Fight like a GiGi

03/02/2026

Fight Like A GiGi Story

Have you ever hugged someone who felt like both the safest place you’ve ever been and the most encouraging person you’ve ever known?
The kind of person who believed in you so completely that you started believing it too?

That was our mom, Tammy — our GiGi.

She lived by a simple idea: bloom where you’re planted.
Wherever you are, whatever season of life you’re in, you have the ability to make a difference just by showing up, being kind, and choosing to care.

She loved competition, but she loved people more.
As a coach, teacher, parent, and friend, she didn’t just teach skills — she taught hearts. Kids adored her not because she let things slide, but because when she corrected you, she stayed beside you until you succeeded. She believed that training character first would always take you farther than training ability alone.

She poured that energy into everything: her students, athletes, her children and grandchildren, her flowers, and her animals. Growth — in every form — mattered deeply to her.

After being diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia, she carried that same spirit into treatment. She encouraged others in waiting rooms, lifted nurses on hard days, and kept planting kindness wherever she found herself. Even then, she was still helping people bloom.

We lost her in December 2024.
What she left behind was both an enormous absence and an even larger legacy.

Fight Like A GiGi was created so her way of loving people doesn’t end with us.

Through this nonprofit, we support young female athletes, young mothers, and individuals who just need a steady hand forward — the exact people she naturally gravitated toward helping. We provide scholarships, assist with opportunities, fund events, and quietly help individuals and programs that reflect her values: effort, kindness, perseverance, and heart first.

This organization is our way of continuing what she did every day without ever asking for recognition.

If you choose to give — whether once or regularly — you’re not just donating.
You’re helping someone keep going at the moment they’re ready to quit.
You’re helping someone believe in themselves a little sooner.

You’re helping her keep planting seeds.

Thank you for reading, for remembering, and for being part of carrying her forward.

From our family — thank you for helping the world feel a little more like it did when she was in it.

— Fight Like A GiGi Staff

President-Krystal Johnson
Mother of 4 boys, small business owner, Bachelor’s of Science, Physical Education K-12, ACE Certified Personal Trainer

Vice President-Henry Lynn
Father of 2, Entrepreneur, Educator, Bachelors of Education Mild to Moderate special education K-12
(Exceptional Generalist K-12), Assistant Football Coach and Head Track Coach.

Secretary-Cassey Lynn
Mother of 2, Coordinator of Marking for a Physical Therapy Clinic, Event Coordinator, Bachelors of Science with focus in Exercise Science.

Treasurer-Ike Lynn
Animal enthusiast, Small Business owner, Ditch Rider/Data Analyst/GIS Analyst for the water Dist., Associates in Business and Marketing, Associates in Equine Business Management

07/25/2025

Tomorrows the day:

Well it has arrived. The day that simultaneously terrifies and elates me. The day that we are able to fully enjoy the life and soul of my mom, while also ushering out the season of mourning. We are so blessed by everyone that joined us on this journey. It has been inspiring to say the least that mom’s life had bumped into such a shocking number of others.

The reality of grief is that there is no set timeline. There is no set goals or expectations of how to move through it. Some start out strong and process the crap out of everything and then the reality of the little blips that pop into the mundane that rock them to their core. Others stay busy and refuse to process past what they need to survive and then they inevitably hit the wall and where there is no more movement without processing. Neither are wrong or right.

Life has a way of showing you what you need when you need it if you know how to pay attention. All this to say, there is no expectations for tomorrow past being kind and attempting understanding. There will be blubberers and stone facers, blabbers and reverence seekers. All are welcome if they lead with kindness and understanding. There is no one right way to mourn a loved one. As we have shared her in life we share her in death. She is loved by so many of the living that it would be selfish for us not to.

We are so honored that you all have been such lights and encouragement through out our processes. There will be need for support still and on into the future as the un marked waves of grief and pain and sadness resurface from time to time.

In light of how mom lived her life we invite you to come tomorrow and be casual and colorful. There will be snacks, coffee, water, lemonade and tea. Feel free to arrive anywhere between 11-11:45 to mingle and snack and share stories, around 12 we will start our service, and feel free to stay around after the service enjoying fellowship until 2.

As always remember to bloom where you’re planted. 🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🪷

07/16/2025

Hey family and friend, if you are planning to come to Riverton, Wy for Mom’s celebration of life, please book your room asap. The special rate will end on 7/16/25.

From Hampton Inn:
As of right now, 3 rooms out of the 10 blocked rooms have been picked up with the discounted rate.

The cutoff date for those is currently 7/16/25 at 11:59 PM, and after that date the rooms will be released back into the system and will be back to full price rate.

To book, please call the hotel and let them know it is for Tammy’s Celebration of Life or simply book with the link shared in previous post regarding loading accommodations.

Thank you!

07/09/2025

Been trying to keep this at the forefront of my mind as we approach moms celebration of life.

…and that it still does

07/07/2025

07/06/2025

For everyone asking more details about venue and address it is listed here and I’ve pinned it to the top of the page for easy access:)

Hello Everyone, we have a date for Moms Celebration of Life. On the Tuesday following the celebration she will be honored at the Pro Rodeo in Riverton so everyone is welcome to attend that as well. We are working on a list of Accommodations so if you will need some let me know so I can you info.
We appreciate all of the support you all have shown our family in this time of Loss.

07/03/2025

Don’t rush this chapter. 🌷

07/02/2025

“Hey family and friends, please see the info regarding booking instructions with the Riverton, WY Hampton Inn:

We have created a direct booking link for you so your guests can book online at a discounted rate. You can find this link below. 👇🏼

https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/tammyscelebrationofliferivertonwy/

~Guests can also call the hotel to book directly at 307-856-3500; they just need to let the front desk know they are traveling with Tammy's Celebration of Life.

The cut off date for this block is 1 week prior to arrival- 7/16/25. All remaining rooms will be released back into the system at midnight that day.

If you have any question or concerns, please reach out.

- Cassey🥰

07/01/2025

June 30,

Here in the last few years mom and I got really close. Weather it was groceries and a coffee run, or church things or dog things or horse thing, or sneaking down to the lake to sit by the water and read. There was always her and I.

She was the first one I wanted to tell about my day, the first one to hear my woes, the first to hear my triumphs, the first to congratulate me and tell me she knew I could do something. She knew exactly how to encourage me to keep going when I had all but given up. Adventure buddy, silent sitting companion, there was nothing uncomfortable about her and I and that’s the hole I feel most. We had an understanding.

A fellow logophile herself we could talk for hours and hours about words. My corporeal mind spins dangerously close to loosing control, but my soul feels her everywhere I am. From her uniquely beautiful laugh, to her smile, to her hugs that felt like warmth seeping into you being poured out from a steaming kettle, or that she always smelled like a different essential oil, or how she smelled like sunscreen and grass 90% of the summer.

There will never be another human being ever like her on earth again. Which in a way is a wonderful thing. A once in a life time opportunity. A 1 in a 8,092,034,511 chance that you got meet her.

What a lucky lucky crew we are. 🌹🌸🪻🌺🪷🌼🌷