East Nashville - we even have the best angels.
Posted By Dana Delworth on February 20, 2009
This is Bubbles LaRue.
She hasn’t been Bubbles for a while; I think she much prefers entertaining her children.
She is, by her given name, known as Melissa Duke Mooney. She is one of the most impressive multi-taskers I have ever met in my life. She has Dorothy Parker’s wit, a cheerleader’s enthusiasm, and the above picture says it all about her looks, but if you’re not sure from this one picture, I can find you about a thousand more of her, bespectacled and wrapped in the arms of her friends and her husband and daughters, that will remove any doubt of her beauty.
East Nashville, Los Angeles, Louisiana… well, the world lost her this week. With no warning. The universe found her, I’m sure. Found her to be fetching, fascinating, kind, and welcome.
One of the best things that I’ve enjoyed about working from my home is that when I had down time, I could be involved with my children instead of sitting in an office waiting for the next phone call. Melissa gave me an amazing template for how to juggle these worlds with grace and humor and for that, I am so grateful. Her family is amazing and her friends are delicious. She’s the closest thing to a Community Organizer that I’ve ever met.
The way that our neck of the woods is handling this is the reason I adore the east side. A lot of my colleagues have been so kind this week about understanding this loss to our community, and I’m thankful to them, and to have known this woman.
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