Part of why I truly love DailyKos is the community. Tonight, I write this in wishes, sadly posthumously, to a friend of mine and a fellow Kossack. Happy Birthday, drchelo.
Many here now knew drchelo. My last diary was about her. She was a wonderful woman, a doctor, a community activist, a musician, and an animal lover.
Earlier today my phone, probably from a long standing calendar, sent me a reminder that tomorrow (by my clock, 2 minutes as of this writing) would have been her birthday.
Thank you all for making the "community" behind DKos what it is. My prior diary (and my last one, as I am a prolific commenter but not diarist), is here.
I'm just ineffably sad today to think of the passing of a woman who was such a giver, such an activist, such a doctor, such a friend.
This diary is wholly self-indulgent... if someone asks, I can and will delete it, as it's totally kind of meta. ;) That said, I think that we can not ignore the beauty of our community. We may fight, we may argue.. but still it is the community that keeps us coming back.
So, may you all have a very happy birthday.. whenever yours is over the next 365 days... the Kossack community deserves that, each and every one of you.