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I was not looking forward to the service for a 27 year old girl
- Lucy's farewell. When I arrived I thought this may be a little
different. There were displays of Lucy's life. I learnt she was the
youngest Ski instructor in NZ at the time and topped her year at Law at
University. The service started with Lucy singing a traditional Maori
song then followed a spectacular electronic slide show. Views were of where
Lucy had been and had seen in her life. Brett Iggulden told us of the life
of Lucy who he had known since age 3. She never went to regular school up
to age 10 instead traveling around USA in a Kombi with her parents. She was a
powerful debater and after law school went into acting. Regretfully one
boyfriend died in a ski accident and another drowned in Fiji. Unfortunately she
had experience with young people funerals and had time to think about her
own service. Brett only had boys and Lucy became his "daughter"
as she would often visit Bellingen and Byron Bay over the next 20
years. The service ended with I think four powerful talks by Lucy
looking at us straight in the eye. Messages included how to live our
life to the fullest and how having fatal disease turned her life
around and was something special. It left us all saying Woo - that
was powerful - that was some special girl. She only had praise for
all her doctors.
As her father said she never had the opportunity to organise her wedding -
instead she organised her own very special farewell service. Evidently
the messages were recorded mid 2003 and as Gavin said he was on the video
and all of a sudden he was hearing these special messages from his daughter and
thought this is powerful stuff. Brad Edwards, Brett Iggulden and
Giles Taylor (her Aussie doctor) and myself sat around to the wee small
hours of the morning - well what are we going to do with the rest of our
lives?
I pass this on to gliding people as until the last VHS club video dies in
20 years time we will see Lucy learning to fly or promoting our sport on those
rainy days. Many people from around the world replied back to me and I urge you
to email Gavin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lucy's mum
Ann lives separately but sure it will get passed on. I particularly noticed how
many of those that sent on their kind thoughts also had lost a son or daughter
and would now feel for Gavin.
I now have a regret that I did not chat to Lucy a little more when she was
around as she was a real special girl.
Ian McPhee
Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia Tel +61 (0)2 66 847 642 Mob +61 (0)428 847 642 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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