Five years ago today, Laura Crooks, a writer and editor at The Spokesman-Review, died suddenly at home while working on her son's Halloween costume.
She was just 37, mother of two young children and wife to Gary, an associate editor here still.
A few of us reminisced today over coffee about the amazing Laura — her relentless energy, her quickness at the computer and how she would call BS on you in a minute. She was a truth-teller, for sure.
We lose family members throughout our lives but we also lose beloved co-workers and that becomes part of our grief story, too. Missing Laura today and I'm not alone in the missing.
(Photo courtesy of Gary Crooks)
Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with Catherine Johnston, an Olympia, Wash., writer who works in hospital administration, write about issues of grief when facing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.
Ask a question: Rebecca and Catherine answer grief questions in their syndicated EndNotes column for McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Email them at endnotescolumn@gmail.com.
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