How do you tell one of your baby sisters good bye? This is so hard and yet I’m glad you are finally at rest. I will forever remember all of our late night phone calls, our casino adventures and all of our adventures around Indy on doctor days. Since the day you were born you have been a thorn in my side and my greatest source of strength and joy. Rest easy little sister. I love you.

Finding the right words to tell my sister Linda goodbye.

They don't exist.

KK from the beginning you were my biggest cheerleader. If I got it trouble you most likely were by my side. I remember the first time you left us, to go to Germany. I was 17 and you were so scared to fly and Willie ask if I could go and check out the plane. I did step on plane and watched you get settled . And then life took off and got busy for both of us. We as a family always spent holidays together and our children grew up together.

The pain you suffered the last 15 years with good and bad times is no longer with you and for that I thank God.

Sometimes we talked a lot and sometimes we didn't but I always knew you loved me. You were a wonderful sister and I will miss you to no end.

Sisters share a special bond that can never be broken. Like Sleeping Beauty my KK will rest until the day our fates align. RIP

Love Kappy ❤️

When I was little I went EVERY WHERE with you. Even as an adult, If you wanted to go, I always wanted you with me everywhere. On Fridays (bill day) we always had a special stop at Taco Bell…but I couldn’t tell anyone. So when we got home and I had to eat dinner, I couldn’t, but also had to keep our secret. So obviously, You use to always get me in so much trouble with dad because I wouldnt be able to eat dinner!! You always wanted to go on vacation. Didn’t matter where. ALWAYS talked about it. Our next stop was New York. I have always wanted to go there and you ALWAYS tried to make my dreams come true. I just can’t go without you. You loved to spend anyone’s money at the casino. (Anywhere really!!) Didin’t matter whose it was. Those are my favorite memories. What I wouldn’t do to go back to relieve it all. When it was just me and you. You were always so fair. If you had $40, we both had $20 and vice versa. If I lost all my money in 5 mins, you gave me half of yours. And you never even considered doing anything different. The way your smile would light me up on a bad day is indescribable. If I ever wanted to feel better, I knew where to go. Mommas house. Home. You loved me through any and everything and I will never be able to repay that debt to you. We spent a lot of time together and I’m not sure what to do with my free time now. Ive always given it to you. You were and still are my best friend. Seeing this is the hardest thing yet, and I am eternally tarnished and will never be the same. I know you know I loved you, I just really hope you knew how much.. I hope I told you how important you were/are to me enough, because it is so very much. I will forever miss that smiling face that ilit up every time you saw me. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING like a mothers love and it will take me a LONG time to get used to not seeing you whenever I want. I had a really good interview today and my first thought was to call you and tell you how it went. I know that that will always be my first thought…to tell you because you were my very own personal cheer leader. I promised you I’d be ok, and I will. But momma, I miss you so much already that I can’t stand it. I'm getting good a staring at walls. It’s so hard to close my eyes cause you are all I see. I hope that where ever you are, that you know how much agony is being felt down here because of how much we all miss you. I hope you are no longer in any pain. I hope you’re with family and finally at peace. I will be eternally grateful to God for choosing you as my mommy. Not a day will go by that you are not thought of. You will NEVER be forgotten. I love you to the moon, around every star, back, and around a million more times. -Sissy

On Tuesday, my husband lost his mother and best friend, my children lost their nana, and I lost my mother-in-law. She was the strongest person I’ve ever met. We witnessed her fight through illness after illness and surgery after surgery. She deserved to be at peace, yet we are still devastated by losing her. I will miss seeing her light up when she’d see the grandbabes. I’ll miss her FaceTiming me 15 times in a row just to tell me something random or see the kids. I’ll miss the way she would say, “I love you SO much.” My favorite memories with her are when we’d have a girls day and I’d get to color her hair. She was always so happy and so grateful over something so small. She always made sure if she knew the kids were coming over that she would have their favorite snacks. She loved to put a smile on your face no matter how she was feeling or how much pain she was in. Thank you, Linda for showing me love, grace, kindness and treating me like a daughter. I will miss you dearly and I’ll always make sure Ashton knows who you were. Landon is going to take his Route 66 trip and Carter has made it a goal to do good in school to make you proud. Your baby boys will always love their Nana. You will forever live on through everyone who loved you.

Linda I love you so much. My life will never be the same.

I remember when I went to Kentucky for two weeks to visit you we had so much fun and I will always remember that.

We had so many good times.

Time for you to be an angle and I will see you again. RIP I love you

I was sorry to hear about Linda’s illness and passing. I worked with Linda and remember her laugh.

Great lady, pain in the butt sometimes, stubborn but great just the same. Always there when I needed a shoulder after Mom passed. Always thinking of the good in people. Sorry I didn't keep in touch . Love you.