Marie-Kristin Friedow

‚South Africa‘ was here…

Ich kannte Marie-Kristin nur aus Erzählungen ihrer Mutter, die ich zum Teil hier im Blog wiederfand und kann daher leider nur schreiben, dass die Welt um einen guten Menschen ärmer ist.

Auf diesem Wege nochmals Mitgefühl bekundend

Grit Schwarz & Familie

I work at St Joe's ER, but was not there the day she was brought in, I do, however, remember the breaking news story and was saddened by her passing....I thought about my co-workers, the family and friends and what they were going thru at that time....my sympathy goes out to all of you...this is an amazing site you have created and really have illustrated the girl we never knew. Thank you for the cards you sent to the ER....Our job is not easy, nor is it easy that you lost an angel....God bless you all!

The tree picture (in front of your house) is still so amazing to me...
Your family is so amazing to me...

---Spence

Habe das Gästebuch leider heute erst entdeckt.

Als Onkel von Marie tut es mir heute immer noch weh und ich habe auch jetzt die Tränen in den Augen stehen.

Habe bis heute noch nicht die Kraft mit meinem Bruder zu telefonieren weil es immer noch weh tut und hoffe die Friedow`s aus Amerika verstehen mich.

I remember spending some time with Marie during eighth grade. I remember her teaching me how to bother people: 'poke,poke bother,bother sock,sock blah,blah' (motions included) and then using it on all of my friends and laughing. I remember seeing her from a distance at school couple of days before she passed away, and thinking, 'I should go and talk to her' but I was running late, so I continued heading towards my class. 'I'll probably see her another time.'....I didn't.
Remembering is all I can do now. I really wish I had at least shouted out a 'hey!' That eighth grade memory still brings a smile to my face. Thanks for your friendship, Marie.

<3 A

The last memory I have of Marie was at my baby shower. She came early and spent over an hour trying to put up colored streamers so that everything looked nice and she ran out of clear tape so she started using duct tape which after the baby shower ended up ripping off some of the paint in the hall we rented! She forgot to wrap the gift for my daughter so she ran outside to my brothers car and came up with a plan. She snuck inside while I was opening presents and took all the colored tissue paper from all the already opened gifts and used it to wrap her gift for me. My brother, Joey, got the whole thing on video and I didn't find out she stole all the tissue paper until after the baby shower and I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes, watching the video of her running around trying to be sneaky so nobody would notice. Marie always made me laugh and smile every time I saw her. The gift she gave me for the baby shower was a moon and star mobile, and it hangs in the window of my daughter-Bella Marie's bedroom. If my daughter turns out anything like Marie-Kristin I will be the proudest mother in the world. I miss her and love her dearly.

I didn't know her well, but I know that she was a wise and beautiful soul. She teaches others even now, though she must do so from another place. She was special. Marie was so special.

Still thinking of you, and your family. ALL wonderful people whom I am greatful to know...

Remember when we were all sitting around with that candle on the last day of Crow Canyon? We all talked about our fondest memories of the trip, and that's when I realized how special the whole thing actually was...Everyone on the trip made it complete, and it couldn't have been any other way. I remember Ms Gimpel telling us that eventually we would all get busy, go to college, and live our separate lives. She told us that it was the last time we would all be together at the same time. She was truly right. Crow Canyon was an amazing once in a lifetime experience, and that will never change. It was perfect. I love you, Marie. Thank you for being a part of that time in our lives. Without you, life would have never been the same. We love you, I love you, and you have inspired everyone. I even think you even inspired the mountains here in Durango because they shine with your beauty:)

Liebe Familie Friedow,
ich bin durch Zufall über wkw auf diese wundervolle Homepage gelangt. Eure Tochter muss ein toller Mensch gewesen sein, so wie ihr sie hier beschreibt und die Texte die sie verfasste, wow!
Viele Menschen gehen einfach viel zu früh von uns, aber Marie-Kristin hat mit Sicherheit viele Menschen um sie herum inspiriert und einen Eindruck hinterlassen, andere geleitet und begleitet und ist mit ihnen und euch gewachsen und umgekehrt. Alles passiert, weil es passieren soll.. nur einiges dann doch einfach viel zu früh.. aber ihr hattet eine schöne Zeit miteinander und das ist das worauf man zurück schauen soll! Es ist ein tragischer Unfall gewesen und keiner hätte das erwartet geschweige denn kommen sehen, but now your beautiful daughter is sitting on her own cloud in heaven as your guardian angel and is watching earth and her loved ones and she must be very very proud of you!! Ich wünsche euch alles gute und hoffe dass Marie-Kristin sich auf ihrer Wolke mit all den anderen Engeln wohlfühlt und euch täglich ein bisschen Liebe schickt <3
Viele liebe Grüße aus Hessen
Stella

--- To d5 ---

I stumbled onto an old thread and then it came like a wave.
I realized once again...you're not here.

I try to pretend you just don't have internet and you are happy with crispy plotting my kidnapping so I can live in your closet and be your slave to cook delicious meals for you like we always joked about.

It makes me smile when I think about all the goofy things we said and did online. The pillow fight was truly a test of all our collective creativity on the forums. The "Terrible Poetry" made me laugh out loud. I tweet in your general direction when the heart gets heavy and you are by my side in my mind's eye.

I've never had to do this sort of thing before...ya know, lose a best friend. It's really fucking hard and it still hurts as much as it did the day I found out. Will it ever stop hurting?

I try to live in a manner that would make you smile if you were still around to hear about my adventures and general dorkyness. I would want to make you proud to have me as a friend, even if I do get into horrible situations sometimes.

What really gets at me is I never got to give you a hug before you went...or even see your face without it being through a computer screen. I really wish we could have kicked it just once. Maybe at the bbq we kept talking about. I still want to get that going one of these days and save a plate for you....

What is this stuff leaking from my eyes?!?! Am I dying? Oh wait. It just means I'm human. I don't do this often...more like never. It only happens when I think of you and realize just how much I missed you. All the things I never got to say. It's too late now...maybe one day I'll put it in that book I kept thinking about writing.

You give me inspiration in the darkest of times and help me to remember that I am only human. Nothing more. Nothing less. I will keep you alive in my heart for as long as I live. As long as you are remembered you are never truly gone.

I remember one day on the forums we derailed a thread by the mere mention of your name. Everyone mentioned how much they miss you and wish you were still around. I bet your post count would be tremendous by now. I commented something along the lines of, "one day I am going to code a virus and name it after d5, then release it into the wild"

I was kind of all sad face when I started typing then after remembering all the good times I can't help but smile from ear to ear. I miss you and always will, but everything happens for a reason.

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...
http://youtu.be/nftxDrStny8
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note to the person running the site. Thank you so much for leaving this running. I kinda needed some closure. I never did have a chance to read everything she wrote down from various other places. It's really brought a smile to my face. I was so sad a second ago, but now I am so incredibly happy to know she was able to reach out and touch the lives of so many people.

Ein kurzes Gespraech - a short conversation
ein Laecheln - a smile
ein liebevoller Blick von Dir - a loving glance from you
sind kostbare Erinnerungen - are precious memories
in unseren Herzen - in our hearts!

We love you and we miss you so much!