I am leaving for New York tonight for a week, and some time sooner rather than later both Mike and I will return to posting about public health, sports and the general aspect of our own navels. I just want to say a few words about all the people who have made their way here searching for Tiesha's name. I feel privileged that so many have come to read and in some cases share their feelings and memories. I also want to say, though, that I wasn't Tiesha's closest friend, and that as much as I cared for her there are people who cared still more, who knew her better, and who have beautiful words to consecrate to her. I'm just the one with the blog. I hope everyone who remembers her finds a way to honor her so that the picture of Tiesha that we all keep is that much sharper. It's not enough of course, but it's all that's left to us.

My husband is not much for prayer or spirituality of any kind, but he does recite the Secular Humanist meditation for the dead, "The memory of good people blesses us." I believe that the memory of Tiesha Sargeant blesses us.