"There's only one family with a Sophia and Eagan!" One of the very first sentences Carol said to me over 12 years ago. "You have to be Jessica's Mom!"
She was a new volunteer at the old St. Michael's hospital in Stevens Point and we were just getting acquainted, bragging about our grandchildren, of course.
It soon came to light that her son Steve, wife Nik, (with Peyton and Bailey at the time) were close friends with my daughter, Jessica and her husband, Neil, (with Eagan and Sophia) all living at the time in Middleton WI.
And so began a close friendship which began at our once a week hospital volunteer stint called PACE. We were soon going on garden tours, plant buying excursions (hers always flourished), lots of visits and beach walks on St. Simons Is, in GA.
She was a dear, positive friend, but she would always tell me what she thought about a situation, (usually with humor). Her honesty was part of her beauty.
I will miss her.
Patricia Saito-Stewart