TIA ANGIE,THERE ARENT WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR SIGNIFICANCE IN MY LIFE,YOUR WARM SMILE,AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DOORS WE'RE OPEN TO ALL WHO LOVED YOU AND YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ME AS A WOMAN,MOTHER,GRANDMOTHER SISTER,TIA OR JUST A FRIEND TO SOME....YOU NEVER JUDGED OR BELITTLED ANYONE.YOUR HEART WAS PURE AND HONEST..YOU OPENED YOUR HOUSE TO ALL AND FED MANY...YOU TAUGHT ME ALOT IN SUCH LIL TIME .YOU LOVED ME JUST LIKE ONE OF YOURS AND NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GOT AND HOW I REBELLED,YOU STRAIGHTENED ME OUT WITH YOUR ENCOURAGING WORDS.. YOU TOLD ME THIS,LAST YEAR,IN SPANISH: "IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, ITS WHERE YOUR GOING AND WHERE YOUVE BEEN,WE'RE ALL CONNECTED IN SOME WAY", FORGIVE THE ONES WHO HAVE HURT YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN BE HAPPY AND FREE FROM MISERY"...I TOOK THOSE WORDS TO HEART,AND HERE I AM TODAY,A BETTER PERSON, WIFE,MOTHER SISTER,AND MOST IMPORTANT, A BETTER DAUGHTER,THANKS TO YOU! ILL SEE YOU IN PARADISE, SAY HELLO TO MY POPS,LOVE YOU TIA THANKS FOR BEING PART OF MY LIFE...