You remember Princess Diana

We'll always remember In 1997, my husband became ill. His doctor suspected Lupus, MS or even Cancer. On August 31, 1997, my husband was in the Emergency Room at University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ. At that time he was diagnosed with Dermatomyositis. It was in the waiting room that I heard the tragic news on TV of Princess Diana and went in to tell my husband. He was hospitalized for about a week after that and treatments were started with various medications. He was treated for about three years with numerous medications and, as a result, he had liver damage. He is now on a wait list for a liver transplant at the Mayo Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. We will always remember the day of August 31, 1997 when my husband's life was completely changed, and we will always remember that tragic day as the day we lost Princess Diana. Also, my daughter was born on September 1982, and William was born on June 1982. Princess Diana and I shared our pregnancies around the same time. I felt a closeness to her during that time. Princess Diana was always such an inspiration to many people, and I know she made a difference in our lives. --Angie Guzman, Kearny, AZ (submitted on July 20, 2007)

Time stopped briefly I was with my mother and we were watching MSNBC when the news broke. The first story was that she was injured. When we learned of Diana's death, it was as if time stopped briefly. It was definitely the end of an era. I was entering my teens when Diana became engaged and I found her to be an interesting figure head. Of course, I didn't want to walk in her shoes...so to speak. It was refreshing to see that even a person of her calibre was open about her life and that she was not a character of a fairy tale. She was a human being who shared the same feelings and emotions as the rest of the world. --Anonymous , Columbus, OH (submitted on July 19, 2007)

A supreme grace My Dad had many pictures of Princess Diana that he cut out from some magazine or other but there was always one picture that for some reason is the image that always comes to mind when I think of her. I'm not sure where exactly the picture was taken, but Princess Diana was seated in a room full of people during some obviously important occasion, dressed in a beautiful baby blue off-the-shoulder dress with white lace gloves. She had her hands folded neatly in her lap and her head was resting softly on her shoulder, she was fast asleep. I remember thinking then, "She even sleeps like a princess!". Princess Diana was a wonderful role model and I feel very fortunate to have had her in my generation. Many girls in my school, myself included, would rather have been Princess Di than any fairy tale princess you could name. It wasn't her perfect life that we admired, for even as children I think we understood that she had just as many problems if not more than the rest of us. It was her supreme grace, kindness and her steadiness through all the storms she weathered that really made an impression on us. I only hope my daughter is lucky enough to have a role model like her to look up to in her generation. I hope the world does not forget Princess Diana, I know that my family never will. --Destiny Wilcox, Durango, CO (submitted on July 19, 2007)

She was loved by many I was at home when I heard about Princess Diana's death in the news. I was so shocked. She was a beautiful and remarkable woman. The work she left behind is a legacy in itself. A woman trying to maintain her life through her struggles of a failed marriage with Prince Charles. Knowing of his unfaithfullness and still helping the sick and working with the mines takes alot of courage. She was loved by many. Many felt sympathy for her struggles and others acknowledged her charity work. Many around the world just loved her beauty. There will never be anyone in this world to replace Princess Diana. Princess Diana was a woman who seeked love and at the same time distributed her love to others less fortunate. Her work was from her heart. She was taken from us at a time that the world needed people like her. She will always be loved and missed. That is no surprise. --Gladys Cruz, Lakeland, FL (submitted on July 19, 2007)

We placed flowers at her palace I was a Canadian in Britain at the time. We heard about what had happened VERY early in the morning and decided to head down to Kensington. A neighbour, as we left our house in the morning, was stricken to hear the news from us. A man passed us on the street, not knowing our nationality, but in a moment of - I hate to say it - racism, sneered at us and said "I see YOUR princess has died." We were early arrivals to the seen. People were crying on the streets, flowers being sold and bought everywhere. We were there SO early, people were still able to place flowers ON the gates themselves. --Jamie Milner, Brantford (submitted on July 19, 2007)

Like a member of the family had passed I remember I was asleep on the couch and my son came in and said "Wake up mom, Princess Diana was killed." I immediately sat up and watched with horror at the images of the car, the tunnel and felt terribly sad. It felt like a member of my family had passed. I immediately thought of her children and of her. So unhappy for so long and finally looked well and content. My heart was saddened. I woke up early in the morning 4 or 5 am to watch the funeral and the procession through the streets of England. I watched for glimpses of her children to see how they were holding up. I never grow tired of looking at images of Princess Diana, she was beautiful, she was a loving mother and a person that all women could relate to, she had real problems like all of us. --Debbie LaBonte, Laurel, MD (submitted on July 19, 2007)

Daughter named after Diana We named our daughter, born in 1982 about 11 days later than Prince William, after Princess Diana (Diana Colleen). I remember that my daughter was at a sleepover the night of the accident and she heard the terrible news at her friend's house. My husband and I initially heard that there had been an accident and that Princess Diana had some leg injuries. In the morning, my husband told me first thing that Diana didn't make it. I was in shock. A lot of family and school friends of our daugher called her Lady Di as she was growing up, but after the tragic accident, she wanted no parts of that nick name. We were all very much in mourning and followed your coverage of the funeral intensely. A few years later when my Daughter and I went to England with her Seton Keough High School English Department trip, we visited the tribute to Diana and Dodi in the lower level of Harrod's Department Store. I still display a plate on my hutch that I bought from a street vendor in London that has her picture wearing a tiara, inscribed with the dates of her birth and death at the bottom, and "Diana, The People's Princess" on the top. Although losing their mother must have been a terrible blow to William and Harry, they appear to have matured very well. I wish them all the best in life, and hope they can keep their mother's memory alive in their good deeds. --Kathy Moore, Ellicott City, MD (submitted on July 19, 2007)

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