For this week’s Talk of the Parent Blogosphere, I am going to take a moment of silence in a manner of speaking. I know bloggers have written about many things this week, but I am not going to share that. I can’t think of anything more significant than the death of one of our own, so I am dedicating this week’s edition to the amazing, inspirational Susan Niebur, aka @whymommy. After five years and multiple recurrences of cancer, she passed away today. It is such a tremendous loss to her husband, her two sons, and to her fellow bloggers.
I ask that you just read one post, visit one blog, this week. Susan’s husband wrote a post about her passing today, Goodbye.
I have known Susan online for a while, but just met her once. She won the well-deserved annual Bloganthropy Award last year at my conference. What struck me most was that you would never imagine she was a woman who had been battling cancer for years. She was so warm and friendly. Beyond that, she left a tremendous legacy behind online and in real life. I imagine countless mothers and families struggling with cancer have been helped by her.
Even those of us who are not struggling with it have been changed by her: amazed and empowered by her fierce strength during in her battle and, as her husband says, her grace.
Not to lessen how special Susan was, but I think this would sting for many of us regardless. Even if I had never tweeted with her or met her, I would be devastated.
A mom’s worst fear is losing her children. Right behind that is the thought of dying and missing your children’s lives, all of the big milestones and all of the little moments. The mere thought takes my breath away. The thought of telling your children and husband goodbye? Unfathomable.
It is just heartbreaking. My thoughts are with Susan and her family. And I will be hugging my children just a little tighter tonight.
Instead of the typical sharing of posts from the past week, I am dedicating this week entirely to Susan Niebur. If you have ever written a post about her (or do so in the future), share that in the linky below.
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Kelby Carr is the founder and publisher of Type-A Parent. She also is the organizer of the Type-A Parent Conference. She is the author of the soon-to-be-published Pinterest For Dummies, Portable Edition. You can follow her on Twitter at @typeamom and circle her on Google+.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Susan at TypeA … one of the fortunate ones who not only read her words but heard her speak them. And I will remember her forever …
Thank you for this Kelby, lovely xxx
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She’s a beautiful soul. Thanks for hosting this linkup so we can all see the love Susan shared.
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Holy cow, I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to post so many times. I’ve never used this linky thing before. Sorry. Please delete the entries that don’t have my photo. So sorry. I really didn’t mean to spam!
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I will, no worries. Linky Tools is so quirky sometimes. I wouldn’t think you were spamming.
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I met Susan at Type-A last year also. It is so hard to think of any of our community passing away because I think as a group we are so full of life. Her prescence will be missed in the blogosphere very much!
Susan was a dear friend. Since I can’t find the words to write my own post tonight, thank you for providing a place to link up posts to share memories of Susan as we grieve as a community.
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[...] know the last time I saw her was at Type-A Parent Conference in NC in June. It seems like it was just a few weeks ago. But I can still see the twinkle of [...]
Thanks you for bringing our attention to what matters. I did not know Susan personally, but will miss her light in our community.
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I am crying reading this
I’m imagining my husband having to write that Goodbye post and it breaks my heart to think of what her family is going through. Keeping them in my prayers… She passed away on my oldest daughter’s 12th birthday.
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[...] Our blogging community is mourning the loss of Susan Neibur by sharing our thoughts about her using words such as “inspirational”, “true friend”, “beautiful”, “most inspiring and impressive person (they) have ever known”, “courageous warrior” and more. There were also many inspiring posts, including an article in the Wheaton Patch. and a Blog Hop at Type A Mom. [...]
Beautiful post, Kelby. Thanks for giving us a space to share our own thoughts and memories. Mine is small, but I am so glad to have met her even the one time. She is already so terribly missed.
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