I knew Brenda as her transplant coordinator.  It is a very intense relationship when you are working to get a patient and family prepared for such a huge medical procedure.  What struck me about her was how amazingly positive she was. She was already a full cult member of TNT and had a HUGE entourage and support system.  Believe me; I am saying this with great affection and humor.  It was a tremendous amount of work to try to manage the confines of her treatment with her tremendous social calendar, much of her calendar involving TNT.  TNT gave Brenda a focus and a support system when she needed it most. It gave her an outlet to encourage and inspire people and to heal.  With all of that however the thing that was the most overwhelming thing to me about Brenda was not about how she lived her life but how she accepted and handled her death. I have never seen someone so young and so full of life handle an imminent death with such amazing light, humor, grace and true acceptance.