and my mother, barbara keating, a passenger on american airlines flight 11, she devoted most of her life to serving marginalized communities such as those with physical and intellectual disabilities. she was the director of a big brothers, big sisters chapter in massachusetts, and after surviving cancer twice, she spent her golden years driving cancer patients to their medical appointments and volunteered daily in her church in palm springs. mom, the world was a better place with you in it, and you re still missed after 20 years by your children and grandchildren of whom you d be very proud. and my father, robert w. hikingly ii. dad, it s been 20 years since you ve been gone, and there s nothing i can say more than i miss goofing off with you, i miss your jokes, and the light i see in the smile of my daughter who reminds me so much of you. we love and miss you, and i still wish you could be here so
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