About a month ago Kim at Golden Pines wrote,
This post is for our longtime blogging friend, Tammy J in Oklahoma. She mentioned in her comment on my last post that she’s recovering from a stroke.
So, Tammy, from our corner of the world, we are sending our best get well wishes and caring thoughts, together with all the healing vibes that you need along with whatever else it takes to regain any needed strength for the days ahead.
Tammy, over the years you have visited and commented on my posts in the good times and the not so good times, and it has meant so much. So now, it’s my turn to cheer you on as you recover! You truly have a place in our hearts. Feel better Tammy, and know that you are loved by so many of us in the blogging community!
I received an email from her beloved brother Mike (she called him Michael to us) this morning,
Well guys, this is the email we’ve all been dreading. We lost Tam this morning.
I want to thank all of you for being there for her, she thoroughly enjoyed your friendship and advice. She was very comfortable the past few days and passed very calmly.
I wish you all the best, and hope you’ll think of Tam from time to time.
Stay safe…
Mike
I’ve been missing not being able to share things with her, but it was such a relief to know that Mike was there for her. And to know that her last days were peaceful. Thank you again, Mike.
Snoopy hugs always, tammy. Snoopy hugs always.
August 30, 2022
I’m so sorry!
Thank you.
It’s rough for those left behind.
She was much loved.
Thank you for passing on the news. This is so sad. We never met Tammy but for many years she commented on our dog blog. An unseen friend, kind and insightful and perceptive. Whenever we lost a dog she was there to remind us that their souls were as vast as the world, as wide as infinity, and as free. I think that applied to her as well. May she rest in peace and rise in glory .
Yes. Thank you.
So many of us will miss Tammy and her unending support. She was, as she would say, one of the good ones.
No doubt about that.
Though I didn’t know of her, sounds like many miss her — always difficult.
Yes. She was a wonderful person.
I am so sorry for the loss…I did not know her, but I have felt the loss of blogging friends. I is such a loss…when you have exchanged comments and emails daily, it is a big loss.
Yes, but we were blessed to have that connection.
I read this post way before anyone made a comment, but I needed to gather my thoughts
It was just on 7am and I thought “what would Tammy like me/us to do today” – I left home without having breakfast and caught the 8.45am bus to Blockhouse Bay where I would buy a protein bar snack and walk around to the other bus stop that 4 different buses go by. I’d get on the first one…thinking it’s be a 25B but a lady standing at the stop with the app on kept saying “another one cancelled” so it was a 68 that arrived…but it was packed, and I felt sure the driver would say “no” but he made the school kids shift back and I squeezed on. They all got off about 15 minutes later and there was plenty of seats!
I was pleased as I wouldn’t have to worry about T falling over and we got a seat to ourselves… We ate a breakfast at Onehunga and then ambled into the machine sewing shop – but they didn’t have a polyester thread that I wanted…
So seeing a new stop on the street by the bus station we ummed and ahhed and then finally got on a bus going further East…we didn’t go to it’s final destination but rather we got off at Otahuhu shops and we both went into a shop, I’m fond of – a place where a small person like T has a better chance of finding things, as it’s so cluttered, a kind of Asian import store but has a specialist section of lace doillies and cloths, I found a lovely gold plastic metrage and bought a meter.
We looked around and then went down to the Otahuhu train station and got a bus to Manukau city – we didn’t go into the Mall, as the bus rambled all over and we went down streets that I’ve never been down
We took the train to Downtown Auckland and finished by have a light lunch at Ponsonby Central
We mused on what I would do with the “mistake” order I made just this last week – I’d thought I’d order 3 ink “pads” – note that word…well what arrived is “liquid ink” but that means new art to be created…so we’ve had a chat and I know that “Tammy the supportive person” will love what might evolve
I will miss her positive comments – even when she will say “that’s never been a colour I like, but the way you used it….”
What a nice tribute. Thank you.
no probs
she had me thinking some more on the liquid ink, including “don’t forget you’ve got a sewing machine…you could outline art-marks with that…” that especially as I was looking for a certain colour of the polyester thread which doesn’t seem to exist and I could actually sew wavy lines of the solid colours and get a similar effect.
I can “see” she will help me much more in the coming art journey
Thank-you for making sure I saw this yesterday. I’d been thinking of Tammy and wondering how she was doing. I’d not heard from her and had been missing her comments and so I worried. When I read your post at work, of course I cried. I have lost a friend I never ‘met.’ We have all lost a friend.
But I looked this morning, and see that comments from Tammy on my blog began in 2011, when she also had one. Where did the years go? (and it made me wonder about the other bloggers too). But Tammy was always thoughtful, positive and encouraging, and supportive in the low times. I don’t know much about what her ‘real life’ was like, but I know that she had been loved and was loved, and found happiness and humor in the small things. An example to follow. God speed to our sweet friend, “Tammy J.”
Thank you so much for that post. I couldn’t have written anything that good.
I am sorry to hear this and leave my condolences for all of you in blogland that lost a friend and for the family. I did not follow Tammy, but know the sorrow when a blog friend passes on. since 2009, I have lost 5 blog friends to death that I know about. I am happy for all of you that her brother advised you of her death.
I’m trying to leave instructions for Kaitlin so she can say goodbye if something happens to me. It’s the friendly thing to do.
I didn’t know Tammy, but she sounded like a great friend to her fellow citizens in Blogland. That’s really considerate of her brother to let you know of her passing.
PS – I think Blogger ate my comment on Dilbert. I enjoyed that one!
Yes, it was considerate of him. I’m glad I posted the Dilbert cartoon so that Mike could explain it to me. Andy and I were completely clueless. Misadventures also knew where it came from. Hurray for blogging and shared knowledge!
So very sorry to hear the news of Tammy’s passing.
Farewell lovely lady.
Thank you.
thank you for letting us know. I too am very sad to hear the news. I would love to copy what Kim from Golden Pines said as it expresses my sentiments perfectly. I don’t know if Tammy ever had a blog as I could never find one, but somehow she found us and always left us a comment that warmed our hearts immensely. She was a very kind-spirited person. Ihope she is now in eternal peace and joy.
She had a blog years ago: Peanut on the Table, I checked but it’s gone now. I agree with you about Kim’s post. It was so well written.
I didn’t know her but I am sorry to hear about this. It was nice of her brother to let everyone know. So many times bloggers disappear and I often wonder what happened to them
I’ve asked Kaitlin to write a post explaining what happened if I can’t say goodbye myself. It’s the friendly thing to do.
Tammy and I emailed everyday. We had a pact. Even if it was just one sentence saying – “Today was a good day” or “I’m fine!”
If time went by without an email I’d contact Jean and she’d get ahold of her brother and make sure that all was well.
Tammy was the older sister I never had. She and I worried too much but we’d cheer each other up and try to always be positive. I loved her so much and when she had the stroke and was hospitalized I wouldn’t let myself think negatively because that’s how she would want me to be.
She was truly just the kindest sweetest woman ever and this world has lost someone very very special. A kind and gentle soul. I’m devastated but I’m also happy that she’s been able to reunite with her beloved husband. Happy that she was able to free herself from her tired hurting old body and her soul is flying free. To say I will miss her is an understatement. She changed my life.
She is an angel now but then again, she always has been.
I know. That’s so hard.
Very sad news. Tammy was a lovely positive person. She regularly commented on my blog, always with some interesting take on the subject in question. I miss her warmth and vitality.
Yes, she warmed a lot of hearts. 🙂