I met Dee-Dee in first grade. We were classmates our entire lives until college. There were just a few of us who were together the entire 12 years, which made us more like family than schoolmates. Dee-Dee could be "fiery" at times, but had THE sweetest disposition! And, oh, how she loved her parents!! With the advent of Facebook, we became Facebook friends and kept up that way. We exchanged private messages when her mom and dad passed and she expressed that as tragic as it was to lose them so close together, she had faith in God that she would be all right. As the t-shirt says, she "loved Jesus, but cussed a little." She is the first lifelong friend I've lost, so processing this loss is difficult. But if you knew her, you loved her. As Brad said, this is a sad time for us all. But He's God all by Himself. See you in the morning, Deirdre Dihan Blue.