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Context: This is remembering his daughter, Rebecca. (2008-2014)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_A._Meyer#:~:text=In%20201...

I came across the new CSS logo and thought the color looked about right (it's rebeccapurple), and ended up reading Eric's blog as a result.

Eric Meyer's blog post about why it should be called 'rebeccapurple' - see https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2014/06/19/rebeccapurple/

>For almost twelve hours, she was six

This is an incredibly poetic, heartbreaking statement.

a late tl;dr (more background for the above quote):

     "...A couple of weeks before she died, Rebecca informed us that she was about to be a big girl of six years old, and Becca was a baby name.  Once she turned six, she wanted everyone (not just me) to call her Rebecca, not Becca."

Devastating and beautiful

Eric Meyer's blog posts about his daughter Rebecca - see https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/category/personal/rebecca...

Man, there is no way I can read this. I got choked up just reading the titles of the blog posts, knowing what was coming.

I remember being younger and not being emotionally bothered by anything. Yet as I get older I am able to relate to so much more and everything hits so much harder because of it.

I made the mistake of reading it with my baby kid sleeping in the next room. I am not normally religious, but I'm probably going to say at least a few prayers before bed tonight.

Here's one blog post that doesn't need a trigger warning, unless you need to be warned about cutesy stuff.

see https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2014/05/05/three-interlud...

Many of the blog posts from aug 2013 and later are heartbreaking.

I started reading from the beginning, and by the time I got to the post about her cancer recurring, and her parents having to tell her that she's going to die, I was sobbing.

Had to take a break. Not sure I can go back to it.

I made the mistake of reading this.

My son is in remission from cancer (Leukemia, in chemo from 3 to 6 years old, now 7).

It's going to be a rough night.

My daughter is in remission from leukemia and was in chemo from 3 to 5. If it was all-b then I wouldn’t worry much. Yes, you’ll have some dark thoughts along the way. I still do at times. But they’ll fade away as your son goes on to lead a pretty normal life. My daughter is 10 now with passions for MMA and horse riding which took a pause because a horse stomped on her toe this past summer pulling out a nail. Was an accident and we treated it like one.

Yup, B-all.

He hit all the goals so I know the relapse chances are vanishingly small.

Doesn’t change my anxiety though.

Stay strong my friend. The world is more beautiful with your son here, and I hope it stays beautiful for a very long time.

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