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Kelsey Blackwell's avatar

Dear Coke, I stand alongside you as a sister and a friend. I'm feeling your words deeply and can't imagine this unfathomable heartbreak. Breathing, singing, gracing, howling with you.

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Cheryl Pratesa's avatar

Vibrance. Perfect description.

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Ruth Garwood's avatar

Dear Coke, I am very sorry for your loss. By sharing with us, your have added souls to help carry the grief. Your writing spreads grace. Prayers for you and your family

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Karin Falcone Krieger's avatar

So sorry to hear of this terrible loss. What movement in the impermanent chalk lines. Such an evocative and beautiful piece.

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Pwll Tyler's avatar

Dear Coke, I am dancing on the behalf of you and all your family as you face this incomprehensible grief. Words can't express... and yet you have spoken to us so that we can hear. Vibrance, the shimmering light of the universe. Let love encircle you. We are with you.

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Cynthia Winton-Henry's avatar

Oh no Coke! Praying with you and your family. Bowing to Vibrance and her legacy. Jizo sits above my kitchen sick, purchased at Julies in Alameda when addiction ate at the core of our daughter's life. I trust the spirit of Jizo as an accompanying spirit.

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Donna Mazzola's avatar

Oh Coke, your words at the throes of the veil honoring Vibrance have touched this heart and ripple out further. Many prayers, dances and songs, surround you and all your relations. So grateful for your words written in the midst of grief.

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Susan Strasburger's avatar

Playing "We Are" now - on the weekend of Día de Los Muertos. Thank you so much for reminding us of this amayzing song. And.... you know I'm SOOOOO with you through these past days (daze) of timeless time - and will continue to be <3 <3 <3

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Susan Kiyo Ito's avatar

Oh Coke. I am so very sorry for this enormous, unfathomable loss. Love and comfort to all of your family. Sending so much love.

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Judy Shook's avatar

Dear Coke, while words are never adequately sufficient to express the deepest grief and sympathy, your words are magical medicine balm and wisdom.

Deep Blessings! 🙏🏾

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Marci Rau's avatar

Words touch the grief, yet barely…

Love, grace, love to you and your whole family.

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Ova Saopeng's avatar

My deepest condolences on such an unexpected loss. Sending light and love to the whole Tani family.

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