Farewell, Jade Damarell

Jade Damarell, a 32 year old skydiver from the UK, recently committed suicide when she jumped from 15.5k feet without activating her parachute. Her boyfriend had broken up with her the evening prior to her leap into the great beyond.

I'm not criticizing this poor woman. We've all been dumped at some point in our journey and know how that feels. And there's no telling what kind of mind altering substances they're pumping into us without our knowledge these days. My criticism is of the formulaic tribute composed by her parents in her obituary :

“Our beloved daughter Jade was a brilliant, beautiful, brave and truly extraordinary person.

“A bright, adventurous, free spirit, she lived with immense energy, passion and love and touched countless lives with her warmth and kindness.”

Huh? Could it have been more of a cut and paste job?!? I'm kind of surprised they didn't include the word "fierce" - a new favorite of libs when adjectifying a woman. Honestly... Chat GPT could have composed something more sincere and elegiac. We're seeing that kind of dreck popping up everywhere now.

But do spare a prayer for Jade.

Fitz