- Her laugh – the way she would throw her head back and clap her hands together and laugh with her whole soul
- Her ability to get things done. Now.
- Her willingness to stop whatever she was doing to do something more important for her friends.
- Her enthusiasm for life.
- Her refusal to let the cancer define her as a person.
- Her stubborness. It’s a trait we share.
- Her slightly naughty sense of humor, which probably most of you didn’t get to see.
- Her all encompassing love for her children, all 5 of them.
- Lunch at Chi-chis. Or Bishops. Or Hardees.
- Girls time in DesMoines with all 3 of us BFFs
- The way she never ever ever complained about anything. Not the cancer, not her divorce, not the chemo, not even at the end.
- Her drive and ambition.
- Her cream cheese mints.
- Planning events with her.
- When she would load up all the 8 million kids and take them to her house to make cookies.
- How she always told me the truth. Always. No matter whether I wanted to hear it or not.
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