From Chris White

So many thoughts go through my mind when thinking about Estelle. Such a tragic halt to what was an incredible person and her journey. In reading her e-mails over the last year it seemed as though it was all coming together for her. I was proud to have her as a friend.

• The first e-mail on my birthday every year (perhaps b/c we shared the same b/day, but still great to receive)
• Annual CD’s from the EMC, even though she claimed how out of the loop she was re: kiwi music, seen as how hard it was to keep up with it all!
• Her love of Arial font
• Reminding me to avoid the media doom & gloom during the GFC
• The 19 yr. old who took a greyhound bus from LA to Dallas
• Working at Cantina Laredo, valeting at the Blarney Stone, temping for Ntelicor. Through all of it she started life lasting friendships and touched everyone with her personality
• Her love of ‘motivational successories’
• Her visits through Dallas, and reminding me that the South island was the ‘bestest place’ in the world
• Never understanding why she loved the state fair of Texas
• Sharing stories about her ‘builder boy’ and how she’d landed a good one
• An innate ability to laugh at herself, and her ridiculously funny stories
• Her outlook on life and the smile that came with it

The glass was always half full with Smelly.

Chris