Nan Dibble - Fandom pays its respects

[caliente_uk]

Remembering Nan

If it hadn't been for Nan, I would never have found the S'cubie board (or LJ) in the first place, or had the opportunity to become a part of this fandom I love so much. Her words opened up a whole new world to me. I hope she knew how much she meant to so many people.

I hadn't had a proper conversation with Nan for some time, but I often came across comments from her on the Reading Rec thread over at S3 or on livejournal. RL issues had kept me away from the internet and the board for a while, but I always knew she was there. Seeing a comment from her always made me smile. She was never afraid to tell people exactly what she thought, but in her own unique way. I loved that about her. I loved her.

Nan was a remarkable woman. She was someone who I admired, and whose opinion I valued and respected. I wasn't as close to her as some of the S'cubies were, but I always considered her to be a friend. I hope she felt the same way about me.

I still can't believe she's gone. The world is an emptier place without her. I miss her already.

She was loved and respected by so many people. Under the cut are links to some of the many posts that have been appearing all over LJ since the news of Nan's passing broke, starting with the original devastating post from julia_here.



If anyone would prefer their link to be removed, please let me know. :)

http://julia-here.livejournal.com/79090.html

http://autobadgirl.livejournal.com/165430.html

http://gamiila.livejournal.com/223765.html

http://sharelle.livejournal.com/186443.html

http://siklilgrl.livejournal.com/241908.html

http://alida-hush.livejournal.com/3692.html

http://liz-marcs.livejournal.com/163329.html

http://shakatany.livejournal.com/41481.html

http://gwyn-r.livejournal.com/158949.html

http://redeem147.livejournal.com/194431.html

http://speakr2customrs.livejournal.com/128221.html

http://elsaf.livejournal.com/297702.html

http://agilebrit.livejournal.com/227682.html

http://frenchani.livejournal.com/88132.html

http://rahirah.livejournal.com/187322.html

http://sweet-ali.livejournal.com/396983.html

http://southernbangel.livejournal.com/157829.html

http://lordshiva.livejournal.com/167306.html

http://db2305.livejournal.com/158566.html

http://petzipellepingo.livejournal.com/504160.html

http://hesadevil.livejournal.com/222053.html

http://spikewriter.livejournal.com/388693.html

http://makd.livejournal.com/71205.html

http://wendylouwho.livejournal.com/18304.html

http://estepheia.livejournal.com/543169.html

http://enigmaticblues.livejournal.com/155089.html

http://fredsmith518.livejournal.com/23282.html

http://poshcat.livejournal.com/256673.html

http://harper47.livejournal.com/24289.html

http://beccaelizabeth.livejournal.com/521062.html

http://herself-nyc.livejournal.com/902390.html

http://beanbeans.livejournal.com/93302.html

http://pfeifferpack.livejournal.com/144375.html

http://gillo.livejournal.com/47076.html

http://tesla321.livejournal.com/249775.html

http://nwhepcat.livejournal.com/541453.html

http://jwaneeta.livejournal.com/114682.html

http://slayedbymagic.livejournal.com/4409.html

http://chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com/122162.html

http://myfeetshowit.livejournal.com/137383.html

http://xanphibian.livejournal.com/584591.html



Rest In Peace, Nan.

Comments

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

Just before checking my FL and seeing your tribute to Nan, I'd only just finished reading her last 25 posts on the S3 board (I haven't been active there for a couple of years). I wanted to *hear* her voice, and get a sense of how she'd been before she dropped off the board last week and people became concerned and started trying to track her down. From what I'd gleaned from reading current posts since yesterday, recently she'd been experiencing a lot of fatigue and had just gotten new windows and a new furnace for her house.

Her final post on the board was the morning of 2/28, in which she reported feeling MUCH better and well rested (from a recent bout of what she figured was a lower GI track flu or infection and the ever present fatigue). On 2/22 - she'd gleefully reported that she'd just paid off her car the day before - it was hers, free and clear. Then she joked that since she'd just paid it off something was bound to go wrong with it.

Just two things I picked out that bit particularly deep.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard, things were just starting to look up with Nan. She was just getting to a place in her life where she could stop worrying and settle down to writing full time. I feel so sad that she never got the chance to do that. She had so many more stories to tell.

*hugs you*