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The positive things we should all remember about Bella
The post in the Newspaper covering the inquest about Bella was upsetting for lots of people to read, thankfully there was lots of information spared from being made public that will never be made public for anyone to know.
When things like this are published for people to read it is hard to read and can upset people,
reading it can in the short term make us forget about all those things that Bella did as a person and the skills she had that made her such a special person. I know this also, as during the inquest and after it, I felt exactly the same way. It hit me like a tonne of bricks and took me a few days to get over it.
Thus we should not focus on things like this as this is not what defined Bella as a wonderful woman.
We should remember things like how she would selflessly help others who asked her for help about all sorts of things.
She was a shining light in the trans community, encouraging others to follow the path that they wanted to provide the reassurance that embracing who you are is something positive to do and will lead you to have a happy and positive life.
Even as her partner I never knew she was doing this, she did this not for any praise and public recognition of this. For her, the satisfaction of being…