Remembering Sumi

[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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[Chic Rustler]

2020 sucks. she will be missed here

 

[baymule]

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

 

[baymule]

This may be an indelicate question, who owns SS now?

 

[flowerbug]

@Nifty - I am also concerned/curious about the ownership/status of the forum.

i've never known it but assumed that @Nifty was the owner. no idea though. lol nosy is ok, people can always not answer.

i only knew @sumi for a short period of time and only sent a few notes to her but even then i liked her and will miss her. sent her an e-hug not too long ago but not sure she was able at that point to see it.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

No, Sumi was, to my knowledge, though I think Nifty was before, so assume he is taking over. I really don't know what "owner" means regarding these forums.

 

[Medicine Woman]

Oh my! I had been gone for years and I was digging around and found an old thread that Sumi was actively participating in but I noticed her status was 1980-2020 RIP and I could only imagine one reason. I texted WBF who also didn’t know. Then I found this thread. I wonder what else I will find out.

 

[tortoise]

Oh my! I had been gone for years and I was digging around and found an old thread that Sumi was actively participating in but I noticed her status was 1980-2020 RIP and I could only imagine one reason. I texted WBF who also didn’t know. Then I found this thread. I wonder what else I will find out.

Another member passed away. I believe Wifezilla? @FarmerJamie would know.

 

[Wannabefree]

Good to see you WBF! 🥰 I hope all is well.

Hey tortoise! Yes things are going well for me! Good to see you too ❤️

 

[flowerbug]

i still miss her too. wherever you are.