A Great Woman

I only met Natasha about two years before her accident. She worked in the local video store, and her smile was huge, nearly as big as her personality. Quickly we passed from client/customer to friends. She was always laughing, and forever kind. I had a 2 year old daughter, who she doted upon whenever we visited Mt. Juliet. She took our photos and placed them on the "special guests" wall - we still get a 10% discount! True to mischievous form, she arranged for MASSIVE bowls of chips for us whenever we visited. We talked about work - mine, and how busy I was, hers and how proud and delighted she was to be taken on the managerial training course. We talked about holidays - and how she much preferred to rent an apartment to a hotel room. We talked about her friends, and her plans. And all the time she looked out for Leila (my daughter) - giving her balloons, sliced oranges, toys, books and anything else she could find. And my coffee was always large. She tried out concoctions on me after her milkshake training (yeugh!), keeping back the fact that they were nearly 2,000 kcal each until after my second one (the first was too sweet)! We miss her everytime we visit Mt. Juliet, and every now and then I think "I haven't seen Natasha in ages!", before I realise why. What a special woman she was, and how we miss her from Thomastown. x