Lisa — A delightful friend, now gone
Jo Ann Ott sent these thoughts and pictures that I post here on her behalf.
Our friend, Lisa Garner died this morning.
Anne Cowie, Lisa’s sister-in-law, called to share the news, which has left us in a state of shock.
She has a wonderful family, including her daughter Kiki and husband Ron Cowie. We are so sad this has happened and there are so many of us who will miss her.
A delightful woman with such creativity and love, Lisa touched our lives. At a time when we were trying so hard to have our baby, she gave us hope through stories of her own struggle to conceive and give birth.
For many summers, we traveled to Rhode Island to the Fish House and stayed with Anne and assorted friends. Lisa and Ron lived nearby so we always got to spend time with them and looked forward to it. During the summer of 2006 while pregnant with Seger, we stayed at the “Compound” before heading up to Cape Cod. The morning we left to drive to the Cape, Lisa and Kiki climbed into bed with Jo and me, and Lisa told us her story of giving birth to Kiki. Flipping page by page through an album she assembled of photos Ron had taken to document Kiki’s arrival, I was struck by the wonderful love and support Lisa got from Ron and Anne as she labored. Lisa was brave when she gave birth to Kiki. I remember thinking that I hoped to be that brave when our child was born. We also talked of the loss of her mother and shared stories of being motherless daughters. Now sadly, Kiki is one of us.
Our son Seger was born on March 7, 2007, and Lisa was among the first to congratulate us. She and her family were coming to meet Seger for the first time this Spring. She had just recently said to Anne how excited she was to be coming and how she was looking forward to meeting him. We are unbelieveably sad that she never got the chance.
Lisa will be missed.
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