Janet Kearsley
Laurie and I were best friends in HS. I loved her artistic side. She was such an amazing artist. We sang together in a choir and each had cute little mascot dolls that we place on the organ that were only about 3 inches tall. Mine was a felt mouse in a choir robe and hers was a wooden mouse. We used to make up stories about them that Laurie would illustrate. They had the most grand adventures.
Across the street from where she lived there was an amazing iris garden where she volunteered. There must have been over a 100 different varieties. I remember how passionate she was about them.
When her family moved to new England I spent all my school vacations visiting with her. We used to have so much fun together. We were so in tune with each other that her mother thought we were mind readers
