Linda's kids
I'm sure they would all be OK with me putting their picture up since you all knew their mom.
Brennan is the oldest on the left, then Meaghan, Kennedy, Meredith, Ethan (he got all the height in the family!) Liam and Callahan, the youngest. I'm sure many of you remember when she was born! I held once when she was tiny...
posted by Sandi Irish @ 11:40 PM
3 Comments:
Sandi, I'm sure the kids wouldn't mind you putting up the picture either. Some may not remember Linda here but there will be many who may not participate in posting here now but who do remember her with her brood of lively children. The interaction on the former board was lots of fun and as I've said here before, people come and go on these forums and our time spent on the last board until it became infested with spam and the general public putting messages on it who were not quilters (but one dog breeder in particular who spent some time posting under a different name and stirring up trouble taking other people's comments out of context deliberately) was great fun. But it was necessary to make this a private forum and monitor it. We're lucky to have it at all so that we can see pictures like this and communicate with other quilters around the world.
Young Callahan, to me, has more of her mother's appearance in her and one can almost see some of Linda's native heritage that she mentioned having in her background, however small it may have been, it comes through in Callahan's striking colour and appearance. Such a sadness to have this happen and yet, in some ways, not unexpected. Life became complicated for Linda, I know, after parting with Curt and I'm sure the children, because of that, bonded together well in support of Linda. I hope now that Curt may be a part of their lives and that they allow his presence to be part of their family now. I did not know either Linda or Curt well other than my first-hand contact with them both at Rosey's Retreat here in the country. Having an incident happen here at home that week (the day they both arrived) which was completely unexpected, Curt stepped up to the plate and gave me a great deal of support mechanically in the setting up of the marque here for our gathering, something my husband would have done had he been here. I remember it well and with appreciation. What now for the children, I wonder. The older children are not at home, are they close by working and living? Do you have any more information on them, Sandi? What a sadness and what a concern.
Rosey
Rosey, Brennan is close by and has a job in construction. Meaghan works about 2 hours away from what I recall. I'm not sure about Kennedy.
I think they have a very supportive group of women that were good friends with Linda and that I'm sure will be there for them.
I'm friending them on FB as are a few from the other group so we can check in, too. As much as we can through that medium.
Sandi, such a worry and yet it's not our worry, is it. I'm glad Linda has had good support from the women around her in recent years and that the children will benefit from that. They will obviously need an adult living with them on a daily basis and I'm wondering if that will be or is in place for them. It's the interim period when a tragedy like this strikes that so often leaves us in a mess...the shock, the grief, the day to day logistics of caring for family. As you say, all you can do is to be there in whatever way you can.
Rosey
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