I met Karen in the mid-90s when she and Andy found out that I would be spending Christmas alone, and promptly invited me into their home and made me part of their family. A Christmas has never passed since when I don’t think fondly of that wonderful lady and the whole Dawes family. For that period, I really started to think of her as my “mom away from home”.

I lost touch with the family after they moved out west, and just found out that Karen had passed away, three years after the fact, but I will always think back warmly of the great times I spent with my “Ontario Mom”.

I miss you guys,

Lance Hymers Oakville, Ontario