Thanks for everything, Marie.
I hate to tell this, but it is true Marie passed away.She was first collector whom I met & trade after I started to collect HRC pins while I was college student in Chicago.
It was at HRC Berlin in 1996.
Since then, we traded pins a lot. I can not count
She always helped me when I travel European countries.
In 2005, she invited me to Spring in Berlin 2005.
We had good time at HRC Berlin.
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In April of 2008, she came to our Osaka pin meeting with her friends.
-Photos of our big meeting in April 15th of 2008
We had big meeting, and had a lot of fun.
We celebrated her birthday then.
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Recently, she asked me by e-mail if I needed any pins from Columbia.
And then, a couple of days ago,
I got e-mail from her that she was going to the hospital.
Today, the bad news came to me.
Marie, Thanks for everything.
I will miss you. I really miss you.
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