In Loving Dedication · 5:40am Dec 17th, 2018
As some of you may have noticed I've mentioned in my author's notes GreyGuardPony as being a prominent support figure in helping me with this fic over the last two chapters. Unfortunately she won't be helping me any further with the final chapter, because this past December 7th she lost a near sixteen month battle with cancer.
She was very special to me, a fellow author, a friend, and for a short while... something more.
For those of you that follow the Lunaverse I've written a lengthier post over their on those forums. As for here on this blog... I'd known her health was declining these past few weeks, which in part is what spurned me on to put in the effort to try and finally finish this story. Unfortunately she passed away before she could read the draft for the final chapter.
For the rest of you, I don't plan to let this loss stop me from finishing. You all should still fully expect the final update by sometime in January of next year at the absolute latest. I already let down the person I cared about most with my tardiness, the least I can do is try to live right by her memory and soldier on.
Grey, if you're up there still looking down on me in this fleeting dream we call life, I hope I can make you proud.
That's beautiful, Emeral. Thank you. I know she'd be glad to have inspired you.
This is a beautiful sentiment, Emeral, I am sure she is proud.