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Jennifer Rose

Jennifer Leah Rose was born April 16, 1976. She died December 30th, 2000 in a car accident in Namibia where she was traveling with her friends.  She went to Malawi in June of 1999 and had been working as an aid educator in the Mwanza district. The following poem was written for her funeral by her uncle Magdelano Rose-Avila, a former Peace Corps country director for Nicaragua, Guatemala, Paraguay and Micronesia.   

SHE WONDERED WHY
 
she asked it more than once
she would question us all
she looked for answers
      in the rain
      on the backroads to any where
 
she would go out on the ledge
      right to the edge
      and sometimes way beyond
 
she often was found dancing with the wind
 
she pushed her sun closer to her moon
she pushed her dreams higher than before
 
reaching out she touched the stars
      that earlier had seemed unreachable
 
her fear had been replace by curiosity
 
her vegan diet was often spiced with large doses of risk
 
unafraid she embraced the night
      kissed the storm
      and lived each moment as if it were her last
 
she filled her days and nights with more than anyone thought possible
 
she had no fear
      it seemed......
searching for a world way beyond
 
she was always on the ledge
she went right to the edge
      and sometimes way beyond

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*Photos and text shared by Jennifer's mother

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