On this short dark day eight months since you died I remember the light that you had inside you light so incredible I was basking, blessed I turn in this lonely darkness to search for the light within me that you saw there and loved now I must blow on the embers cajole the glow […]
i wish i could have kissed you your laughter lines or your lips so you could have felt my adoration all through your endangered body i wish you could have absorbed the light reflected from my face my smile into your blue eyes again directly without time zones and technology i wish i could have […]
Last year I lay on the grass and looked to the sky as you left this earth. This year remembering I made this art work for you. To celebrate light, warmth, space, connection and freedom. I’m thankful for your friendship and the loving care you gave in our small circle of friends despite the physical […]
I met Donimo and we built a friendship after she had contacted me by email through my nature photography website, wishing and inviting me to share and talk about our creative endeavours. It was the loveliest email message and introduction and welcoming…exceptionally thoughtful, truly kind, wonderfully gracious, so welcoming and inviting, really beautiful. It was […]
I knew Donimo through an online support group. She was a much valued member. We shared ups and downs about health and disability. It was so valuable to have a space to be able to talk about common issues with people who understood. She helped create a culture of acceptance and support. I miss her […]
I was fortunate to connect with Donimo via email a week or so before her passing. I was in Calgary looking after my mom and then later preparing for her death and dying. It has taken me a while to surface. I have been trying to find the words to express my love for Donimo […]
It’s a beautiful day today.
I think about you often, Donimo.
Especially on nice sunny days, with clear blue skies, like today.
Love you always.
Thank you Sarah for drawing us.
I suspected there was a plan to end Donimo’s suffering with medically assisted dying (MAiD). I had been aware of the degree of her suffering. Sadly and frustratingly, I didn’t have any answer to her desperate search for treatment… The suspicion didn’t prepare me for the announcement. Being both living with severe ME in different […]
I met Donimo in 2004 or 2005, through Sarah, and my first and lasting impression was of her quiet strength. Although I moved away shortly afterwards and didn’t return to Vancouver until the last year of her life, I thought of her often, and always with respect. It takes exceptional courage to live with chronic […]
