My mother-in-law Joan O’Keeffe Harding passed away a month short of her 90 th birthday, on Sept. 13, 2020. It was a Sunday, her favorite day of the week. Joan was an extraordinary woman who had a larger-than-life impact on me. She welcomed me into the family as one of her own children and went out of her way to make me feel a part of it, one of the gr eat gifts of my life. Faith and family were the unshakable cornerstones of Joan’s life. Her creed was, have fait h, be good, and be confident, and that trinity of interrelated attributes defined and directed her. While church was where she participated in public worship, she demonstrated Christian values every day. She was enormously kind. She never in my presence spoke ill of anyone. She found the positives of everyone and every situation. She was generous and welcoming and genuinely grateful of her many blessings. Despite her many talents – she was a star athlete, learned grammarian, master diplomat, skilled administrator – she neve