This is a picture of my mom Beth (and Dad on my wedding day).  She passed away very unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on October 31, 2013.  That was the hardest day so far of my life.  I was at work when I got the terrible news.  Mom wasn't sick, she wasn't unhealthy...which is why this is so hard.  Telling my kids that their Nanny was now in heaven was like punching them in the stomach...I can still hear the sound they made when I told them...it was like my husband and I took their breath away.  My mom was such an amazing woman...the best mom a girl could ask for.  Love you more than life itself Mom.  You may be gone from this earth, but you will live on in the hearts of everyone you've touched.  I know you're looking down on us, protecting us from afar and loving us.  Thank you for the wonderful 38 years I was blessed with having spent with you as my Mom.