how to do you catch a dancing sprite? put her in a bottle? can you capture the joy she brings? can you keep it when it goes? she was a gravitational pull. reporter: her name was marie. marie carlson. she was magnetic. reporter: when she was happy, she could make the whole world sing. live life to the full et. you might not have tomorrow. reporter: she offered herself, her goodness. gave her vulnerable heart and stored her secrets until what happened. she was always that way, was marie, from the time of the very first secret in her life. she was born in the philippines by a single mother, and taken in by the family of an american serviceman. and it was years later that that kind serviceman was actually her father. that means that esther bridges, the best friend she grew up
with, was also her sister. what was that like to find that out, that she was your sister? i was happy. i thought she was, since we were little girls. reporter: when they got older, esther and marie lived together. we chose an apartment that we behind a karaoke club. we would go there all the time. like we were stars. reporter: and she wore pink. always pink. it was her. it was her personality. it is full of life. reporter: and always trying to perk up everyone else, with her favorite word, beautiful. she is so beautiful. i want to be like her. she told me, you are beautiful. she loved that word. reporter: kay barber was like a mother to marie. hers, the second family to take marie in when she was 18 and struggling. marie s nickname that i gave her was rosie.
said esther bridges, the french europe with was also her sister. what was like to find that out? i was happy. i was really happy because i always thought she was ever since we were little girls. and when they got older they moved to florida and live together in a location that was ideal. we chose an apartment is behind a karaoke club so that we can just go there all the time like we were stars. and she wore pink, always pink. it was her. it was her personality. it s full of life. that was trying to put up everyone else with her favorite words. beautiful. i said oh she so beautiful, i want to be like her but she s to tell me know you are beautiful. she love that word. kate barber was like a mother to murray. hers, the second family to take maria and when she was 18 and struggling. murray s nickname that i gave her was rosie because she