Deanna Kingston passed away this morning, December 2, 2011 at 7:30. We send her on her journey in light and love. She will be missed by many.
Friday, December 2, 2011
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A blog about living with metastatic breast cancer, enjoying life as much as possible, and using humor and alternative medicine in my healing. © Deanna Kingston 2008, 2009, 2010
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15 comments:
Thank you for sharing. I have been thinking of her. My deepest sympathies to her friends and family.
Rest in peace now Deanna. You will always have a place in my heart along with all the others we have lost to breast cancer. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and especially to her son Eddie.
xxx
Dee was my online buddy and I am going to miss her. I know the last few months have been so difficult for her and I hope she is now at peace. The world has lost a smart and amazing woman.
I didn't know her. I didn't even know *about* her until after she died. But I'm sitting here reading her posts and crying. She sounds like a very special person who made the very most of her time on this planet.
Thank you for letting us know. I have come to know Deanna in new and deeper ways since reading her blog. Just now, I was looking through her entries marked "deep thoughts." I felt proud of her. I was moved by her openness. I was admiring her unflagging determination to communicate as deeply as possible with herself and the world. And your news arrived on the screen just then. My heart goes out to everyone who will miss her, and my thanks to all who have stayed by her side.
May you be blessed
May you be healed
May you have peace
For my friend, Deanna:
~Late Fragment~
"And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."
~ Raymond Carver, 1988
I am so sorry to hear of Deana's passing.... May she have Peace & Light and Joy ever after.
Love Alli......xx
I'm so sorry. I'm a neighbor but didn't know what I could do to help and regret that I didn't ask. It's a great loss.
Melissa W.
You will be missed in this world! Our prayers will be with your family. Now you may rest peacefully..... Until we meet again!
Deanna's spirit lives on in many people, in all she touched, and I will remember her in my heart. My love and prayers remain with all of her family, for her passing from this part of her journey leaves a big hole. May her spirit and energy continue to guide, uphold, and comfort you, as she encouraged so many. Blessings...Caroline Z.
though the miles separated us
your words spoke to the winds
enlightening all of us
your strength was unbounded
your thoughts inspirational
may you have peace on your journey
we surround you with all of our love
until me meet again
Dee - you were very special to me. I still remember the wonderful dance event at St. Lawrence University and the friendship we had after that - including a meeting in London when you were there in charge of an off-campus student program. My love and deepest sympathy to family and friends - and to Eddie, whom I first met when she showed me the ultrasound image so many years ago!
Thank you for letting us know. My heart and thoughts are with Eddie and the rest of the family.
I've been terribly sick myself and in the hospital when this occurred and not online since. I'm just now finding out about it. I'm terribly sorry for the loss of Dee and I hope her family can find peace and comfort. Sharing her experience helped many.
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