Janet and I shared a lot of common ground...One of them being that both our mom's were 'divorced', back then no one spoke loudly about that. The fact that we both loved The Beatles surely helped our friendship to a whole other level. We learned to play guitars because of The Beatles, we sang (off key) in our bedrooms trying to sing harmonies...which we never get the hang of. We walked around in our Beatle boots, speaking in our best Liverpool accents. Honestly, people back then weren't as cynical, a lot of people actually believed our accents!  We would sing in front of the wall of mirriors my mother had in the living room to The Beatles of course. Then we had to stop and watch the original BATMAN on TV! Janet loved Robin lol. Janet and I were twins from different mothers...

When she told me that they were moving to California I was heartbroken..But we stayed in touch via regular US mail! My mother asked me if I wanted to go out to visit Jan and Roz..I JUMPED at the chance to do that! We had a great time together of course, Jan turned me onto Root beer floats from Baskin and Robbins, a NEW ice cream place at the time, she had a little Honda car(ette) and together we set out to find out where Davy Jones of The Monkees lived (I told her I was going to tell Paul McCartney she was cheating on him!)...we had a blast watching the men landing on the moon...A wonderful summer spent with her...

I have stories...memories....tons of laughter and lots of love througout the years from Janet....I know she was fighting to kick that disease's butt, she fought long and hard....and now I know she's no longer in pain, worrying, waiting for doctors to call, test results, and the rest of that crap...My heart is broken, there is no doubt...I will miss hearing her silly way of just being Janet...

I know that she loved Kevin with every ounce of her being, she adored her two 'boys', Josh and Sean...and was overly thrilled when her boys got their better halves..She was thrilled to be called GRANJAN by Noah, and couldn't wait to share the news that she was going to be a GranJan again with the new baby on the way...

We keep spirits alive by talking about them to people, telling stories about how they touched our lives, by looking at photographs, videos, etc...I know that her memory will burn in the souls of everyone that had the chance to be included in her life....and for those that happen along the way now...after she's gone...Keep the stories coming...Her soul shines brightly upon us all....it always has and it always will....

"Love you forever and forever, love you with all my heart, love you whenever we're together, love when we're apart"....Thank you for being the wonderful soul to me and everyone else who had the pleasure of having you in their lives...

See ya on the FLIP SIDE Janet..my Best Friend Forever and BEYOND....

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Morgan