This month, I want to write about Rebecca Lavoie Deane, our precious daughter-in-law, who we lost unexpectedly on July 28 at 45 years old.

Rebecca was beautiful both inside and out. While she was slight and stood maybe an inch over five feet, she had a heart as big as Texas. A nursery school teacher by trade, she gave up classroom for homeroom soon after the birth of Craig, second of our three Deane grandchildren and, from then on, family became her full-time occupation.