come on over to the front of the bus, I'll be ridin' up there

[primroseburrows]

RIP, dear Rosa.


I knew it was coming (dementia being progressive and incurable) but I'm so, so sad.

She was truly the woman who started an avalanche.

Go with your God, dear one. *weeps*

Comments

[petulans.livejournal.com]

Dear Lord, that is sad - as you say, not unexpected, but sad nonetheless.

Somehow it seems slightly appropriate that I happened to be listening to "Sweet Black Angel" by the Stones when I read this 10 minutes ago.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

She'd probably like it.

Because she was. :)

[robinhoo.livejournal.com]

*bows head, stands quietly in her honor*

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Rosa and Helen, both heroes of mine.

I wonder if they ever met. They'd have been kindred spirits, I think. I think they might just meet sometime soon. *loves, loves*

[aphephobia.livejournal.com]

That's so sad... she was an amazing person.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

She was. And what a legacy she's left.

[songdog.livejournal.com]

If I could arrange for such a thing, I'd see to it that every public bus, or perhaps every public conveyance keep the seat immediately behind the driver empty, save for a single rose, for the next year, with a sign saying simply: "Thank you, Rosa Parks."

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a good idea.

[gamps-garret.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully sympbolic gesture, but I wonder what she would think; in many cities transportation is so crowded that people have to stand beause the seats are all taken. I can't imagine Rosa would want people to avoid her seat.

Maybe a plaque or tag on the seat itself?

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yes. It would also be longer-lasting than a flower.