What can I say about one of the best friends I ever had? DD was the big sister I would have wanted if given the chance, my confidant, a shoulder to cry on when I needed one, and the angel of my better nature all in one small spitfire of a woman. The best times of my life were spent on the phone with her for hours at a time talking about everything under the sun until it was time to say goodbye, and then twenty minutes later one of us would say we saw Armenia because we were still talking. DD never had children and never wanted any of her own but she loved the children and grandchildren of her friends. Whenever we were on the phone and I had my grandson over here, DD always insisted on talking to him, and she loved my stories about Zachary and my granddaughter Lillian. I think everyone who knew her well, knows how much DD loved her Mets. Anytime I heard DD cussing a blue streak I knew things weren't going well for them, but she never gave up on her team. She had the greatest sense of humor as well and loved a good joke whether it was clean or slightly bawdy; DD was my best audience as a matter of fact. I met DD because of our mutual love for Barry even though we had other things in common, but the best times we ever had together we spent at the conventions with our other friends. The memory that makes me smile the brightest is of leaving Quark's after the first night of the first convention I went to with DD, while she was singing Harmony at the top of her lungs. I'd have to give it a 75. Most of all though, DD loved animals from the time she was a little girl until the end of her days. There's a prayer by St. Francis of Asissi the patron saint of animals that I wanted to share with everyone: Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Goodbye Sue Ellen, I know you're in a better place now and maybe some day we'll meet again. Love, Crystal