Dear Marisa, you were a wonderful friend to our family and our hearts are broken with the news of your passing. We will miss your smile and laughter, your pasta, our girls nights out, your dedication in service to others. You will be missed here but no doubt welcomed where you are now. At Christmas we remember you by reading your book. We are not here to live forever - so much as to leave something behind a part of us that will. You will live on in our hearts
