Out of the Blue

An opportunity to ride the waves of a mother and daughter’s journey through the heart – with cancer, grief, healing, and the greatest love, grace and presence possible.

This blog weaves together Elizabeth Blue’s poetry and memoir written during her 22 years, and Lucia Maya’s email journal and memoir of her daughter’s last year, her time of living and dying in a state of grace.  Though heartbreakingly sad, it has been breathtakingly beautiful. I hope you’ll join me. This is dedicated to Elizabeth Blue, so that the world may experience her essence and her gifts. She was born January 12, 1990 and left us September 23, 2012.

Elizabeth Blue and Lucia Maya

Elizabeth Blue and Lucia Maya ~ April, 2012

It will be easiest to follow if you begin at the beginning, and follow along chronologically.

Recent Posts

New Awareness

A new awareness as i sit at the airport waiting for my flight to visit my daughter Julianna in New York: for years I asked the divine over and over how I could serve to the greatest degree possible, and this is what I’ve been given. Framing it in this way, that Elizabeth’s death can push me into greater service to others and to the divine, helps me and keeps me moving forward and inspired, feeling more grateful and hopeful. It’s helping me to shift back into a place of trust that all is unfolding as it is meant to.

I don’t know yet what this might look like in the future, but for now I’ll continue doing what I know to do each day, being with family, working with clients and writing as I can…

  1. “Your joy is sorrow unmasked…” 5 Replies
  2. The End of our “Ordinary” Life – early July, 2012 emails 12 Replies
  3. Two Moments – by Elizabeth Blue 12 Replies
  4. June, 2012 – A New Challenge Met with Grace and Courage 12 Replies
  5. All that we love… 20 Replies
  6. My Wish For You Leave a reply
  7. The Mother and the Wise Woman 2 Replies
  8. Elizabeth Blue’s 23rd Birthday 3 Replies
  9. Elizabeth’s reflections: Carlo Rossi and Chemo 2 Replies
  10. Lucia’s emails about Elizabeth – Jan and Feb, 2012 Leave a reply
  11. Memorial Service and Celebration of Life for Elizabeth Blue Leave a reply
  12. A Letter to My Daughter – by Elizabeth Blue 4 Replies
  13. Elizabeth’s musings ~ November, 2011 2 Replies
  14. The Ranges of Grief 14 Replies
  15. Reflections on the early days of Elizabeth’s cancer diagnosis Leave a reply
  16. Eulogy by Elizabeth’s best friend: Samantha Salazar 10 Replies
  17. Obama Poem ~ in the Huffington Post! Leave a reply
  18. Welcome to the Arizona Cancer Center Leave a reply
  19. My emails the first week of Elizabeth’s last year: November, 2011 2 Replies