Hey Baby,

While the calendar says it has been a year since you left. I now know that time is truly relative. It equally feels like moments and forever, weeks and years, months and days without you.

I live in a paradox. I am happy and sad. A memory makes me smile and cry. My heart is filled with love and yet it is broken. My days are full and empty at the same time. You are both near and far, present and absent.

I find that I smile more than I cry, our memories warm me more than than they make me sad.

I am with Donna today in Virginia. We will recount all our amazing and crazy times and we will have a Jameson in your honor.

I miss you more than I can express.  I would give anything to have you here, to hold you once more.

Your love is with me.  I feel it every day.  I know you want me to be happy.  I am and I will.

Love Always and Forever, Karen 

In 1969, Bob wanted to buy a gorgeous 1961 Corvette, red and white , with a removable hard top and rag top! It was really something!! Only problem was , in Florida at the time, you had to be 21 to do so!! Our father refused, so Bob asked me if I would do it!! Are you kidding, of course I thought it was a great idea! We went down to the Corvette place on 17-92 in Orlando and bought it ( with his money) for $1500.00!! Unfortunately, in May 1970 he was drafted into the Army. So, he left his gorgeous corvette at my house until his return home! God. He loved that car!! There is more to this story. Not because I had helped him get his car, but because he is such a great brother and person, he sent me a monthly allotment to help me because I was a young Mother and not much income at the time! I was utterly surprised that he did this for me! It was so appreciated and needed! After returning home from Vietnam and getting married, When he had his first daughter Zebe, he was in college and working and having a bit of a difficult time also! I just happened to get a very good tax return and knew he could use the money so I gave him money for the birth of his daughter ! That’s how we worked and loved each other !! He would do anything for his family and has show. That love to his daughters and Karen over and over again! He’s one of a kind, loving, caring and generous and we will all miss him terribly!!! I have the best brother in the world! He’s also a wonderful husband and father and a true friend to many! God Bless him! God Bless you Captain Bob, a friend to many!! Forgot to say he did get another dream corvette for his 60th birthday Red Convertible Corvette!! His dream come true!! Until we meet again, your loving sister. Nanci