My beautiful sister, Lisa

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Laurie

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Racine, WI
We were always stylish!
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goofing around with mom in the kitchen! Trust me though, mom did cook there and it was always good!
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a trip up north! check out my cool hat!
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she was a pretty chunky baby! The only time in her life she was a fattie!
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My grandpa Welch, grandma Welch and great-grandma Grove are all with Lisa now--she is very blessed to be with them again. I miss them all very much
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Mother/Daughter banquet:
my grandma Welch, great grandma Grove, mom and us--and yes I did use to have long hair!
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stylish and often dressed alike!
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my favorite pics of us as kids!
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Sister love--there is a bond like no other:
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Here is a pic of her first wig--she looks good!
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our family trip to Florida--check out how much bronzer I have on! We laughed for days over this!
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Dad and his girls in Florida--we had SO much fun that trip--our last vacation together
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thanks for sharing all these pictures.

i wish i lived closer!! i would love to come over and help you get them in a scrapbook!
(its my other passion besides my chins!)
 
Sisterly love--my sisters are my world and because of them I am a better person

my high school graduation picnic
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Florida--I love this picture of us! Mostly because I look thin!
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and here I do not! lol!
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mom and her girls
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the quiet calm before the storm. This picture was taken at almost 5 years cancer free--from this year her cancer returned every July until she died in 2009
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This picture was taken just a few days after her terminal declaration--looking at her you would never know she would be with us for only a year--the next day all her hair fell out
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And because cancer is not pretty--our last picture with Lisa. This was taken July 4th. She saw herself as ugly, I only saw her as my beautiful sister
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some bad hair moments for sure!
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bad hair BUT Packer gear woot!
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the bathing beauty!
she always had to plug her nose! even as an adult at the water park!
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She was a fun and goofy girl at times
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we used to think all the sisters pictures were too much! and we would gripe about being hounded by paparazzi--I long for those days back!

Christmas at Lisa's
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My 40th birthday party
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At her memorial service
A family picture
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last picture of mom with her girls
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The man she loved when she died--Keith--he was with her to the very end
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testament she was into camo then and now!
then:
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now:
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Awww Laurie. I love all the pictures. Thank you for sharing. Shelly and I give you big hugs and chinnie kisses.
 
My beautiful sister, Lisa, died one year ago on July 15th. She was 44 years old, a couple of months shy of her 45th birthday. She developed triple negative breast cancer, a breast cancer that most often affects black, hispanic and young women. It is not hormone driven therefore is not treatable with hormone therapy. It is very aggressive and very hard to cure. She first got it at 37 years of age and made it 4 and 3/4 year without a reoccurence. It returned every year in July from the time it first reoccurred until she died.

She was the most amazing person and was loved by everyone. We often teased her about being Switzerland and she never engaged in disputes of any kind. She rarely voiced an opinion of her own until she got cancer. While cancer did take her life, it made her a stronger person and a fighter.

We shared a room as girls growing up--we were inseparable. The only time we were apart is when I lived in Texas, but she and her family visited me a couple of times there and we had a blast. We were together for all the major events of our lives, and she was always there for me through thick and thin. She was nonjudgemental and always loving. She was with me through bad boyfriends, bad hair, and bad glasses!

More than my sister, she was my bestfriend. I miss her very much

This is my beautiful sister Lisa the way most people knew her
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Please take a look at some of the pictures I've shared so you can see her as I saw her
 
Oh, Laurie. You will be in my thoughts and prayers during this time. Anniversaries of this kind are so hard.
Lisa was a beautiful woman, inside and out...that I can tell without ever meeting her. Through her cancer, she became a fighter and stronger person...and YOU did, too!
Your love for her never ceases to amaze me and know that you have inspired me to become even closer to my own sisters. :)
 
Your posting made me cry. Thank you for sharing Laurie. Although her life was cut short, I'm glad you have so many wonderful memories to keep you company. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow.
 
Lisa will always be beautiful! I went straight to her beautiful smile that was always there. The pics made me laugh and smile because of your ever changing hairstyles but mostly because all of you were together for Lisa until the end. The greatest gift of all is the unconditional love you had for each other. She's in heaven smiling down at you and embracing you to not hurt so much. I love you Laurie.
 
Oh Laurie. your pics made me cry all over again. I know you miss her so much, and I am positive she is watching over you from above. Cancer free and happy. I am sure she still carries your love with her. I love ya lady!
 
what a lovely tribute! sorry i commented in the middle of you posting them all.
she had a beautiful smile. and you have such a lovely family. my thoughts are with you during this time.
 
Laurie, these beautiful pictures brought tears to my eyes. It's a wonderful tribute to a clearly wonderful woman and i know you loved her so much. You have all of us here to comfort you through this hard anniversary and you can know Lisa is looking down at you smiling. We all love you and she does too!
 
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