Our thoughts are with Laura's family and all of her friends.
Brent
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
I took a spur of the moment road trip to Cleveland to see Laura a few months ago. We had become good friends and talked a lot on line and on the phone, especially after she was diagnosed with her cancer. We could compare notes, as I fought a battle with it and won, and we laughed and cried and bitched about medical systems and laughed again and sipped wine and toasted over the phone.
When I got to Cleveland to meet Laura in person for the first time, I stood before a woman who had the strength, the will and the sense of humor to face this disease head on with dignity, grace and humor. That was the week that she was going to Germany for her treatment and it was so great to see her before she and her husband left.
I also met that loving family, two daughters and her husband who are just so generous and giving. It definitely runs in the family!
I hope for peace and happiness to Hippiemom’s family.
When we were talking about Pearl jam, ( or rather when she was laughing at my lack of knowledge of all the songs! ) we talked about Long Road. It’s my favorite Pearl Jam song, too. My favorite version is the one with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, but I also love her favorite version, too, as Neil Young meant so much to both of us, too..
Hippiemom, you are so fortunate to have had such a great family, and they were so fortunate to have you.
Through your family the wonderful woman who is Hippiemom will live on.
Through all who think for themselves, think about others, do for others, who make people think, and who make people laugh, the spirit of Hippiemom will live on.
Peace to all who knew her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JbVi4ME8vs
Love
Bob
Rest in Peace..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Never knew here. Probably responded to each others posts. But do remember the positivity and braveness she exuded. Wherever she may be, may she be there in peace. PJ fans are the best and it's terribly sad to lose one! Peace to her family as well. Take care.
"The leads are weak!"
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
Was just over on A moving Train, and found out about Laura and her struggles. I am so hurting inside right now, it's hard to fight back the tears. What a feisty gal, reminded me a bit of myself! I need to regroup my thoughts and post more later. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and loved ones.
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me...GUARANTEED!
it's incredible how you can never meet a person face-to-face yet feel such a huge loss!
our interactions were limited, but Laura had a great impact on me in just the few short times we corresponded. her compassion when my father passed away stuck with me, and will continue to do so.
my heart is aching for her family and for any person who never had the chance to feel her warmth even once.
i found this clip and immediately thought it was appropriate for this moment.
My heart is sadden when I first read the bulletins on Myspace.com. Even though I never met her in person, I remember seeing her at the get-together at the bar, in Cleveland, right before the show. I always loved reading her posts.
we lost another member of our family. Hippiemom, we will never forget you.
My thoughts go out to her family during this difficult time.
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~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
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"For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
Le Mum Du Hip as i used to call her... and i still do...
i'm so sad to hear this news, i said something silly a while back that made you smile and you said you'd give me a big hug but, because of your surgery, you thought the hug might hurt too much... well at least you can feel no pain now my dear... so hug away... the pain is gone
we miss you
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
I never met Laura in the real world... I only know her from here. I hope for her friends and family. Laura will remain in their hearts... I'm sure of that. I hope and believe that she is someplace where all of the things she fought against in her lifetime, do not exist.
I also hope that when my time comes... I'll be able to meet her in that world.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
I didn't know her, only from her posts here....maybe an exchange or two between us....
thoughts and prayers from my family to hers. RIP
believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
She was a riot that day and a little ball of activity.. we were singing and having fun doing tickets and whatnot.. her and Jeannette talking about veggie stuff.. so many funny things....
I remember she wanted to get on the bus to head to the venue early so she could get in before all the craziness.. someone was looking for her (I forgot who) and we even talked about Laura wanting to be there early so as to not miss a moment...
Me either! I'm jealous you actually got to meet her in person. I've only talked on the phone with her and online and here. She almost came to visit for the Gorge shows but decided it would be too much. :( I always loved her from her posts here, but when I finally talked to her it was awesome. She was quite the lady, for lack of a better word. We laughed and told stories (of course hers were better than mine to be sure!) Her Neil Young story blew my mind. I will miss her and I am so sorry we never met in person. Hopefully we will later on...
I think you two definitely would've had a blast together...she 'hung' like the best of us all.. I wish you and everyone here had a chance to meet her in person. Hell I wish I knew her better than even the small time we did connect
Just remembered.. in March of this year, Laura shaved her head to support St. Baldrick's Foundation in helping to research/find a cure for children's cancer... also to support fellow fan Shana and her daughter Mackenzie...
all I can say is that Im really fucking sad. Please excuse my language but that is the only way it seems to come out right now. I will miss her very much, her loving kind words she sent me when ever I was having a hard time with anything... just everything about her. I'll see you when I get there.
peace and love
I will always remember those candid moments in the gabbly room on saturday nights. Her display of personal strengths in light of her circumstances served as an inspiration for me as I attempted to deal with comparatively inconsequential challenges in my life.
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R.I.P.
A loss to this world.
Our thoughts are with Laura's family and all of her friends.
Brent
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Rest in Peace..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
I'm very sorry.
We will miss you hippiemom!
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
I never met her, but she made a big impact on my life. She will be dearly missed by anyone who knew her...
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So sad...
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SMELL YER MA!
RIP
Just terrible news.
It's such shocking and sad news. :(
I hate cancer!
It's funny how close to home this feels - even though I never met her in real life. So sad to lose one of our own.
Exactly.
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I understand what her family is going through...my Mom passed away from cancer last October. Remember the good times.
Hail Hail HIPPIEMOM
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our interactions were limited, but Laura had a great impact on me in just the few short times we corresponded. her compassion when my father passed away stuck with me, and will continue to do so.
my heart is aching for her family and for any person who never had the chance to feel her warmth even once.
i found this clip and immediately thought it was appropriate for this moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cdLSYjKpzA
it's hard to imagine the pit without a hippiemom.
RIP
we lost another member of our family. Hippiemom, we will never forget you.
My thoughts go out to her family during this difficult time.
~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
"For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
i'm so sad to hear this news, i said something silly a while back that made you smile and you said you'd give me a big hug but, because of your surgery, you thought the hug might hurt too much... well at least you can feel no pain now my dear... so hug away... the pain is gone
we miss you
I also hope that when my time comes... I'll be able to meet her in that world.
Hail, Hail!!!
I assume this is her next to you (second from the right for those that don't know Evil).
thoughts and prayers from my family to hers. RIP
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
Yeah.. for those who don't know, in the picture from L to R:
Liam/DarkStar, me, Nick/Nixon in Detroit, Jeannette/luvistower, Laura/hippiemom & Eric/Evil Closet Monkey.
She was a riot that day and a little ball of activity.. we were singing and having fun doing tickets and whatnot.. her and Jeannette talking about veggie stuff.. so many funny things....
I remember she wanted to get on the bus to head to the venue early so she could get in before all the craziness.. someone was looking for her (I forgot who) and we even talked about Laura wanting to be there early so as to not miss a moment...
I think you two definitely would've had a blast together...she 'hung' like the best of us all.. I wish you and everyone here had a chance to meet her in person. Hell I wish I knew her better than even the small time we did connect
This is my kind of love...
♥♥♥
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This is my kind of love...
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I am sure she is in a better place now. Rock on Hippiemom!!!
"I need honesty, I need truth, and I need hope...I need it! That's what music means to me." EV
condolences to her family and friends, here and everywhere.
peace and love
rest in peace Laura..
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