Gone too soon-Laurie Manny you will be missed 
Many of us heard the horrible bad news this week of the death of our dear friend fellow Active Rain Member Laurie Manny. When I first became a blogger here on Active Rain in 2007,I have never heard of SEO.
It was her blog Do You SEO? that I was first introduced to the term SEO-Search Engine Optimization. I made her comment on her blog. She made a comment back saying thank you and wishing me good luck. She was even nice enough to send me an e-mail explaiining what SEO is and how it can help my business.
Reading some of her blogs,you can tell that she is very knowledgeable of the topic "SEO". Some bloggers have even dubbed her "The SEO Queen". I am disappointed not only because she has passed away too soon. But I am also disappointed that I never got the chance to either meet her or talk to her on the telephone. That's why we should always appreciate and cherish relationships that we have developed we people over the years because you never know when they will not be with us anymore.
After three years of being a member on Active Rain,I am very thankful to God for finally meeting in person some of you wonderful people at Raincamp DC. I've even received telephone calls from some members as well. Hopefully when it is all said and done,I will get to meet more of you if not all of you fun-loving,caring,very unselfish,humorous and very knowledgeable people.
Laurie Manny you will be missed and you will never be forgotten. Your body of work(blogs) will forever continue to be a guide for new bloggers and many bloggers like myself on learning how to write great blogs. Thank you very much for reaching out to me when I first joined this great site Active Rain in 2007. Till we meet again.
Lanre: Wonderful and obviously, heart-felt sentiments. Very thoughtful of you.
I just saw this. I didn't "know" her but her passing seems very sad. I agree with you about how wonderful it has been to meet so many of the great people here (including you) in person.
Lanre, beautiful testimonial to Laurie's impact on many of us who read her posts and were touched by her. ~ Susan
Lanre - how sad. I didn't know Laurie or hear about Laurie's passing. That was nice of you to share your thoughts. Very touching.
Lanre,
we will miss her, she was a great asset and friend here on the rain, hope that she is on better place and with peace, take care
Lanre,
I read her SEO blog as well. Her presence will be truly missed. Her spirt will live on as long we continue to SEO form going,and hopefully improve upon what Laurie get started.
thanks for the post.
I never had the opportunity to meet this lady. Reading the comments she had an impact on fellow Rainers and for years to come.