An anonymous friend asks:
What would you like to be remembered for? If someone were writing an obituary, what you want them to include? Which achievements are you proud of?
I would like to be remembered as –
– the author of Speak Its Name, which I would like to have made a difference to somebody
– more generally, as somebody who could write, and did
– a person who was not afraid to admit how difficult it can be, whatever ‘it’ might be
– a committed trade unionist
– a singer who was prepared to sing
– someone who tried very hard to see things as they really are
– more than anything, a person of integrity
Kathleen Jowitt 