My Independence Day
Today I am remembering my dear friend Janeen. She was a devoted mother to her son Ty, a loyal friend, a fierce dog Mom, an excellent cake baker and decorator, and had one of the most amazing hearts of anyone I've ever met.
Sadly, she passed away just under a year ago. Even though she had such a wonderful heart, her own gave her troubles. I'm reminded of her today because she always had a time with people setting off fireworks all night long and it scared her dog Brently and she would often be up all night and making comments on Facebook. We had a running joke of tagging each other in chain mail like posts about luck.
Janeen was one of the most devoted friends I have ever met. After another of my dear friends passed, she worked tirelessly and vorciferously to put together a fundraiser for a project that was near and dear to his heart.
My friend Kevin was a very passionate and generous chef and I had the honor of working alongside him for twelve years. His desire was to start a teen cooking class to engage and inform young adults if they showed an interest his profession. He was well on his way with the planning stages before his passing, but this story is about Janeen so I will come back to you with Kevin's story in another post.
Janeen was a true blessing and through her and a couple others networking and calling on our awesome community and nearby friends and businesses, Teen Cuisine was born. The first fundraiser was held a mere two months after Kevin's passing and with Janeen's phenomenal efforts and the support of our local family and friends we managed to raise over $13,000 to kick start this amazing project. I'll save the details of the fundraiser for another post about Kevin because that larger than life character deserves his own definitely.
Today I send out a toast and good vibes to my friend Janeen. I hope you're looking down on us and smiling and I hope Brently is happy with his new family and the fireworks aren't bothering him this Fourth of July 🥂
Lamento la muerte de Janeen, descanse en paz, un fuerte y cariñoso abrazo
@el-ingenioso-camarero, celina visaez de kryptonia
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That's a nice thing to remember postively to a friend, I hope to know more about Kevin too I am intrigued, have a good day everyone.
Thank you. I'm working on Kevin's tribute at the moment. He's a hard character to get down because I have so many stories
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such a beautiful tribute.
Nice thought
Good read
very touching post for a dear friend. I hope you are now healed from the pain of her passing. You are such an awesome friend!
Thank you. She was the type that made you feel special even in the rough times
I have very few friends that I hope will last in my life for a long time ... I do not know what I would do if today I lost one of them :(
You carry on in their honor. Live for those who aren't around any longer. Remember things that were special to them
Thank you for sharing @the-witty-waiter and thank you for being a friend still to Janeen and treasuring memories of her. May you find comfort in the beauty of the memories she left you.
Thanks reonlow