From Julee Antonellis

Kiki was one of my closest friends. A best friend. Since the beginning we knew we would be the best of friends, and we were right. We just had a connection, we just got each other. To be friends with Sharon meant that you had a true friend in your life. A friend I knew I would have forever. And although she is not here with us, she is still with me and by my side. I feel her supporting me and I can hear her laugh in the back of my mind when I need it. She will always be with me because she gave so much when she was here that she is a part of me. I take with me what she taught me, how she inspired me, how she supported me.

All of us who were this close to her have been fortunate. Fortunate to have had her in our lives. Sharon was very particular with the people she let into her heart and called A Friend.  We all had our own special relationship with her, she was herself with each of us and we loved her for it. She enriched our lives, she was good for us. Sharon was pure and genuine with her love for her close friends. She embraced everything about you, celebrated the uniqueness of you and encouraged you to be real and honest and supportively called you out when you weren't. She loved and stood by you with no prejudice. We were very blessed to have had such a loving and loyal friend. You will be so unbelievably missed but your memory will live on through us.

you are my friend forever 

 love you always.

-julee-

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