Karen Hanson

Mom, today I started looking into the trips we had started dreaming about this year, and I became overwhelmed with grief. I loved my travels with you. My favorite moments on our trips together were watching you walk the beach, tipping your toes into the waves. Most of the pictures I have of you in these moments were taken unknowingly by you. I adored seeing you so happy I couldn't help photographing the beautiful moment. I don't know if I can ever see the beach again without feeling your presence, and I hope it will feel like a beautiful memory that makes me smile instead of a devastating loss.

Karena, I have loved you as a friend, a confidant, and as one of the best nurses I have ever worked with. I know you´re in the arms of Jesus. Your earthly worries are no longer. Until we meet again-Helena

Karen and I met 40 years ago when we were working as new nurses at the osteopathic hospital in Kansas City Mo. We were best friends from that day forward, and there was never a dull moment when we were together. Thank you Jeni and Liz for allowing me to be at her bedside in her final days. I will miss you forever Karen. Until we meet again at the end of the rainbow bridge. God hold you in the palms of his hands. My best friend.
Dorinda Sutton