NotATourist will not be down for breakfast

[Shorty82]

Rest in Peace, NotATourist.

[February]

No.

No, no no no no.

[February]

I feel so bad- I think this was her last post, it was in one of my old threads:

Re: I love all the pretty colors...

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Been thinking of you lately. If I had the phone number I could have joined you in the parks...I was feeling up to it! Sigh. Our time to meet will come, I can feel it.

Chemo put me in stay home mode. so I am home all weekend. and reading all the boards....joy!

How I wish I had gotten that chance. I have pictures of her in the hats I made her last year, and with her beloved Macy's balloons in happier times. She wanted so much to get back to doing that parade. I won't ever be able to see a big balloon like that again without thinking of her (or the Universal Studios logo, of course). I've never been there. She said she wanted to be the one to show me around.

I feel so bad I didn't know that she'd gotten so much worse I'd have called her at least or something- I've been sick/offline for weeks- I come back to see if there's news on her and to thank another SGT friend for a kindness they showed me and find this.

I am heartsick and I will be thinking of her family and everyone who loved her.

I am so sad. I wish I could think of something profound to say but I can't. This is just wrong.

[dazyhill]

My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Rest in peace.

[Main Streeter]

NOTATourist, you will be so very missed, yet always a member of this board. You were a shinning star helping many with such grace and kindness. We can all look up now and see your shimmer in the night sky. Bet you will even been a part of colorful rainbows. Rest easly gentle one who displayed strong courage. :rosary:

[DragonFox98]

This is very sad news. Although I don't always respond, I read everything and enjoyed her posts very much. She will be missed. May she rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.

[Anna]

I have had family guests visiting the last few days and have been offline and
out of contact with my Universal family this week so I had not heard this news.
I am just heartbroken. Chris and I have been friends for many, many years and
still talked regularly on the phone when she left Orlando to stay with her
parents during treatment. It has been a month since we talked because I have
been busy at work but, the last time we talked, I know she was very weak but
hopeful, as was I. We were co-workers and friends and I will miss her terribly.

A recent phone call to her comes to mind. I called her on the opening day of
the Harry Potter land so we could talk while we watched the media stories unfold
on tv. We watched the crowds together on tv and the opening ceremonies. We
talked of our love for the great composer John Williams and both said how he was
the celebrity we would want to see at the ceremonies, much more than the HP
stars. We laughed about how we both wished we were there during the crowds to
experience it as team members and how we were also glad we were not working that
day. It was bittersweet to us since she was accustomed to being at all of the
great media events and grand openings, and yet, here we both sat at home
watching it all unfold on tv. She truly loved Universal Studios/Islands of
Adventure and her job there and she was the one who encouraged me to apply for
work there 6 years ago. Her love of the parks became my love of the parks. She
was an inspiration to me and a lifelong friend and I will always carry a part of
her with me, down deep in my soul. Rest in peace my dear friend. Smile down on
us during the Macy's Parade.

[February]

Anna I'm so sorry for your loss.

I still just can't believe this. Every time I think about it, it just doesn't seem possible.

Sending hugs and love to all who are hurting over this. I know you all in the Universal family will give each other tons of support and comfort, just as Chris always did for us during our own struggles and I know that the Disney CM's here and those of us who love the parks by extension will be sending you all the supportive thoughts we can too.

She was one of us here, in this place and no one else could ever fill her shoes... or should I say skates? I always meant to ask- what kind of skates, does anybody know? Did she just skate for fun? I know she liked green but the skates thing I always kept forgetting to ask about.

If you don't want to talk about it that's okay...I just want to do my best to listen if you want to talk about her even with my limited time online right now- she was important to me, and if I can lend an ear to her friends a little, then that's at least something cause I just feel so frustrated right now because there's nothing more I can do for her.

I had such high hopes for her...

hugs
bru

[BRWombat]

Oh, my... NotATourist, you will be missed. Warmest thoughts, hugs, & prayers to all of her family and friends.