Theresa 17th April 2021

I remember so many moments with Elizabeth when I lived with Sarah, Simon and the girls. Having little chats in the garden in the morning, in cafes. Talking about art, her travels, what the swinging sixties in London were like. I remember when I visited her, we always got the best parking spots because Elizabeth was amazing to squeeze the car in no matter how small the spot was. I still remember how elegantly and proud she sat in the sun at the outside of a café before we went to a dance show by Mary. I remember her strong voice and way of expressing herself, that at the same time had a really warm note. I remember her enjoying those purple vogue cigarettes and her purple fingernails and a purple jumper and how I thought wow she`s amazing. I remember when I visited her that she gave me a swinging sixties cd to make sure I definitely had a good cd to listen to. And I remember once when I went to norris+knight with her, we were chatting and then she started to associate what Mary, Caoilinn and Aoife might become. And I still remember Elizabeths strong voice saying something like “Mary she will do something with theatre, music or dance. I went to some many of her shows and she is soo good at it.” “Caoilinn is doing photography. She is taking pictures and did some classes and she won something. And I saw those pictures. It`s really her thing.” “Oh Aoife, she has such a strong voice. She will be, mhm maybe a politician, or she will be somewhere where she will definitely raise her voice to fight for fairness and justice for people.” I will miss the chatting with her, her strength, the open-minded energy, the way she just was herself and expressed herself that not many people do in the same way that inspired me and made me enjoy her company so much.