Don't post often, but lurk a lot, and this news is stunning. I hope I'm not being insensitive, but can anyone post what happened, or at least send a PM? I've scanned the various threads I could find and haven't seen anything? Again, hope this isn't prying too much, but it's like losing someone you know, and you want to know why.
I'm curious, too. But I didn't know her that well, so it's not like I need to know, I just want to know for some reason. I am surprised by how saddened I am, though. I think I just learned how to pronounce her username correctly.
Just goes to show that we really shouldn't take these often faceless personalities who share their thoughts, no matter how trivial, on here for granted. Thoughts and prayers to friends and families.
Loree was a poster that I was just getting to "know". Y'know, you get a certain vibe from their contributions, and get to look forward to them chiming in.
This news is as sad as it gets. I'm not really sure what else to say, other than that I'm sorry that she is gone, and that I hope and pray that her family and friends find strength in the coming days.
Prayers for her family. A classic Loree line I used as a sig for a while (went something to the effect of): "The problem with honeymoon's is that you have to get married first. I would rather go on vacation and have sex."
I've typed and erased three posts on this thread. I can't express my shock and sadness over somebody that I've never met. Rest in Peace.
I don't know what to say... I never met her but this is such sad news. Peace and comfort to her children and family.
I still can't believe it. I think it is safe to say she was one of the most popular posters on hornfans. RIP
Keep a fire burning in your eye Pay attention to the open sky You never know what will be coming down I don’t remember losing track of you You were always dancing in and out of view I must have thought you’d always be around Always keeping things real by playing the clown Now you’re nowhere to be found I don’t know what happens when people die Can’t seem to grasp it as hard as I try It’s like a song I can hear playing right in my ear That I can’t sing I can’t help listening And I can’t help feeling stupid standing ’round Crying as they ease you down ’cause I know that you’d rather we were dancing Dancing our sorrow away (right on dancing) No matter what fate chooses to play (there’s nothing you can do about it anyway) Just do the steps that you’ve been shown By everyone you’ve ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours Another’s steps have grown In the end there is one dance you’ll do alone Keep a fire for the human race Let your prayers go drifting into space You never know what will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near And just as easily it could all disappear Along with whatever meaning you might have found Don’t let the uncertainty turn you around (the world keeps turning around and around) Go on and make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive And the time you go May lie a reason you were alive But you’ll never know --Jackson Browne
R.I.P. Loree. You always had good posts. To her family. Having lost my mom unexpectedly. The pain will get better. It gets just the tiniest bit better each day. So little you dont notcie a difference. Then, one day you wake up and you can think of your mom with a smile on your face. Take care, C.M.
as a longtime poster under several diff usernames, this was quite a shock to me. loree was oldschool. she definitely was one of the more entertaining/amusing posters. rip
Yesterday I received an e-mail from a mutual friend of both Melanie's and mine. He wrote to me that Melanie had passed away but did not go into specifics. I'm shocked. Totally shocked...... These days I don't post much and every now and then I will fondly lurk on Hornfans to see from the outside how my cyber-friends and acquaintences are doing. Loree/Melanie was one of the most intruiging, entertaining, endearing, intelligent, eloquent and together person. She was the friend who made you "think"--then shake your head, tilt it to the side, smile a Mona Lisa smile and say "YEAH...NOW I get it." Loree made you GET it! Her great mind had an insight that many posters, including myself, just could not grasp at times. She was clever and sharp as a machete. The weirdness of this is that even though this is the internet, I feel like the person who has moved away from the neighborhood then came back because someone's death--can that actually happen on an internet site? Yes, it can. Friends come from all over--countries, cities, states, towns, islands, and from all walks--even on the internet. Melanie, I miss our e-mails and online banter. I miss your great ability to make me use my brain. I miss your charm and wit and cleverness. I hope you are looking down at all of your friends and family and smiling knowing just how many lives you touched. Goodbye my friend.
I can't believe how much this is affecting me today since I didn't know Loree personally. I sure enjoyed reading her words and will really, really miss her around here. Thoughts & prayers...... So sad
i just met loree at the spring game and had breakfast with her and others the following sunday morning and it still seems unreal. i didn't know her that well but i can definitely see how she would be the life of the party- very vivacious with an easy going sense of humor. ironically, the last memory i have of her that sunday was her telling a story of surviving a plane crash. just very, very sad. R.I.P
