Comments on: In Memory of Georgia Manguso http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kate McLaughlin http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-11765 Kate McLaughlin Wed, 06 May 2009 21:41:52 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-11765 Jane- Posts like this, and the postscript, verify the value and effects of your writing. So many are lucky to receive of your gifts and passions. Thank you for sharing and continue to heal! Jane-

Posts like this, and the postscript, verify the value and effects of your writing. So many are lucky to receive of your gifts and passions. Thank you for sharing and continue to heal!

]]> By: Hiedi http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-11761 Hiedi Tue, 05 May 2009 23:23:18 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-11761 Jane this really meant so much to me. Reading about Georgia and her struggle was very moving. And clearly seeing the love she had for children must be a blessing for them. It gives me great hope in a personal struggle I am going through. Her story gives me strength I did not know I had. I am so glad you were able to give her children this wonderful recollection about the way she loved them. I hope they feel a sense of pride and relief by your candid and moving story. Jane this really meant so much to me. Reading about Georgia and her struggle was very moving. And clearly seeing the love she had for children must be a blessing for them. It gives me great hope in a personal struggle I am going through. Her story gives me strength I did not know I had.

I am so glad you were able to give her children this wonderful recollection about the way she loved them. I hope they feel a sense of pride and relief by your candid and moving story.

]]> By: SusanS http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-11760 SusanS Tue, 05 May 2009 23:16:46 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-11760 Jane I was so touched by this article, and glad it was still here online to be discovered so long after you first posted it. Georgia surely must have been a remarkable person, to capture the heart of a young 13 year old girl. Your observations and memory of that time are still so powerful. The way you loved her by helping her, and helping her children to show their love for her as well was beautiful. How wonderful too for her children to find here in your blog the proof, all these years later, of how much they were loved by their mother. I hope they are comforted in that knowledge. Jane I was so touched by this article, and glad it was still here online to be discovered so long after you first posted it.

Georgia surely must have been a remarkable person, to capture the heart of a young 13 year old girl. Your observations and memory of that time are still so powerful. The way you loved her by helping her, and helping her children to show their love for her as well was beautiful.

How wonderful too for her children to find here in your blog the proof, all these years later, of how much they were loved by their mother. I hope they are comforted in that knowledge.

]]> By: A.P. http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-4344 A.P. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:03:13 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-4344 Joni, Thanks for your reply. Brandy was excited because she was going to be a school crossing guard this next school year. School commences here on Monday. My best friend, who is her aunt, got a crossing guard vest and had all her former teachers sign it and it will be placed in her coffin. Joni,
Thanks for your reply. Brandy was excited because she was going to be a school crossing guard this next school year. School commences here on Monday. My best friend, who is her aunt, got a crossing guard vest and had all her former teachers sign it and it will be placed in her coffin.

]]> By: joni http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-4328 joni Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:10:19 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-4328 AP, I just now read your last post here. That's so sad. I had a cousin that had lupus. She died at the age of 53, but of lung cancer. She smoked. It's so terribly sad though when a child dies. I see things on TV where they show little kids in the hospital who have lost all their hair from having chemo and I have to fight tears each time. It's so unfair that little kids get so sick. I had a friend whose less than one year old baby died. He was on a liver transplant list, but never made it, nor did he get to see his first birthday. AP,

I just now read your last post here. That’s so sad. I had a cousin that had lupus. She died at the age of 53, but of lung cancer. She smoked. It’s so terribly sad though when a child dies.

I see things on TV where they show little kids in the hospital who have lost all their hair from having chemo and I have to fight tears each time. It’s so unfair that little kids get so sick.

I had a friend whose less than one year old baby died. He was on a liver transplant list, but never made it, nor did he get to see his first birthday.

]]> By: A.P. http://janedevin.com/2007/06/25/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 A.P. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:43:08 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/08/18/in-memory-of-georgia-manguso/#comment-4316 Brandy was a vivacious girl. She was bubbly and lit up a room. She was a "drama queen" and she did not hold back, letting her pleasure or displeasure show. I recall once at a birthday party at a wax museum she was scared and screaming and everyone in the whole place knew it. She was fun-loving and funny and oh so very, very cute. Her infectious giggle would quickly spread to others. Brandy was 10 years old and she passed away last night of kidney complications from Lupus. You are a real angel now, Brandy. (Brandy was our best friend's niece. We saw her often at their home for holiday parties and functions. She was a highly spirited individual, like Georgia, so I thought it was fitting to place her story here. We have another dear friend, in her twenties, who also has Lupus. We are very involved in fund raisers and with the Lupus chapter in our area. Brandy was diagnosed only six weeks ago.) Brandy was a vivacious girl. She was bubbly and lit up a room. She was a “drama queen” and she did not hold back, letting her pleasure or displeasure show. I recall once at a birthday party at a wax museum she was scared and screaming and everyone in the whole place knew it. She was fun-loving and funny and oh so very, very cute. Her infectious giggle would quickly spread to others. Brandy was 10 years old and she passed away last night of kidney complications from Lupus. You are a real angel now, Brandy.

(Brandy was our best friend’s niece. We saw her often at their home for holiday parties and functions. She was a highly spirited individual, like Georgia, so I thought it was fitting to place her story here. We have another dear friend, in her twenties, who also has Lupus. We are very involved in fund raisers and with the Lupus chapter in our area. Brandy was diagnosed only six weeks ago.)

]]>