<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454</id><updated>2012-02-06T17:15:46.422-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kiki's Sunshine Fund</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-3033979522209381338</id><published>2011-04-29T20:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T20:43:26.199-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Plant Your Own Kiki's Garden</title><content type='html'>In honor of Krista on her birthday, today April 29th, we are asking all who love her to plant a &lt;i&gt;Kiki's Garden &lt;/i&gt;for   her this spring.&amp;nbsp; It could be a large vegetable garden, a small   butterfly garden or even one potted sunflower.&amp;nbsp; Whatever the size or   make up your garden, please think of Krista as you watch it bloom and   grow.&amp;nbsp; If you would like to send us a picture of your garden, we will   post it on the new&lt;a href="http://www.kikisgarden.org/"&gt; Kiki's Garden website&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It is our goal, as we get the &lt;a href="http://www.kikisgarden.org/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kiki's Garden, The Krista Weller Burns Foundation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; off the ground, to have &lt;i&gt;Kiki's Gardens&lt;/i&gt; all over the globe honoring our beautiful angel.&amp;nbsp; Peace to all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mGC1GVpldxA/TbW6_2mZFXI/AAAAAAAAABM/M197vlssgcM/s1600/DSC07369.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mGC1GVpldxA/TbW6_2mZFXI/AAAAAAAAABM/M197vlssgcM/s320/DSC07369.JPG" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Please email all &lt;i&gt;Kiki's Garden &lt;/i&gt;photos to kikisgarden(AT)hotmail(DOT) com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Check out the soon to be foundation's website at www.kikisgarden.org &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-3033979522209381338?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/3033979522209381338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2011/04/plant-your-own-kikis-garden.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3033979522209381338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3033979522209381338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2011/04/plant-your-own-kikis-garden.html' title='Plant Your Own Kiki&apos;s Garden'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mGC1GVpldxA/TbW6_2mZFXI/AAAAAAAAABM/M197vlssgcM/s72-c/DSC07369.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-7934275264223891739</id><published>2010-07-19T08:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-19T08:47:00.342-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Krista's Tribute Night--A Song Written for Krista</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-280d36551275cbfb" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D280d36551275cbfb%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331195601%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62EE242C44B798B5B84C026D05A676EF99D0E250.3804649338942A58006D69B15F24115F1DA9EDA3%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D280d36551275cbfb%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DhDr0PlPwc5bMPidCk1fLUNRIrmw&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D280d36551275cbfb%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331195601%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62EE242C44B798B5B84C026D05A676EF99D0E250.3804649338942A58006D69B15F24115F1DA9EDA3%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D280d36551275cbfb%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DhDr0PlPwc5bMPidCk1fLUNRIrmw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This song was written for Krista by Stoddard Blackall.&amp;nbsp; It is just beautiful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-7934275264223891739?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/7934275264223891739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/kristas-tribute-night-song-written-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/7934275264223891739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/7934275264223891739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/kristas-tribute-night-song-written-for.html' title='Krista&apos;s Tribute Night--A Song Written for Krista'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-3597726639309524685</id><published>2010-07-16T12:40:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T12:40:00.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Krista's Tribute Night--Song from Dennis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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from the musical &lt;i&gt;Wicked&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This was one of Krista's favorite songs.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-5375293288096917854?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/5375293288096917854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/kristas-tribute-night-song-from-brooke.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5375293288096917854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5375293288096917854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/kristas-tribute-night-song-from-brooke.html' title='Krista&apos;s Tribute Night--Song from Brooke'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-1506899135321744560</id><published>2010-07-12T20:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T20:17:43.751-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Single Spotlight</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A SINGLE SPOTLIGHT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;by Peter Lamberton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(in remembrance of Krista Weller Burns)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;A smile so bright, it lit the night&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;A twinkle in the eye&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;A friendly word was always heard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;For every passerby&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;How one so young could do so much&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;A marvel to behold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The makings of a well-lived life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;In someone twice as old&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The knowledge base – so broad, so deep&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And gladly shared by she&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;No brag, just fact, no fancy act&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;In rapture, we would be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;I’d never done a musical&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And there I was, with you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;In dance routines and other means&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;You really pulled me through&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Despite all that, you asked me back&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And why, I’ll never guess&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;To be a part of gala night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Of course, I answered “Yes”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The lines were learned for Friday’s scene&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And songs for cabaret&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The special warmth; the sheer delight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Is re-played every day&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;You pitched right in; you played to win&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And never got annoyed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;With costumes, lights; with props; with sound&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;But now, alas, a void&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;It’s intermission now, my dear&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then places for Act Two&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Where those of us still left behind&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ask “What would Krista do?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;We know an angel’s got our back&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Whatever stage or show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The spirit’s there - the warmth, the light&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;An incandescent glow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;So, darlin’, thanks for everything&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rest well, with no more pain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Until that final curtain call&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Where all will meet again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-1506899135321744560?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/1506899135321744560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/single-spotlight.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1506899135321744560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1506899135321744560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/single-spotlight.html' title='A Single Spotlight'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-298484011696388108</id><published>2010-07-02T22:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T22:52:04.481-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To My Sister- I know you are with me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;My Sister--I Miss You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This is what Amber presented at Krista's&amp;nbsp; memorial service.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fvsOhahI/AAAAAAAACfY/5vKWGy6k5uI/s1600/64390022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fvsOhahI/AAAAAAAACfY/5vKWGy6k5uI/s320/64390022.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have had the honor of being Krista’s sister.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;The memories that we have shared have been diverse in their nature.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Some have been life altering in magnitude and others purely innocent.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is however the ones that, at the time seem insignificant and unmemorable, that will be the most&lt;br /&gt;powerful.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I will forever cherish the summer cookouts,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;relaxing on the beach,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;shopping on Saturdays&lt;br /&gt;shopping on Sundays,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;hanging out at the gym.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;These are the times when sisters are more than sisters , they are BEST&amp;nbsp; friends.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Some of our deepest conversations revolved around nothing at all, I will miss these simple times.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Quite often during our talks she would sometimes outburst and say “your not listening to me!”&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well Krista,&amp;nbsp; you will be pleased to know, I heard every word and I will remember them for the rest of&lt;br /&gt;my life.&lt;br /&gt;I am very proud of&amp;nbsp; you Krista.&amp;nbsp; In a life cut short you accomplished so much and taught me so many&lt;br /&gt;lessons.&amp;nbsp; To me you are the symbol of strength and persistence.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have always been inspired by Krista’s ability to follow her dreams and aspirations regardless of the&lt;br /&gt;situation, obstacles, or naysayers.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;She had big dreams&lt;br /&gt;And a big heart to follow them&lt;br /&gt;I’d like to use some words from one of Krista’s favorite musicals - Mary Poppins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anything can happen when you let it….&lt;br /&gt;if reach for the stars all you get are the stars&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;but we’ve found a whole new spin&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you reach for the heavens you get the stars thrown in.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Anything can happen if you let it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Life is out there waiting so go and get it!&lt;br /&gt;Krista didn’t aim for the stars, she aimed for the heavens&lt;br /&gt;That’s a powerful lesson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Krista, I will miss you so very very much.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;But I know I don’t have to go too far to find you.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;All I need to do is look around and I will be reminded of your spirit.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Whether it’s a fancy shoe in a shop window,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;the sand beneath my feet,&lt;br /&gt;A song bird in a tree&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;or a deep look inside myself&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I know that you are with me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Love U!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fa7vP9UI/AAAAAAAACfQ/lB18IkjObsw/s1600/A%26K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fa7vP9UI/AAAAAAAACfQ/lB18IkjObsw/s320/A%26K.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fvsOhahI/AAAAAAAACfY/5vKWGy6k5uI/s1600/64390022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-298484011696388108?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/298484011696388108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-my-sister-i-know-you-are-with-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/298484011696388108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/298484011696388108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-my-sister-i-know-you-are-with-me.html' title='To My Sister- I know you are with me'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TC6fvsOhahI/AAAAAAAACfY/5vKWGy6k5uI/s72-c/64390022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-1191965235576366464</id><published>2010-07-02T07:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T09:03:49.202-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Celebration of Life--Krista Weller Burns</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;If we love... We grieve&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Krista Weller Burns&lt;br /&gt;1974 ~ 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCk4QQkGuYI/AAAAAAAACfI/bOxdeJpwHAI/s1600/KIKI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCk4QQkGuYI/AAAAAAAACfI/bOxdeJpwHAI/s320/KIKI.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Memorial Celebration&lt;br /&gt;June 12, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;(click on the names below to read what they said)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gathering Hymn:&lt;/b&gt; How Great Thou Art&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greetings:&lt;/b&gt; Brendan Burns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Opening Prayer:&lt;/b&gt; Monsignor Gerald Saborin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+23&amp;amp;version=NIV"&gt;Psalm 23 The Lord is My Shepard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meditation:&lt;/b&gt; Because The Lord is My Shepard... Jeffrey and Evelyn Weller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parents’ Farewell and Remembrance...&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/to-my-first-child-kristaa-poem-from-dad.html"&gt;Jeffrey&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/impressions-of-kristaa-note-from-mom.html"&gt;Evelyn Weller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Selection:&lt;/b&gt; Turn, Turn, Turn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading:&lt;/b&gt; I Am Always with You... &lt;a href="http://www.eulogyspeech.net/funeral-poems/I-Am-Always-With-You.shtml"&gt;Jessica Weller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Siblings Farewell and Remembrance... &lt;/b&gt;Scott and &lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-my-sister-i-know-you-are-with-me.html"&gt;Amber Weller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Selection:&lt;/b&gt; Over the Rainbow... Dennis Bouchard, Fellow Thespian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading:&lt;/b&gt; All the World’s a Stage... Samantha Burns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Selection:&lt;/b&gt; You’ll Never Walk Alone... Angie Margiotta, Fellow Thespian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Husband &amp;amp; Step-Daughter Farewell and Remembrance...&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/tribute-to-krista-from-brendan_24.html"&gt;Brendan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-krista-from-sammy.html"&gt;Samantha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading:&lt;/b&gt; John, Chapter 14 Verses 1-6... &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A1-6&amp;amp;version=NIV"&gt;Andrew Richardson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hymn:&lt;/b&gt; Ave Maria... Lilly Cataldi Simmers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Closing Prayer:&lt;/b&gt; Monsignor Gerald Saborin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Departing Hymn:&lt;/b&gt; Amazing Grace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-1191965235576366464?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/1191965235576366464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/celebration-of-life-krista-weller-burns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1191965235576366464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1191965235576366464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/07/celebration-of-life-krista-weller-burns.html' title='A Celebration of Life--Krista Weller Burns'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCk4QQkGuYI/AAAAAAAACfI/bOxdeJpwHAI/s72-c/KIKI.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-3684609044495926104</id><published>2010-06-28T19:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T20:11:48.112-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For Krista---From Sammy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK4HhQP57I/AAAAAAAACeo/Qn4_ELZMJ5o/s1600/965538672303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK4HhQP57I/AAAAAAAACeo/Qn4_ELZMJ5o/s320/965538672303.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Krista used to call herself my step monster, but I can tell you all – she is the best step monster you could ever imagine.&lt;br /&gt;To me, Krista was more of a really close friend, someone who I could confide in, someone who I could trust, someone who I could share my passions with and someone who I could love.&lt;br /&gt;There is a song that we sang together, just one of the many that she taught me to sing. It’s called ‘For Good’ and is from the musical Wicked. One of the lines in the song sums up just about all of what I want to say ‘I do believe I have been changed for the better, and because I knew you – I have been changed for good.’&lt;br /&gt;Krista is so inspiring; I know she has been a lot of people. Yesterday when I was meeting with people, I heard stories of how Krista would help keep people going when moral was low in a group. She was the person that we all looked to, to give us a vote of confidence. She will continue to inspire me for the rest of my life, and I will walk with her words to me always in my heart.&lt;br /&gt;There are just a few things I want to thank her for:&lt;br /&gt;First of all, Thank you Krista for being a part of my life. For all the laughs and conversations, for all the love we shared.&lt;br /&gt;Secondly, Thank you for all the things you taught me. From what moisturizer to use to the extra history lessons to life lessons that are priceless&lt;br /&gt;And finally, Thank you for making my Dad so happy and giving us the gift of a family.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-3684609044495926104?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/3684609044495926104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-krista-from-sammy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3684609044495926104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3684609044495926104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-krista-from-sammy.html' title='For Krista---From Sammy'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK4HhQP57I/AAAAAAAACeo/Qn4_ELZMJ5o/s72-c/965538672303.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-8124059887644749896</id><published>2010-06-26T08:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T08:33:00.449-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To My First Child, Krista.....A Poem from Dad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;MY FIRST CHILD, KRISTA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What I always wanted to tell you but failed to try:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(this was the piece that Jeff wrote and read for Krista at her Memorial Service) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCP7ScTQl9I/AAAAAAAACe4/xCAqQOs_YgI/s1600/IMG_3801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCP7ScTQl9I/AAAAAAAACe4/xCAqQOs_YgI/s320/IMG_3801.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;It will forever be plain to me,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;That we loved you first, you see.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Yes, you our First to brave the new world,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Your entrance in dramatic style in New York City, the Great White Way,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Your First home for a while.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to make us laugh and make us cry.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to earn your badge of courage,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;A band aid on a wounded knee.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to see Doctor Sandberg for shots in the arm,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You winced and grimaced and bravely stood your ground… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;No harm!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to climb the hill and down the other side again,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Run in the field and play in the glen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to be carried on daddy’s shoulders on high,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to climb a tree, glide on a swing and kick the sky.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And in each Spring in your garden green,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Strip the peapods and berries clean.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And when questioned: Who? What? When? Where and Why?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You merely sigh and say, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Not I”!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to watch for fireflies in the night air of July,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to chase Snipes, Malikas and other fairy tales in the wood,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to toast summer marshmallows over campfire wood… mmmm. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;How good!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to sit in pride, your smile wide on your first pony ride,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;To walk and play in the new mown hay.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to be churched, baptized and communed… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ribbons festooned in your light blond hair,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And the long white gown to the ground you’d wear.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to act out in the school and Christmas plays,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to dial 911 for mommy’s sake and save the day.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to take to the father/daughter dance and win the handsome prize,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;For, of course, you were always first in your daddy’s eyes. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to learn to drive, in a way… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Get licensed and grounded on the very same day!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to graduate from Senior High, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Leave home for college and parts unknown,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;To ply your skills on Capitol Hill.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;First to hold a public seat, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;(How neat!) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;To stand for justice and wave the flag so free, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;For those who couldn’t stand and be.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;That was awesome, your greatest feat,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Strike up the band!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And first to sit high above the Fenway Green, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The brand new press box of the newly sold Boston Red Sox.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Truly you’ve had many firsts, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;My Sweet, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Which no one can deny.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;But now this first can only make me cry, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;To leave so soon with barely a good-bye.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;So this day, I proclaim in God’s name: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;We thank you sweet angels above,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;For Krista was ours First to love.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Make way, today, step aside, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Her grand entrance to abide.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Our dear Krista is yours to love.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Now that she’s on heaven’s side!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-8124059887644749896?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/8124059887644749896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/to-my-first-child-kristaa-poem-from-dad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/8124059887644749896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/8124059887644749896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/to-my-first-child-kristaa-poem-from-dad.html' title='To My First Child, Krista.....A Poem from Dad'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCP7ScTQl9I/AAAAAAAACe4/xCAqQOs_YgI/s72-c/IMG_3801.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-6240033482050333629</id><published>2010-06-25T08:23:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T19:40:53.908-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;On behalf of Brendan, Jeff, Evelyn, Scott, Amber, Jess, Andy, Z, and C,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;we would like to express our deepest thanks to the Players from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.playersri.org/"&gt;Barker Playhouse&lt;/a&gt; for the beautiful tribute they held for Krista.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;It was very heartfelt and touching to see all of the wonderful actors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;come together in song and dance in honor of Krista’s life.  We are so&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;grateful to everyone who participated. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;We will remember the night&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;for the rest of our lives.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-6240033482050333629?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/6240033482050333629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/thank-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/6240033482050333629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/6240033482050333629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/thank-you.html' title='Thank you.....'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-8859243527342192518</id><published>2010-06-24T09:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T20:46:00.008-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Tribute to Krista--From Brendan</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;This is what Brendan (her loving husband) wrote for Krista and read at her Memorial Service......&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK2TpaILMI/AAAAAAAACeg/jOSzCv9VjfY/s1600/548952176103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK2TpaILMI/AAAAAAAACeg/jOSzCv9VjfY/s320/548952176103.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many words that can be used to describe Krista – who she was and what she stood for&lt;br /&gt;So many good words that I finally selected just two&lt;br /&gt;TWO words I will particularly use to remember her by&lt;br /&gt;You can probably guess the first one – it’s the word from her heart and soul&lt;br /&gt;But I challenge you to guess the second one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first word is the word LOVE….. no surprises there&lt;br /&gt;If you think about it - the moment of her creation was an act of love - and then she was born to an immediate welcoming reception of LOVE form her parents Evelyn and Jeff.&lt;br /&gt;And all through her earliest childhood she was adored and LOVED and then her siblings arrived and there was more love around her. And so this bubble of love whose name was Krista grew and grew&lt;br /&gt;There was a constant two – way stream of love flowing in and flowing out of Krista in all directions&lt;br /&gt;LOVE from parents – LOVE to parents&lt;br /&gt;LOVE from a brother and sister – LOVE to a brother and sister&lt;br /&gt;LOVE from grandparents – LOVE to grandparents&lt;br /&gt;LOVE in – LOVE out&lt;br /&gt;LOVE in – LOVE out&lt;br /&gt;LOVE was like breathing for her – it was so natural&lt;br /&gt;LOVE from Aunts and Uncles (And there are a lot of those if you hadn’t noticed)&lt;br /&gt;LOVING Cousins (and there are even more of those)&lt;br /&gt;LOVING Friends of the Family that were like second Parents and second siblings&lt;br /&gt;LOVING DOG&lt;br /&gt;LOVING CAT&lt;br /&gt;And LOVE from her small but growing circle of friends&lt;br /&gt;The sources of LOVE go on and on&lt;br /&gt;And in return she LOVED them all back in her unique and special way&lt;br /&gt;And so it is I believe that Krista was nourished on LOVE&lt;br /&gt;Nourished on the two-way stream of LOVE both giving and receiving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So at the very centre of Krista was this wonderful word and gift of LOVE&lt;br /&gt;When I stood in line last night to welcome her friends and family during the calling hours I heard the word LOVE expressed or used about 500 to 600 times.&lt;br /&gt;To quote a line form one of her favourite movies&lt;br /&gt;LOVE was ACTUALLY ALL AROUND&lt;br /&gt;She was LOVED by everyone that had any form of relationship or encounter with her&lt;br /&gt;It made no difference if it was 5 minutes or 5 years&lt;br /&gt;Krista was able to show people a special kind of LOVE and they all respond with LOVE.&lt;br /&gt;Most of you here know exactly what I am saying because you have shared in that special LOVE&lt;br /&gt;Krista was able to win a special place in your heart and at the same time kept a special place for you in her heart&lt;br /&gt;The BEATLES were right when they sang&lt;br /&gt;ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE&lt;br /&gt;I am lucky am privileged to share her LOVE for over 6 years.&lt;br /&gt;We were LOVERS, FRIENDS, and SOUL MATES&lt;br /&gt;We had a joyous time together despite some of the extraordinary challenges&lt;br /&gt;Krista loved our adventures to far flung, wild and exotic places like Newport and Jamestown New York, New Hampshire, London, the Caribbean, to name but a few&lt;br /&gt;She loved to swim in the blue waters of Grand Cayman where we went for our honeymoon&lt;br /&gt;She loved New York and London so much she liked to consider herself as a NYLON (An abbreviation for New York and London)&lt;br /&gt;She loved an adventure no matter how near or far&lt;br /&gt;She loved the Ocean and beach like she was still a five year old&lt;br /&gt;She loved good food and was a wonderful chef.&lt;br /&gt;She loved playing scrabble and participating in Jeopardy (from the sofa)&lt;br /&gt;She loved cats and dogs&lt;br /&gt;She loved theatre and film&lt;br /&gt;She loved reading&lt;br /&gt;And she loved writing&lt;br /&gt;She loved her brother and her sister&lt;br /&gt;She loved her friends old and new&lt;br /&gt;She loved her grandparents and all her uncles and aunts&lt;br /&gt;Her niece and nephew&lt;br /&gt;Her step-daughter&lt;br /&gt;She loved her parents&lt;br /&gt;And she loved God&lt;br /&gt;If you feel I missed you out please don’t be concerned&lt;br /&gt;The list is endless&lt;br /&gt;She LOVED life&lt;br /&gt;So in the words of Spike Milligan&lt;br /&gt;"If I could write words&lt;br /&gt;Like leaves on a forest floor&lt;br /&gt;What a bonfire my letters would make&lt;br /&gt;And if I could write words of water&lt;br /&gt;You would drown&lt;br /&gt;When I say I love you"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must have told Krista she was loved a thousand times&lt;br /&gt;The last words I said to Krista and the last words she heard were the words I love you&lt;br /&gt;And I know that I speak for everyone in this room that We LOVE Krista and SHE LOVED us&lt;br /&gt;So may you rest in eternal peace and LOVE Krista, and thank you for LOVING us so well and so individually&lt;br /&gt;The SECOND words is a challenge to say – I wonder if you can guess it&lt;br /&gt;This word is soooo Krista&lt;br /&gt;The word is…&lt;br /&gt;SUPERCALI-FRAGILISTIC-EXPI-ALI-DOCIOUS&lt;br /&gt;You all know it well from Mary Poppins&lt;br /&gt;And Krista’s dream on stage was to play Mary Poppins.&lt;br /&gt;She LOVED Mary Poppins&lt;br /&gt;She would sing many songs at any time of day or night and for most of my time I really felt that I was married to Mary Poppins. I really do&lt;br /&gt;It was wonderful to listen to the stage performances from Krista – My own Mary Poppins in the shower or in the kitchen when she would be so full of joy she would just sing as if on a Broadway audition.&lt;br /&gt;Krista had a beautiful singing voice&lt;br /&gt;She loved Mary Poppins and loved to sing&lt;br /&gt;Every day was a Broadway show in our house&lt;br /&gt;Songs from WHICKED, EVITA, OKLAHOMA, ALL THAT JAZZ, MARY POPPINS and many many more&lt;br /&gt;I will definitely miss the singing the house will be awfully quiet without Krista&lt;br /&gt;Krista’s love for Theatre and Film became her driving passion and her vocation.&lt;br /&gt;And if you have ever been involved in Theatre or Film you will know how much goes on behind the scenes in all the rehearsals and preparations. It’s a lot of work&lt;br /&gt;Most of us only see the well rehearsed performance on the stage&lt;br /&gt;Krista used to say&lt;br /&gt;Life is not a dress rehearsal&lt;br /&gt;You only get one curtain call and one performance so do it as best as you can&lt;br /&gt;Krista I give you a standing ovation for your role as Krista Weller Burns in life&lt;br /&gt;It’s a joy to experience the theatre, stage and film with you&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed your performance as Krista and wished it could have been much longer&lt;br /&gt;May you rest in peace In light - and of course - in LOVE.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-8859243527342192518?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/8859243527342192518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/tribute-to-krista-from-brendan_24.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/8859243527342192518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/8859243527342192518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/tribute-to-krista-from-brendan_24.html' title='A Tribute to Krista--From Brendan'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCK2TpaILMI/AAAAAAAACeg/jOSzCv9VjfY/s72-c/548952176103.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-5243577335581072256</id><published>2010-06-23T10:53:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T10:55:16.364-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Impressions of Krista....A Note From Mom</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This was the piece that Evelyn wrote and read at Krista's Memorial Service.....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCIfhJAuC6I/AAAAAAAACeQ/wrmJPvvvuHQ/s1600/xmas20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCIfhJAuC6I/AAAAAAAACeQ/wrmJPvvvuHQ/s320/xmas20.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Just born… little bow lips… in the shape of an “O” with a sweet dimple on one cheek. Perhaps “OM”?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I ached to hold you and they kept you so long from me in the hospital… that was the reason I chose home births later on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I hear you say your first word….&amp;nbsp; “pretty”&amp;nbsp; not mama or dada… that was to foreshadow your love of beautiful bling things.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at two… &amp;nbsp;elbow deep in bread dough with flour on your nose. Just a hint of the great creative cook you would become.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at four years old at the kitchen sink helping wash just harvested tomatoes for canning… &amp;nbsp;Always ready to join in and help…Your pants got wet from the sloshing so you just took them off and continued with your chore…&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;bare assed… we have a sweet photo of that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at five in the chamomile patch plucking the little daisy heads and collecting them for our tea. You knew all the names of the herbs and would take visitors for a tour. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;How impressed they were as you named purslane, borage, chives, peppermint and so on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you learning how to pet the bees with Grandma Mamms.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you lovingly holding your little brother when he was born and help cut the cord when your sister arrived. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at 7 finally found after a frantic hour of searching thinking you had been taken by a store patron.&amp;nbsp; We find you fast asleep in your sister’s baby carriage on the front porch… You had chosen it for a cozy hiding place while playing hid ‘n seek.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you sitting at the top of the stair, sleepy and rubbing your eyes, crying that it was all smoky upstairs and low and behold, you had awakened us all and saved your siblings from smoke inhalation from mom’s burning Thanksgiving turkey soup pot that she had forgotten on the stove.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at your birthday party leaping into the air to swat the butterfly piñata that we had made together hanging in the apple tree.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you reading… and reading… and reading… and watch you fall in love with books, and words and Film and Learning. I marvel at the story ideas that flow from you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I think you must have gotten your love of words from Grandma Betsy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you run, jump, swim, skate, swing, dance, sing, play the piano and ride horses … a person of action.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you at the emergency room telling the doctor that yes, indeed there is a splinter in your foot… he can’t see anything… you insist and bravely endure immense pain as he pokes around until finally a one inch piece of wood is removed to his surprise.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be the last time doctors would disappoint you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you fall in love with horses and later boys… the horse was more worthy of your love then most of the boys until Brendan…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you work hard and diligently from the age of 14… first as a camp counselor and lifeguard and then holding down two jobs while in college… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you graduate from college and wearing Grandpa Biznonno’s sneakers to commencement.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You knew how much he would have loved to have gone to school.&amp;nbsp; He never went to school so you honored him on your big day and took him along.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you traveling about, in the US and abroad… and everywhere you go you tell me stories of people stopping you on the street to ask for directions… and surprisingly you’d give them as though you’d been there all your life. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I see you laugh and sometimes get frustrated because people frequently try to guess your heritage, your origins… you’ve been asked are you East Indian, Native American, Asian, what are you anyway? You look people in the eyes and see and embrace the best in all people. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I could go on and on… You’ve given me so many memories to cherish… from the most wonderful to the most heartbreaking…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thanks for raising your voice in song with me, and for planting the garden with me all those years. I will find you in every melody and see you in every fruit and flower, especially your beautiful dahlias.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Krista, we disagreed, argued, and battled it out as you and I both grew up together… mom and daughter… &amp;nbsp;I taught you lots but you taught me too. And I thank you for helping me learn more about myself. I am better for having loved you… and so proud to be your mom.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;May you be peaceful, May you be happy, May you be safe, May you now see the light of your own true nature, May you be free.&amp;nbsp; Namaste, &amp;nbsp;my sweet Krista.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-5243577335581072256?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/5243577335581072256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/impressions-of-kristaa-note-from-mom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5243577335581072256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5243577335581072256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/impressions-of-kristaa-note-from-mom.html' title='Impressions of Krista....A Note From Mom'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TCIfhJAuC6I/AAAAAAAACeQ/wrmJPvvvuHQ/s72-c/xmas20.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-4905642329921214669</id><published>2010-06-16T08:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T19:41:39.036-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Special Tribute for Krista--Saturday Night</title><content type='html'>This Saturday night the Players, from the Barker Playhouse in Providence, will be holding a special Tribute for Krista Weller Burns.&amp;nbsp; Krista was an important part of their organization both on stage and off and so the players have put together a special tribute to her. The tribute will be a true celebration of what Krista meant to the Players family.&amp;nbsp; There will be 15 people performing various songs, poems, monologues, dances and scenes.&amp;nbsp; There will also be a raffle to benefit the Kiki's Sunshine Fund.&amp;nbsp; The event is BYOB and there will be munchies, soft drinks, coffee and tea. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Location:&amp;nbsp; Barker Playhouse, 400 Benefit St in Providence RI&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Date: Saturday, June 19th &lt;br /&gt;Time:&amp;nbsp; 7:30pm-11:30pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TBjJQ-TNj1I/AAAAAAAACds/j-4_-9gCKGg/s1600/IMG_0156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TBjJQ-TNj1I/AAAAAAAACds/j-4_-9gCKGg/s320/IMG_0156.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-4905642329921214669?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/4905642329921214669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-tribute-for-krista-saturday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/4905642329921214669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/4905642329921214669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-tribute-for-krista-saturday.html' title='A Special Tribute for Krista--Saturday Night'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TBjJQ-TNj1I/AAAAAAAACds/j-4_-9gCKGg/s72-c/IMG_0156.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-1380031100975313472</id><published>2010-06-09T13:18:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T20:44:16.997-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kiki's Story and Obituary</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TA_dxDqcc1I/AAAAAAAACcc/y6Ke6-ztm0M/s1600/kweller1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TA_dxDqcc1I/AAAAAAAACcc/y6Ke6-ztm0M/s320/kweller1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her life began on April 29, 1974 in New York City, when she was born as the first daughter to stage performers Evelyn and Jeffrey Weller. She was fond of joking with people that she was born in a theatre trunk as her mother and father were just completing a tour as Judy and Jesus in the Boston company of Godspell. Her birth was a rising from the waters of a theatrical stream that nourished her soul with a passion for music, stage, dance and song. She will be remembered mostly for her love of performing on stage and writing screen plays where her list of acting performances and accomplishments ascended throughout her life. Through her acting and writing she connected with so many kindred spirits and made many life long friends. She appeared in productions at Perishable , Curtain Call and the Firehouse Theatres. She most enjoyed her term on the board at the Barker Play House, America’s oldest private theatre club where Krista produced, directed and appeared in the 100th Anniversary Gala - a crowning achievement and wonderful collaboration with her thespian friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She grew up on her parents’ herb and flower farm in Exeter with her siblings Scott and Amber and a small menagerie of animals including rabbits, chickens, geese, goats, horses, pigs, cats and dogs. It was no wonder that she loved animals which were always drawn to her gentle and glowing spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was an accomplished pianist, avid reader, and most enjoyed traveling, the RI beaches, gardening and gourmet cooking . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her early career was in politics which she studied at George Washington University and returned home to be active in local politics and was elected at the age of 23 to serve on the Exeter Town Council. She worked with the state and local Democratic committees and on the campaigns of Patrick Kennedy, Jack Reed, Myrth York, and Eva Mancuso among others. She also worked in Boston with Rasky-Baerlein Stategic Communications, Inc. , a public relations, lobbying and public affairs firm where most memorable was her involvement in the sale of the Boston Red Sox. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many will remember her in her role as politician and lobbyist but those pursuits would soon be surrendered to a higher calling. It was the rising passion of theatre and stage that changed the course of her career mid stream and she left the political scene to pursue her true vocation as a writer, singer, dancer and performing artist. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Krista also had a special connection to nature and the spiritual world as well as to the Narragansett Indian Tribe where she worked for the past few years using her writing skills to benefit the Medical Health Centre. She walked in a spiritual path at one with nature and mother earth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Krista was a devoted to her family and friends and her loving husband Brendan who all brought cheer and joy into her life. The recent arrival of a nephew and niece Zachary and Caroline increased her joy and hence she was to adopt a new name, Aunty Kiki. Krista brought passion, joy and light into every project she embarked upon, and every relationship she encountered. She will be remembered always for her passion and her loving and shining spirit that will glow eternally and light the path for those she left behind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We love you Krista with all our hearts, what more can we say?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are the everything in our souls!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-1380031100975313472?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/1380031100975313472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/kristas-services-calling-hours-are.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1380031100975313472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/1380031100975313472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/06/kristas-services-calling-hours-are.html' title='Kiki&apos;s Story and Obituary'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/TA_dxDqcc1I/AAAAAAAACcc/y6Ke6-ztm0M/s72-c/kweller1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-5577752055170339740</id><published>2010-05-03T21:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T21:23:22.722-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On This Night of a Thousand Stars.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S_CYpdwr_fI/AAAAAAAACQU/kmvH8Tk9EJo/s1600/Starry%2BNight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S_CYpdwr_fI/AAAAAAAACQU/kmvH8Tk9EJo/s320/Starry%2BNight.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;painting above (copy of Van Gogh's Starry Night) was painted by &lt;a href="http://www.brendansart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Brendan&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;for Krista as a wedding gift&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;song below is "&lt;a href="http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/p/stories-and-letters.html"&gt;their song&lt;/a&gt;" and it is from Evita&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;On this night of a thousand stars&lt;br /&gt;Let me take you to heaven's door&lt;br /&gt;Where the music of love's guitars&lt;br /&gt;Plays for evermore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the glow of those twinkling lights&lt;br /&gt;We shall love through eternity&lt;br /&gt;On this night in a million nights&lt;br /&gt;Fly away with me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never dreamed that a kiss could be as sweet as this&lt;br /&gt;But now I know that it can&lt;br /&gt;I used to wander alone without a love of my own&lt;br /&gt;I was a desperate man&lt;br /&gt;But all my grief disappeared and all the sorrow I'd feared&lt;br /&gt;Wasn't there anymore&lt;br /&gt;On that magical day when you first came my way&lt;br /&gt;Mi amor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this night&lt;br /&gt;On this night&lt;br /&gt;On this night of a thousand stars&lt;br /&gt;Let me take you to heaven's door&lt;br /&gt;Where the music of love's guitars&lt;br /&gt;Plays for evermore &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-5577752055170339740?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/5577752055170339740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-this-night-of-thousand-stars.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5577752055170339740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/5577752055170339740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-this-night-of-thousand-stars.html' title='On This Night of a Thousand Stars.....'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S_CYpdwr_fI/AAAAAAAACQU/kmvH8Tk9EJo/s72-c/Starry%2BNight.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-3639300268477710133</id><published>2010-05-03T10:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T10:10:05.823-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Love, Family, Friends and the Kindness of Strangers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S-q0ydwUs4I/AAAAAAAACN8/SPX6u1nFFl8/s1600/IMG_0486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S-q0ydwUs4I/AAAAAAAACN8/SPX6u1nFFl8/s400/IMG_0486.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;This family photo was taken on Easter Sunday&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;We have all been so touched by the generosity of all of our family and friends.&amp;nbsp; Many people who have never even met Krista but care for the people who are close to her, have come forward with cards, notes and donations.&amp;nbsp; Today we even had someone we don't know (an angel if you will) who left a beautiful note for Krista and also donated money!&amp;nbsp; This very difficult time has been made a little easier because of all of you.&amp;nbsp; We are so blessed to have all of your love and support for our big sister Krista.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you all so much,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Jess&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7218362462450445454-3639300268477710133?l=kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/feeds/3639300268477710133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-family-friends-and-kindness-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3639300268477710133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7218362462450445454/posts/default/3639300268477710133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kikisunshinefund.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-family-friends-and-kindness-of.html' title='Love, Family, Friends and the Kindness of Strangers'/><author><name>Raising Z and Lil C</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4jFuujAICM/TyRHk90nIzI/AAAAAAAAEvI/twlNN8WJBiI/s220/IMG_8379.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LGe-6e2Log4/S-q0ydwUs4I/AAAAAAAACN8/SPX6u1nFFl8/s72-c/IMG_0486.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218362462450445454.post-1136741995440110549</id><published>2010-05-01T11:03:00.040-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T08:17:37.849-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Special Thank You to All of the Donors</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lisa Russo&lt;br /&gt;Exeter Democratic Town Committee&lt;br /&gt;Anonymous donor&lt;br /&gt;Maria Christensen&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Constance Cousins&lt;br /&gt;John Cadigan&lt;br /&gt;Sister Shawn Kavanagh&lt;br /&gt;The Barker Playhouse Players&lt;br /&gt;Susan Caldwell&lt;br /&gt;John and Jane Allen&lt;br /&gt;Linda and Paul Muffoletto&lt;br /&gt;Susan H Garlington&lt;br /&gt;Village Wellness Center&lt;br /&gt;Jim Kiernan&lt;br /&gt;Angela Margiotta&lt;br /&gt;Peter and Laura Kovacs&lt;br /&gt;Tom and Cheryl Clarkin&lt;br /&gt;Christopher Shaban&lt;br /&gt;Arlene and Peter Eyck and Dorothy Garrett&lt;br /&gt;Lauren and Jeff Lennon&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Sly&lt;br /&gt;Dr. and Mrs. Craig Livingston&lt;br /&gt;Bill and Norma Barker&lt;br /&gt;Rudy and Linda Vetoris&lt;br /&gt;Joseph and Susan Jutras&lt;br /&gt;David and Debbie Killory&lt;br /&gt;Barbara Boragine and Pattie Turner&lt;br /&gt;Ed and Carol Saravo&lt;br /&gt;Ken and Cheryl Fernstrom&lt;br /&gt;Frank and Elizabeth DiGregorio&lt;br /&gt;Greg &amp;amp; Elizabeth Kocab&lt;br /&gt;Eugene and Lorraine Lusignon&lt;br /&gt;Anonymous Donor&lt;br /&gt;Deborah West&lt;br /&gt;Chris and Liz Ryan&lt;br /&gt;Larry and Jean Bonoff&lt;br /&gt;Bill Preston and Judy Wright&lt;br /&gt;Raymond and Denise Menna&lt;br /&gt;Susan Dillon and Michael Crowley&lt;br /&gt;Judy and Paul Bowden&lt;br /&gt;Lori McKenzie&lt;br /&gt;Ross and Renate Acker&lt;br /&gt;Steven Botwick&lt;br /&gt;Alberta and Frank Turcio &lt;br /&gt;Delores Henderson&lt;br /&gt;Rick and Sue Salzman&lt;br /&gt;Anne and Richard Jordan&lt;br /&gt;Edward and Margaret Ramsey&lt;br /&gt;Allen and Linda Greenbaum&lt;br /&gt;Anonymous Donor&lt;br /&gt;Erin L Harrop&lt;br /&gt;Chris Cummings&lt;br /&gt;Francis and Marjorie Lichtenberger&lt;br /&gt;Anthony and Barbara Nastari and Family&lt;br /&gt;Saul and Dana Edenbaum &lt;br /&gt;David Boulanger&lt;br /&gt;Kathi Kolb&lt;br /&gt;Nancy Mowry&lt;br /&gt;Anthony Cataldi and Janice Dionne&lt;br /&gt;Thea Fournier&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth and Tom Kenworthy&lt;br /&gt;Robert and Anne Marie Famiglietti&lt;br /&gt;Auntie Rose and Uncle Eddie &lt;br /&gt;Angela Sharkey &lt;br /&gt;Karen D'Olivio&lt;br /&gt;Calvin and Lois Ellis&lt;br /&gt;David and Patricia Kurowski&lt;br /&gt;Robert and Judith Diraimo&lt;br /&gt;Chris and Janine Parkinson &lt;br /&gt;Glen and Mary Gardiner&lt;br /&gt;Scott Lewis&lt;br /&gt;Auntie Laurie Weller&lt;br /&gt;Lorraine and Donald Lavertu&lt;br /&gt;George and Kathy Richardson Rochelle Fortin &lt;br /&gt;Auntie Wendy Weller&lt;br /&gt;Cindy Gilman&lt;br /&gt;Karyn Tantimonaco&lt;br /&gt;Gordon Nemier&lt;br /&gt;Ann and John Nelson&lt;br /&gt;Dennis Bouchard&lt;br /&gt;Keith &amp;amp; Angela Carlson&lt;br /&gt;Laura Pinson&lt;br /&gt;Anne Srabian&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth Martin&lt;br /&gt;Linda Binder&lt;br /&gt;Bizzie Drake&lt;br /&gt;Hannah Spacone &lt;br /&gt;Linda and Emma Whitford&lt;br /&gt;Cliff and Marilyn Cushman&lt;br /&gt;Jane O'Farrell&lt;br /&gt;Mary Ellen Rogers, Christina&lt;br /&gt;Tracy Ferguson &lt;br /&gt;Michael Whalen and GTS&lt;br /&gt;Ryan Hanley&lt;br /&gt;Gary LeFrancois&lt;br /&gt;Jane, Steve and Graham King&lt;br /&gt;Maggie and Tony Salvatore&lt;br /&gt;Roland and Heather Glenn&lt;br /&gt;Dennis Underwood&lt;br /&gt;Melissa Leite&lt;br /&gt;Kristen and Mike Lang&lt;br /&gt;Rob and Sarah Moore&lt;br /&gt;Joe and Joanne Walsh&lt;br /&gt;John and Phyllis Cullen&lt;br /&gt;Constantin Parv&lt;br /&gt;Joan Dillenback&lt;br /&gt;Denise Rainville&lt;br /&gt;Anne Main&lt;br /&gt;Uncle Peter Weller&lt;br /&gt;Becky Cripe&lt;br /&gt;Deidre Smith&lt;br /&gt;Mike and Kathleen Drake&lt;br /&gt;Breaking Branches Pictures&lt;br /&gt;Maria and Ed Rondeau&lt;br /&gt;Larry and Ann Sullivan&lt;br /&gt;Holly and Bill Applegate&lt;br /&gt;John Palla &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Peter Nikitaidis&lt;br /&gt;Helen Platt&lt;br /&gt;Paul Boufford &lt;br /&gt;Celine Loeuille&lt;br /&gt;Maria Christensen&lt;br /&gt;Trisha and Jim McManus&lt;br /&gt;Matthew Simmers&lt;br /&gt;Alexander Matthews&lt;br /&gt;Bryan and Kelly Donnelly&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca Wright&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie Graham&lt;br /&gt;Kelly Bender&lt;br /&gt;Erik Gudmundson&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Cobb&lt;br /&gt;Anna Grigorian&lt;br /&gt;Amie Bergin&lt;br /&gt;Kenny Turner&lt;br /&gt;Iain Lawson&lt;br /&gt;Betsy and Sheldon Wolf&lt;br /&gt;The Oliverio Family&lt;br /&gt;Andrea and David Hoffman&lt;br /&gt;Uncle Bruce&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Auntie Sal and Uncle Coke&lt;br /&gt;Kateri Catholic Church &lt;br /&gt;Michelle Riddel &lt;br /&gt;Grandma Betsy Weller&lt;br /&gt;Paul Merluzzo&lt;br /&gt;The Gagner Family&lt;br /&gt;Lalune Thacker&lt;br /&gt;Teresa Saravo&lt;br /&gt;Anonymous Donor&lt;br /&gt;Susan and Ron Bergeron&lt;br /&gt;The Ross Family&lt;br /&gt;Helen O'Hara&lt;br /&gt;Rhonda and Joel Wolf&lt;br /&gt;Gary and Becky Shore&lt;br /&gt;Steve and Chris Harrop&lt;br /&gt;Fran Gertz and Bert Strom&lt;br /&gt;Paul and Ann Jacobs&lt;br /&gt;Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications&lt;br /&gt;Jeffrey Sullivan &lt;br /&gt;Graham and Tammy Reynolds &lt;br /&gt;Bonnie DerManelian&lt;br /&gt;George and Kathy Richardson &lt;br /&gt;Sharon Carpentier&lt;br /&gt;Joel Bickford&lt;br /&gt;Dale Rundlett &lt;br /&gt;Celia Lescano and Josh Bickford &lt;br /&gt;Anonymous Donor &lt;br /&gt;Mary and Mike McGee&lt;br /&gt;Shannon Trone&lt;br /&gt;John and Jennifer Taylor&lt;br /&gt;Eva Mancuso&lt;br /&gt;The Ambalu Family&lt;br /&gt;The Ziba Family&lt;br /&gt;The Loeckler Family &lt;br /&gt;Auntie Mel and Uncle Denny &lt;br /&gt;Jeanne Thomason and Dennis Keohane&lt;br /&gt;Keith, Laurie, Owen and Abigail Stewart&lt;br /&gt;Daniel Greene&lt;br /&gt;Carole Courey &lt;br /&gt;Chris and Janine Parkinson &lt;br /&gt;Chris Boiano&lt;br /&gt;Judy Poccia &lt;br /&gt;Aunt Carrie, Uncle Dan, Ana and Liv&lt;br /&gt;Christi Turner&lt;br /&gt;Wren Ross &lt;br /&gt;The Rokel Family&lt;br /&gt;The Howes Family&lt;br /&gt;Michael Raspallo&lt;br /&gt;Jacob Wolf&lt;br /&gt;Naomi Wolf&lt;br /&gt;Cindy and Katie Weller&lt;br /&gt;The Dube Family&lt;br /&gt;Zach and Caroline Weller&lt;br /&gt;Amber and Andy Richardson&lt;br /&gt;Scott and Jessica Weller&lt;br /&gt;Kristen and Mike Lang &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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