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for Laura Lamb
Debbie D
March 9, 2005
Christi , it is hard to believe you have been gone a year already. I can still hear your laughter ringing through the office! Such a sweet sound. We miss you Christi. You are in our thoughts daily.
Terry Mathley
March 8, 2005
Hard to believe it's been over a year now. Still can't believe it.
I hope that Cristi's family and friends are all doing well.
Marie S.
March 12, 2004
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Tinkertoy
Debbie D
March 9, 2004
Christi, My friend and co-worker. We will miss your smile and willingness to help in anything you could. If you were looking down today Christi, you know you were loved and will be missed. The office just isn't the same without you. May God hold your hand in His throughout eternity.
Jason & Debi Phillips
March 9, 2004
Although we didn't know Cristi personally, our hearts and prayers go out to everyone in her family. Jeff, Jon, Kevin, Kim, Jim (and of course everyone else) our deepest condolences. From everyone else who signed the guestbook and knew her, it was our loss to not have been her friend.
Terry Mathley
March 9, 2004
Cristi? I couldn't believe it when my sister called me last night to tell me about this. What a shock. Far too young.
I dated Cristi back in 1984/85. She was my first love. Our break up was hard on me, and I regret never having told her...years later...how much she had meant to me back then.
God bless her family in this difficult time.
Godspeed Cristi.
Terry
Francis Alexander
March 8, 2004
My best Saturday nights at the News were spent working with Cristi and her friend, Vera. We'd be zipping the inserts into the newspapers and taking bundles off the line as the workers at the beginning of the line worked at a turtles pace -- placing even more work on us. I first met Cristi when she was a high school student. Through the years I had heard all the hip greetings: "que pasa", "what's happenin'", "What's up", etc.; but it was Cristi who taught me the hip term of that time: "what up doe." She also showed this teacher how to work on the new circular machine. But most of all, I remember how she put up with reading my poems. Even now after all of those years and after about ten years ago when I bumped into her at the News, it's hard to forget her smile and energy. It's much harder to believe she's gone.
My thoughts are also with Timothy, Diana, John, Kiersti, Timothy J, Jeff Bates, Jim Bates, Cheri Rush, and all her loved ones.
winter night
through the clouds a new star
shining brilliantly
- Wes
Karen Zaruba
March 8, 2004
I really can't believe that such a bright, vivacious, kind, loving person can be gone so quickly and far too soon.
We didn't see each other often enough, but I'm happy that so many of the things we did do together were so darn fun, and included other great people. The weekend in Grand Haven, poking around Art Fair, the trip to the Cider Mill, dinners and lunches where our big table was inevitably the loudest in the restaurant.... even drinking wine and dicussing religious tolerance while scrubbing crayon marks off the walls -- they are all great memories. Cristi made them fun. How someone can be so nice without being sappy, how someone can be so wide-eyed and positive without being naive--it's hard to know how she managed that.
I hope Cristi's lovely children will grow up to know how much her friends respected and loved her.
gayle coleman
March 7, 2004
I WILL MISS YOU PITA GAYLE
Tammy Shank
March 7, 2004
Cristi was someone I heard a lot about. She seemed like a great person. My only regret is that I never got the chance to meet her. Her memory will live on through the lives she touched in so many ways.
lavender v
March 7, 2004
Although I don't think I ever communicated with Cristi, reading her posts on the messageboard made me feel like I knew her. I could see she was a very friendly, funny, charming lady who touched many lives for the better. This is a terrible loss. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. May her children grow up to know their mother was a wonderful lady who brightened many people's lives - even those of us who didn't get to know her very well.
Amber DiTullio
March 7, 2004
Cristi was excitement. Every phone call, every e-mail, every time I saw here, there was excitement there. The phrase she used with me the most often was "Am, I'm SO geeked about..." And there were so many things that she was geeked about. Usually, they involved meeting people, coming to New York or, most often, seeing Patrick. She loved him with her whole heart, but that didn't mean it didn't leave any love for the rest of us. Cristi understood that you don't have a finite amount to give, but loved like she was trying to find that limit - just adding more to her list of loved ones.
I will miss Cristi every day. She brought me up, she helped me stay up. She understood me in ways that few could. She laughed with me, cried with me, shared with me, confided in me and took my confidences the same way.
Cristi, you will be missed. My heart holds you, always. I love you, my friend.
My thoughts are with Patrick, Tim, the kids, her family, her friends. I don't know the words to say, only that she is missed and the world is now dimmer.
Bill Geller
March 7, 2004
This week Cristi Lamb unexpectedly – shockingly – died. I still cannot comprehend how someone with such energy, enthusiasm and verve is not still among us.
Cristi left behind two children, Johnzilla and the Dianasaur. She used those names when she was describing their antics, with the image that these perfectly normal kids were (as kids so often are) alien monsters causing irrational rampaging destruction. Amusing stories of their goofiness aside, and without getting too far into cliche, Cristi delighted in them and was always trying to figure out how she could give them their best possible future. Of all of the consequences of her death, the worst is that these children will grow up with only most limited memories of the extraordinary woman that was their mother.
Cristi had a stepson, Timi, her husband's son, who sometimes lived with them. She took great joy in having him around and trying to be a point of stability in his often chaotic life. She also had another natural daughter that she had given up, but remained involved with through an open adoption. Cristi's stories of them showed how she tried to fit them into her family and provide what guidance she could through her typical warmth, caring, and natural desire to help others.
Cristi lived in and worked for the City of Flint, Michigan. Reading her tales of quirky co-workers and annoying customers you were always left with the impression that the thing she loved best about her job was the fact that she could often help her customers resolve the tangles they brought to her.
I am one of the many friends she made through the internet. Cristi, known online as Persephone, was a storyteller and advice giver in our online community. Her stories were usually light and amusing and her advice was always set firmly in reality and common sense. When she saw an issue she cared about, however, she could passionately advocate for her point of view.
I know her best from the times she visited New York. From the first time she arrived she fell in love with the City. It was exhilarating to see someone draw such excitement and energy from all of the little things that New Yorkers take for granted. Whenever she came back, she would exclaim how "geeked" she was to be in New York and how someday, somehow, she would find a way to live in the City. Sadly, that dream, along with so many others, will now never be realized.
Cristi was never afraid to show her personal vulnerabilities, which was a measure of her inner strength. She would share her failures as readily as her triumphs, always with charm and grace. Through her openness, she was able to forge a personal connection to so many of us who knew her mainly through words over wires.
Those of us who knew her, in whatever medium, were privileged to share the little time we had together. However we interacted with her, she made our lives brighter, and we are all diminished now that she is gone.
Christina Sanders-Ring
March 7, 2004
Farewell to my friend Cristi, who inspired me.
Jeannette Lang (Roe)
March 7, 2004
To my "sister" and childhood bestfriend. I will miss you terribly.
Michael Pinnick
March 7, 2004
I will miss her presence every day on the SDMB. My deepest sympathies go out to her family and close friends.
Cheri Nelson
March 6, 2004
I met Cristi almost four years ago, and we became friends. Very good friends. I'm having a very hard time accepting that I will never see her sweet face again, except in my mind and in my heart and in my memories.
I loved Cristi. We didn't always see "eye-to-eye" on everything, but we never had a moment where we couldn't be comfortable in "agreeing to disagree." We talked about things all over the map....and I don't think we ever bored each other. We shared many things, and we always knew that down deep, where it MATTERED, we had a bedrock solid place to feel secure......we always had each other's back. I cannot believe this is happening, but since it is? I am so glad that I loved her no matter what. And that she felt the same way about me. And I am grateful most of all to know with certainty that she KNEW I loved her.
I will miss you, Cristi. So much.
I will remember most your commitment to accepting your mistakes and growing from them instead denying them and crawling into a hole. Your will to become a better person...not just in any given situation, but ALWAYS in life. Your love for your children and your committment to making them safe and happy....and to allowing them to be who they were. I will miss your beautiful smile and your loopy sense of humor. I LOVE your loopy sense of humor! I will miss, you, my heart. You will always live on in my heart. I will always love you.
My life was changed for the better because you were in it. And now, my life has changed again, and not for the better. Not by a long shot.
"
- Cheri
Stacey Lay
March 6, 2004
Dearest Persephone (as I knew you),
Such a kind, warm spirit as yours will not soon be seen again. My deepest sympathies to your beloved children and family, as I know they will eternally remember and miss you.
Though you never knew me, I feel as if we were friends for years. I, too, will miss you and my heart will ache for all the days you should have had.
Godspeed, dear Cristi.
Sylkyn (SDMB)
Clodia Lesbia
March 6, 2004
Godspeed, Christi.
~~Lesbia
Kyla Wall-Polin
March 6, 2004
I can't believe this is happening. Cristi, you were such a dear friend to me. All my love to Tim, Patrick, and the kids.
Patrick Hunter-Kilmer
March 6, 2004
Fare thee well, fare thee well. We love thee more than words can tell.
Lynn Bodoni
March 6, 2004
I will certainly miss Cristi. My heart goes out to Tim, Patrick, and her kids.
Lynn
Jacqueline Dunster
March 6, 2004
She was a beautiful person who will always be remembered. She left a wonderful legacy on an online message board and has touched many lives. She will be much missed.
Ruth Hiner
March 5, 2004
Cristi,
You were a part of our lives for too short of a time. We are richer for having known you and poorer for having lost you so soon.
Shay Stringer
March 5, 2004
Cristi always signed her emails “much love, Cristi” and you knew she meant it.
Cristi, you were much loved and will be dearly missed. My deepest sympathies to the family. I am a better person for having known you.
Dave Walter
March 5, 2004
Cristi blessed my life more than I can say. She truly was one of my best friends, a confidante, a mentor and advisor, and someone who shared my sense of humor.
So many wonderful, warm memories.
I will always love you, my friend.
Always.
Dana G.
March 5, 2004
You will be sorely missed, my dear friend.
Barb Walter
March 5, 2004
You are here with us always. Love to you, your family, and Patrick.
Tanya Harris
March 5, 2004
Godspeed, Cristi. Your warmth, strength and the way you loved will not be forgotten.
koeeoaddi
March 5, 2004
I only knew Cristi as a voice on The Straight Dope Message Board. But what a kind, lovely and unforgettable voice. I will miss her.
koeeoaddi
Carol Beckett
March 5, 2004
In an online community with thousands of active members, Cristi stood out and was memorable. I have had no contact with her in over two years, and prior to that only as yet another member of the same online community, but I knew who she was the moment I saw her name. Her stories about her children always brought a smile to my face, her love for them coming through in every word. She was a special person, and she will be missed.
Shannon Martinez
March 5, 2004
I only met Cristi once, but I will always remember how sweet and cool she was. I am sorry, that she has left us. I will be thinking of you.
Suzette Truesdell
March 5, 2004
Cristi was a wonderful person with a warm heart and a beaming smile. She will be missed so very much.
Rasa
March 5, 2004
Cristi's life was a light that reached far and wide. Her life, and her family's loss, has been felt by literally thousands across the world. I hope her family can find some comfort in knowing how much Cristi meant to so many. May you find peace and comfort in each other. Goodbye Cristi, we'll miss your light down here in this world.
Andrew Brownlee
March 5, 2004
Cristi, you probably didn't know me - just another face in the huge community you came to love, and which came to love you. As for me though, your name was a constant. You were part of the furniture - loved and, human nature being what it is, taken for granted. Strange how we do that, isn't it? We only take the time to realise our mistake when it's too late.
Wishing you a good journey, "Persephone". Write us from the stars, if you please.
- TheLoadedDog (SDMB)
Jennifer Paradis-Hagar
March 5, 2004
Cristi was a greatly beloved member of our online community and will be as greatly missed.
For myself and on behalf of the management and staff of The Straight Dope, our thoughts and prayers go to all Cristi's family and friends.
The deeds we do in this world are written on the water; what remains and truly what matters is in the hearts of those that loved her. In that way, Cristi will be with us always.
J. Paradis-Hagar
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
The Straight Dope
Lin Sims
March 5, 2004
My heart keeps crying, "make it didn't happen!" I'll miss you, and your stories about your children, and the way you cracked on Dave, and how your love for Patrick shone through everything. Fare well.
Jeremy SDMB Peter andrews
March 5, 2004
Dear Euty and friends,
Greetings from the Pad of Scotty Evil... Perseph will be missed and we extend our thoughts and heartfelt prayers for you and your family.
And all of your friends on the SDMB. Everyone on the SDMB was family to us, and we mourn
her loss. May she find peace and for the family gratitude in knowing that she touched people as far away as Canada. Love to you all.. Jeremy A.
Partner of Scott Evil...
Wendy Ring
March 5, 2004
Christi my dear you will be missed - the love you had of life, the love of your children, family and friends. I know Patrick, Tim and your mom all know how much you meant to your friends and what a generous and loving soul you were. I hope that your children will continue to feel their mothers loving presence through their years. It was truly a joy to be in your company, watch you interact with your kids, and find beauty in the smallest of things. Go in peace.
Duck Duck Goose
March 5, 2004
I never met Cristi in real life--I knew her only as "Persephone" on the Straight Dope Message Board. And she knew me only as "Duck Duck Goose".
It can be really hard to tell what a person is really like when you're talking to them online--it's so easy to pretend to be something you're not. But sometimes a person's real personality just comes shining through, and "Persephone" was one of those people. She came through the pixels loud and clear as a warm and caring person, and her voice will be sorely missed.
Christian Johnson
March 5, 2004
In memorium to wonderful, vibrant person, and a delightful friend. With deepest sympathies to her family, from Chad and me.
Dan Franzen
March 5, 2004
Rest in peace, dear friend.
Amy Shapiro
March 5, 2004
Let angels fly thee to thy rest.
Ric
March 5, 2004
Hugs to Cristi's family and Patrick. My sincere condolences on your great loss.
Rico
Michelle Carlson
March 5, 2004
I will miss you, Cristi.
Salvatore Darigo
March 5, 2004
It's hard to believe that someone so wonderful was taken so soon. Cristi was a wonderful, beautiful person and my life was that much richer for having her in it, even if only for a little while.
I'll miss you.
Ryan Handy
March 5, 2004
A loving mother and a good friend to all.
You will never be forgotten.
Corrine Walcher
March 5, 2004
Cristi was one of the brightest, most caring, vibrant women I have ever met. I will miss her dearly.
Lise Donnelly
March 5, 2004
Cristi was a wonderful woman and dear friend. I didn't spend nearly as much time with her as I'd have liked on the occasions I saw her. She will be sorely missed. My condolences and best wishes to her family.
Rhonda R
March 5, 2004
I am so sorry for the loss of Cristi. She was a warm and loving person and she will be missed.
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