Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Flora
So many people are crossing our lives. Few of them leave a mark. You can never know who they’ll be.
Flora and I shared an office for three months. Now, I am not the kind of person who easily opens up to people I’ve just met. But after a couple of weeks, Flora’s presence seemed like the most natural thing. It was as if she was always there.
It was quite a rough time for me at work. At least it was “supposed to be”. But thanks to Flora, I don’t remember it as such. It was actually fun going to work during that time. We had the strangest talks and the greatest laughs. We had a personal sign language and jokes no one else around understood. We even talked about writing a blog together (unfortunately, it was my fault we eventually didn’t). And all of it happened in the short time we worked together. I can safely say she helped me survive these three months at work.
Flora was the kind of person few people could stay indifferent to. She was smart, funny, and fun to talk to. She left her job at about the same time I did. Our parting just blended into many other goodbyes. I hoped we would stay in touch, but with my new job and her trip abroad, we didn’t manage to.
A couple of weeks ago, she died in a car accident.
I knew Flora for only three months. We merely shared an office. But the greatest thing about Flora was that this didn’t prevent her from reaching, connecting, and making others want to do the same.
I will miss her. I already do.
on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 at 5:33 am:
Lidor,
Thanks for writing this. It really is amazing how someone can enter your life briefly and leave such a profound impact before tragically vanishing.
I’m glad I got to meet the people she touched, the ones with whom she spent the majority of her waking hours…
Feel free to check out the blog entry I wrote for Flora and I’m mentally composing another one… Her friend, Guila, who joined us last night from Paris put together a great photo album and guest book: floragolding.com
I hope we can stay in touch… B’sorot Tovot,
Efrat