January122012

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(via Remembering Esme Barrera)

“If you’re reading this, didn’t know this woman and you’re saying to yourself, ‘big deal, I know someone just like that,’ tell them. Today. We can’t bring Esme back, but any moment going forward not spent trying to match the very high bar she set … is time wasted.” — Gerard Cosloy, in a blog post at Cantstopthebleeding.com

The weird truth is you really don’t know whose lives you change at any moment, or how you change them. What might seem a small gesture to you might be huge for the person who receives it, positive or negative. Barrera was a lot of different things to a lot of different people, all of them positive. She is going to remain a vibrant presence in a lot of people’s lives.

“She was the best kind of person to have in Austin,” Chovan said. “She was hip and smart, but genuinely good.

“It wasn’t about pretense.”

Tags: /esme barrera /el paso /austin /momento mori

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