Forever you will be missed. You always managed to get a smile out of me, no matter how upset or depressed I was about somethin'. You always had a certain way of doin' things that brought either laughter, a smile, or a melt of the heart from your kind and sometimes "play-hating" ways of yours. I have many memories of our childhood days with you chasin' us younger kids out of the house so that you could clean house. Those memories will be with me forever. Times we went shootin' pool, playin' cards and just hangin' out and talkin'....things sisters do. You were ALWAYS there for me, throughout life. Seemed you knew I needed someone before I even realized I did. I miss our childhood days. I miss all the times we spent together, I miss you. But I feel we will meet again someday, and neither of us will be in any pain. Save me a spot in that field of flowers you mentioned from time to time...we'll run and play in it just like you often imagined as a kid. I love you, Karen. I miss you very much....and always will. You may be there... but you will never escape from my heart

You are gone from my presence, but you are never gone from my thoughts, my heart, or my soul. I wish so much that i could just have you here with me again, just one last time to talk to, to love and to hold. There are so many things that you have missed out on Mom, so many things that i wanted you to be a part of physically, not spiritually....there are so many things that I would like to tell you, though you're no longer here for me to call and talk to anymore...there are so many questions reoccurring in my mind that keep going unanswered day after day, time after time. I miss you Mom, everybody misses you so much. We love you, I love you. Til we meet again....

Funny, crazy in a good way and a terrific mother to Tracy! So funny, she kept it real and told it the way it was....loved by so many and missed even more.