Mark’s Eulogy
I regret that I am unable to attend this service for Lisa in person, but please know that I am with all of you in spirit as we say goodbye to our friend. I appreciate you listening to these words, which Monique has kindly offered to read in my absence. Lisa and I were friends for many years. I admired her for her independent spirit and for chasing what made her happy. While it seems a bit strange to describe someone who has departed us so tragically in these terms, the first word that comes to mind when I think of Lisa is: happy. She was a ball of boundless energy and enthusiasm for living. I cannot think of a picture of her or a memory of her when she didn't have an enormous smile on her face. And I can't remember a conversation in which she failed to mention a great trip she was taking, how much fun she was having in London, and all the friends she had there. That being the case, it is all the more difficult to reconcile the happy person I knew for fifteen years with the kind of despair and hopelessness that she must have felt at the end of her short life. I truly believe that whatever darkness she may have faced in recent months was an anomaly in an otherwise happy life. And so I will choose to remember Lisa as she lived - funloving and freespirited - not as she died. I am heartbroken for all of us - her friends and family - but most especially for Lisa. She was a ray of sunshine in my life, and I will miss her dearly. Mark
I regret that I am unable to attend this service for Lisa in person, but please know that I am with all of you in spirit as we say goodbye to our friend. I appreciate you listening to these words, which Monique has kindly offered to read in my absence. Lisa and I were friends for many years. I admired her for her independent spirit and for chasing what made her happy. While it seems a bit strange to describe someone who has departed us so tragically in these terms, the first word that comes to mind when I think of Lisa is: happy. She was a ball of boundless energy and enthusiasm for living. I cannot think of a picture of her or a memory of her when she didn't have an enormous smile on her face. And I can't remember a conversation in which she failed to mention a great trip she was taking, how much fun she was having in London, and all the friends she had there. That being the case, it is all the more difficult to reconcile the happy person I knew for fifteen years with the kind of despair and hopelessness that she must have felt at the end of her short life. I truly believe that whatever darkness she may have faced in recent months was an anomaly in an otherwise happy life. And so I will choose to remember Lisa as she lived - funloving and freespirited - not as she died. I am heartbroken for all of us - her friends and family - but most especially for Lisa. She was a ray of sunshine in my life, and I will miss her dearly. Mark
