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Thankful Thursday

Posted January 13th, 2011 by Susan Taylor Brown and filed in Family & Friends

As many of you around the kidlitosphere already, , one of our own, has been hit with devastating news. Cancer sucks. There is no other way to put it.

But people, people rock. Lisa has touched so many people in her life and a lot of them are saying thank you today. Especially nice to see since Lisa was the one who started Thankful Thursday almost four years ago.

l met Lisa a few years ago when her agent (before she was an agent) set up a YA book event at Books Inc in San Francisco for Chris Crutcher. She was so excited having Chris come to town and so afraid that no one would show up that she begged her LJ friends to come plump up the audience. Lisa happened to be in town visiting a relative so she came and I came and I had one of those short conversations with her in the bookstore before things really got started.

And here’s what I remember most, even after so much time has past. Lisa was right there in the moment, 100% present. She does the same thing on her blog and Facebook. She is always right there, in the moment, and she helps us remember to try and do the same. She is kind and reminds others to be kind and she takes time to slow down and see the beauty in the simple things of every day.

I’m pretty darn thankful for the path she has laid out for so many of us to follow.