I was shocked to click over to The Hidden Side of a Leaf today looking for a blog tour post and to find instead an announcement from Dewey’s husband telling us she passed away last week.
Dewey signed up for the blog tour the first day I opened it up for people. She found me, I didn’t go looking for her. She struck me as an energetic book lover and book talker–just the kind of blogger I wanted on the tour.
And then she never actually made it on a tour. She moved and she had technical problems. And for this tour she had the book and she was ready to jump in with both feet. I was looking forward to her posts.
I’m sorry we didn’t get to know her better. She had a great blog–I loved the name.
And reading her husband’s note drives home the fact that the people behind these posts are living, breathing persons with sorrows and joys and frailties. I’m glad to live in a world where we can connect with each other over the Internet and our lives are made richer by people whose faces we’ve never seen but who have opened up pieces of their hearts to us in their posts.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Amy // Dec 2, 2008 at 1:36 am
Beautiful last paragraph. So true. We will miss her.
Amy’s last blog post..Review: You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
2 Becky // Dec 2, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I was thinking that it might be nice for those bloggers who are Weekly Geeks to pay tribute to Dewey in the next week or so. To take the time to post to their blogs a “Weekly Geek” post about Dewey–maybe share their favorite posts from her site, maybe share a memory or two about participating in weekly geeks, the bookworms carnival, the 24 Hour Readathon, or one of Dewey’s challenges, maybe just share a favorite memory of Dewey in general, what they’ll miss most, how they’ll remember her, etc. I’m going to try to post mine this Saturday–but bloggers anywhere and everywhere are encouraged to post whenever they want.
If you’re interested please SPREAD the word to all your blogging friends.
3 sally apokedak // Dec 2, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I think that’s a great idea, Becky. I didn’t know her well. I feel kind of cheated. I’d love to read what the bloggers have to say about her.
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