In Memory

Please come, eat, share memories, and celebrate the life of this beautiful person who was so full of light and love.

On Thursday March 29, 2018, a radiant and beautiful light in all our lives became that much brighter when Lavina Minnie Shults passed on to the next chapter of being.

Two weeks — Two Beautiful Lives Lost. Pixie//Melanie Curry and Mike Abraham passed away.

On Sunday, May 28th, we lost another beautiful shelter guest. I don't remember the first time I met Sandy, exactly, at least not in a specific date or time kind of way. I do remember in that kind of way when someone comes into your life and you are forever changed for knowing them, though.

When surrounded by people in crisis who are experiencing trauma frequently in their lives, tragedies somehow become less surprising over time. They do not become any less painful, though. In fact, they tend to have a cumulative effect.

December 21, 2016, is National Homeless Persons Day of Remembrance. This day comes in the form of many unique events across the country, organized by advocates and people experiencing homelessness in each city.

Two weeks ago, I received a call from the Thurston County Coroners' office inquiring about a man who had been found deceased.

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I write today in memory of Ariel Stone. Ariel, our youngest guest, would be turning 25 on February 7th.

Last week, we lost a former shelter guest and all-around beautiful human, Chris Fabrizio.