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People come into your life at a specific time for a specific reason - I've always believed that, no matter how hippy-ish and at odds with the rest of my general persona it may seem.
My first memory of Aveline was (funnily enough) being introduced to her by Jabbi (another melbourne scene person who has since passed away) sitting upstairs at L&D's, torturing Chrissy Sissy. In one night she turned my life pretty much around, offering me a place to live, an apprenticeship and her hand in friendship.
I lived with and learned from her for almost two years, until she decided to move to Canberra to pursue further education as a political aide.. and unfortunately pretty much lost contact with her from that point on. However, still a huge part of my identity now comes from those years I spent with her. My B&D career, my sexual identity and comfort within it and so much more is attributable to the time she took to mentor and befriend a 17/18/19 year old..
Every person she met she touched and for that I'm profoundly grateful. It doesn't make it ache less now, but hopefully it will in time.
My first memory of Aveline was (funnily enough) being introduced to her by Jabbi (another melbourne scene person who has since passed away) sitting upstairs at L&D's, torturing Chrissy Sissy. In one night she turned my life pretty much around, offering me a place to live, an apprenticeship and her hand in friendship.
I lived with and learned from her for almost two years, until she decided to move to Canberra to pursue further education as a political aide.. and unfortunately pretty much lost contact with her from that point on. However, still a huge part of my identity now comes from those years I spent with her. My B&D career, my sexual identity and comfort within it and so much more is attributable to the time she took to mentor and befriend a 17/18/19 year old..
Every person she met she touched and for that I'm profoundly grateful. It doesn't make it ache less now, but hopefully it will in time.