It hurts my heart that u went so soon without giving me a chance to meet the man who fathered my best and forever friend Kathlina Maria Leotti. Who is not only my best friend but someone i will hold forever dear,as she came to my aid in the instant that i fell into labor and helped me birth a baby i call ours... Azlyn Kieran... She was amazing. Holding my hand and as i had complications after, i trusted she would care for that beautiful bundle of joy as she did holding him tight while they took me into the O.R. she never left him or me a selfless kind and loving act committed by ur daughter when i woke she was there... I asked her to be the Godmother and as she fell in love with that little person she accepted.. I wanted so badly for u to meet this life that she helped me bring into the world.. In ur end days she was devastated and cried silently so u would only see the smiles as pain was digging away at her I told her she was strong and i would do anything to help her get through this. As I said i didnt get to meet u but all she ever worried about was the day she would lose you.... Her heart fell for her mother who i am so sorry for all of the pain that was so suddenly brought to the life of ur beautiful family....I did not know Joe but by Kates strength,mind, creativity,inner and outter beauty and respect and love she has for both her mother and father.. The things she wanted for others always selfless in everyway I knew as she was her Daddys Girl what kind of Father and Mother she had.... I wanted to make u happy as your end days grew nearer and always tried to find an idea to throw Kate to make u smile.... You raised such a wonderful person that by reading this and knowing Kate you had to be just as wonderful..... I pray for ur family and i know u will alway be on their minds and in their hearts... As for Maria I may not know u but forty yrs and two children, i know only half the yrs of that feeling as ive been with someone 15 yrs and have 2 children not nearly as long as the two of u and i hope for more time, but idk what i would do without my best friend who has been by my side everyday for that long. To not be able to hold,talk to, Smile with,laugh with,cry with, or to even fight with to not be able to call when you want or tell something too that u cant wait to tell,i couldnt imagine what u are feeling and we dont know what we have until we do not have it anymore... I am so sorry for ur loss as you've spent so many yrs together for better and for worse. Im sorry for ur whole family's loss of this man this wonderful person... I will pray for u all...That comfort not being there, i really am so sorry and can not express my sympathy enough. My heart hurts for everyone of you.... I know Joe only through stories and the person Kate is and that explains it all to me my deepest sincerity.. I wanted u to know how great of a daughter u have and how great of a mother she is ...... Im only glad to know ur in the hands of our Father and u will not feel the terrible pain u had to bare. Rest now in Peace... Mr.Leotti