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A Message from Steve Beuret on Barbara’s Care Pages

Yesterday,
at the end of an afternoon spent sleeping in her bed, Barbara died
peacefully. She’d been getting weaker and weaker and was increasingly
short of breath. A few hours earlier the hospice nurse had put her on
oxygen and told us all that Barbara had maybe a week or two left. For
her to die just hours later was a shock at first but also seemed like
exactly the sort of thing Barbara would do. She knew her body was spent
and it was time to go. Being Barbara, she made her exit in a graceful
and understated way. I can’t know what it was like for her but I like
to think that she made a choice. That she was both willful and
accepting to the very end.

Speaking for the extended family,
we’re all coping with both the emotional and practical aftermath of
this and much is still being processed. There will be a memorial
service in a few weeks but I don’t know when. We’ll set a date as
quickly as we can and post the details here. Barbara collected a lot of
friends during her life and they have been been a source of seemingly
limitless compassion during these difficult months. We’re all very
grateful.

Steve Beuret

The A-Space Collective sends
love and condolances to Books Through Bars, Contexts Art, the Life
Center Association, Friends General Conference and everyone else
touched by Barbar’s amazing and heartfelt work.