When first meeting her she presented as friendly, likeable and very easy to get along with.
However, all who knew her well, knew she was a much more complex and extraordinary person who loved life, who embraced everything she did with passion and enthusiasm, who treasured friends and family and who didn’t know the meaning of giving up. Yet she was equally capable of quiet reflection, enjoyed good books, good intimate conversation, good food and good people.
I find it hard to find anything about her that wasn’t loving and compassionate except that she left us far too soon but in fairness, this wasn’t her choice and she didn’t surrender to it without a fight.
I consider myself blessed to have been part of her life, to have known her for all of her fifty years and if I could have gifted her the remainder of my life, I would have done so without hesitation.
The day Caroline left us, a light went out.
