To say your mother was an important part of my child and young adulthood is an understatement. I think the obituary said it all...I knew I was always welcome and there was always something to eat, whether at home or on vacation in RI. All of the time I spent with your family during those years made me feel like the sixth brother and she was the only person outside my family I called Mom. I learned a lot from her and hope to make our household a welcoming place for our children’s friends just as she did. To the most loving, close-knit family I know, please accept the most sincere condolences from the Houde family. I am sure she is up there with your Dad having some seriously good laughs right now  Joe, Amy, Cameron, & Cassidy