Darien Blogger Remembered Far and Wide

“Cancer Blogger Lisa Bonchek Adams of Darien Passed Away Friday” was the original headline here Saturday above the article on Adams’ death — but that headline needed a change, we were informed on Twitter: Adams had written that she preferred “died” to “passed.”

Of course the headline was changed.

Adams died Friday from cancer after blogging about her experiences with it at length, in detailed thoughts and feelings that attracted thousands of readers. The plain and simple, sometimes direct and detailed facing of the facts was what she wanted. For Adams, difficult truths needed to be told and faced. No masking.

Several months ago, Adams reposted a poem, ”When I die” on her blog. Here are some lines from it:

When I die don’t say I “passed.”

That sounds like I walked by you in the corridor at school.

When I die tell the world what happened.

Plain and simple.

No euphemisms, no flowery language, no metaphors.

Instead, remember me and let my words live on.

Tell stories of something good I did.

Give my children a kind word. Let them know what they meant to me. That I would have stayed forever if I could.

At Adams’ wake, funeral and reception in Darien, those close to her will have the opportunity to give her family kind words and memories. From father away on the World Wide Web, they’re also coming in. Attached below is a collection of the coverage of her life and death published on the Web, some reactions to her death and some of the Web pages she herself published:

Picture: Lisa Bonchek Adams and her family, from her website

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“Find a bit of beauty in the world today. Share it. If you can’t find it, create it. Some days this may be hard to do. Persevere.” — Lisa Bonchek Adams