Actually I do not remember a time, that I did NOT work with Sabine. We almost shared two decades of true collaboration at SAP and also became more friends than colleagues over the time. Our collaboration was on eye-level, driven by our passion for the brand, our common pragmatic approach and most of all - of fun.
Sabine was the true expert for anything connected to both languages, German and English, for brand voice @ SAP - she was my trusted advisor over all those years. I many times thought, we are the perfect match to solve problems, overcome challenges, survive political cirmcumstances and find together a constructive solution.
In many situations her laugh, her positive way of looking at things was a breakthrough - to get back to common sense, to react the way we should react and to bring everybody on the same page and care for a good mood again. And above all, she was a caring person. She would meet even the toughest deadline and one of sentences I heard the most from her was "Das kriegen wir hin". ("We can do this.")
Most of all warmth and closeness were the characteristics of our relationship that we had over all those years.
I see her face in front of me, I hear her voice and her laugh a lot these days - she is so present to me.
My heart is so heavy, my thoughts are with you, Marc, her family and friends.
She will be forever my companion, as she has a big space in my heart. I truely miss her every day already.
I promised to myself that as a tribute to her I will try to learn from her and carry on her positivism and contribute to make this world a bit brighter - this is her biggest legacy.
"Today is a good day to be a good day." - she quoted this and it has become my motto now.
Sabine, my dear, you are with us every day, in our hearts, in our thoughts, even you are not anymore.