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For Jacinta, with Love

For Jacinta, with Love.

It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of our beloved Jacinta after a long illness. Through it all, she never stopped exploring, engaging, or sharing and she lived her final year bringing joy to everyone she knew.

Jacinta was We Care Solar’s Office Manager for seven years. To say she was an office manager is a monumental understatement. She often knew what we needed long before we did. That was how Jacinta worked, she saw something that needed to be done, and quietly accomplished it. She was kind and generous. In her work and in her life, she gave to others tirelessly. 

Jacinta loved with abundance. She cared for each of us in the We Care Solar family. She knew our pets, our kids, how old they were, the instruments they played (kids, not pets), what they liked, what they disliked. She remembered ordinary things you said as if they were special because you said them.

She was a creative individual that found joy in her art and her craft. She had dozens of previous lives before we knew her, each with its own circle of friends who she loved, kept track of, and checked in on. She sang, she played instruments, she built things, she sewed, she bartended, she engineered, she painted, she learned, she danced, she photographed, she cooked exquisitely, and she listened with tenacity. 

She would want us to dance like no one is watching, love fiercely and with abundance, and live each and every day to its absolute fullest. She left an amazing legacy and we are so thankful for what she taught each of us. 

We miss you, dear friend. The world misses you.

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