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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 06:40 PM Jul 2014

One of DU'er "RainDog's"last posts to DU. She has passed on....

It says a bit about who she was at her core...in her heart.....She joined DU in 2002. One of our Legacy Posters...that many of us were here with for years. If folks want to click it it's nice...and the posters who replied built on her post. Given "Our Times" and DU's "Changes with the Times" it might be hard to understand why some early DU'ers need some Memory Tributes. I guess you'd have to have been here when Supreme Court gave Bush the Election to understand..and then on to "9/11" and beyond.

It's so sad to lose any "DU'er"...but, to lose one that some of us have been here with for over a Decade...well...its really tough:

And wishes for her sweet soul..going forward.

One of her Last Posts:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017203676

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One of DU'er "RainDog's"last posts to DU. She has passed on.... (Original Post) KoKo Jul 2014 OP
... Aristus Jul 2014 #1
So sad.... femmocrat Jul 2014 #2
Oh, my.... hlthe2b Jul 2014 #3
Thanks for this sweet tribute. Mika Jul 2014 #4
she was just posting 2 days ago barbtries Jul 2014 #5
I've had some PM's asking about her health...I don't know... KoKo Jul 2014 #23
thank you barbtries Jul 2014 #31
I Had The Privilege To Be The First Response - Very Sad To Hear Of Her Passing cantbeserious Jul 2014 #6
I'm very upset about this. stevenleser Jul 2014 #7
Damn JanMichael Jul 2014 #8
Devastating OneGrassRoot Jul 2014 #9
Sad threads on DU. RIP. C Moon Jul 2014 #10
RIP Raindog. ladyVet Jul 2014 #11
... ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #12
Oh that hurts, peace to you as you go on your continuation Autumn Jul 2014 #13
Sleep so sweetly, RainDog. You will be missed. Hekate Jul 2014 #14
Rest in peace RainDog lovemydog Jul 2014 #15
Perfect... MythosMaster Jul 2014 #20
RIP. DesertFlower Jul 2014 #16
Thanks, KoKo. I'm just so sad now, can't even listen. countryjake Jul 2014 #17
pass gently, dear soul niyad Jul 2014 #18
ugh this breaks my heart d_b Jul 2014 #19
Her posts here were one of the few things that I looked for when I would come back to lurk enigmatic Jul 2014 #21
Didn't ask in the last thread but LittleBlue Jul 2014 #22
We PMed each other over the past couple of weeks and all I can tell you is Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #24
I'm sorry to hear that.... KoKo Jul 2014 #25
No, no, no...this is wrong. RainDog you are awesome. RIP, always will be remembered with respect. Jefferson23 Jul 2014 #26
She will be missed here arikara Jul 2014 #27
it's funny how attached we can get to people who are only words on a screen LadyHawkAZ Jul 2014 #28
RIP RainDog. n/t Mugu Jul 2014 #29
WTF? She was probably one of the best, smartest posters around here. I didn't know her well nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #30
She was one of the best - I am so sorry. LeftishBrit Jul 2014 #32
Thank you, KoKo. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #33
Rest in Peace, RainDog gademocrat7 Jul 2014 #34
I am sad. She was a great advocate for marijuana legalization Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #35
... cate94 Jul 2014 #36
My best to her friends and family. Thanks for posting KoKo. nm rhett o rick Jul 2014 #37
........ daleanime Jul 2014 #38
no no no no no....... glinda Jul 2014 #39

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
3. Oh, my....
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 06:47 PM
Jul 2014

I had no idea....

I'd like to write something more poignant, but I need to absorb her loss, which comes as quite a shock. Thank you for letting us know, KoKo.

 

Mika

(17,751 posts)
4. Thanks for this sweet tribute.
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 06:48 PM
Jul 2014




Sunrise doesn't last all morning
A cloudburst doesn't last all day








KoKo

(84,711 posts)
23. I've had some PM's asking about her health...I don't know...
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:46 PM
Jul 2014

I didn't know her personally...but we were ships sailing through the dark days and nights of 2000's here...so she was a fellow DU'er...I knew from her posts here and liked and respected as I think from the responses, did others, who were here all that time.

The OP who posted of her death, didn't seem to know what she died of ...and one person on the OP replies said "Raindog" had not been feeling well lately, but, another said she was filled with all kinds of positive things for the future. But, no one said they knew of any life threatening illness with her that she'd talked about.

Her last two posts seem to say she was a bit depressed (but who isn't with the news these days)...So.. I wouldn't know what really happened.

Whatever....she is at peace now...and she was around here since 2002...and went through all the stressing times many of us did (Bush Selection by Supreme court and the Iraq Invasion and the crap years after) and was a good contributor to DU. It's so sad to lose her...(whatever the reason) and we can only give her the and hope that wherever she is....she will hear or know that there were folks out here who will miss her and that she will be remembered. I think she would have loved to know that wherever she is.

OneGrassRoot

(22,917 posts)
9. Devastating
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 07:56 PM
Jul 2014

I was honored to have spoken with her on the phone a time or two. Such a remarkable woman...an extraordinary soul.

I'm in shock. A huge loss for all of us.



Hekate

(90,202 posts)
14. Sleep so sweetly, RainDog. You will be missed.
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 08:42 PM
Jul 2014



Thank you KoKo for this lovely thread. I needed the reminder after foolishly wading through some bad muck and rising to the bait.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
17. Thanks, KoKo. I'm just so sad now, can't even listen.
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:17 PM
Jul 2014

to what is also one of my favorite songs. That thread from Saturday is now a standing tribute to her passing...





to all who love her




enigmatic

(15,021 posts)
21. Her posts here were one of the few things that I looked for when I would come back to lurk
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:37 PM
Jul 2014

after sometimes years-worth of absences, since I pretty much checked out of here in 2008 or so as a regular poster.

She was a tireless advocate of decriminalization of marijuana and stood up to the bullies that hounded her both on that topic and others that were hot button issues here and I admired the hell out of her for doing that, despite the attacks she got in return.

She was a wonderful human being and this board (as the wordld itself) is much, much poorer for her not being here anymore.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
22. Didn't ask in the last thread but
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:45 PM
Jul 2014

does anyone know what she died of?

The blog post mentioned that if she had proper medical care, she might have lived.

Uncle Joe

(58,112 posts)
24. We PMed each other over the past couple of weeks and all I can tell you is
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:52 PM
Jul 2014

Last edited Thu Jul 24, 2014, 10:58 PM - Edit history (1)

RainDog was having a lot pain.

I will miss her greatly.

Thanks for the thread, KoKo.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
25. I'm sorry to hear that....
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:34 PM
Jul 2014

Not such good times these days....it's understandable whether it was through illness or or just coping with our current world and local events which can be overwhelming on top of whatever one is dealing with personally. Not easy to find balance sometimes...or to get a break.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
28. it's funny how attached we can get to people who are only words on a screen
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:54 AM
Jul 2014

whose names we don't even know and who are hundreds or thousands of miles away. RainDog had an intelligence and passion that shone through the black-and-white text, and I always enjoyed seeing her posting and reading her POV. I have no doubt that she shone just as brightly in the real world, and my heart goes out to her family and those close to her.

This is a very sad loss. RIP.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
30. WTF? She was probably one of the best, smartest posters around here. I didn't know her well
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 01:01 AM
Jul 2014

but this is an enormous loss for the DU community.

gademocrat7

(10,623 posts)
34. Rest in Peace, RainDog
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 07:09 AM
Jul 2014

I am saddened by the the news of her passing. A veteran of DU who will be missed.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
35. I am sad. She was a great advocate for marijuana legalization
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 07:27 AM
Jul 2014

and made many and regular posts on the issue. Her info was thorough, credible, and useful. The most important message I took from her: We are all patients eventually. I wish I could have met her. Pot activists are a fairly tight fraternal and maternal order. May the river be calm and the moon bright on your trip across.

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