This is quite an emotionally challenging time for me, so I am going to write a short note in here about my Mom. As things calm down, I will be adding more information on these pages.

My Mom loved everyone she came in contact with. She accepted every person that was in her life for who they were. She loved her children and her granddaughters with all of her heart and would protect any of us fiercely against anything that might attempt to harm us. All of us were her pride and joy - literally. She would tell us that she's made many mistakes in her life, but it was not any of her children!

She was not perfect, and she never tried to pretend she was. She was not about the flashy things in life, as long as her children were happy, so was she. She did not put on any "false impressions" about who she was or where she had been in her life. She was an outstanding mother and grandmother - "Nana," as Chelsea so lovingly named her so many years ago, to her graddaughters.

Although she is no longer here in the flesh with us any longer, she is certainly in my heart, always! Momma ... I know that you are no longer in pain, and that gives me some peace. I know that you are watching over us all from Heaven, and that too gives me peace. I will never see your face light up to smile at me again, I will never get to paint a smiley face on your behind without you knowing, I will never receive another card from you with your silly little smiley faces and scrawled signature, or hear you leave a message on my voice mail telling me "I don't want to leave you a message, I want to talk to you" ... and that brings me unbearable sadness. 

You are always with me Momma and I love you. Before you can think it ... I LOVE YOU MORE!

Finally rest Momma. Your life has been full of so much pain. Enjoy your new body without pain and tears. I will see you again one day. 

~ Leia ~