You can be so proud of your three special grandchildren..there is a lot of you in each one....your daughter is a loving and giving mother as you.....miss you..love mom

The Fremont Tribune editors wrote an article about how Brandi had always been there beside her mother to help as Brenda's disease worsened.  They talked about Brandi's outstanding character and about Brenda being able to raise such an honorable teenager despite all things that worked against her.

Once I got off work the day it was published I called Brenda to see if she had read it yet.  She knew nothing about it so I read it to her over the phone.  When I was finished reading I heard only silence, then sniffles, then weeping.  Brenda, who I rarely saw or heard cry, was moved to tears.  They were good tears and she was beaming with pride at the daughter Brandi had become.

This is just one of the many stories about how Brenda (and Brandi) have touched my life.  More later...

"Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on,
and cherished memories never fade
because a loved one's gone.
Those we love can never be more than a thought apart,
for as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart."