I didn’t know her but she left her mark. A complete free spirit, an aura so big it drew you in. She was herself, knowing exactly who she was and she lived her life the April way, both quietly but with a glowing energy that surrounded her. She was the only person in the room, magnetic, all eyes fixated her. She was stunning, from the inside out, making you wonder how she became so complete.
On reading the news yesterday of such a freak accident, it seemed unnaturally wrong that she was taken that way. So adventurous, with monumental goals and challenges that she met head on. She’d travelled, casting a light on the world, doing more in her 35 years than all of us, shaming us for not doing more, wasting time, time that she didn’t know was running out.
She was uninhibited, challenging the norms, unaffected by what others thought as she knew herself so well. If there were insecurities, she explored them, then sought to understand and resolve them to make herself a better. To grow.
I am inspired by her and am going to take some of her adventurous and fearless spirit into my own life.
Thankyou April xx
1 April - 708 coronavirus cases in New Zealand, 47 new cases, 2 in intensive care
