...who is saddened by her death. The older I get, the more notes like this I write. Sigh.

Hugs to you in your sorrow. It is obvious she is leaving quite a hole in the heart of DU.

prayers as well Justin. ((hugs))

So sad to hear about her passing.

Hugs,

Please post when you find out more.

Condolences to her family and those who knew and cared about her.

RIP GratefulforHope. May your next journey be a wonderful one.

respected and loved DUers. My condolences to her and her family

all who knew and loved her.

greatauntwithtriplets~ I loved her

Rest In Peace~GratefulforHope

I served with her as a GD host & respected her opinion immensely. It was indeed clear that she loved & respected DU.

I will miss her.

Thank you, japple.

Very sorry

hugs for her daughters and grandchildren…



Tikki

Another loss for the DU community.

and her friends here on DU.

:`(

We're loosing too many DUers!

She was a good one. I found her and I on the same side of many contentious issues. I was proud to stand with her on the fight for Truth.

GratefulforHope.

and condolences to family.

Peace and comfort.

My thoughts and prayers are with her family

When I think of the fun we had on and off line, riffing on crazy things unrelated to DU, but then maybe related to DU.

Well, it makes me sad and it makes me happy.

I wouldn't have known her but for this board.

And I wish I had met her in this life.

I will see you in the afterlife, GFH!!!

HUGS!

She WILL be missed.

I'm so sorry for all here who knew her well, and those in her life outside of DU who knew and loved her. So sad.

Rest in peace, GratefulforHope.

The only thing I could think to say to my siblings as we stood in a circle by our Mother's casket was "We're next." and I'm reminded of this every day, both here on DU and in real life. We're next. Live like it's your last day, everyone, because it just might be.

Deepest condolences to Ellen's family and friends.

and of course with her friends and family... She will be missed around here, for sure.

RIP

RIP Ellen

My condolences to her friends and family.

We've lost so many dear friends this week.

May she rest in peace and her memory live.

She was a lovely person.

Sending love and comfort to her family….

I think she had a different screen name after the 2008 election of Obama, surviving after the horror of Bushies, but can't think of what it was. No matter… Her presence joins others here who will be missed.

RIP GFH, and condolences to all her family and friends.

Very sad.

And to all the DUers who are mourning the loss of yet another one of our members,
get accustomed to those rites of passage. We're a group and many of us are getting older. I turned 64 a few weeks ago and might just be waxing on my own immortality, but it made me realize, once again, how precious and important we are. WE ARE ALL IMPORTANT.
Those who do great things will always be celebrated. Those who are not celebrated are just as important. We are all important. We are all necessary. We are all one.

Very sad to see this.

always very kind on MIRT. Safe passage sister.

Condolences to her family, friends, and those she touched on DU.

She will be missed here.
RIP GratefulforHope.

I remember her well. She was a long time DU'er and her voice will be missed.

She was such a lovely person. I don't know what to say.

My sincere sympathies for her family...Peace to GratefulforHope.

another good DUer is gone

She was one of only a few duers I considered a friend.


I figured she was taking time away dealing with her sister's really bad recent diagnosis.

This makes me very sad.

Rest in peace, kiddo.

I know I'm going to try.



TO you Ellen

What terrible news, she was such a kind person.

GratefulforHope was a mod the same time that I was. I mostly got to know her in that capacity. I remember that she was very level headed and able to take care of business when needed. She was one of the nicer DUers I ever encountered. This is a big loss for DU as a community.

What a loss. Condolences to her family.

Ellen was a woman of compassion, principles, and dedication. I will miss her greatly.

Love to her family and all she touched.

quite a hit this week. peace to all.

I can't believe it.

To my knowledge, she was in excellent health. Will let you know more if I hear from her daughter.

I realized this was someone special. I've only been a member little over a year and take long breaks from all things political. So I wasn't familiar with her name. So, I decided to see who she was.

I read through her posts and I was so touched!

What a loving, caring, cool lady! I feel a loss for not having known her. I pray her passing was painless and that her family have strength to get through their loss.

but GratefulforHope is a special case. She reached out to many of us, including me, and made our worlds better because of it. I am glad to have had her in my life, no matter how limited our interaction.

We may have only known each other through the internet but I consider her very near & dear to me.

You were there to help me through some rough patches in my life and not once did you ever judge me, you accepted me for who I am.

When I read the news I was in shock, I am still in disbelief. Your presence here has been a positive & remarkable for many including myself.

I would love to write more here but I can't keep the tears out of my eyes.

Take care my friend. Till we meet again.

Our internet friendship had expanded to talking on the phone, and if not for being on the other side of the world, we would have been hanging out in real life. I know what you mean about her being there to help through rough patches. She was always there for me, even though her office had moved further away and she had a monstrous hours long commute to get there each day.

I only found out about an hour ago and it's still sinking in. I'd been fearing the worst as I hadn't heard from her since the end of January, but I was hoping she'd reappear and it was just real life getting in the way. But this is the worst. I've missed her the past few weeks when I haven't known where she was, and I can't even begin to describe how much I'm going to miss her now. It just sucks so much...


My heart goes out to her family and friends...

There's nothing else to say.

Second death this week.

My condolences to her family.

May she rest in peace.

so sad to hear of the loss of so many here.

My thoughts to her family.

sweet sage

My condolences to Ellen's family; you will be missed.

some days i miss the old hot tub so much. what great people were there.

i am not at all surprised at some of these responses saying that ellen had helped them out so much. that we her. just about the most level headed person i ever met, but in the sort of deeply feeling way that you don't see very often.
another great blow to our community. and me.

rest well now my friend. you have earned it.

May she be free from suffering. Peace and comfort to her family and friends.

She has had a lot of difficulty over the past few years and was unfailing in her dedication to her family.

She served as moderator for DU for many years and was exemplary and an inspiration.

My best wishes to her family, who I know will miss her terribly.

and peace to all who loved her

that's not a name I could forget.