I am also saddened by this news. Sammy was a wise soul, she contributed so much to this forum. She will be sorely missed. Rest in peace Sammy. May God be with you and your family and give your family comfort during this hard time. God Bless You!
I havent been on here in a few years and just was curious to see how the board was... and this?
She was a sharp one, always very good advice.
Regards,
Tom
She was a sharp one, always very good advice.
Regards,
Tom
Like Rhonda, I gasped when I read this sad news. My heart skipped a beat. I was in work and went outside into the cold and cried. All this for someone I've never met.
I've heard that you may not remember what people say but you will always remember the way they make you feel. Sammy posted one day to me and said the nicest things that anyone has ever said to me. Her words built me up in a way that no one else ever did. She always had kind words of gentle encouragement for me and everyone else on the board. She shared her own stories which was another way of giving. I hope that her family gets the opportunity to read the above posts. She had a rare gift. I only hope that I can take a piece of her kindness and share it with another struggling soul.
Namaste Sammy. Thank you for recognizing the light in me. Yours will shine forever.
I've heard that you may not remember what people say but you will always remember the way they make you feel. Sammy posted one day to me and said the nicest things that anyone has ever said to me. Her words built me up in a way that no one else ever did. She always had kind words of gentle encouragement for me and everyone else on the board. She shared her own stories which was another way of giving. I hope that her family gets the opportunity to read the above posts. She had a rare gift. I only hope that I can take a piece of her kindness and share it with another struggling soul.
Namaste Sammy. Thank you for recognizing the light in me. Yours will shine forever.
through tears i write this. What sad sad news. My prayers to her family and friends. What a true wise, dear, kind hearted soul she was. Fly with the angels Sammy
hugs and love,
Heather
hugs and love,
Heather
Based on what I've read on FB..the funeral is this weekend in Richmond VA. I don't know anything else. Cause of death has not been released.
Dear God
You have taken one of our most prized posters, and a dear friend to those she came into contact with here. Her words are now immortalized on this board to share with those who have come after her. I will call up her wize words when someone needs them. She will not be forgotten around here. Please bless us all with her courage and understanding. She always loved my signature line by Alan Cohen. "there is a crack in everything thats how the light gets in" She was our light in many ways. Keep her for us tell we meet again.
Amen.
Love
Jane
P.s. I am going to go in search of and bump one of my favorite posts by Sammy.
You have taken one of our most prized posters, and a dear friend to those she came into contact with here. Her words are now immortalized on this board to share with those who have come after her. I will call up her wize words when someone needs them. She will not be forgotten around here. Please bless us all with her courage and understanding. She always loved my signature line by Alan Cohen. "there is a crack in everything thats how the light gets in" She was our light in many ways. Keep her for us tell we meet again.
Amen.
Love
Jane
P.s. I am going to go in search of and bump one of my favorite posts by Sammy.
I love you Sammy. You led the way for me in my darkest hours. Thank you.
Namaste, my dear friend.
Namaste, my dear friend.
I didn't get a chance to respond to this until just now. My computer was in the shop when Lisa and Brooke called to tell me.
Man, I can't even begin to describe how I feel about the loss of the divine Miss Sam. There was just no one like her. Sammy was a pioneer in online recovery and in the f2f world as well. I can't even imagine how many people she helped. Everything she did, she did with love and kindness. The world has truly suffered a terrible loss because she made it a better place.
I love you, Miss Sam and I will carry you with me always.
Namaste
xxxxxooooooo
Man, I can't even begin to describe how I feel about the loss of the divine Miss Sam. There was just no one like her. Sammy was a pioneer in online recovery and in the f2f world as well. I can't even imagine how many people she helped. Everything she did, she did with love and kindness. The world has truly suffered a terrible loss because she made it a better place.
I love you, Miss Sam and I will carry you with me always.
Namaste
xxxxxooooooo
I am new to your board, but I feel like I know many of you. I have spent the last few days reading your posts, hearing your stories and sharing your grief for our friend Sammy. What an amazing and beautiful fellowship you have built amongst yourselves. I have been reading and reading.......I guess in an effort to have just a little more time with her. It is so hard to say goodbye. I only went to f2f meetings with her, and didn't know how much strength and recovery she offered others online. It doesn't surprise me though, her heart was generous and her passion for carrying the message of recovery was boundless.
I have been struggling with what to say if I posted. I think reading her posts helped guide me. I know that her greatest desire was to help others and if she could reach out one last time and help each of us, then it would be with the truth about her death. This disease kills.
We can be wise, loving, well intentioned and full of knowledge about addiction. That will not save us. Unless we surrender completely and admit to our innermost selves that we are addicts; and THEN follow that admission with a program of DAILY action, we are at risk.
I cannot tell you the specifics of her passing. But we have all been there. First you take the pills, then the pills take you. Sammy was an amazing person, with an honest program and every intention of staying sober. But this disease is cunning, baffling and powerful. She turned away from the tools and the spiritual maintenance and the Disease sprang into action. It can happen to any of us. It can happen tomorrow.
On the night she died her daughter was visiting from out of state. She asked Jaime to have a "slumber party" and sleep in her bed. Before they fell asleep Sammy told Jamie how much she loved her, and asked if she could "spoon" with her until they fell asleep. Sammy never woke again. I would like to think that God had Jaime hold her while she passed to ease the transition and let Sammy know how much she was loved. I'm sure God wept for the "one the wolves brought down."
Be good to yourselves my dear ones. We will continue to trudge this road and never forget our dear Sammy.
I have been struggling with what to say if I posted. I think reading her posts helped guide me. I know that her greatest desire was to help others and if she could reach out one last time and help each of us, then it would be with the truth about her death. This disease kills.
We can be wise, loving, well intentioned and full of knowledge about addiction. That will not save us. Unless we surrender completely and admit to our innermost selves that we are addicts; and THEN follow that admission with a program of DAILY action, we are at risk.
I cannot tell you the specifics of her passing. But we have all been there. First you take the pills, then the pills take you. Sammy was an amazing person, with an honest program and every intention of staying sober. But this disease is cunning, baffling and powerful. She turned away from the tools and the spiritual maintenance and the Disease sprang into action. It can happen to any of us. It can happen tomorrow.
On the night she died her daughter was visiting from out of state. She asked Jaime to have a "slumber party" and sleep in her bed. Before they fell asleep Sammy told Jamie how much she loved her, and asked if she could "spoon" with her until they fell asleep. Sammy never woke again. I would like to think that God had Jaime hold her while she passed to ease the transition and let Sammy know how much she was loved. I'm sure God wept for the "one the wolves brought down."
Be good to yourselves my dear ones. We will continue to trudge this road and never forget our dear Sammy.
Nicely said, Meg.
Thank you for sharing Sammy's last night with us. I like the thought that she left this earth being held by her beloved daughter. If I had to go, I would like to go the same way.
How blessed you are to have known Sammy in person! I felt like I did. I talked to her here for years, on this board, in chat rooms, IM's and on the telephone. But except for pictures I never got to see her pretty face. I loved her sweet voice and delightful southern drawl. I loved her laughter even more. She was so very kind to me and taught me so much. She was what all of us here strived to evolve to.
Sorry it's under sad circumstances but it's nice to meet you....I'm Kat.
xxxooo
P.S.
If I understand what you were saying about the circumstances in Sammy's death then Sammy has left us with the most powerful message of all. If this disease can take our dear Sammy, one who knew the program better than anyone and has lead the way for so many, then it can surely take any one of us. So like you Sam, to leave us all with one last insight. xxxooo
Thank you for sharing Sammy's last night with us. I like the thought that she left this earth being held by her beloved daughter. If I had to go, I would like to go the same way.
How blessed you are to have known Sammy in person! I felt like I did. I talked to her here for years, on this board, in chat rooms, IM's and on the telephone. But except for pictures I never got to see her pretty face. I loved her sweet voice and delightful southern drawl. I loved her laughter even more. She was so very kind to me and taught me so much. She was what all of us here strived to evolve to.
Sorry it's under sad circumstances but it's nice to meet you....I'm Kat.
xxxooo
P.S.
If I understand what you were saying about the circumstances in Sammy's death then Sammy has left us with the most powerful message of all. If this disease can take our dear Sammy, one who knew the program better than anyone and has lead the way for so many, then it can surely take any one of us. So like you Sam, to leave us all with one last insight. xxxooo
Again,if anone knows where donations to her favorite cause could be sent please-mail me.Frankly I am, devastated.This woman had so much spirit and life and would have given her last ounce.LOVE YOU SAMMY! I'll see you in the next llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllife.
I would like to request one thing if it's possible
I want a small plant from j
I would like to request one thing if it's possible
I want a small plant from j
Thank you, Meg for coming to our little community and sharing the message. Lisa & I talked just the other day and Sammy would have wanted the message shared in all honesty especially if it can help the addict that's still suffering.
God bless you, Denise and thank you for being the light & love that you were. You will forever be with me, you taught me in life and with your passing. I'm only sorry that it was shorter than "I" would have liked but I know, in my intermost self, you are with that loving God you so adored and cherished.....
I love you, Ms. Sammy.
xoxo
Stacey
God bless you, Denise and thank you for being the light & love that you were. You will forever be with me, you taught me in life and with your passing. I'm only sorry that it was shorter than "I" would have liked but I know, in my intermost self, you are with that loving God you so adored and cherished.....
I love you, Ms. Sammy.
xoxo
Stacey
So glad you're here Meg..it's nice to meet someone that has known Sammy face to face. You are such a lucky girl, you got to know her in a different way that we did. I felt like I knew her as well as anyone could...but not having hugged her or heard her sweet voice with my own eyes, I feel cheated.
I heard a different story pertaining to her last night but it doesn't matter..what matters is that she is at peace now and the life long struggle is over. I know she knew happiness and that makes me feel good.
I'm sure you're up there Sam..looking down on all of us. A constant reminder of "what". I love you.
I heard a different story pertaining to her last night but it doesn't matter..what matters is that she is at peace now and the life long struggle is over. I know she knew happiness and that makes me feel good.
I'm sure you're up there Sam..looking down on all of us. A constant reminder of "what". I love you.
I was wondering if maybe the living in constant, chronic pain was just more than her body and spirit could take, though you all knew her better than I did. I just know that she was unfailingly kind to me (to everyone) when I needed kindness, and helped me see the benefit of a spiritual perspective...she always seemed peaceful, even in turmoil.
Welcome, Meg, and thank you.
Peace ~ M&M
Welcome, Meg, and thank you.
Peace ~ M&M
Like everone,I ams shocked and saddened by her passing. I never knew she was suffering from chronicn, severe pqin.
I really got a lot out of some of her posings. One time I ASKED HER ab0ut joy after reovery.
Her words were wise and to thisday I considerthem.
I really got a lot out of some of her posings. One time I ASKED HER ab0ut joy after reovery.
Her words were wise and to thisday I considerthem.
The reality...
What makes this worse is Sammy had a new warning, she got her sign when she was rushed to the hospital over the summer. It read as it being cause by the pills she was taking. What a disease, you know and still you can consciously rationalize...So many I know lost their lives in that rationalization, knowing the full on truth.
I hope what you wrote Lisa is true that there was another story. I can not for the life of me get the image of her dying with her daughter next to her out of my head....
What makes this worse is Sammy had a new warning, she got her sign when she was rushed to the hospital over the summer. It read as it being cause by the pills she was taking. What a disease, you know and still you can consciously rationalize...So many I know lost their lives in that rationalization, knowing the full on truth.
I hope what you wrote Lisa is true that there was another story. I can not for the life of me get the image of her dying with her daughter next to her out of my head....
Misty, I am so glad you said that about Jaime. I have been troubled by it since I first heard it. What a horrifying thing to have happen to a daughter. She has had enough troubles in her young life. I hope and pray Chris and Jamie have the strength and help to get through losing their Mom. This disease changes who we are. The Denise who died is not the Denise I met 11 years ago.
Misty do you know anything about Denise's past?
Jeff
Jeff
Jeff, why...
What I know is what she has shared here over all the years I have been here, what she has shared in email personally the time times we may have talked. I don't presume to know anything more than that.
mdp thank you for sharing her daughters name, I knew her sons but not her daughters. I can't even imagine how they both feel, and her poor daughter ... I will keep them both in my prayers.
What I know is what she has shared here over all the years I have been here, what she has shared in email personally the time times we may have talked. I don't presume to know anything more than that.
mdp thank you for sharing her daughters name, I knew her sons but not her daughters. I can't even imagine how they both feel, and her poor daughter ... I will keep them both in my prayers.
