It is with the greatest of grief that i announce the passing of my grandmother without whom i would not be the peraon i am today. Without her i would have been adopted to another family and never known my sisters nor the rest of my family. She raised my sisters and i like a mother. I am stricken with grief. Two of the pillars of my life have passed this year. She being the greatest of them all. I am lost and greatly saddened. So much so that i cannot even formulate my emotions into words as i usually do to assist in exsponging my heart.