Lisa Rashel Benton

Lisa was born on the Fourth of July, with a full head of red hair. She was a little firecracker. She always thought she was switched at birth at the hospital. I asked who she thought her real parents were and her answer as a 6 year old was “The Queen of England”. She was always going places and nothing was going to get in her way. But along the way, she left no soul untouched. She loved with all her heart and left a mark on every soul she touched.

You can tell by the number of friends she has. She had a “spark”….that’s what I called it. That spark got her into places that she dreamed about as a child. I taught Lisa unconditional love and she carried it forward. She never knew a stranger, black, white, green, purple, religious preferences, sexual preferences, it flat didn’t matter.

In closing, I’m pretty sure Lisa is saying “forget this stuff, I’m not done yet!” And she’s gonna shake those pearly gates up!

By Joan Gardner (Mom)