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| Date | Contributor | Note [excerpts] |
| April 2023 | Ya Jing | Dear Caitlyn, The last week has just been endless hours without your smile and your presence. It’s been so difficult trying to cope with daily life knowing you weren’t here with me anymore. Your absence was a harsh and devastating wake-up call but you had reminded me there’s so much more to life than just school. Your love for nature truly extended beyond just your words and all your photography demonstrated your intense passion for our world. Looking back on everything now, I understand photography was a part of your language that no one else could really understand except for you. And I want to thank you for that now, because you had given me such beautiful photos to look back on… |
| May 2023 | Ashley | I have such fond memories of Caitlyn and of your family from our time living in Notting Hill. It was a pleasure to introduce Caitlyn (and eventually Bea) to the violin. Even for a somewhat jaded recent conservatory graduate, taking the stroll over to your lower ground level flat to teach the girls piano and violin was always a high point of my week. It seems like only a few months ago that they were swirling around in princess dresses and showing me their new bunk beds. I remember Caitlyn as being highly intelligent, funny, kind, curious, and passionate. In other words, it was a joy to teach her and a great privilege to have crossed paths with you all. |
| May 2023 | Steve | I remember Caitlyn’s mix of excitement and trepidation at the start of EYSM week, then her quiet pride at having learnt everything so well in time for the concerts. She will be in our thoughts as we play this year. |
| May 2023 | Paul & Suzanne | My wife was a child minder and looked after Caitlyn for some time, the two of us having been good friends with her parents. Caitlyn, for a time, was very much part of our family as she would play with our son during the day and our daughter when she got home from school. We have such fond memories that we will cherish. Our hearts go out to Jonathan, Tara and their dear girls. We are praying for you and hope you find some comfort in all these tributes. |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | I went to LAC [Lancaster Arts Centre] to see the ducks and geese, they’ve all hatched and are adorable. I wish you were here to see them this year |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | We’ve finished drama and you would’ve hated the questions, especially the live theatre. Phil never came up which would’ve annoyed you but made me glad. I’m sad I never got to hear you complain about it. |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | We just finished our 40 marker and that marks the end of our History course now. Maybe you would have liked the questions, they were nice but I couldn’t stop thinking about you through the exam. I miss you a lot |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | thought of you a lot during the english literature – ur favourite (sarcasm) 🙃🙃🙃 i know u wouldve bragged about how u didnt have to do it |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | It’s very numb at the minute but also a massive whole in my heart that you filled. The geese watched your funeral with us and we sang the hymns and the people at house games thought we were crazy. You would have loved the descriptive writing prompt – it was describing animals and I remember you saying after Mocks how you would do well if you got to describe birds again. I’ve spent so much time at LAC recently – it’s exactly what you planned to do in all of this free time. It’s so strange that you’re not here. Fly high among the birds, missing you more than words can explain |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | missed you at ballet today |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | I miss you so much. The coots have started to leave the nest now, but they don’t go very far. We also had our first choir performance of the term on Monday. We sang a difficult song because it went up and down a lot but I think you would’ve found it fun. We sit in the front row now, too, since Clarence don’t really come anymore. I hope you can hear us from Heaven when we sing at rehearsal. |
| May 2023 | Anonymous | The service today was so beautiful – yet so heartbreaking to watch the choir perform without you there. There was not a single dry eye in chapel and I hope that you can hear all the love we have for you. Missing you and I wish you were here. |
| June 2023 | Anonymous | proud of you for raising so much for the RSPB |
| June 2023 | Anonymous | we just finished our gcses today and i thought of you the entire time whilst we celebrated as a year group.. i know u wouldve been so relieved to be done with physics i miss you and i’ll miss our gcse science class and i wish you were here to start the next chapter with us and i cant believe that today marks 8 whole weeks since you’ve been gone rest easy angel |
| June 2023 | Anonymous | We’re playing a song for you tomorrow [At Wycombe Abbey Dove Day]. It’s Wake me up When September Ends by Green Day. I hope you like it. |
| June 2023 | Anonymous | i was in our old dorm today- i saw where you signed all of our names. i miss you so so much 💗💗 |
Memories of Caitlyn 