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A Reason for Living
Leslie and Angela are mother and daughter and their
journey began with the tragic loss of Leslie’s only son,
Billy, and Angela’s brother. After years of just
going through the motions they were both faced once
again with tragic losses in 2004 and 2005.
Leslie’s father had been hospitalized for nine months
with no hope of recovery, when Angela’s mother-in-law
suddenly became ill. The doctors gave her 3 months to a
year to live. When Angela was on the way to the
hospital to see her grandpa and her mother-in-law, who
were just a few rooms away from each other, she knew
something had to be done to honor and remember our loved
ones. Angela thought of doing an angel magnet that
said In Loving Memory. She called her mother right
away and told her about the idea. Leslie said she
would pray about it and draw just the right angel.
A week later Angela was told her mother-in-law had only
3-5 days to live. Three days later Angela and her
husband were there when she took her last breath.
Angela felt helpless; there was
 nothing she could do to
ease his pain. Three months later Leslie’s father
passed away. It is difficult to put into words the
heartache you feel when you lose a loved one. It
is a loss you carry with you always, it’s timeless.
Angela and Leslie created Inspired To Be, to honor,
to cherish, and to remember our loved ones. Our
loved ones deserve to be honored for how they touched
our lives in so many precious ways. We need to
cherish them because of the love that we shared and for
the love they are still sending us. It heals our
hearts to remember them and the memories that we made
together. People need to know that it is okay to
think of them, to still love them, and to remember them.
A portion of all products sold go into the Because of
Billy Fund. They started the fund to help people
after the loss of a loved one.
Angela and Leslie are doing a Bereavement Gathering
called “Guidance In Grieving”. At the gathering
they offer information, products, and speakers to help
through the grief process. They thought of doing
this because they know how hard it is to lose a loved
one and they wanted to try and help those who are
grieving. Angela and Leslie have found that by
helping someone else through their pain it eases their
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