Rin Averill

It's with broken and bleeding hearts that we are writing this. Monday, February 9th 2026 our beautiful girl, Rin Averill, decided it was her time to rest. There are no words that can ease this pain but there are endless words to describe the amazing life she had lived. She was born to her mother Tasha, early on April 24th, 2010, in Reno, NV because she hated waiting for anything since the beginning.

In 2019, her and her brother Osiris were adopted by Greg, and we officially became the 'Averill's party of five.'

At 15 she was a light that could push through any darkness. She was beyond smart, so smart in fact she made sure her report cards showed it with all the F's for FANTASTIC. Fun facts with Rin were a staple in our home. Like how a narwhal's horn was actually a tooth. She didn't know how to love a little, she could only love with her whole heart. And that love was a blanket for anyone who met her. She was a fierce older sister to her little brothers Osiris (12) and Astor (8) - loved them fiercely, controlled the remote fiercely, kicked them out of her room fiercely, blared her music at max levels… fiercely - and would battle the world for them without hesitation.

She was the pillar for her friends, the one to check that they were okay. She made sure she was a safe space for them and that they all understood big emotions were okay. She was everything you could ask for in a child. Caring, loving, helpful, kind, brutally honest but with music recommendations to soften the blow - absolutely everything. Like all teenagers if she wasn't being a pain in the ass then she wasn't being herself. But she was OUR pain in the ass.

When she was 11, she was self-aware enough to know that she didn't feel like herself in her skin, and without fear or pause she came out to us as a trans female and knew the battles she would soon face in this dark world - she still stood with shoulders back, ready to take it on. She was so strong, and she was so ready to continue her fight, but she was also so tired.

In this life shattering moment if we could say anything to her it would be that we are proud, that we aren't mad at her, that we don't hate her, and that we love her from now until forever. There will always be a void in our hearts that nothing will ever be able to fill. But there will always be the memories we have with our baby. We will hold tightly to those and to the loved ones around us to keep her light shining. We love you goodnight, Rin, we love you sweet dreams.

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