Joni Boon

Our very dear friend Joni Boon died on Friday February 16 in Toronto. We both loved Joni very much, and we miss her. The photo was taken at the Toronto airport right before we got on the plane to Buenos Aires. We had dinner there during a stop-over with my parents, Joni and Erich.

Joni was a wonderfully creative, interesting, and brilliant person, and a caring and warm friend. She loved to see people happy, and when we hadn't seen her for a while, Joni would ask us about our favourite projects, our latest visits with our families, our future plans; all of the things that we loved to think and talk about. I can't express in words how sad and empty it makes us feel that she is gone. The world is a poorer place without her beautiful soul alive in it.

It has been very difficult being so far away from her husband Erich and both of their families since receiving the news, but we felt as close as we could have talking on the phone and emailing. We want to thank all of the people who made sure we were in touch during that first week.

We spent some time during that week in the botanical gardens remembering Joni. Erich sent me a copy of his speech and I read it aloud to Jen. We sat in the shade. It was a beautiful sunny day.