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 9, 2004
- Becky Truesdale; March 27, 2005
- Joan Carter; October 2008
- Barbara Taylor; April 2009
- Gen Ladwig; 2011
- Dianna Mahnken; July 2011
- Kathryn (Kathy) H. Grantham; July 2011