Moreau Integration March 4th, 2022 Moreau Integration Forever Gone but Never Forgotten lived what some might say a life very well lived. I am glad to have known her as a close friend and will miss her presence every day. She always reminded me to live in the moment and to make meaningful connections with every friend and everyone you meet. During her time in College at Notre Dame, Courtney realized that she needed to start taking technology breaks and speaking more face to face with others. She started to try to do this after reading an article called, “Why we need to slow down our lives.” The article said, “Researchers in the new field of interruption science have found that it takes an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from a phone call. Yet such interruptions come every eleven minutes — which means we’re never caught up with our lives” (“We we need to slow down our lives”, Pico Iyer- Moreau Week 1). Courtney implemented these technology breaks by always preferring to meet with coworkers for coffee or lunch instead of a phone call or email exchange. She also would treat her friends and family to dinners often to catch up. That was always one of our traditions. Once every three months we would meet up to have a girls day and grab dinner as we did not live in the same city. Courtney liked to look up to many inspirational figures for ways of how she could change her life to make it more fulfilling. She was always in awe of how impactful Father Ted was and she specifically admired his quote, ““We don’t prove something by burning it down, we prove it by building it up” (“Hesburgh”, Father Ted Hesburgh- Moreau Week 2). Courtney lived out this quote in her life by only using constructive criticism and used https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-need-a-secular-sabbath/ https://canvas.nd.edu/courses/39695/modules/items/144736 mostly encouragement when leading her teams and coaching her daughter’s swim team. Courtney was very much a business and family woman, but she was always the same person whether she was at work or at home. This is the person who wanted to live a life as good and impactful as Father Ted’s. Courtney was always a joyous person and wanted to help put a smile on everyone’s face. At Notre Dame she made sure to try her best to learn everyone’s name and say hi to them in the hallway. She would also try to have at least quick conversations with her fellow peers which could have been just as simple as how are you doing? Another person Courtney looked up to was her older brother Kyle. Kyle has muscular dystrophy and has been in a wheelchair since he was around three years old. He however has never let that stop him as he has graduated from Purdue with an agriculture business degree and started his own agriculture drone spraying business. Courtney wanted to live like Kyle and know that if she put her mind to it hard enough that she would be able to do anything. This is also something that Aria Swarr said that something he does to stay grounded and thankful is to take an unenjoyable task and dedicate that time to God (“5 Minutes” Aria Swarr- Moreau Week 6). Courtney implemented this in her own life to remind her to count all of her blessings always. Courtney understood the difference between happiness and joy and she wanted to find joy in everything she did. This joy she carried around in her was contagious and affected everyone near her. She always said she never worked a day in her life and that her homework in school was never awful because it was always something she enjoyed doing. A quote from an article called “Three Key Questions” really nicely summarizes Courtney’s beliefs on happiness and joy. The quote goes a little something like this, https://canvas.nd.edu/courses/39695/modules/items/144753 ““Happiness changes from moment to moment, day to day. Joy, on the other hand, is much deeper and much more central, it comes from within, and it’s a genuine rightness of how one lives one’s life” (“Three Key Questions” Fr. Michael Himes- Moreau Week 3). Courtney’s legacy will live on now that she is gone. She would want everyone to do what they love and share their talents with the world because it took her way too long throughout high school to finally appreciate her talents of leadership in college. In her younger years Courtney was involved in every activity she could be in. In elementary and middle school she swam for two different teams, played soccer and volleyball and went to basketball camps. She was also an active member of 4-H and girls scouts. In high school Courtney was a two sport varsity athlete in swimming and soccer as well as the president of Class Officers, NHS and Student Council. She also volunteered her time with the LifeTeen Youth group and was still an active 4-H member. At the beginning of her college career though something changed in Courtney she started to see the value in the quality of her activities and not just necessarily the quantity of the activities she was in. Like the CCD website recommends she was very conscious to ensure she was not overextending herself and was prioritizing sleep too, (“Navigating your Career Journey” CCD- Moreau Week 4). This is why she started to center her time around studying for her major in Business Analytics and Economics, participating in one or two clubs and also serving to help her dorm community as their President. Anyone close to Courtney would describe her as always willing to help out anyone in need, her hardwork and dedication, and her curiosity to always learn more (Conversation with my mom, February 6th 2022- Moreau Week 5). Courtney in all times https://canvas.nd.edu/courses/39695/modules/items/144741 https://undergradcareers.nd.edu/navigating-your-career-journey---moreau/ of her life was dedicated to volunteering through the Catholic Heart Work Camps while she was in high school to the three missions she assisted on in Haiti in her older years. Courntey’s hard work, dedication, and curiosity could be seen in her work as the CEO of her own company and how she cared wholeheartedly for her family. The loss of this kind soul will leave a hole in all of our hearts until we meet her again in Heaven. Courtney and her life well lived has left a large impact on her family, friends, community and anyone who had the pleasure to know her. She lived her life to the fullest and connected with so many people. She lived a life that was so interconnected with everyone’s through friendships, activities, and work. I would like to end this eulogy with a quote. ““Quite a few years of Life have strengthened my conviction that each and everyone’s existence is deeply tied to that of others: life is not time merely passing by, life is about interactions” (“Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone” Pope Francis- Moreau Week 7). Courtney will be forever missed. Rest in Peace. https://canvas.nd.edu/courses/39695/modules/items/144759