Our Tribute to Emma Mendez Final

Typical Emma...
Emma joined the housing service at Blackpool many
years ago and I’ve known her all that time. She was
always fun, sensible, hard-working, compassionate and
without fail looked on the bright side. She was no fool
either and could sniff out a tall story!
Emma clearly had challenges, but she never dwelled on
them or expected special treatment and it never
stopped her playing a huge part within our BCH
community. Her attitude embodied BCH at its very
best.
Emma was always willing to help her friends out and I
knew of numerous occasions when she did just that.
She was a good friend. She was a good person.
Like many I suppose I thought she’d breeze through
her second operation in a similar way she appeared to
beat the challenges of her first. I remember visiting
her at home after her first operation. Richard, Debbie
and I had had an interesting journey to see her in
Liverpool and we laughed at Richard’s map reading,
and my fascinating driving skills! Still we got there
with a funny story to tell Emma and in one piece… just!