura.
Seems like Laura had a knack for staying up late, listening to PJ and talking about life. The first night everybody arived at our place a couple of years ago, it was her and I until about 6:30 am in the kitchen doing exactly what you described above.
Seems like Laura had a knack for staying up late, listening to PJ and talking about life. The first night everybody arived at our place a couple of years ago, it was her and I until about 6:30 am in the kitchen doing exactly what you described above.
yep, exactly. her and I used to sit up til the wee hours of the morning, her drinking pepsi, and I'd be drinking beer, on a weekend sometime, and we'd chat until I could no longer type. lol one of the great memories I have with her. I'd be listening to a bootleg, and she'd be listening to another one, and we'd tell eachother which song was playing at the moment.
That, and we'd come here, or Red Mosquito and follow the setlists of each tour talking on MSN messenger. Laura was great.
Oh help me, help me from myself!!!
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
Laura called me up one time, and said she didn't have anyone to go to the (I think) Hamilton 05 show, and she offered me her ticket for free, as long as I can get to her house, which is only about 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and I didn't think my POS would make it, so I had to turn it down. I would have sat third row center with her at that show. :(
yet another reason why she is one of the best person I have ever met. I'd like to think of all of the good memories I've had with her.
Toronto 05 was another great time.
Oh help me, help me from myself!!!
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
RIP hippiemom!!
i talked with her a couple times a while ago...she was all nice to me trying to get together and do something since i had just moved back to cleveland and didnt really have any friends. i wish i did....but now its too late. but thanks for your kindness and your love here! id go to the memoral service if i knew when it was or her last name to look it up, but it was probably yesterday or today im guessing. then again id be the stranger (to her family) crying my eyes out when they played long road.
i hope her pain is gone now. i wish her family the best in getting thru this sad time! be sound!
Seems that needlessly it's getting harder
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we getting something out of this
all-encompassing trip?
So sorry for your great loss. Your mom was a wonderful human being. She loved you more then life itself. She will never be forgotten. I will never hear Long Road again without thinking about her. Lots of love coming your way.
oxc
~*LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH*~
*May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown
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can't stop thinking "Crime of the season"
Many of my fondest memories of talking with Laura on the Train and elsewhere online were us laughing vociferously about what a dumbfuck Bush is. She was a force of nature. Energy like hers has to go somewhere.
And she could certainly battle against nincompoops on here. She'd run rings around them!
I remember her as the most smartest, funniest, and sharpest debater around who really knew how to cut through the bullshit. She was also extremely generous in terms of trading shows and was one of the first people I traded with on the haven. She was always so open and kind-hearted.
Rest in peace Laura. You will be missed. :(
---
London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
I'm so grateful to God that she and I patched things up recently, I never stopped thinking about her and obviously she felt the same way.
Love you Laura, but I know now you will certainly have the best seat in the house at the next Pearl Jam concert that is in Cleveland.
:(
Simone
First PJ Show: March 20, 1994 | Ann Arbor | Crisler Arena
big heartfelt hugs!!!
a derivitive of nature.
nature is god
god is love
love is light
I am so sorry. We all loved her and miss her already.
Long Road will always have a very special meaning to us now.
Bouse, your mother was a special women. My prayers are with you and your family.
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein
see you at the end of that long road, laura.
I'll miss talking with you on the gabbly at 2:00am, gushing effusively about our awesome kids, who are the same ages apart, and that we were the same ages when having them both. I miss you butting heads with me on all the important subjects on this board, and yet, having a respectful alliance and inspiring friendship with you at the same time. I will forever carry you with me, as will many, many on this board...
Much love and many blessings to your wonderful family, whom you were so very, very proud of, and loved SO much.
:(
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Rhinocerous Surprise '08!!!
What a very sad end to a beautiful womans life.
She will be missed by a lot of people who didnt even know her personally, but these people were impacted nonetheless by her words, inspiration, and her strength.
I can only hope that with the memories you have, you laugh and cry, as these are the most precious thing, and they are all yours...
Laura, I just want to tell you that I am glad that i got to interact with you these past few years here on the bbs and through pms and gabbly. Even though I never met you in person I feel like I have gotten to know you in some small way. I always appreciated your insights and contributions to whatever topic we happened to be discussing and all of the advice you have given me. Here lately I have been missing the late night drunken gabbly conversations we used to have, and now it just hit me that that will never happen again. I admire your strength and your courage and I am going to miss you. This place is never going to be the same without you. I have been on the train for several years and it seems the one constant around here was hippiemom. I could always count on her to take my side with much more grace than myself whenever i got involved in some stupid con vs lib pissing match, which seemed to happen way too often. Looking back, none of those arguments really ever meant anything in the scheme of things, but without discussion there are no new ideas. Laura, we all love you and are going to miss you. Every time I hear long road I will be thinking of you and your family. How I wish for you today.....Rest in peace my friend. Rod
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I don't know what to say :( :( :(
Bouse.. my deepest condolences to you and your family.
This is my kind of love...
♥♥♥
she was/is a beautiful person... we will all miss her much
Bouse, my thoughts and deepest condolences are with you and your family.
The board feels like a hollow place today.
laura's family, seemingly hundreds and hundreds of friends and pearl jam have suffered a tremendous loss.
i didn't know you long laura, but we connected quickly. i'll miss the long gabbly chats about cancer, living, life, kids and dreaming about a pearl jam cancer benefit and being front and center rocking out together.
you gave me incentive to fight my own...even when you were losing your own fight. you said i was amazing....coming from you, that was the ultimate compliment....but it was you who was truly amazing.
i've only cried twice this year. once for zane...and you helped me through that. and now once for you. you will be sorely missed hippiemomma girly girl.
all my love and sympathy to laura's family....
toof
My thoughts are with her family, friends and the board.
I'm transformed!
You are loved, and you will be missed, Laura.
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
Seems like Laura had a knack for staying up late, listening to PJ and talking about life. The first night everybody arived at our place a couple of years ago, it was her and I until about 6:30 am in the kitchen doing exactly what you described above.
yep, exactly. her and I used to sit up til the wee hours of the morning, her drinking pepsi, and I'd be drinking beer, on a weekend sometime, and we'd chat until I could no longer type. lol one of the great memories I have with her. I'd be listening to a bootleg, and she'd be listening to another one, and we'd tell eachother which song was playing at the moment.
That, and we'd come here, or Red Mosquito and follow the setlists of each tour talking on MSN messenger. Laura was great.
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
yet another reason why she is one of the best person I have ever met. I'd like to think of all of the good memories I've had with her.
Toronto 05 was another great time.
Theres not going to be an accoustic version of Blood or anything like that, so feel free to sit down.
i talked with her a couple times a while ago...she was all nice to me trying to get together and do something since i had just moved back to cleveland and didnt really have any friends. i wish i did....but now its too late. but thanks for your kindness and your love here! id go to the memoral service if i knew when it was or her last name to look it up, but it was probably yesterday or today im guessing. then again id be the stranger (to her family) crying my eyes out when they played long road.
i hope her pain is gone now. i wish her family the best in getting thru this sad time! be sound!
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we getting something out of this
all-encompassing trip?
naděje umírá poslední
what a punch in the gut!!!!
RIP.....
speechless
So sorry for your great loss. Your mom was a wonderful human being. She loved you more then life itself. She will never be forgotten. I will never hear Long Road again without thinking about her. Lots of love coming your way.
oxc
*May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown