To my special Nanny. This special rose that helped raise me. Nanny I miss you so much but I celebrate you so much in the same breath. You have left so many beautiful memories that surround me every day. I hear your voice, I see your smile and I remember your gift of kindness, wisdom, knowledge and honesty. That care that all falls in a comforting space. Nanny thank you so much for what you have done and how you have touched so many lives. Your faith was a faith of truth and how you lived and all those sacrifices you made that went before you. It just fills me with so much joy in knowing that those memories stand so strong. That day we all said farewell to you, Nanny was a day where sadness but also celebration of your life, your legacy, your history held hands. We were all brothers and sisters celebrating your legacy, celebrating your days. I say thank you, Nanny. Thank you. We love and cherish you. Thank God you were in my life, Nanny. Your story that will stay with me forever.

Gary Douglas