Here are some pics from the Saturday Night Wake:

It was amazing the great mix of people who showed up to honor her.


Love for Vera.


Arakiel and Stephanie.

"Dear God, please get me out of this sweltering sauna!"
Dave shares some love.

Vortex doing something weird to the scenery. I think he liked her dress.

Steve, Mel, and Teresa


A batch of our homegrowns...

Old-School Dawnites from another space-time dimension.

A jawline AND a sense of humor... Alan's got it all..

BJ and me in fear of something I don't remember!

Wendy joins the leatherites.

Bhudda does a booty dance...

Valis and Brandon love on Steph...

I told you she was popular...

I can't decide if Beau's smiling, or mourning the loss of that ear.

Bit and Tony... I wish you guys were back in huntspatch...

Not sure those bags can get any bigger under those eyes...

One last batch of smiles to end a hard day... Thanks guys.

There isn't really a way I could balance my attempt to mourn and entertain here. I mainly just shoved some of these words together and hoped that the pictures would speak for themselves. I'm so glad everyone could make it, and I'm sure that Dawn couldn't have asked for a better send-off, even if she would have had it elsewhere. I'm can't quite describe how uplifting the emotional support from everyone was, but I'm sure you can get a glimpse of it here. Good people knew Dawn... and good people remember her.