Teofila Soto Tovias

We'll always remember your feisty words

Even when you taught them to children.

The way your home always smelled like good food and love

No matter what the occasion.

How you loved everyone unconditionally,

Especially those you challenged to fights.

And how you never missed a chance to tell us when we weren't right.

Most of all, your big heart that took in all the orphans and misfits.

And how everyone you met you made laugh, cry, and fall in love.

So to our Dear Joanne, for all your words and hugs,

You'll always be remembered and missed.