Today you left us here in memories of love, laughter and what it looks like to be a beautiful human being.

I will never forget when I first met you. I came to your campground to check on availability and prices. You opened the door and were soooo excited to show ME, a complete stranger… the latest addition to finalize your collection of the dwarfs from Snow White! Hal had just bought it for you ❤️ You were BEAMING in happiness.

You hugged me and welcomed me into your home and family and invited me to all the wonderful things going on at your campground. I have never in my life felt so loved and cared about until that very day.

From that day forward you became a mother, friend, Councelor, cheerleader and literally one of the most influential and important people in my life.

You guided me through the process of loving myself. You called me on my shit and gave the BEST advice on the man I had met and fell in love with! Even though that relationship didn’t work you still believed he was the one. You managed to make me believe in love again. He just was the wrong man to love. I think you knew this in the end.

You introduced me as your daughter and loved me like I was yours!

Oh how I will miss you 💔

I know you are in good hands as your faith was so powerful! I know you were more than ready to go but I wasn’t quite ready for that message that you passed. I was so hoping I would have one more summer with you! Bodhi was too! He loved you so much my beautiful friend ❤️ The way you loved him from the moment you met him too was definitely a tribute to exactly who you are! An amazing, loving beautiful soul ❤️

I will come pay tribute to you this summer as I haven’t missed one yet in the 7 years since you entered my life. It will be so painfully sad to miss you there so forgive me if I don’t stay long ❤️ my heart needs some rest and some Rita and Hal love ❤️

I promise to check on Hal and make sure he is doing as well as possible. I know he is devastated with your absence. He loved you more than life itself.

Oh Rita…. I love you so much! Thank you for being such a HUGE part of my journey and loving me for exactly who I am and where I was at all those years ago… all the way up until you passed.

I will never forget our last phone call last month and how excited we were to know summer would be here soon.

I love you forever my dear friend.

Thank you… for being you and giving me the opportunity to be apart of your life ❤️

I miss you TERRIBLY ALREADY! The tears won’t stop… only because you were someone I know is irreplaceable in this world.. to my heart 💔

I love you always and forever ❤️