Life of Joann, (7/Many)

“My mother viewed the world in a unique way. Her goal, wherever she went, was to make others smile, and turn a bad day into a good one. Her positivity and energy for life and the people around her was inspiring and contagious.” “I remember when she would take me shopping with her. I never wanted to go. She would know everyone in the store. And the ones she didn't know, she would get to know. It took hours to just buy a couple of groceries.” “But I loved her for that. She had the ability to create a relationship with someone she never met, on the spot. She was my role model. She was my sister’s. She was a role model for anyone who truly knew her. Even when she passed, people would say how they could only hope to be the kind of person she was.”