With a Heavy Heart...

Hello Sweet Community

It is with a heavy heart that I write to let you all know that my friend Liza Matlack passed on Thursday Aug 30th. I received word this morning.

I believe that she was 35 years old.

She was beautiful, was a professional dancer of rare African dances, she taught children these dances among other things, and had a sassy sneaky radiant smile. She was strong and sweet and a fighter.

I love her very much.

My heart is very very heavy. Please pray and send love and light to Jim Santi Owen, her amazing partner, he was at her side every step of the way, and for her family and their friends.

They lived in the Berkeley CA area and left for Houston when they were told by UCSF that there was nothing more they could do.

They went to MD Anderson, one of the leading Cancer hospitals, for clinical trial treatment. They left all they owned, and lived in a hotel I think and made their home there. They made the best of it and fought hard every step of the way.

The last time I saw Liza, I don’t know how long ago that was maybe March....we were sitting on the floor at the clinic talking and laughing, she was wearing a red wig to cover her STAR TREK head (that’s what she called it) even though she was weak and the nurses asked if we needed chairs. Liza smiled and said no thank you we are just being us, sitting here, we are fine. She always made me smile.

This is just a reminder and wake up call of how serious Leukemia and other blood Cancers are.....and adds fire to my determination to raise more money for Light the Night and tell my story which becomes even bigger as time passes.

On Oct 18th at Light The Night I will be carrying 3 balloons
One Gold for Brenda Danato
One Gold for Liza Matlack
and One White for myself and my deep humbleness and gratitude for my own Survival.

Please keep Jim and their friends and family in your prayers. And please keep Liza in your prayers and she finds her way to the arms of The Creator and the Sacred Mother. I know she is at peace now and her love and every part of her is radiating out in everything that surrounds us.

Life is such a blessing, such a mystery, such a fragile gift we are given.

Today please pause in your prayers and also give thanks for what you have in your life, thing big and little things, and how precious all those things are.

Thank you for all your continue support and love and prayers, which have been such an important part of my own survival and healing.

OMMM Shanti (which means om peace)

Many prayers and blessing to each of you and each of your beautiful lovely fragile lives.

Namaste
Victoria