#tiptoechick

I just found out that Tiptoe Chick (Dolores Chapman) has passed away. I am devastated. I followed her for years, first on YouTube then Facebook when she stopped making videos. I’m not sure how many witches here on tumblr followed her but I just wanted you all to know.

R.I.P the original Witch on YouTube 💜

Rest in peace, may you move on gracefully to the next life. Tip Toe Chick really helped me see that this spirituality wasn’t something I was going to ‘grow out of’ someday. She inspired me to imagine raising children in this spirituality someday. She was the first pagan YouTuber I found, all those years ago. I’m saddened by this news.

Last night, I made lemon cakes for dessert (recipe courtesy of Feast of Fiction), not only to celebrate the holiday of Imbolc, but to honor a bubbly, bright sister witch who I recently learned is sadly no longer with us. Dolores "Dee" Chapman, known to many in the online witchy/Pagan community by her YouTube user name of Tip Toe Chick, died at the age of 38 in a car accident on October 28th, 2018. Article about the accident: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-angeles-woman-killed-in-quilcene-wreck-on-u-s-highway-101/ She was an absolutely delightful soul. Her Hers was one of the first witchy YouTube channels I began watching regularly, and the videos that radiated love and light gave me the courage in 2016 to admit to myself and my family that I was Pagan and to begin practicing openly, or to "come out of the broom closet", as we say. In her video discussing the element of fire, its symbols, and how to incorporate it into life, Tip Toe used a metaphor of either wolfing down a favorite treat so fast you couldn't recall the experience a few moments later or to take your time eating it, using all your senses, and thus REALLY consuming it. So the lemon cake pictured below was eaten slowly for you, Dee. You will be greatly missed. It was an honor to be a fellow witchy YouTuber, or "Tubie", as you used to call us. Blessed be, sister, and may you rest well and return when the Lady wills. TipToeChick's video, "'Tuning In' with the Element of Fire": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eew9Z6abes Lemon cakes recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTqM8WVYFs&t=97s (And no, despite the tie-in, I don't watch "Game of Thrones") #FeedingCreatively #LemonCakes #FeastOfFiction #Imbolc2019 #TipToeChick #RememberingTipToeChick #WitchesOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZumZsnL5H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u2x7ca642ty6

I made a very short memorial video for Tiptoe Chick. I didn’t want to do anything rehearsed or dramatic & I wanted to give myself time to grieve privately. I couldn’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, except this short bit. Tiptoe Chick, or ‘D’, you will be missed!!!

Tipteochick is one of the first YouTube channels I found 10+ years ago. She inspire me much in my life and I found her as a kindred spirit. She will be missed.