Tania Samantha Douglas

I first met Tania in 1997 in Glasgow when we shared an apartment. It was an unforgettable year - Tania, Fariha and I got on so well, we even travelled during the holidays together to Bonn, Cologne and Freiburg. We shared a lot of our innermost - the good, the bad and the ugly - warts and all. 🙂 By the end of that Uni year we knew we were sisters for life. Tania introduced me to aspects of life I had not yet encountered: • Nutella - While we tucked the Nutella on our hips, Tania remained lean n lovely! • The Beautiful South - Many a Scottish rainy day was spent listening to them - Listening to them now takes me right back to that rainy day in Scotland when Tania and I spent the whole day listening to the album over and over again! • Amarula - Tania introduced us to Amarula - to date I have never gone back to Baileys - I think I always keep a bottle at hand because it is like having a wee piece of Tania at home. The three of us had this plan to build a commune where we would live together. However, life could not have flung us further apart - Cape Town, UK and Australia. Despite geographical challenges, we always managed to share our lives and maintain the sisterhood. Tania gate crashed my honeymoon twice - both times in India  We last caught up in Europe at the end of 2018 - in Madrid! My biggest regret is going to be not coming to Cape Town in 2019 when Tania had asked in her quiet way that I should try and make it. Not making it to Cape Town hurts and will be a lifelong regret. Fariha, Tania and I had recently talked about making plans to meet up again for another reunion in Cape Town as soon as COVID was over. Deep down I did not want even remotely consider we might never see each other again. There is so much to miss about Tania. Most of all I will miss Tania's zest for life. Love you and miss you loads my friend Anu xoxoxo