Time is passing too quickly I miss your smile, caring ways, and laugh Thank you for the gift of being able to get to know and spend time with your beautiful daughter Kari Ann you would be so proud of your kids They have grown to be beautiful people and parents Love and miss you everyday!

I miss my mom so much. She would always make me happy. I loved her so much. She would always be here for me as I talk to her about my feelings. I miss her cooking. She always loved to bake stuff for her family. I still miss her to this day. I talk to her and then I end up crying.  

I met Joan 20 yrs ago She said to her sons there's aittle girl next door why don't you go say hi. From then on we became friends  In little time very good friends she was caring, friendly and so fun to be around. Her sons Alan and Brian became family to me as well as Shannon being family to them. We went out on girls nights and what fun we had as well as family trips together at The Red Caboose in Strausburg. We made so many memories together. On one very special girls night out I said to Joan you are going to have a daughter she had longed for another child. She replied back to me and you are going to have a son I also wanted another child especially a boy after I had gotten so close to her sons I wanted a son. Agee years later Joan gave birth to a daughter Kari Anne . I was so happy for her. Joan had moved away . A very sad day we kept in touch for awhile and then we had lost touch for some time I thought of her often and missed my friends. It was during this time I had given birth to my second child a boy Atom Roese. I thought of the night we sat together and dreamed and predicted our future. Some time later we reunited our friendship and became close friends again. It has been said that if you are friends with someone for 7 yrs you will remain friends for life. Joan always thought if others first selflessly and was there for me always when I needed a friend or someone to talk to. She even took me in and let me live with her during one of my darkest moments she opened her door but what was the most special was she opened her heart to me and made me feel special when I needed it the most. I loved her like a sister and it broke my heart when God called her home. I know that Joan will forever be with me I feel her spirit often. I was so lonely after her passing and she answered that prayer again even after she was gone. I had the pleasure of getting to know and spend time this summer with one of the people she loved and was closest to her daughter Kari Anne she is beautiful and fun to be around like her mom. She sang and danced and seemed to enjoy my company the way her mom did. She would look at me and it was then I saw Joan smiling back at me through the eyes of her daughter. In memory of my very dear departed best friend .