Lori Catherine Burns

She was desperate to get and stay clean. She had been through rehab at least 10 times and nothing stuck. She wanted to be the Mom her son needed so badly, but the monster of addiction won.

Lori had a wicked sense of humor And silliness. It was nothing to see her coming through the house wearing an old Halloween clown costume complete with a rainbow striped wig! She loved to laugh and make everyone else laugh also. I remember watching her patiently coloring Easter eggs with her son when he was a toddler and also helping him make Christmas presents with popsicle sticks and Elmers glue. That boy meant everything to her.

Her smile, her love for her son as I raise him and watch him grow.

I think she would like to be remembered as someone who tried everything to beat her addiction. Her bi polar disorder made it impossible for her to maintain sobriety.