Angel Board Member
Linda is the mother of Phoenix, a beautiful and sparkly
little boy who died of bacterial meningitis on July 7, 2005 at the age
of 7 months and 4 days. In the three years since he went to be with
God, she and her husband Mike have also been blessed with another son,
named Gabriel after the angel. Linda is the senior health editor at
mnsbc.com, where she often writes about grief and loss under her
maiden/professional name Linda Dahlstrom. Prior to that, she spent her
career in newspapers and was nominated for a Pulitzer for her series
"Dori and me," about a young woman born who was born HIV positive and
died at the age of 20. She lives in Seattle, Wash.,
where she is also doula.