August 11, 1974 - October 12th, 2002
This web page is in memory of our beloved Audrey Mestre, a great freediver and an even greater person...
Audrey, you will always be in our thoughts and in our hearts.
We love you!
August 11, 2024
Today you would celebrate your 50th birthday. It is hard to believe that we could celebrate this symbolic anniversary as a family, the passage to a new half century, when you left us just 2 months after turning 28 years old.
How can we believe that we can be here, without you by our side, without you to guide our steps towards the end of a half-life, a life that really no longer has meaning because you were the center of all future projects, our illusions, our joys, our hopes, our promises.
Every birthday without you is one more tear in our hearts, an open wound that will never close.
You were our joy of living. You knew how to brighten our evenings by the fireplace, with you there was always a topic of conversation at mealtime, you were insatiable. Of course, we were talking mainly about the sea, about your dives. Your eyes shone like the reflections of the sun on the surface of the water. You lived your discoveries and we live them with you. That's why today I want to tell you again all the love we have for you through these few lines.
I wish I could hug you and say “Happy birthday darling, another year and I wish you many more”, but it's just a dream. And by dreams, we live, dad and I.
The day will come when we will be together again, but while waiting for this day, I want to wish you an excellent day in the company of all those who have already reached you, up there, and who I am sure hugged you on our behalf.
Your mom