Life, if that’s what you call it

Estimated 1.5 million Americans are fighting Lupus

Estimated 5 million World Wide are fighting Lupus

September 22, 2009 we lost another valiant fighter, Lucy Vodden (nee O’Donnell) aka Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

She became the subject of the Beatles song after Julian Lennon showed his father a painting he did in nursery school of his friend floating in the sky with diamond eyes. It doesn’t matter if believe this story or if you, like many others, believe the title was Lennon’s way of saying the song was about LSD. What matters is this woman who once touched the heart of a little boy in nursery school, who has battled long and hard against this illness, is at last at rest. Finally her pain, her suffering, her agonizing battle is at an end. Lucy was 19 years older than me and I’m fairly certain that, aside from our battles with Lupus, we have lead rather different lives but for whatever reason her death has rocked me to my very core. Maybe it is because of her age or the fact that I have always loved that song I may never really know but I am truly saddened to hear that she lost her battle.

My only hope is that through this loss the world will become more aware of Lupus and realize that we need a cure.

Goodbye Lucy, may you rest in peace.