Hazel

10 May 1948 – 14 September 1998

Subject: hazel
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:02:16 +1000

Dear Robert, Josh and Zoë,

I wanted to write to you all to say how sorry I am to hear about Hazel. She was such a gentle and graceful person and one that I know will live on in my and everyone who knew her fondest meories. I don’t really know what to say, words aren’t sufficient and seem awkward. I will always remember the time in Sydney with Jayne and you and the kids and Hazel as one of the best times I’ve had.

That’s all I wanted to say, I hope that all of you are alright and I am sending all my love and hope for the future with this e-mail.

See you soon, love and sympathy,

Anna XXXXXXXXOOOOOOO

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Subject: Hazel’s pages
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 23:11:45 +1000

Dear Robert, Josh and Zoë,

Hello all, I hope you survived the Olympics! I had a funny experience I have to share with you. I was looking up Hayman Island to send an email to my friend as a joke and I saw my name on the screen. I clicked on this and saw my condolences to you all about Hazel ( with memories spelt wrongly! Some English teacher I’ll be! ) The weird thing was: a few minutes before this I was thinking about Hazel and how we had a chat one day about life and law and ambition. She told me that she wanted me to be happy and at peace with what I was doing in my life. I just thought this was a freakish coincidence and typically Hazel. Anyway, I hope you are all well and I just had to share the mysterious ways of the human mind with you!!

Love, Anna xxooxox

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Anna is my first cousin once removed.
In early 1997 she was considering doing Arts/Law at the University of Melbourne when she came to stay for a few days. She and Hazel talked about her choices. She didn’t choose Law.