Feeling down - my boss has died...

[Evansmum]

On mat leave, got call on Sunday to say my boss has died suddenly. Sad but don't know why I've waited until today to get really upset. She was an amazing woman, only 55 (younger than my parents) well known as forceful campaigner for everyone's rights, really interesting and so vibrant and ALIVE if that doesn't sound stupid. Had had br. ca. some years ago and secondaries but was OK when I last saw her (although obviously overall life expectancy not great but wasn't expecting this). Selfishly, am kind of worried about changes when I return from mat. leave as she was head of organisation (not my immediate boss).

Evansmum - Thats awful and so young! My Mum and Dad are almost that age. Very scary.
I wish I had that much respect for my boss!

Gosh, I'm sorry Evansmum I think it's natural for you to worry about what the chanmges will be when you return to work, especially now you have a DS to think provide for, too.

Sorry, am a pI$$ poor typist !

Sorry evansmum, i can see why your upset after 5 days its the way it works, it must be strange for you knowing you won't see her again. I wouldn't worry about returning hopefully anyone that replaces her, will realise there standing in the shoes of a great women and tread carefully

Evansmum, really sorry - I think she is a great loss to us all, she was such a good campaigner. Losing someone good and admirable at work is always horrid, I know how you feel. I also understand about big changes happening to your workplace when you are on Maternity Leave - but think how lucky you are to have had the privilege of working for someone so inspirational...take care.

Thanks everyone. Marina, did you know her? Was trying to be discreet in case colleagues or her family use MN!

Not personally, Evansmum, but I used to work for a similar organisation to her previous one IYSWIM. So by repute, and through shared objectives, really. I can see why you wanted to be discreet but wanted you to know that your sense of loss is shared - it was years ago and I was still terribly sad to see the news.

Thanks, you are so lovely it's got me all choked up (in a good way).

So awful for you Evansmum. You must feel down, especially feeling 'out of it' with being a way; it's only natural to worry about changes too - don't feel bad about that as well.

It's a horrible feeling, isn't it, Evansmum? You may have seen on MN that my BIL died suddenly last Sat, too. But it's ok to grieve and to be worried about the future. In some ways, that's a sign of respect for the job she did, I think. Btw, are you talking about Sheila McKechnie? If so, I've always thought she was very charismatic, and a force for good in this (sometimes) bad world.

thought you might be talking about her, read the obit in The Guardian on Monday. very sad.

Suedonim so sorry to hear about your BIL, that's awful. Answer to your question is yes, was ineffectual attempt on my part not to be too specific just in case upset anyone close to her.

Oops, sorry, Evansmum. I just assumed that it was in the public domain as I saw her obit in our daily paper.

Yes, didn't mean to offend you! Maybe being over-cautious but just worried that if a relative, for instance, used this site they might be offended by me posting on this issue.

PS but hard to talk about how amazing she was without giving her name away... great nickname BTW suedonim

Presume you're talking about SM? Was going to start a thread on this because I was genuinely upset at her death. Thought she was a fantastic woman, really inspiring, good strong socialist. Sorry to hear about this Evansmum.