It is with deep sadness that we write today as a family to tell you of the passing of Moannie on Monday 8th October 2012.
We would like you all to know that your messages and gifts have been, throughout her long illness, a genuine source of comfort to her and to us all. She would often talk about her 'blogging', the friends she had made and the wonderful stories you told. She thought of you as her extended family and one of the most upsetting effects of her illness was the fact she could no longer 'talk' to you all from her beloved, if temperamental computer 'Paco'.
Although this will be the last posting on her blog, as a tribute to Mum and you, her followers, 'The View From This End' will remain live so that we can all continue to spend time with her.
Mum, you touched so many lives. We hope you realise just how much.
You are loved and missed.
You know what you meant to me. Can't say anything else. I love you.
ReplyDeleteHere is a place where I and many others will come and visit you often. To hear your voice.
ReplyDeleteI still cannot believe you've gone, but then for me you haven't gone at all. You are always with me.
Love always Mumma and I can hear you saying, with a slight smile...
'I love you more!'
Sazzie xx
saz, i think of you and jp...
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all the rest of your family)))
much love to you all)))
xo
erin
She will be missed! Love to you all.
ReplyDeleteMoannie touched so many lives with her wonderful stories. I am sorry for your loss, and ours to. Saying a prayer.
ReplyDeleteI remember when she put of this recent photo of herself. It did capture her spirit and she was pleased with it. I have a number of friends who passed through my blogging life and I like when their blogs remain a memorial to their memory. Miss you much, Moannie!
ReplyDeleteLove to you and JP and the family. She will be greatly missed, but thanks for leaving us a cyber connection.
ReplyDeleteNow you can fly and soar, Moannie, dear.
Heartfelt condolences to you all. I hope you will find some comfort lingers through this blog.
ReplyDeletethank you each and every one of you...we are so thankful and it is a reminder of the power of the written word .... it cannot be under estimated..
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Will miss you dear one - I knew you well even tho' you and I never met or even 'spoke' to each other. I sat on the sidelines and lived your life with you
ReplyDeleteBye for now
Cathy
commenting via blogger
I'm truly very sorry. I learned a lot just from reading her words. We're all better people for having known her.
ReplyDeleteVery sorry to read this post. I always valued Moannies's thoughtful comments and enjoyed her stories about a childhood that I could not begin to imagine.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss - and ours! Although we never met in person, I was hoping to meet her (and you) some day when I came to England. She will be greatly missed here, but not as much as you will miss her. She was a true lady. My condolences to JP and your brother as well.
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Canada
I want to thank you for leaving Moannie's blog here for us to come visit. It will be a comfort as we read her words of humor and wisdom. My mom also left my dad's blog up and I often go back and read his mispelled words and laugh at his jokes. I know you will find comfort in coming back and visiting with her thoughts again and again.
ReplyDeleteThere are no words that can be said to relinquish the pain from her loss. Just know that there are many, many of us out here in blog land who care about you and your family and will be praying for you to find peace.
I will miss Moannie terribly. Hugs.
Will miss her wonderful sense of humor, so sorry to see it end. May you and your family find comfort and joy in the happiness she brought to so many people.
ReplyDeleteI will miss her...my prayers to you her family. I will visit her blog and remember.
ReplyDeleteThere isn't enough space in this lil white box for what my heart feels.
ReplyDeleteLook out for jp n milou, sara
Much love to all
Love you, Annie, and miss you already. Save me a seat close by.
~rick
Rick you are right as usual...not enough room here... don't you worry I am look out duty love,
Deletesaz x
Mum resonates with every touch of the keyboard and each moment we visit
many heartfelt thank you's to you all..
I shall be showing Jp/Dad these messages of love, when I visit on Wednesday
saz xx
She is missed. Thank you for leaving us her thoughts and stories. And those drawings...
ReplyDeleteHugs to you and yours, Saz. Your mother is much loved and very missed.
ReplyDeleteFly high Moanie.
ReplyDeletethe blogging community really is just that...a community knit together through networks of temperamental computers. i've gained so much love and support from my blog friends and i do dearly hope in these last many months that moannie and her family derived comfort and strength from those of us out here in the ether who love her and you all. i shall miss her stories and her comments at my place. i am glad you'll leave this page live. rest in peace, dear moannie.
ReplyDeleteDear Moannie - she reached out to me with a heartwarming comment in the very early days of my blog. She will be much missed and always thought of with love. My thoughts are with you and your family.
ReplyDeleteMy most heart felt condolences with your loss. May she rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to know this. May God give strength to bear this loss.
ReplyDeleteCondolences!
I knew of your Mum mostly from my partner, Hilary (Smitten Image). Seems she was one of the good'uns -- those who leave the world a better place for having passed by.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for those who mourn her. I'll raise a glass in praise of her life.
Condolences with Aloha from Waikiki
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so very sorry for your loss...may she rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMy heartfelt condolences go out to you, Saz, and to your entire family. Your Mum was one hell of a woman, wasn't she! I, for one, will remember so many of her stories and carry with me so much of her wisdom. She's free now...a beautiful spirit, not in pain, and flying high. Love and stength to you all. x
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be missing you Moannie.
ReplyDeleteIt is a sad loss but you are free from pain and suffering, my Bloggy friend. Will always remember you and your posts.
Maggie X
Nuts in May
Even though I knew this day would come I hoped it wouldn't. Your beautiful mom/moannie was one of the first people to comment when I started blogging a few years ago and I was lucky enough to meet her (and JP and Milou) twice...and
ReplyDeleteshe was as funny and kind and interesting in real life as her words showed her to be. I am glad she is no longer in pain, I am so very sorry for your loss, and she will be missed by so many, who will be glad that her blog will still be here for us to visit. Prayers and thoughts are with you all x
we too always hoped libby...
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sazfab at hotmail dot com
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Thank you so very much for taking time to share your loss with us. Your mother was a beautiful person.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and your family during this tough time. We readers miss her terribly, and we only knew her through her blog... you knew her in real life, which is so much deeper. Thank you so much for being so generous of heart (as she was), for sharing her story with us when she no longer could.
ReplyDeleteSincere condolences to you and her family. A very lovely lady. A sad day.
ReplyDeleteThis is sad news. My impressions of Moannie was always - she is such a lady!
ReplyDeleteShe will be missed. I am sorry! Thank you for keeping us updated. That was very kind.
I am so sorry for your loss
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Knowing it was coming and hearing it has happened are such different things. She was a warm, amusing, lovely person and I will miss her too. I feel for you all as you cope with the loss of her in your lives.
ReplyDeleteMy one regret in life, and I try to have none, is that I never met the spirit that is Moannie. She was full of energy and life and I loved her even before I had the pleasure of meeting ma soeur, Sara - I didn't even realise that you were family, such are the secrets of Blogland...
ReplyDeleteI love you with my heart and soul. Your Mother's thoughts and words were very comforting to me, thank you for them, ma chere. Moannie has left a pure legacy with us here in Blogland, a mark to live up to. Such heart had she.
You who survive, live, breathe, try to live up to her spirit and essence of love. You will miss her. Let no day go unmarked. With much love and longing <3
I have been out working all day...and l have just turned on my Tosh...and find 36 messages or tribute to Mum....I am soo grateful and say so from us all..
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It makes me even more proud of Mum's accomplishments..if that is possible..
Saz xx
What a sad day this is. I only knew of your mum via the blogging world. She often commented on my blog with some genuine comments of encouragement. She was a great lady and will be missed so much by you all. Losing your mum is one of the hardest things you will go through. Sending you lots of hugs, strength and love x
ReplyDeletei am sorry for your loss. although i didn't know your mom, as soon as i pulled up this blog from hilary's place, i knew i had visited here before as a post of the week. i know your mom was well-loved by many. may you feel her love as you grieve.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss. I thank you for thinking of us and keeping us up to date so that we can offer our prayers and support. And thank you for keeping this space as it is for all to see.
ReplyDeletePeace be to Moanie, and her family and friends.
and dont forget her temporary blog for a while oto...http://apyramidofpiffle.blogspot.co.nz/ - more memories
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding me..we must revisit there also....
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Bless and rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMy deepest condolences to you and your family... She will be missed..
ReplyDeleteYou and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers in the loss of your Mother. I always enjoyed reading her blog, the stories she told and am very glad to learn we all can return here to refresh ourselves via her words and wisdom. Peace.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely woman. How lucky you were to have known her in real time. How lucky we were to have known her here. Thinking of you all, we will miss you dear Moannie.
ReplyDeleteSad to come here and read this - my love to all the family.
ReplyDeleteSuch dreadful news. Moannie was a great reader, a brilliant writer and a wonderful friend. I loved reading her stories - always fascinating, always so well done, whether it was her childhood, or adulthood or the beautiful heartwarming stories about her life with JP. I wish we had more of those stories to remember her by - it was also a terrible shame when her blog posts went missing after she had trouble with her domain name.
ReplyDeleteSaz - my condolences to you, your brother and JP. I hope you find consolation in hundred of happy memories, and dozens of well-intentioned strangers telling you that they wish they'd known Moannie a fraction as well as you did.
Moannie - although you lived on the other side of the world than I do, your life touched mine. The way you saw beauty in every day things, your thoughtfulness and your talent for writing ... thank you for the mark you left.
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ReplyDeleteMay He give you and your family the courage to deal with this tough time in your lives. I know that even though she wasn't keeping well since a long time, her passing would still have come as a big loss. One can never be prepared enough for a moment like this.
ReplyDeleteI have written to you privately, Sara, so...
ReplyDeleteEven though I knew this was coming, I am still heartbroken. Moannie was one of my favorite writers on the internet, always a stop I looked forward to making on my rounds. She entertained me highly through many hours of reading pleasure. I will sincerely miss her, and my fervent Christian hope is that we meet someday in a place where no pain can spoil the conversation.
I am so very sorry for your loss ... Moannie's passing is a loss to the blogsphere ... but how wonderful her writing will be here forever
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace dear Moannie....
ReplyDeleteDear Saz - I left a message on your blog but also I am posting my comment here. I have been away from BlogLand for a while and I am very saddened to learn of the sad loss of one of our dearest friends, Moannie. She was a wonderful lady and I was privileged to know her and always thought of her with great affection. She was very kind to me and to everyone of her friends. I love the photo of her, Saz, absolutely beautiful. I am glad I was able to tell her from viewing previous photos that she was a very beautiful lady and she continued to be very beautiful on the inside right to the very end. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this very sad time - she will be greatly missed. Love and hugs ~ Eddie xx
ReplyDeleteI seldom commented on your mother's blog, but I always read whatever she wrote. A wonderful voice has been silenced. She was an amazing storyteller.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss. I hope you remember your mother as a beautiful woman of great wit and intelligence. She had a great deal of courage in the way she lived her life and dealt with her illness. Her spirit will not be forgotten. She is a role model for us her readers. God bless you all at this time.
I appreciated Moannie's sharing heart and wicked sense of humor. I will miss hearing her voice on this blog. What a gift she was to us all. Thank you for the update.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are with you all.
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John
I am so sorry for your loss. Although I was a recent and sporadic reader, I always enjoyed her writing. I'll keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers!
ReplyDeleteSuch sad times. I hope Moannie's spirit is gallivanting about in some happy place, saying the unsayable and stirring things up a bit. Thinking of all who loved and will miss her. She will never be forgotten x
ReplyDeleteI am so, so sorry for your loss. I was a fan of your mother's blog and loved the way she shared herself with all of us. ((((hugs))))
ReplyDeleteMy deepest heartfelt sympathy to your family.
ReplyDeleteIt was not long ago that I discovered this blog via CJ (Rambles from my Chair), and I will continue to read and reread to keep her memory alive.
May she rest in peace.
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Rest in Peace, Moanie.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo jj
My deepest sympathies to all who loved Moannie, the world was a better place with her in it. Her writing has inspired and moved me in ways I can't even begin to say. RIP Moannie and sincerest condolences Saz xx
ReplyDeleteI never met the lady yet I feel I knew her. Rest in peace, Moannie your wisw words will live on.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the misprint but Moannie would probably smile!
ReplyDeleteshe always always made me smile and I fight the illness as well
ReplyDeleteHer stories had great life and I aLWAYS felt I was walking with her..
ReplyDeleteshe adored you too..often spoke of you x
DeleteI am so sorry to read of your Mother's passing. I loved to read her stories. My condolences to all her family.
ReplyDeleteI am so very sorry to hear of Moannie's passing. I loved her stories, too, and her wonderful, sweet personality glowed through them. I felt I almost knew her, and I loved her viewpoint and her musings on life, and her irrepressible sense of humour.
ReplyDeleteShe was just the sort of person I hope I can be in her position.
Rest in peace, Moannie. You were indeed well-loved.
she did indeed inspire...and so I too aspire x
DeleteI'd like to say thank you, too, for posting the message to let us all know.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad when a blog comes to end in this way, but may this one continue to serve as inspiration to Blogland for many moons, thanks to your decision to leave it in place as a fitting memorial of a wonderful lady.
ReplyDeleteI found you through Woman in a Window.
ReplyDeleteI just lost my Dad. My husband has been diagnosed with cancer. His surgery is next week. So many hard things happening.
I guess we all make it one step at a time, eh?
((hugs)) You are an amazing writer.
I found you through Woman in a Window.
ReplyDeleteI just lost my Dad. My husband has been diagnosed with cancer. His surgery is next week. So many hard things happening.
I guess we all make it one step at a time, eh?
((hugs)) You are an amazing writer.
thank you so very much for dropping by x
DeleteAnd just at the moment--I read this entry again, and realized this dear lady has gone to heaven. Well, I hope she has a chance to meet Daddy--the two of them must be giggling like mad up there.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to all of you who love her.
Dear Saz and family, Moannie was the friend I never met. An inspiration in more ways than I can tell you. I send you my deepest sympathies. Thank you for keeping us posted on her struggle and for keeping this blog alive.
ReplyDeleteWith great respect,
Tanya
Montreal, Canada
luv to you Tanya x
DeleteRemembering Moannie this holiday season and thinking of your family, keeping you all in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteI am extremely sad to hear this terrible news... I haven't been blogging for a couple of years now but something called me to visit my blog today and I found your message through Moannie's Blog.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was blogging every day I always spoke to Moannie and loved her posts, we exchanged so many messages throughout some years and I am extremely sad to hear of her passing... very sad.
Thinking of her family at this sad time...
Goodbye Moannie, it was an honour to have spoken to you, an honour to have read your wise and intelligent words.
See you in heaven dear friend xxx
thank you so much ! x
DeleteToday I posted some cloud art...and you, my sweet Moannie, loved it so much when I posted some before that you wanted more. If only you were still here to cheer me on. You always had such encouraging words to say to us....and so kind. I miss you still.
ReplyDeleteI think it is wonderful how so many of you keep commenting and emailing me, more than once, revisiting here...for a moment, remembering...
DeleteI visit here often....thank you!! x x
I would like to echo Saz's sentiments. It is so uplifting to return here and see the outpouring of love and affection for my mother. The pain is still so severe and I miss her terribly. We are so proud of the affect she had on you all, as she did on us. Coming back to her blog feels like she's with us still and I keep expecting to see a new piece of writing. I used to be quite cynical about how genuine the comments were but you have all shown me that you can really touch people's hearts and minds and build real friendships without ever meeting. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteTonight I am thinking of you, Moannie. Molly Annie....and wishing I had known you for real....wishing I had found your blog before I did....to have read it before you deleted it accidentally. I have made many friends in this blog world since your departure, but none of them have the compassion and honesty and wisdom that you had....and I truly miss you still. How could someone who I only read on a blog for a year have such an impact on my life? You did. I hope there is an afterlife...and I hope that I will get to sit and talk to you for hours and hours and have your wonderful stories told to me....hugs, dear sweet lady.
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