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Danielle,
I always think of you, but this morning especially. I ventured to Borders yesterday to buy a book and remembered the day many years ago (when I used to work there) that you came to visit me at work and sang to me! All of the customers stopped and stared - Maybe it was because you were on the main floor and I was on the escalators heading down from the second floor! Ha! -:) What a great day and memory! I miss your voice and your adventurousness!
Natasha
Natasha holbenr@yahoo.com
Chicago, IL USA - August 19, 2010 -- 2:18:09 am -- (EDT)

Just want you to know the your niece Kayla is so much like you. We talked about you today. Love You.
Mom
USA - August 16, 2010 -- 11:23:48 am -- (EDT)

I had the great pleasure honor delight of knowing danielle at smith. favorite memory: me on the back of her bike, her singing the welcome back kotter theme song. I'm working at smith now in the administrative offices. I just took a little break this afternoon, stepped outside for some fresh air, and as I was coming around the corner I saw without thinking, oh look, there's danielle! and for a few seconds, I really think it was her enjoying this afternoon full of sunlight and warmth. remembering her warms my heart and inspires me.
miranda
shelburne falls, ma USA - August 11, 2010 -- 3:47:32 am -- (EDT)

I had the great pleasure honor delight of knowing danielle at smith. favorite memory: me on the back of her bike, her singing the welcome back kotter theme song. I'm working at smith now in the administrative offices. I just took a little break this afternoon, stepped outside for some fresh air, and as I was coming around the corner I saw without thinking, oh look, there's danielle! and for a few seconds, I really think it was her enjoying this afternoon full of sunlight and warmth. remembering her warms my heart and inspires me.
miranda miranda@13tulips.com
shelburne falls, ma USA - August 11, 2010 -- 3:46:06 am -- (EDT)

Hiya Danielle! I miss you! I love you! Everytime I make guacamole I think of you! :)
A Friend in NC
USA - July 30, 2010 -- 10:33:45 am -- (EDT)

"Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened." Dr. Seuss
Mom
USA - July 16, 2010 -- 12:07:24 pm -- (EDT)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cnss1UMO8
This clip reminded me of when Danielle demonstrated how good she was at rugby, by tackling me in her college grounds, then inviting me to chat with her on her college radio station. My memories of Danielle are of a lively, fun person.
PEACE to Danielle and all her family.

Michael Horsnell horsnell.michael@gmail.com
Sidmouth, Devon UK - July 16, 2010 -- 4:40:39 am -- (EDT)

dani d. just thinking about you and your list. live, really live. thank you for the reminder. xox
kirsten
Manhattan Beach, CA USA - July 13, 2010 -- 8:09:15 am -- (EDT)

Happy 4th of July. I remember your first 4th of July. We went to a block party on Martha Lane and you were sleeping in your buggy. All the neighbors kept telling me what a beautiful baby you were and they were right. Of course what we didn't know then was what a beautiful person you would grow up to be. You were a super star from the start. With all my love.
Mom
USA - July 04, 2010 -- 10:43:09 am -- (EDT)

i'm a few days late (what else is new?...) but happy birthday. wish you were still here to teach me how to really love everything i do.
anderson
Brooklyn, NY USA - June 22, 2010 -- 1:01:07 am -- (EDT)

Happy 37th birthday Sparkplug! Miss you and love you always.
Rassamee rassameehayes@gmail.com
Seattle, WA USA - June 21, 2010 -- 7:51:24 am -- (EDT)

Happy Birthday to ya!
Kat
USA - June 21, 2010 -- 2:01:52 am -- (EDT)

Happy Birthday to you. Happy 37th Birthday to my sweet daughter. Love you forever, Mom
Mom sdrumke@yahoo.com
USA - June 21, 2010 -- 1:21:41 am -- (EDT)

So yesterday, moody me all day. I miss you. June 16 sucks. You still amaze me. I will check back on your b-day and promise to be less moody.
Kat Katfotovat@aol.com
USA - June 17, 2010 -- 1:45:24 am -- (EDT)

Hi Danielle...I thought of you today and had your favorite chicken pot pie for lunch in the Walnut Room. I wish we could have shared another lunch (including dessert) together. Love, Aunt Barb

Aunt Barb baschoenecker@att.net
Chicago, Il. USA - June 16, 2010 -- 10:22:11 am -- (EDT)

I miss you and think of you each day.
Mom sdrumke@yahoo.com
USA - June 16, 2010 -- 2:05:34 am -- (EDT)

Thinking of you! Wanted to let you know that my friend Ken is going to be headed your way soon - you guys will get along great! So meet him show him the ropes! miss ya sparky
Katrina
USA - May 28, 2010 -- 1:27:28 am -- (EDT)

Ok so this Justin Bieber kid (I hope this doesn't upset you) but everytime I see him I swear he is channeling his inner Danielle!! lol! Maybe it's the same adorable smile, maybe it's all the screaming girls, or the fact that he even plays the drums! His music is questionable unless you are a 13 year old girl. However, because he weirdly reminds me of you- I am a fan!! Bubbala, bubbala, bubbala, ohhhh! You know I love ya D!
kat Katfotovat@aol.com
DC USA - May 17, 2010 -- 9:58:45 am -- (EDT)

I wonder if you can feel the love that is sent your way from so many people. You are missed by everyone that knew you.
Mom
USA - May 16, 2010 -- 11:36:57 am -- (EDT)

Danielle and I shared the opportunity to work as pages for the honorable Sidney Yates, Dem. Congressman 9th District, Illinois. As much as I would have enjoyed having the whole year working for congress, I was glad to see Danielle get the same opportunity. It has been a long time since then, and we didn't keep in touch much after that, but I heard of her passing from several of our mutual Page friends, all of whom expressed sadness, loss, and disbelief. I don't, unfortunately, have much more to add, but I got to know Danielle well enough over our adolescence and highschool years to know that she was a free spirit of the kind I wish the world had more of.
Joel Gilbert joel.l.gilbert@gmail.com
San Diego, CA USA - May 12, 2010 -- 2:16:07 am -- (EDT)

Today is Mother's Day and I miss hearing your voice wishing me a happy day. I remember the last time you called me when you were in hospice and could hardly talk. You never forgot. I love you and miss you so very much.
Mom
USA - May 09, 2010 -- 9:55:14 am -- (EDT)

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day in Chicago. I planted a few spring flowers and put out the furniture on the deck. Last night I dreamed that you were here visiting with me and having a glass of ice tea outside on the deck. I wish that my dream was real. I miss you.
Mom
USA - April 16, 2010 -- 9:30:31 am -- (EDT)

I listened to a beautiful rendition of Landslide this morning and saw your face in the birds flying high in the sky and the trees blossoming in the Spring sunshine.
A Friend in NC
USA - April 14, 2010 -- 8:46:13 am -- (EDT)

You will be with us tonight as we celebrate Passover with our Seder. We all love and miss.
Your Family
USA - March 29, 2010 -- 9:56:39 am -- (EDT)

Gilda Radner once said:
"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."
Mom
USA - March 16, 2010 -- 8:39:11 am -- (EDT)

I miss you Danielle!
A Friend in NC
USA - February 22, 2010 -- 6:40:03 am -- (EST)

FOREVER IN MY HEART
There were many ways of breaking a heart
Stories were full of hearts broken by love,
but what really broke a heart
was taking away its dream...
whatever that dream may be...
Pearl S. Buck

The day Danielle died my heart broke. All of my dreams for her were taken away. I miss her so very much.
Mom
USA - February 16, 2010 -- 1:25:50 am -- (EST)

Happy Valentine's Day. You are in my heart always. I love you.
Mom
USA - February 14, 2010 -- 12:25:59 pm -- (EST)

On Sunday I saw Invictus with a few friends, including Corry (who you first introduced me to in Northampton and now is a good friend of ours in CA) and thought of you -- you would love this movie about rugby and Nelson Mandela! Big hug, Jennie
Jennie
Oak, CA USA - February 03, 2010 -- 11:25:52 am -- (EST)

I put together a Page scrapbook this past week -- great pictures and memories of the flag-burning debate of room 404. Next week is the 20 year reunion in DC and I know that we'll all be reminiscing about you and telling stories featuring your crazy antics and great spirit. Oh how I would have loved to catch up with you there. You will be missed.
Laurie Schmitz Williams robynjoplin@mchsi.com
Cedar Falls, IA USA - February 03, 2010 -- 9:29:36 am -- (EST)

"We can choose to focus on the dark cloud or step back and see the blue sky around it.." John Welshons
Danielle always choose to see the blue sky.
Mom
USA - January 16, 2010 -- 1:16:17 am -- (EST)

Hey D--thinking of you lately. Our 15th reunion is coming up this year and wish you could join us for karaoke. You will be there in spirit.
Friend in Cali
Irvine, CA USA - January 03, 2010 -- 12:57:21 pm -- (EST)

I'm thinking of you this morning and smiling.
Jasmine Le Desma jasmineledesma@gmail.com
Boulder, CO USA - December 31, 2009 -- 9:10:46 am -- (EST)

Merry Christmas! I miss you.
Your Friend
USA - December 25, 2009 -- 1:16:42 am -- (EST)

It is Christmas Eve and I am missing you. I wish you and Dad were here to celebrate with us. I love you so very much.
Mom
USA - December 24, 2009 -- 1:33:57 am -- (EST)

HAPPY HANUKKAH! I thought of you tonight as I was lighting the first Hanukkah candle. I miss you.
Mom
USA - December 11, 2009 -- 7:55:17 am -- (EST)

You have been with me in spirit yesterday and today. I watched a movie about Pete Seeger and one about Peter, Paul and Mary. I was remembering how much we enjoyed listening to their music together. Miss you.

Mom
USA - December 09, 2009 -- 12:17:49 pm -- (EST)

I missed your special phone call today.
Mom
USA - December 04, 2009 -- 10:41:27 am -- (EST)

Just finished sending an email to myself calling me a rock star! Hmmm...I must have learned that from someone:) Love you and miss you always.
rassamee rassameehayes@gmail.com
Seattle, WA USA - November 30, 2009 -- 9:10:18 am -- (EST)