Thursday, 29 December 2016

“I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra” - Carrie Fisher

What an amazing woman, lost too soon. She was very open and honest about her mental health issues and we need to honour her legacy.

She was the first kiss-ass female hero as a girl growing up in the seventies. She was not perfect, in fact far from it, but she connected with so many people on so many levels.

Having the courage to open up publicly about her drug and alcohol addiction as well as her mental health struggles due to being bi-polar.

She became our champion as she regularly spoke about mental health and how not enough is being done to take care of those who suffer in silence.

Carrie had a service dog, named Gary. He went with her everywhere. As more people are using service dogs, her public appearances with Gary raised awareness of the very important job these wonderful animals do.

As more and more information floods the web, an even brighter light shines on all she accomplished in life.

A True Hero for all females to look up to, flaws and all. She fought demons that many people would never understand. Yet she rose as a phoenix from the ashes and blazed a trail for all follow.

Rest in Peace Carrie - The disturbance in Force was powerful when you left us.