Sadly last week my beautiful and amazing friend Lindsay Tripp passed away suddenly at her home in East London. She had Cystic Fibrosis but had been very well of late so came as quite a shock to hear the news.
She was one of my closest buddies and simply an amazing friend. Our lives in the last few years moved from seeing each other all the time in London, I have got married and lived down by the sea, have had a little baby Fin (who Lindsay made giggle in only the way she can), and she in turn settled with Tom her boyfriend, making such tracks in her amazing career as a regeneration consultant for Renaisi in Hackney, but we always would get in touch on the phone or email or meet up when it somehow seemed we needed to. Sixth sense or something but eerily comfortable and easy to just pick up where we left off. She had that knack and I remember even on first meeting her in 2000 I knew instantly we were going to be firm friends. Ben my brother invited her round when we first moved to Kilburn, she floated in with her ease and kindness and an instant little giggle assured me she was a pure cracker. We continued to giggle our way to being great friends with the same ease.
During her trip to Brazil at the start of 2003 she kindly loaned me her room in her Kentish Town flat whilst I was between places and was in fact around this time I met my now husband. It was the magic of her and her vibes around me (or so she said ), and we giggled even then over email about how I had met the man for me (our first date was 26th March by coincidence!). I know she too was in that place just recently and loved her flat, job and Tom.
I feel privileged to have shared some ‘Lindsay’ time and to have learned and grown with her through our 20’s in London. I can honestly say she has been a true inspiration to me even before her passing and now just has catapulted me to be as courageous, empowering, strong and in the moment as she always lived her life - A pure bundle of joy and energy that I will keep in my heart and mind always. I loved her very much.
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I met lindsay in 2003 not long before she went to Brazil..I met her through a friend when she came to Manchester and straight away I thought she was awesome...just before I met her I always thought about going travelling on my own..but never had the gutts to do it....anyways we hung out a little and she went travelling and stuff happened while she was over there but that's buy the by...I never managed to see her when she got back but spoke a couple of times..not so long ago I was talking to a colleague about my travels and was asked how i could go to Australia on my own..not really knowing anyone..and I responded and told them I had an old friend who said of she travel..I could and so I did. today I had some time and so I tried to do a.bit of research to see how lindsay was doing and have now found out. I am genuinely gutted and pretty lost for words...but I am also extremely glad I got to meet lindsay..I remember her dirty sid James laugh always put a smile on my face...ready her blog it seems that she had some amazing freinds. It seems I am 6 years to late but I...I actually don't know what to say...I am sorry for yours, her friends and family loss..she was amazing..I hope.writing this is.to.weird but.I.really wanted to write something.. .I will always remember her...night lindsay... X
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