20 years is a long time to love someone to have them slip away from you in a matter of moments. i miss you so much. you were so strong and such a hero to me, it is hard to believe that you wont be there to provide that ever-present shoulder that id grown accustomed to leaning on at such an early age. ive loved, respected and admired you for more than half of my life and i will spend the rest of my time here remembering you as a friend, a confidante, a teacher, and my mom. i miss you with the strength of an army, and love you as much as my mental strength would ever allow, for you always treated me like a daughter and always made me feel like family. you are precious to me and to my children and we will always look back together on the wonderful times we had with you. i once came to you once when something horrible had happened in my life and asked you how you made it through all the rough times youd been through and you looked me right in the face and you told me to stay strong and take it one day at a time, that things will get better, the hurt will pass and the pain will ease, ill always remember those words and live my life by them. and as i look back i realize that that is what we must do now, we must be strong, and take it day by day, someday the pain will end and we will look back with but a heart full of love and rememberance, and our hearts will not break with pain but will swell with pride, for i knew and was able to love you..................##imported-begin##jennifer j slusser (fenner)##imported-end##