Remembering Sumi

[frustratedearthmother]

I am so sad to hear this news. Such a sweet and beautiful soul she was, and I will miss her greatly.

 

[Hinotori]

I just ..don't know. I was wondering about her the other day and this..

I'll miss her.

 

[flowerbug]

4/21/2020, A VERY sad update: We're very sorry to say that our beautiful friend and amazing soul Sumi passed away 3 pm Irish time. It was peaceful and pain free.

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As some of you may know, our beloved moderator Sumi went missing a few weeks ago. About a dozen of us were frantically working to try and get in touch with her, but to no avail. We were worried sick about her, and her 13 year old son.

We don't want to go into too many details (unless we hear from her that it's ok), but we found out today that a few weeks ago she was hit with a major medical condition that landed her in the hospital. While we're now able to finally breathe a slight sigh of relief knowing at least SOMETHING about her situation, she's still not out-of-the-woods.

The staff discussed how to best support this AMAZING member of our community. As you all hopefully know, we have a strict rule about not asking for charitable donations... well, we all decided (and something I can do since I own this site ) to break the rule this one time in 12.5 years.

Sumi has been such an amazing member, friend, and support to our community. In efforts to get away from a bad situation, she and her son moved to Ireland without really knowing anyone or having a job lined up. She's in a pretty isolated area and has loved being able to associate with our community here. She could definitely use all the help we can provide to show our appreciation and support for her!

We looked at lots of options, but decided to go with a well-known entity to process this: Paypal. The funds will go directly into her Paypal account (that she's used within the last few weeks, so I know it's working). We chose this over other "crowdsourcing" tools since it has the lowest (by far) fees, and is dead-simple.

Please click the image or link below and donate what you can. Also please leave her a nice note when processing the donation, and feel free to copy the note as a reply here as a way to publicly acknowledge her awesomeness and to keep this thread actively bumped

We love you Sumi and hope for a very FULL and speedy recovery!

We look forward to your posts of gratitude, support, and encouragement as she goes through this process!!

NOTE: This was originally posted on BYC here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-support-sumis-health-recovery-fund.1335205/

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[Mini Horses]

So very, very sad to hear this -- even though we all knew it was probably not far off. She was reading and on occasion could post, then it went dark. Past month or so, nothing. We, of course, have little to no way to get in touch beyond the forum.

She will be so very missed as a person and one of our "forum family". Naturally we are all wondering about her son. Is he in good hands now? This is heart-breaking. I have missed her posts, as all have.

Thank you for letting us know.

 

[Chic Rustler]

2020 sucks. she will be missed here

 

[baymule]

What a lovely lady, she will be missed. Words just aren’t enough.

 

[CrealCritter]

I'm with CR 2020 is bad year.

God bless you Sumi, you will be.missed.

 

[Beekissed]

Amen. Sumi was a beautifully kind person and she'll be missed greatly. A true light in this world and on these forums.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Please, all.... Do keep her son in your prayers. He's suffered much, and has much healing to do. Pray that he will be in a stable and loving home, where he can heal emotionally.

 

[tortoise]

This is devastating news. Thinking of her son. He has already been through so much. 😭