KAREN DOLORES RABIN

Mom is not a day goes by that I don´t think of you. I miss you and love you. The thing I miss about you. Most is the way we used to Laugh and not stop laughing. Most of time we weren´t sure what we were laughing about. I love you, mom today and always.

We´re coming up on two years since you´ve been gone mom. You are missed so much and loved so much still. I know that you´re watching over us and guiding us. You are in our hearts always. I love you mom More than ever.

Anyone who knew me and mom knows our relationship has always been a rocky one. We were like oil and vinegar through it all we loved each other.

Mom has been a source of strength and learning all of my life and for anybody that knew her. She always took the highroad and we were to follow. I learned so much from her and most of all I do today she has influenced. She was learned and she loved to travel. I always joked with her that I had been to the one place in the world that she had never been Piza Italy. you joked mom that you didn't want to go to the tower, you were afraid it would fall over so you stayed away.

I loved being in the kitchen with her cooking and baking and I've learned so much from her. I will most definitely carry on the. Tradition of baking and taking some sort of cake to appointments with doctors and visiting friends. She always said it never hurts to spread the sweets around.

Our own medicine even recently was laughing. Laugh, oh boy did we ever laugh. We'd get such a giggle that we couldn't even look at each other and not break out laughing even harder. Sometimes we left for 30 minutes or more. I'll so miss our laughing, i'll so miss you mom.

Moms last year was the fight of her life. She lost the one thing that made her who she was, her independence. It was a very long year, I'm so grateful that I was able to be here with you for that year and help take care of you during your last journey. You most definitely didn't make it easy for me. But it wouldn't have been our relationship was if it wasp easy. I was beginning to think that my name was SHUT UP or I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP or GET OUT. But in the end I didn't give up and she knew it was time. It was a very long year but I'm so glad you're at peace now mom.

I love you mom and we will all miss you every day. The last time you were able to express your feelings to me you said it's all water under the bridge honey, I love you Debi, you will always be in my heart and I'll never forget you. I say DITTO Mom.

I'm so sorry for your loss. After reading the tributes above, I wish I would have known your mother...she sounds like a wonderful woman. Take comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and can now rest and watch over you. It's time to take care of yourself now.

A loving tribute to Karen Dolores Rabin (nee Cooper) from the Kid that lived on the corner of Harvard and Yale Circle only 2 doors down. (Rev. Dr. Larry Hand aka "Lar Honey" as she affectionately called me)

To some she was the Aunt Karen, La Madre, Momasita, Mother Rabin, Da Bubster, but to me she was the one and only; the incomparable Momma K! I was most honored throughout my whole life to be David and Debbie's brother from another mother! She took this little goyim boy who lived two doors down and made me one of her own even before I knew I had Jewish blood in me from a distant ancestor! There was always a place for me at the table during all high Holy Days and every day in between! I even had the honor of asking the questions reserved for the eldest son at Passover! The door was always left open and it wasn't just for Elijah!
Her departure from this life has left an enormous whole in my heart never to be filled! If only the religions of the world could learn from her example of acceptance, welcome and hospitality! Momma K showed us all how a simple gesture like giving an apple blueberry bundt cake to someone in need, held the power to span the worlds divisions. If only we could see how that kind of wisdom can lead us to universal peace.
What she possessed; what she gave me and so many others was what the world truly needs now! Her living example went beyond tolerance and forbearance. I was her second son because she chose to make me her own! It was adoption in its truest and purest form! With her there was no stranger and alien among us; only oneness with each other!
In a word she was a FORCE for good in my life and the world! The FORCE of relentless and unconditional love! When necessary it was tough love! But more often than not it was the Force of grace that was slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love! Momma K was a living example of someone who challenged the comfortable and comforted the challenged! She left this world a better place then she found it. We are all fortunate to have had her in our lives. I am a better person for having known her and blessed beyond measure for the indelible presence she will continue to be in my life! Rest well Momma K! May God bless and keep you! May light perpetual shine upon you! Oh and one other thingI'm gonna miss your pepper steak and fried matzo and eggs!

Although we have not seen you walking Tula for quite awhile, we think of you often when Looking out our window. We loved hearing stories of your family especially your two grandsons who you were very proud of and rightly so. Your homemade treats were our favorite and you always had the time to greet us and inquire about our family. Rest In Peace Karen you will be missed, our neighborhood lost a shinning light!

Karen, we will miss you dearly. Debbi & David, keep all your wonderful memories of her close in your heart, this will get you through this sad time. She was truly one of a kind, and a great neighbor. May she rest in peace!

We will truly miss Karen, especially seeing her walking with Tula. She was one of a kind, and lived a good long life. Keep all the wonderful memories that you have of her, close to your heart, Debbie and David, it will help you get through this sad time. May she rest in peace.

Debi, David, Alexander and Asa, your mother and bubbe was a wonderful women. I will never forget how when she and your dad came to our house she always went into the refrigerating looking for my mom's meatloaf and I can never eat a fried tomato without thinking of her. She made the best. She is loved and will be missed.