KATY WAS THE YOUNGEST OF TWO CHILDREN. SHE WAS BORN ON A VERY HOT AUGUST DAY. HER FATHER'S BIRTHDAY WAS THE DAY BEFORE HERS, THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. SHE WAS A GOOD BABY SLEPT THROUGH THE ENTIRE FIRST NIGHT SHE WAS HOME. SHE WAS A BLESSING AND A COMFORT. AS SHE GREW UP, SHE WAS A TINY THING, BUT KEPT UP WITH ALL THE KIDS ON THE BLOCK, WHEN PLAYING ANY KIND OF GAMES. THE NEIGHBOR HOOD GAVE HER THE NAME AS "MIGHTY MIGHT" TINY BUT MIGHTY, NO ONE GOT AWAY WITH ANYTHING, WHEN KATY WAS AROUND. SHE AND HER SISTER TOOK DANCE LESSONS, AND CHEERING. CHEERING BECAME KATY'S PASSION. SHE STARTED WHEN IN FIRST GRADE AND CONTINUED. IF YOU SAW HER WALKING DOWN THE STREET, YOU WOULD SEE HER DOING THE CHEERS, ARMS UP IN THE AIR, ETC. SHE LOVED GOING TO COMPETITIONS, THE FELLOWSHIP WITH HER FRIENDS, SHE JUST LOVED LIFE!! KATY HAD A BEST FRIEND, ALI, SHE LOVED HER, AND HER FAMILY. AS THEY GREW OLDER THE FRIENDSHIP BLOSSOMED INTO A FRIENDSHIP THAT I ADMIRED GREATLY. THEY HAD EACH OTHERS BACK, THEY LAUGHED (ALOT) AND KEPT EACH OTHER COMPANY. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I COULD SHARE, ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT A MOTHER WOULD REMEMBER. SHE WAS A JOY TO ALL THAT KNEW HER.