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schatzi · 27/06/2005 21:53:59 Subject: Remembering Ginny....

So many of us were around when Ginny graced us with her presence. Often, when I think of StoryPeople, her name just springs to my lips. I know I'm not the only one who was touched by Cecily/Ginny. If you've been looking around the archives, or if you've saved some of your favorites...please bring her stories here to this forum. And, feel free to make any comments here in this thread. I'd like to remember her all over again.

Thanks!

Lori <><

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge between them is love.
--Thornton Wilder

Allie · Messages: 83 Location: Scranton, PA

in 2002, Buttercup wrote a story about Forgetting, and Ginny Responded.

Somebody please tell me the secret to forgetting.

Ginny wrote:
I love this one...

How to Forget Her, by Brian Long.

Find the windows
through which first you saw her
and breathe clouds across the pane.

When it weeps,
trace her name in your whispers
and wait until the fade is complete.
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We will never forget you, Ginny.

With Love,
~Allie

Saw an Ocean in Two Eyes
Saw a Sailboat lose the Wind...
Saw a Woman at the Window
Beckoning the Moonlight in

Shadows crept to her bedside
and Sorrow drew a line...

...or wild, night sky
Unbounded stars
In Billions, Yet Alone!

kathryn · Messages: 929 Location: little house on the prairie

My most favorite "Ginny stories" have been shared here already, but this is another one that had me laughing out loud....

TANGLES
by Ginny
1-4-01

I sit on the floor cross-legged. She's in front of me, and I'm desperately trying to brush the tangles out of her hair...I spray the Johnson's Baby Detangler, leaning down to inhale deeply (it smells sooooo good). My husband peeks his head in the door...."are you STILL at it? I don't think those tangles are coming out, it's been half an hour!" But I persevere. I damned near pull the hair right out of her poor head.

Then my four-year-old daughter walks in the room, cocks her head to the side and says, "Mommy, could I PLEASE have my doll back now?"

oh well, play-time's over.

"Do not stop thinking about life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you choose a challenge instead of a competence." ~Eleanor Roosevent

Anonymous · 03/07/2005 12:23:32 Subject: Re: Remembering Ginny....

Ginny once told me that this was her favorite poem...

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas, 1951

Debi · Messages: 74

My sister Ginny (also known to some as Cecily), was a warm, sensitive, strongly opinionated, funny, complicated, friendly, and very open-minded woman. She was above all else a mother to two children, a son and a daughter. She was a wife, a sister, and a daughter herself. She valued friendship above everything except her children, and was fiercely protective of both. Ginny had an almost supernatural affinity with nature and in particular, storms. She believed that everything on earth had it's own energy, and all forms of life were to be respected.

In 1998 Ginny was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and from that time on she went through many "phases", some of them positive, and some of them not so positive. She rediscovered her love for music and poetry, and subsequently found StoryPeople, which provided an outlet for the huge amount of emotion, turmoil, and energy flowing through her mind, body and soul. Some of her work is very personal, expressing her sadness at knowing she would never see her children grow up. Some of her work is very sensual; some of her work is absolutely hilarious. Ginny had so many wonderful, special experiences in the last years of her life, and many of them are represented in her poetry.

My sister passed away March 23, 2004 with her family by her side. I miss her every second of every day, but reading her poems is like hearing her speak again. I hope everyone who has the chance to read Ginny's work recognizes just how special a person she really was.

Debi · Messages: 74

Just wanted to say hello to everyone, and to let you know that November 9 would have been Ginny's 38th birthday. We're going to celebrate quietly, with just dinner for the family.

It's amazing to me how much has changed since she's been gone - not a single day goes by that I don't have the thought "Oh, Ginny would have loved that!" or "Wow, I wish I could tell Ginny...". But it's also amazing how much hasn't changed. The memories are just as crisp, and every once in a while I'll think of something she said, just so I can hear her voice, if only in my head.

I hope everyone is enjoying Ginny's poetry. I still have some pieces that I haven't posted, along with some pictures that I will get on here someday.

Maybe on November 9, we can all take a minute to reflect and be thankful for all that we have, and for our loved ones that are still with us.

Thanks, everyone!

rich · Messages: 602 Location: Longmont, CO

Thanks for dropping in, Debi.

& Ginny is still with us here in Storyland.

Love to you and all the family on the morrow.

schatzi · 09/11/2005 13:19:29 Subject: Re: Remembering Ginny....

Thanks, Debi.
Today I am especially....remembering Ginny.

Lori <><

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge between them is love.
--Thornton Wilder

Debi · Messages: 74

It'll be two years tomorrow (March 23) that Ginny passed. I hope everyone has enjoyed her poetry, and that you all are living and loving life to it's absolute fullest!!

Love, Debi

Debi · Messages: 74

Sometimes I miss her so much I can't stand it. Thanks, StoryPeople, for allowing her stories to stay on here so I have a place I can come and read and remember.

Lots of people know what it's like to lose Ginny as a friend, but nobody else knows what it's like to lose her as a sister. I just like to come here sometimes and read and feel like I can still hear her voice.

Anyway. Just wanted to say thank you for this site.

elle · Messages: 892

it is us who should thank ginny, for her stories and thoughts and laughter helped create this site.

thanks, ginny....

Debi · Messages: 74

With all the horrible stories on the internet these days, I just wanted to tell you all how peaceful it is to come here and read the beautiful work of not just Ginny, but everyone on this site.

Sometimes I just can't take the world, with all of it's abuse and fighting and carnality. I feel calmer here, quieter.

Thanks.

rich · Messages: 602 Location: Longmont, CO

Ginny Pitchford...

Living/loving proof that souls can travel through the internet.

Storyland has never been the same but your redwood grove is doing well and the smell of peanut butter permeates.

With love,

rich

March 23, 2007

Debi · Messages: 74

Thank you for remembering! Our family has turned March 23 into a "Ginny" day, where we all do fun, happy, relaxed things. I took the day off, got a manicure and a pedicure, met friends for lunch, shopped - everything that my sister would have loved to do on a beautiful, warm Friday.

I'll always have her stories....

Debi

Debi · Messages: 74

Happy Birthday, Ginny! My dear sister would be the big 4-0 today. Everyone should say "I love you" to the important people in your life today (and every day), in honor of her birthday.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Ginny day!

Debi