My Dear Sweetie, Kimber Hawkins Thurman / TekDiveGirl
who I met here on ScubaBoard in the MOF/NMOF thread some 13 years ago passed away suddenly. 9/28/1970 - 4/2/2019
This would have been her on 4/17/19 graduating from Cal State San Marcos with a Bachelor's Degree in psychology.
from her son, edited by me:
"She was 48 years old, survived major brain surgery in 2004, an AGE bilateral stroke due to a PFO in 2006, woke up from a coma that doctors said she had a 5% chance of survival, she managed to power through 13 more years to see all three of her kids graduate high school and see their 21st birthdays.
More than surviving, she did everything she could to thrive. She approached physical therapy with a passion that I can hardly describe and gained independence despite her injuries.
She was graduating Cal State San Marcos next month with a Bachelors Degree in the field of psychology and had already applied for grad school.
She took the GRE test just this past Saturday.
She always said that one of her big regrets was that she never got a degree, and I can't explain how unbelievably proud I am that she managed to do it even though she won't be able to walk her graduation next month.
She had an extremely supportive network of friends and peers and she said that the only thing she wanted to do was to work with other people who had suffered brain injuries, so she could be the type of person that helped her through so much.
I would say rest in peace, but she wouldn't like that idea ... whatever afterlife she's in, she's gonna **** **** up over there."
Continue to kick ass and take names Sweetie
who I met here on ScubaBoard in the MOF/NMOF thread some 13 years ago passed away suddenly. 9/28/1970 - 4/2/2019
This would have been her on 4/17/19 graduating from Cal State San Marcos with a Bachelor's Degree in psychology.
from her son, edited by me:
"She was 48 years old, survived major brain surgery in 2004, an AGE bilateral stroke due to a PFO in 2006, woke up from a coma that doctors said she had a 5% chance of survival, she managed to power through 13 more years to see all three of her kids graduate high school and see their 21st birthdays.
More than surviving, she did everything she could to thrive. She approached physical therapy with a passion that I can hardly describe and gained independence despite her injuries.
She was graduating Cal State San Marcos next month with a Bachelors Degree in the field of psychology and had already applied for grad school.
She took the GRE test just this past Saturday.
She always said that one of her big regrets was that she never got a degree, and I can't explain how unbelievably proud I am that she managed to do it even though she won't be able to walk her graduation next month.
She had an extremely supportive network of friends and peers and she said that the only thing she wanted to do was to work with other people who had suffered brain injuries, so she could be the type of person that helped her through so much.
I would say rest in peace, but she wouldn't like that idea ... whatever afterlife she's in, she's gonna **** **** up over there."
Continue to kick ass and take names Sweetie
