Thank you all very much.  Your prayers and thoughts can be felt and are very much appreciated. 

Charlotte moved down here (Portland, Ore.) from Tacoma, Wa. in May of 2007.  She was ill with pnuemonia and was recouping at our house.  She had a series of health problems and she stayed here for about 8 months. 

After she got physically well enough she moved into an assisted living place near us.

I know all of this sounds a little commonplace but in my eyes she was an extraordinarily strong woman.  She was not one for change.  In one fell swoop all that she knew was different.  Her home, her habits, her life.  She felt as if she had no control over anything any more.  2007 brought her losing her driving priviliges, quitting smoking, quitting drinking, different eating habits and new social network. She even had to find a new hair dresser.

She buckled down and made the changes (not without a protest:) and ended up having a nice little life going on.

I salute her spirit, her resolve and the opportunity she gave her family for healing.

She will be missed and is always loved.