Ingrid Downs

I remember her as a kind and sweet woman. I loved talking with her about music. I can still picture her.

Words escape me. I know the loss.

Our boys are 21 this year which feels impossible. I wish I could sit with you and talk about the decades that have passed. So many moments I wish we'd shared. You taught me so much about how to have a good woman friend. You shared authors, and how to laugh, cook, and cry with others. I miss you.

Word still are not adequate to describe either the joy or the sorrow that I have. Until we meet again.

August 2009

I met Ingrid at a seminar in Denver in the late nineties, and looked her up for a potential role in an indie film. The news that the world has lost her is devastating and unexpected.

The role called for an "obviously earnest spirit in a woman unaware of her enduring beauty". She was all of that. God bless her as she was a blessing to all who met her.

I first met Ingrid when she came to work for the same company as me in 2003. I enjoyed working together on a number of different projects over the next 5 years. She was a really wonderful person who was full of life and not afraid to show it. She was a dedicated mom and someone who appreciated nature in all its forms. She was irreplaceable here at the office and the time since she passed has only proven it to be more true than we could have known. Still missing her smile around the office...

Ingrid acted in a play I wrote that was performed at the Changing Scene Theatre in Denver in the Summer of '97. I was lucky enough to get to know her outside the theatre and enjoyed what a bright and sweet person she was. I feel privileged to have known her. I'm shocked and saddened by her passing.

When I met Ingrid, I fell in love with her. I was lucky enough to eventually be engaged to marry her. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be. We were too young to work things out but I always held a special place in my heart for Ingrid.

I would make a point of contacting her every couple years or so to see how she's doing. I wasn't having any luck with her last given email so I did an internet search and found that she has passed. Once again, I'm heart broken.

I feel privledged to have...

I will always remember Ingrid as a beautiful, sweet, loving, and sensitive person. I enjoyed the time that I was given with her in High school and several years ago when she contacted me, after I lost my own son to leukemia. I will always cherish the memories that I have of her.

A close friend of mine told me that the pain of a loved one's passing never leaves us, but does become more bearable every day. We can choose to remember the sadness of their passing or the joy of their...