Remembering Maria

Today, Maria would have been 39 years old.

Maria was one of my good friends. We met through our daughters - they were in Kindergarten together and danced together. And Maria was their dance teacher.

She showed our daughters, and many other girls, that dancing was a sport. It took skill, grace, determination, focus, effort, and sacrifice. All the while, showing them how to have fun and believe in themselves.

To many of her students, she was more than a teacher; she was a mentor, a confidant, and a friend.

Maria was a competitor. She taught our daughters how to compete with grace, win with grace, and most importantly - how to lose gracefully (although as a group, they did not lose very often).

She was a wonderful wife and mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. She had a radiant smile and could warm a room with her presence.

Maria passed away suddenly on June 9th, 2006.

Happy Birthday, Maria. Always will I miss you; Never will I forget you.


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