Hippiemom

Cosmo

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.

Pegasus

Evil Closet Monkey wrote:

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

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

got distracted for a moment by Liam's hair :eek:

I assume this is her next to you (second from the right for those that don't know Evil).

Whizbang

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

Foxy Mop

Pegasus wrote:

got distracted for a moment by Liam's hair :eek:

I assume this is her next to you (second from the right for those that don't know Evil).

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...

wolfbear wrote:

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

Foxy Mop

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...

http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=2007|1759

PJPAT

Sad news. I never met her but have interacted with her on the board. Such a nice person.

I am sure she is in a better place now. Rock on Hippiemom!!!

ardy

it's news like this that makes me question the fairness of life.
condolences to her family and friends, here and everywhere.

Earthgirl

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

mkcaps

Such terrible news..
rest in peace Laura..

sponger

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.

electronblue

..saddened by our loss of hippiemom ...~

Riot_Rain

Foxy Mop wrote:

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...

http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=2007|1759

I remember this well. I got a PM from Laura thanking me for my donation. It made me so happy at the time, to be able to support a good cause. I wish we would find a cure for cancer. Can't believe she's gone

Drew263

This is terrible. I miss our days of joking around on the AMT. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

Boom The Cat

This is truely awful

I can't go on and say how much I knew her because I honestly didn't. I remember a year ago or so I was annoyed with her in AMT and I was drunk and added her on MSN to hurl abuse.

Months later she came online (for the first time) and I remembered why I added her and I joked about my original intentions and apologised. I think she kinda thought that was a little strange, but I'm glad that the whole situation was left on good terms.

mca47

Oh man...hippiemom was the best!

So sad to hear.

mymanvedder

I am so saddned by this news. What a great lady!

RIP Jammer...

South of Seattle

Like many others, I didn't know hippiemom. But I do know that she did make the lives better for many others that I am friends with. So in that way she made my life better by making others around me better.

RIP hippiemom

xavier mcdaniel

South of Seattle wrote:

Like many others, I didn't know hippiemom. But I do know that she did make the lives better for many others that I am friends with. So in that way she made my life better by making others around me better.

RIP hippiemom

well said.

momofglynn

I am very sorry to hear of this tremendous loss. I knew she was battling but I had hoped she was winning. I am very very sorry for all that knew and loved her.

bovy_j

Wow..
Really sorry hear about this unfortunate news.
My thoughts are with her family and friends.