this one's for hippiemom

baraka

Dear Laura, I'm at a loss of words. It's been such a blessing knowing you. I will miss you terribly.

Bouse, your mother was a special women. My prayers are with you and your family.

deadmosquito

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.

see you at the end of that long road, laura.

angelica

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.

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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...

gimmesometruth27

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

Foxy Mop

IamMine wrote:

Yes yes yes!!

Yes, I remember that picture!!! It is somewhere in this thread, I think!!!??

Here's the picture of her along with friends at the pre-party in Detroit:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/merich/Pearl%20Jam%202006/Detroit%205-22-2006/CCFA-Detroit-5-22-06a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/merich/Pearl%20Jam%202006/Detroit%205-22-2006/CCFA-Detroit-5-22-06b.jpg

I don't know what to say :( :( :(

Bouse.. my deepest condolences to you and your family.

i like matt.c

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. My thoughts are with you.

ECM

just caught wind of this... shocked.... it just seemed like last week I was flirting with her in Detroit (Laura would find this funny )

she was/is a beautiful person... we will all miss her much

soundgrunger

I am very sad to hear this :( You are deeply missed Laura...and the world is a better place having had you in it. rip

Bouse, my thoughts and deepest condolences are with you and your family.

Byrnzie

Why is it so often the good ones who go first?

The board feels like a hollow place today.

tooferz

i'm at a loss.

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

votegirl

I remember all of our conversations on MT way back...

My thoughts are with her family, friends and the board.

NOTHINGFAN

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.

even flow?

NOTHINGFAN wrote:

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.

NOTHINGFAN

even flow? wrote:

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.

NOTHINGFAN

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.

tremorvoid

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!

Collin

I'm sorry, Bouse. You and your family are in my thoughts. Laura was a friend and she will be greatly missed.

pjalive21

wow...it havent been around much lately and just read all this...

what a punch in the gut!!!!

RIP.....

speechless

PJaddicted

Bouse

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