It was the perfect place to form a friendship built on faith.
“She’s really a God-loving person,” Karen said of Deborah.
But so far, 2021 has put Deborah’s faith to the test.
In January, her mother passed away after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Deborah had been her mom’s caretaker for the last eight years.
Credit: Deborah Menezes
One month later came a cruel twist.
Deborah’s husband, Fred Burnette, had a sudden massive heart attack.
“The only blessing I have is that we were together,” Deborah said. “We’d just gone to bed and I told him I loved him.”