It is
with sadness that I begin this page, because it signals to us that life
is fragile. Readers of the site know that TemariKai.com was originally
dedicated in honor
of Sarah Robinson, who was waging her battle with lung cancer at the
time I designed the full site as you now see it. Sarah died of
complications of the disease shortly after TemariKai.com was launched,
and it was with a heavy heart that I changed the dedication from her
honor to her honor and memory.
Since that time both the readership of
TemariKai.com as well as the membership of TalkTemari has grown
tremendously, and it is quite boggling as to how many people are among
our number have been touched by cancer or battle other physical/medical
challenges. The blessing is that somehow temari seems to bring to all a
sense of peace, and for that we give thanks.
Those on the list know how much we all
touch each other; let us daily honor and support those among us that
are facing struggles, and remember those that have left us:
- Sarah Robinson; March 12, 2001
- Christine Barker; May, 2004
- Becky Truesdale; March, 2005
- Joan Carter; October 2008
- Barbara Taylor; April 2009
- Gen Ladwig; 2011
- Dianna Mahnken; July 2011
- Kathryn (Kathy) H. Grantham; July 2011
- Kathleen Wyke; October 2012