doing what she was put on this earth to do

地元紙に、亡くなった校長先生の追悼記事があります。やはり英語の表現をひろう気にはなかなかなりませんが、この言い回しだけは心に残りました。(UG)

Newtown Principal Remembered as 'Warm,' 'Selfless'
Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung's niece and one former colleague say the shooting victim was a dedicated educator who put her schoolchildren first.

Katie Singley, who met Hochsprung at a school in Bethlehem about eight years ago when the latter was appointed principal there, said Hochsprung also had worked as a teacher in Danbury and at Mitchell Elementary School in Woodbury prior to coming to Newtown around 2010.
Singley described her friend as a selfless and protective woman.

“Dawn, she was like your mother, your friend, your grandmother, your teacher, your protector, everything all in one,” Singley recalled. “She was the best person to have on your side.”

“I don’t really know what happened at the school when that shooter came in, but I know she would fight to protect those kids,” Singley added. “She was definitely the best woman for the job to be in charge today and I can picture her standing up to this man. I could see her fighting, doing anything to protect her staff and those little babies there. I think she died doing what she was put on this earth to do and that’s being in charge and protecting those kids.”

http://newtown.patch.com/articles/newtown-principal-remembered-as-warm-selfless