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August 5, 1927 – July 3, 2023 Our beloved matriarch, the beating heart of our family, Dorothy Elizabeth Rubbicco, joined her cherished daughter, Jeanne, granddaughter, Terri Luanna, and love of her life, Peter, transporting across space and time to the other side. An instrument of grace throughout her life, her emotional legacy is lodged in…

Terri Luanna… Oh how we miss you my love❤️ Facing and embracing this deathiversary day alongside your radiant, magnetic, incomparable daughter, the essence of your being was transported across space and time. She is a stunning portrayal of you, Terri. Living the questions you asked with such grace, innate beauty, and magnetism, it’s hard to…

A few weeks ago I received the following email from Cara Belvin, the visionary founder of empowerHER: Hi there Laurie! I wanted to send along a note to you this weekend with a thought + question! I know how much Terri loved NYC ( and how much you all do too) and we are hosting 2…

  Just finished watching Terri Luanna’s Celebration of Life, on this, her 7th deathiversary, and felt compelled to invite you all to click on the link above and “clap along” to the “Happy” lyrics at the end of the slide show which truly embody the essence of our beloved Warrior: Clap along if you feel like…

It’s been a long time… But as many of you know, today is our beloved Terri Luanna’s 47th birthday🎉 Doesn’t she look like Miss M’s twin in this pic?? As time goes on, I see so much of Terri in Miss M. Her graceful beauty, compassionate and open heart, creative spirit, deep passion for life and love;…

  This hope candle has been burning all day. For Max the Man Stone. A twenty-something Warrior from our church family waging war with lymphoma. Rev. Emily J. Kellar hosted a Prayer Vigil for Max today, and my son and I humbly joined the Zoom prayer call.  Bearing witness… Together. As a loving community. Finding and…

I don’t know about you, but I’ve taken a deep dive into a reflective, contemplative, and at times, insidious melancholy during these monumentally staggering first weeks of 2021. So much tumult — heart-wrenching domestic terror, apocalyptic loss in the face of Covid, dehumanization in the form of white supremacy. Where does one begin to unpack…

The holiday season is upon us. Incredibly different than years past, but here just the same, demanding our time and attention. My question to you is, how are you creating space in your life these days, amidst the hustle and bustle inherent in this time of year? Space for love. Space for joy. Space for calm in…