Nedra was one of my students at the Monroe County Alternative High School way back when. She was always one of the positive ones, and we got along well. When I last saw her many years ago at the car dealership where she was working she told me that she “wouldn’t have made it” if it wasn’t for me. While her compliment warmed my heart, I can’t help but believe that Nedra would have made it no matter what. She was strong, definitely had a mind of her own and didn’t put up with any nonsense. She was no doubt a genuinely loving and excellent parent and foster parent, and no matter how much I may have helped her, she surely helped her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and foster children far more. My condolences to her husband, her entire family and all 77 of her foster children.