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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited August 2013

    http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/the-proud-lioness-hart-johnson.jpg

    She will always be our proud intelligent lioness!

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited August 2013

    WTF ... I am stunned.  And so very saddened by this news.  I hope Pamela was at peace and her family was by her side.

    She will be sorely missed ... we all loved her so much.

    love to her family and friends,

    Bren

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  • lassie11
    lassie11 Member Posts: 1,500
    edited August 2013

    Very sad news indeed.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited August 2013

    Much love to you All who are mourning Athena!  We are with you in your sadness. 

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  • alexandria58
    alexandria58 Member Posts: 1,588
    edited August 2013

    i just learned this.  I can't stop crying.  I will never see a  picture of a lion or a lioness again without thinking of her.

    I will miss her intelligence and her wit.  I will miss her strong and beautiful convictions. I only knew her here, and I so deeply regret that I never had the chance to meet her in person.

    I am diminished by her loss.

    Goodbye, dear dear Athena.  You will live on in those who loved you.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited August 2013

    May I say to her friends here, I'm so sorry.

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited August 2013

    Sandy, I'm with you -- Athena will be front and centre in every lion(ess) pic we see from now on.  I too am so sad not to have met her.  Had hoped she would come north a couple of years ago but alas, she couldn't manage it.  She was always such a beautiful bright light among us; we shall mourn together.

    I so hate this f'ing disease.

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited August 2013

    Sooooo sad to read this news.  My deepest sympathies to Athena's family!  She will be so missed.

    Athena was one of the main reasons I started to participate in this thread.  Her incredible intellect and her similar political sensibilities were appreciated by everyone here.  She had a love of fashion.....from Kate Spade to Chanel and a love of art....William Turner, Braque, Van Gogh, among others...a love of history.....one of her favorites was Elizabeth I; and she generously shared her knowledge and passions with us.  She most likely had many other passions and talents that we were not aware of.  We were blessed to have known her in this little corner of the cyber world.  Rest in Peace, mighty Athena.

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  • Wabbit
    Wabbit Member Posts: 1,592
    edited August 2013

    Soar free my friend.  The world was a better place because you were here ... and will be a lesser place without you. 

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited August 2013

    RIP dear lioness, we will miss you.

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  • CherrylH
    CherrylH Member Posts: 1,077
    edited August 2013

    This is so sad. Sending prayers and raising a glass to our Lioness. You will be missed.

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited August 2013

    Athena - I'm in disbelief and this makes no sense to me?  I hope her family knows how much she was admired and loved her at BCO.  Everyday I would watch for her return, never giving up hope.  She was the best combination of strong, intelligent, humble, loving, supportive and entertaining.  Her pride is in mourning.

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited August 2013

    No words can express how I and all of us must feel - just tears.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited August 2013

    Many, many tears!

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited August 2013

    People at work are asking if I'm spreading germs thinking I have a cold - NOT - just crying

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  • kad2kar
    kad2kar Member Posts: 336
    edited August 2013

     So,So, Devastated at this horrible news!  Athena will be missed so very much by me and all who knew her here. Knowing she no longer will be in pain helps a tiny bit,  but a big EMPTY will be here always

      Condolences to her family, who were Blessed by her presence.  May she rest in Peace---kad2kar

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    I can't believe it.  I just can NOT believe it. SO FAST. Pamela, peace and love and awe for your spirit, your humor, your courage, your LOVE of  FASHION - God, I just can not believe this. Almost too stunned to cry.  So damn fast - and maybe that's part of the blessing.  But how can it be?  How can this be...so fast...

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  • covertanjou
    covertanjou Member Posts: 569
    edited August 2013

    I am completely devastated by the news of Athena's passing.   Athena will definitely be missed here and everywhere.  My deepest condolences to her family.

    She was such an amazing, strong and intelligent woman.  


    covertanjou

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  • YramAL
    YramAL Member Posts: 1,651
    edited August 2013

    I am just in shock. Athena you will be missed.

    Mary

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  • 208sandy
    208sandy Member Posts: 2,610
    edited August 2013

    What on earth?  I am in complete shock (and in tears) - this damned disease!

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  • Beesie
    Beesie Member Posts: 12,240
    edited August 2013

    I wanted to post here to offer my condolences to all of you who loved Athena so much.  Sometimes she and I saw eye-to-eye perfectly - over the years we had some wonderful long PM exchanges - and sometimes not so much.  But I loved and admired her too.  I was shocked when she was diagnosed with mets, but I thought she would roar on for a long time. I am just stunned now to hear that she's gone.

    I will miss her.

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  • alexandria58
    alexandria58 Member Posts: 1,588
    edited August 2013

    I can't attend the memorial service, but in Athena's memory, I am changing my avatar. I did this once before - when she was absent from the board due to a ban.

    Athena - I will remember.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    I'm so sorry to hear about Athena the Lovely Lioness.



    My condolences to all of you who were so bonded with her.



    I loved her fashions, her humor, and her kindness to me.



    ROOOOOOOOOARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited August 2013

    We have lost a queen among women and the lioness of our pride.

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  • GatorGal
    GatorGal Member Posts: 2,550
    edited August 2013

    There are no words to express how I feel right now. My heart is so heavy with grief. My sympathy to her family and to all on the boards who loved our Athena so much!!

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  • hrf
    hrf Member Posts: 3,225
    edited August 2013

    Condolences to all who loved her. She will be missed.

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited August 2013

    Here is a picture from December 2010 from a girls' lunch out.  L-R:  RetiredLibby, Athena, Enjoyful.  We had a most excellent time - spent about 4 hours in the restaurant!

    We will miss her.

     This is the three of us 12-10-2010 at a girl's lunch out.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    Nothing to say, just checking in to see how everyone is...still so stunned, too sad to even be angry, yet...

    thanks rl, that is a very special picture...

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited August 2013

    I have changed my avatar to the constellation Leo in honor of our lioness, who has returned to the stars from which we are made.

    L

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    L - that is SO SO SO SO beautiful.  Thank you, for sharing that picture too.  I deeply understand the reluctance to share too much on this site, and appreciate, really appreciate, that picture.

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