A young mum-of-three took her own life weeks after moving into a women's refuge.
Sarah Summers, 35, sadly died on April 12. Paying tribute, her older sister Rachel Marie said the young mum had dreams of completing a law degree, and 'never stopped thinking positive' about her future with her three daughters aged 16, 14 and 10.
She said the whole family have been left reeling by the loss of a woman whose 'heart was bigger than herself,' reports WalesOnline.
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Describing Sarah, Rachel said: "She'd faced a lot of adversity for the majority of her life. She went through a lot and as her older sister, I was there to support her whenever I could.
"She was suffering with different ailments with her physical health but she never stopped thinking positive and thinking about creating a beautiful future for her three daughters that she's left behind."
Rachel said that at the time of her death Rachel was at stage one of the refuge and was looking forward to completing the stages there before eventually being rehomed with her daughters and continuing to study towards a law degree.
"Sarah was very witty, very charismatic, and very intelligent, she was striving towards obtaining a law degree because she had a passion for law and Justice. And she was hoping to do this to help other women in different refugees. She was extremely creative as well. I know she wants to set up a little sideline business upcycling furniture. She was really really artistic and creative. And she kept hope within the other women at the refuge from what I have been told from them."
Sarah would have turned 36 on May 10 and her family celebrated her birthday by arranging a balloon release. Her funeral is to take place on May 17 and fundraiser to help raise funds for the funeral has already reached over £3,000. You can find that here.
"She was a laugh a minute, the life and soul, but deep down inside she was suffering," said Rachel. "I'm Sarah's only sibling so they [her daughters] are clinging to me as their aunty, so I'm trying to support them, trying to keep their mind off it. As a family, we're trying to support one another and keep each other close and celebrated Sarah's birthday together with her with her girls. We had a balloon release, which was lovely.
"She was a very, very well-known character of Cardiff. She touched many people's lives, and Sarah was the type that would give her the last to anyone because she knew what it was like to have nothing and to have everything stripped away from her due to the adversities that she had to face during her life.
"She would always find purpose in helping others, she had empathy and she her heart was bigger than herself. But she lost the battle in the end."
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