Lact-Aid's Jimmie Lynne Avery passed away in 2009 ... how did I miss this?

[starling&diesel]

How did I miss this?

I remember talking to her on the the phone several times when I was struggling to nurse my daughter and had ordered the Lact-Aid system.  She was such an amazing advocate for at-the-breast supplementing. 

She's left an incredible legacy to nursing mamas.  The Lact-Aid (that her husband invented so that she could nurse she adopted children back in the 70's) is an incredible gift to all of us who've had to supplement at the breast for whatever reason.

A very belated but heartfelt memorial to her ... Thank you, Jimmie.  Thank you so very much.

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From the website:

N LOVING MEMORY OF:

Jimmie Lynne Avery       November 21, 1943  -  October 26, 2009


Jimmie Lynne Avery, age 65, of Athens, TN, died Monday, October 26, 2009 at her home, surrounded by family and loved ones. Succumbing to a life long lung birth defect and resulting lung disease of which most of her Lact-Aid mothers and babies never knew she had. She was still helping and counseling mothers four days before her death. Jimmie Lynne helped countless thousands of mothers and babies with a sweet touch that only she had. For nearly forty years Jimmie Lynne would not let any one else at Lact-Aid answer the phone or take orders. She would say that was the most fun job there was “ talking with and helping mothers and babies”. In her spare time, Jimmie was a prolific and published writer, preferring to write poetry to capture the love she felt for her husband and her family.  

Jimmie Lynne and Lact-Aid were one in the same. It was her desire, vision, and unrelenting belief that the safety and welfare of  
babies is of paramount, that created Lact-Aid International.

All of us at Lact-Aid, are dedicated to carry on her visions and beliefs and make sure that Lact-Aid is always available now and into the future.

I would like Jimmie Lynne to be recognized and remembered for her selfless dedication to her Lact-Aid mothers and babies. I was blessed and it was a remarkable journey spending 49 years with Jimmie.  I was also blessed to have a poet for a wife, who wrote and left me so many insights into her love, heart and soul.

It is with this in mind that I would like to share some of her last words and a poem she left for her family and loved ones, for the Lact-Aid mothers and babies were part of her family.

Edited by starling&diesel - 9/3/11 at 2:22pm

[Megan73]

Jimmie Lynne
A heartfelt thanks to you from a Lact-Aid mom...