Ashlee Marie Mundy #150

I love researching, discovering and putting together a picture of someone's life. When you get to do a historical rider, it gives you a bit of a buzz that the dots are finally connected. This week, a new name was added to my list Ashlee Marie Mundy. Her passing is slowly sinking in. Don't actually feel like writing about her, what can I say? so this will be a very brief post.

I don't really want to discuss the race, the fall, the medical treatment.  For me Ashlee was an excellent rider, and no one seems to have a bad word to say about her. A clear indication of her personality and nature. Her family cherished their limited time with her as she was riding on both sides of the Tasman. I"m not one to question God on his decision to call her home, so I'm sure that he has plans for her in his big picture. I'm glad Ashlee's friends are making posts on her FB memorial page, speaking of their friend. All I can think, is that people seem to have some lovely memories of her, that maybe the race accident won't steal all the attention, and that memories will be of the other joyful events in her life.

Ash winning on Sale Along 14th of April 2012 G.C.T.C
photo share from Nikki Lee White

However a thought for her parents who decided to allow her organs to be donated. I have a friend that at 14 was considered legally blind. He needed cornea transplants to have any hope of seeing again. When the call came to get to the hospital, my friend could only think of one thing - that someone died - and that's the only reason he was getting his sight back. His commitment to the donor was to use their gift to him, to be a better person. He trained in the mental health field.Who ever the sick people are who are being helped by Ashlee this week, I hope they come to know how wonderful she was as a person, and how wonderful her parents are to have assisted her in her final gift to New Zealanders.

Rest in Peace Ashlee.