This is the way I want to remember Tammie:
When I first found these online support groups back in 2001, Tammie had just gotten out of the hospital. She had almost died. Her family had been brought in to say good-bye to her. But then she bounced back from the coma which had been induced by hypoglycemia. She bounced back in a big way. She became the nerve center of this Diabetes Group.
At the same time, the man who had set up weekly chats, named Dick, had grown weary of hosting the chats and was looking for someone to take over. Tammie was the one he was looking for. She took on the task with gusto. She was the first one in chat every chat night and she greeted every person who came in the door. Her response was always immediate to anyone who had a comment or question and it was often laugh-out-loud funny. She was our center on those nights when we needed a life-line. She made everyone feel at home. When someone made a typo, Tammie would just say it was a ff (finger fart!) and the person would feel right at home. When 2 people said similar things, Tammie was yell out GMTA - great minds think alike - and everyone would laugh and relax and feel that with all the problems this condition had brought us, we were not alone. We were part of a community that cared about how we felt.
I was honored when Tammie and voni asked me to become an assistant manager and help host the chats, which had become very popular and were offerred 3 times a week. My hosting could not match the intensity of Tammie's, but I felt it was a privelege to do it.
How I want to remember Tammie? As the center of many lively, active, happy evenings of chatting. Tammie, the Queen of our chat room.
Rest in peace, Tammie.
Julie
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