Petra
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 12:00 am
I'm so sorry to have to bring you this bad news... but the board has lost someone very precious to those of us fortunate enough to be on the message board during the years she served as a moderator here. Our dear Petra passed on to the next realm on November 8th.
Petra made everything funny. She just had a way with spinning a yarn...a natural born storyteller, she was. It was her gift. She could lighten a mood with one simple paragraph... But she was so much more than her hilarious stories surrounding her life experiences. She was a loving wife and mother to three beautiful children, now all grown with lives of their own. And cook...OMG, while I was fixing sandwiches for lunch, she was treating her family to gourmet dishes whose names I couldn't pronounce. The photos always looked delicious. Pet could draw too. She did a pencil sketch of Princess Diana, whom she met years ago when her first child was a baby. There's a story with that, too, but I won't go into it here.
Funny, all this love in my heart, and yet, I never met her in person. People who think internet friendships are less meaningful than face-to-face friendships couldn't be more wrong... Petra helped me through some tricky times, befriending me and allowing me to enjoy her family...with photos and drawings when I was estranged from my own. There were so many great memories.
My heart goes out to her husband, Phil, their children, Thalia, Mathilda, Manny, sister Sue, and her other siblings.
I'm thinking the Mansion Worlds will never be the same. Without a doubt, Pet will live her Morontia existence to the fullest.
Rest well, and be at peace, dear friend. You've left a special mark on all of us. We will see you again. You are loved beyond measure!
xxSandy
Petra made everything funny. She just had a way with spinning a yarn...a natural born storyteller, she was. It was her gift. She could lighten a mood with one simple paragraph... But she was so much more than her hilarious stories surrounding her life experiences. She was a loving wife and mother to three beautiful children, now all grown with lives of their own. And cook...OMG, while I was fixing sandwiches for lunch, she was treating her family to gourmet dishes whose names I couldn't pronounce. The photos always looked delicious. Pet could draw too. She did a pencil sketch of Princess Diana, whom she met years ago when her first child was a baby. There's a story with that, too, but I won't go into it here.
Funny, all this love in my heart, and yet, I never met her in person. People who think internet friendships are less meaningful than face-to-face friendships couldn't be more wrong... Petra helped me through some tricky times, befriending me and allowing me to enjoy her family...with photos and drawings when I was estranged from my own. There were so many great memories.
My heart goes out to her husband, Phil, their children, Thalia, Mathilda, Manny, sister Sue, and her other siblings.
I'm thinking the Mansion Worlds will never be the same. Without a doubt, Pet will live her Morontia existence to the fullest.
Rest well, and be at peace, dear friend. You've left a special mark on all of us. We will see you again. You are loved beyond measure!
xxSandy