I'm not sure how to say this.
I'm posting in Kassie's journal to let you all know that she died on Wednesday, September 28th. I wanted to wait to make this post until I could contact all the friends I could think of to share this sad news privately. I apologize if you saw it someplace else first or were not contacted personally. I tried very hard to reach out individually to those who were closest to her.
Kassie was a person who held her cards close to her chest and even though she had been in liver failure for several months, she didn't want anyone to know she was dying. Sometimes I think she didn't even want to know it herself.
Her family and I have remained quiet on the issue for a long time, coming to terms with Kassie's desire to live out the remainder of her days on her own terms. I can let you know that she passed peacefully at home in bed with her dog, Tallulah, and her mother at her side without medical intervention, according to her desires.
There will also be no funeral or services, as Kassie didn't want to be mourned in that way. I think it made it easier for her to choose the path she did by believing we would all go on without her, no dramatic show of grief necessary.
Her family only ask that you keep them in your thoughts. If you're at all inclined toward donations of any kind, they request that you seek out a local animal shelter or your favorite animal charity. As many of you know, there was nothing more important to Kassie than her dogs.
Kassie was an amazing, beautiful, challenging, flawed person. She cared deeply for the world around her, her family, and her friends, and she was one of the most charismatic people I ever met. People were drawn to her, even when it wasn't easy to be around her, and she was an incredibly talented storyteller.
I just wish her own story had been different.
Please take care of yourselves,
Amber/affectingly
Kassie was a person who held her cards close to her chest and even though she had been in liver failure for several months, she didn't want anyone to know she was dying. Sometimes I think she didn't even want to know it herself.
Her family and I have remained quiet on the issue for a long time, coming to terms with Kassie's desire to live out the remainder of her days on her own terms. I can let you know that she passed peacefully at home in bed with her dog, Tallulah, and her mother at her side without medical intervention, according to her desires.
There will also be no funeral or services, as Kassie didn't want to be mourned in that way. I think it made it easier for her to choose the path she did by believing we would all go on without her, no dramatic show of grief necessary.
Her family only ask that you keep them in your thoughts. If you're at all inclined toward donations of any kind, they request that you seek out a local animal shelter or your favorite animal charity. As many of you know, there was nothing more important to Kassie than her dogs.
Kassie was an amazing, beautiful, challenging, flawed person. She cared deeply for the world around her, her family, and her friends, and she was one of the most charismatic people I ever met. People were drawn to her, even when it wasn't easy to be around her, and she was an incredibly talented storyteller.
I just wish her own story had been different.
Please take care of yourselves,
Amber/affectingly