Stephanina

Stephanie Wallace was a happy, funny, smart, caring, and wonderfully excitable person. She lived her life with lots of zest. She had shared with me so many of her half joking hopes and ideas. Stephie was always searching for a handsome cowboy who would marry her and take her into the sunset on his horse. Or she would love to have lived in some bario deep in the heart of South Phoenix or in the slums of Las Vegas, as this was her idea of a interesting life. Or even better, she would have liked to have lived in the jungles of Ecuador, listening to the Ecuadorian flute music of the land and taking care of all the little poor Ecuadorian children at the base of a volcano. As you can tell, Stephie was an adventurer, a dreamer and a comedian. She was always making light of any situation and could make you laugh at most anything. She was liked by EVERYONE she met. She had a heart of gold! Today she passed away in her sleep and we are all truly sad. We will miss her conversations about how much fun we had on her last visit to Phoenix, where she came for a visit and stayed a YEAR. We will miss her memories of her childhood growing up with all her brothers & sisters, down the street from none other than, George Clooney in Ohio. We will miss her memories about Josh & I, as we were kids growing up in Las Vegas. We had many wonderful adventures together. Holidays shared together. Rainy days spent together. All the overnight stays with her at Grandma's house. Josh & I both remember her breakfast of cigarettes, Dr. Pepper, and a candy bar. Those were especially fun to see as a kid, kinda Willy Wonka'ish. She was nothing more than a big kid herself. She never seemed as old as she was. She never seemed to get older. She was always the fun & playful Stephie. She always played with us, she always laughed with us, and never yelled or put us in our places (she let our parents do that). She was always on our level. Even as I aged into an adult, Stephie was exactly the same with my own children. She had this undeniable bond with kids that made her really truly stand out from others. All kids flocked to her like no other. She extended the same to my Alyssa. Alyssa has a similar relationship to Stephie as I did. However, Alyssa was unable to know her as long. As for Kylie, she will only know the stories we tell her about Stephie and will know that she was the best person we knew. I will miss Stephanie very much......Stephie, wherever you are. I hope that your best adventure ever, has only just begun. Love ya, Jenners