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Jenelle
Becca and I were driving on 93 south to pick my cousin up for thanksgiving. We are about to go into the tunnel and all of a sudden my car started slowing down in the left fast lane. Becca started asking me why I was slowing down and I told her my foot was pushing the gas pedal to the floor! We looked at each other like “this is not good!!” We stayed calm and moved all the way over to the right in the middle of the sumner tunnel and called the police. I honestly wouldn’t have wanted anyone else in that situation by my side. That was the last we drove in that first car of mine together - which we both enjoyed. Becca particularly liked laying on my roof holding on to the roof rack while I drove “carefully” down the street… but I will deny that story if asked!! Anyways, Becca is such a large part of most of my core memories from high school that it is hard to share what our friendship meant and pick any particular moment that stands out because it was really the every day laughter, joy, advice, and even typical high school nonsense that meant the most. I miss her and think of he so much.
Andrea
20 years ago yesterday, Becca added this entry into my family's boat log. We spent the July 4th weekend swimming, fishing, boating & watching fireworks on the boat over the harbor. Looking back, WE were the lucky ones to be in her company. <3
Sarah Swart
It was reorienting when the world lost Becca, and I’m thrilled that her spirit lives on. It was fully disorienting to lose my daughter less than 2 years after Becca’s passing (Liz is in green in one picture, standing right in front of Becca). But they did live among us, and in so doing both taught and inspired many.
Amy Stewart
I live in Manayunk currently and spend a lot of time walking or biking through Fairmount. When Becca lived there on Poplar, we enjoyed walking around, hanging at the park throwing a frisbee, or sitting out on her deck. I have pics of her and Chopper together on the deck, he loved living there and getting outside (photo attached). These are just small day to day memories, but those are always some of the best. Living life, being with people you love, enjoying their time, convo, and company. Becca was always good for all of the above!
Abby Sear (Napstad)
What an amazing soul Becca was! And just like her other family/friends there are so many wonderful/funny memories with her. Some of the simplest, but deeply missed memories are those where we would spend the night talking as we went to bed during my freshman/sophomore year and talked about our dreams/life. Becca was always there for her family/friends and always had a way to make someone laugh/feel better. These are some of the things that spark my memories of Becca and felt daily the past 2 weeks, like a Vanessa Carleton song, white chicks, when I hear someone say chicken wing and my daughter says this often, country songs she enjoyed, recycling, a good belly laugh that makes your day :-)
Erin
Although Becca was friends with my younger sister Kerri, I was able to spend time with her on numerous Venture Crew Malden 603 trips. West Point, Witch’s Woods, Boston, and other camping trips. I hope these pictures bring a smile to your face.
Her Second Family
Mike & I had visited Rebecca several times while she lived in Philly but the one I treasure the most, was the time we visited with all of us. We packed the day with sightseeing, eating and just hanging in her apartment with her roommates & doggie. We had the best day. She reminded me when we said our goodbyes how happy she was to spend it with her second family.
From Tori Ragone
When I look back, it’s hard to pick a favorite Becca moment. But a stand out moment is probably the first time we hung out just the two of us. We walked all over campus, played basketball, got food and just talked. It was as if we had been friends our entire lives, she was so easy to jive with and I felt like I found a true friend soulmate that day. I can remember feeling at ease, like I had entered a safe space and I knew she would never judge me.
Another favorite memory was during our Arcadia senior week. We were at the Phillies game and we were on the bleachers drinking beer when Jayson Werth stole home and we lost our minds cheering for the Phils. I can still picture the look on her face! She was always so animated and truly full of life, her energy was so contagious.
From Amy
I have had so many amazing memories with Becca, it’s hard to pick just one!! But a truly special and hilarious memory, that I will never forget, is a random, ridiculous moment from Firefly Music Festival 2013...
It had been a long weekend of music, camping, and friends, and I found myself separated from the group and socializing/blowing bubbles with a group of strangers assuming that I would be alone for the remainder of the evening/musical performances. Time was passing and these strangers were keeping me company as a sea of thousands of people continuously walked past to see Zedd perform. In my heart, I had given up on finding Becca at such a large festival, when suddenly..
In this massive wave of humans, there was Becca skipping along with the crowd. I jumped up from the spot in the grass where I had been chilling, said goodbye to the kind strangers that kept me company, and ran towards Becca. She saw me coming for her. Without hesitation, Becca was reaching out her arms for me as I leapt into the welcomed embrace. Out of all these people, I had somehow spotted one of the greatest friends in the whole world.
We laughed our butts off, seriously our butts maybe fell onto the ground, and we couldn’t stop saying “omg I found you” to one another. And we seriously couldn’t stop laughing.
The amazing times didn’t end there because we found each other right before one of the best performances I had seen in a long time. I know what you’re thinking, okay it’s just Zedd, but something about that show really got us going. We had the best time ever dancing and prancing along. I was so happy to have found her for this amazing show.
The entirety of Firefly 2013 was great. I find myself thinking about the weekend often. And I am so thankful to have had this experience with Becca.
From Rachel Henderson (Timmons)
There are so many memories to share! But one that comes to mind is when our friendship truly began! Freshman year of high school (2001) we found out which basketball team we had made. Becca and I were put on the JV team while everyone else I knew was put on freshman team. Becca was such a supportive person and friend from the very beginning that she stood by my side while I called my mom from a pay phone, yes a pay phone and I cried that I was not on the team with the others girls! Instead of being offended Becca comforted me and assured me everything would be ok and we would have each other, and from that very moment we had each other’s back! Becca always made me feel protected, comforted and loved! She was always there for me no matter what! It never matter how far we were from each other, how long it had been, we always picked up right where we left off! Our phone calls are something I missed more than anything! They began freshman year during basketball season and were forever one of my favorite things up until the day she was taken too soon! Just a week before we had an amazing catch up phone call and I’m so thankful for that, she listened to what was going on asked questions shared concern and assured me she was there for me no matter what decision I made and I feel she continues to do that from above! Becca always made me feel so important, loved and protected, she truly was the definition of a best friend! And she absolutely have the best hugs! I strive to live like her everyday! Be kind, think of others, love the life you live and live life to the fullest!
From Lilah
When I think of some of my best memories of Rebecca, I think of all the trips down in Philly. Rebecca went to college outside of Philadelphia (Arcadia) and we also had our good friend, Brendan, going to school at UPenn so there were many adventures and memories in that city. Just the other day, this picture came up in my memories and made me think of all the good times we had there. From Spring Fling events to the Mummers Parade, we really had so much fun.
From Stephanie
I have so many memories of Rebecca it’s hard for me to choose one. But one that always makes me smile is when our families went to Maine for Christopher’s graduation and stayed in hotel that was a bit... sketchy lol. Every single thing that happened that weekend was absolutely hilarious and we were cracking up laughing the entire time. Still to this day, so many years later the Knights, Rossi’s and Aunt Diane will still laugh at the hairy pillows and the “volley ball court” at that hotel.
From Andrea Lopresti Shaw
The first day of high school Field Hockey practice in 2003, Becca walked up to me and said," we need to be friends" and that was it! Our friendship quickly blossomed from there and we spent almost every day after school together and many weekends at my house. Becca quickly became considered a member of our family and would often be "found" at my house even if I wasn't there. Becca shared her love for animals with me and we took her family dog, Boots, to Trafton Park often. She would laugh hysterically when I always seemed to attract lady bugs and she liked to say they were good luck "from her". (I love seeing lady bugs today!) Becca would baby sit with me, ride her bike up my huge hill to spend time with me and always saved me a seat on the bus to away games. We listened to blaring music while "driving around" and she always made me laugh with her dance moves. She loved skittles from the vending machine at school and always saved me the red, my favorite.
Becca shared her love for all things nature and traveling with me too. I was able to surprise her with a Birthday/Graduation trip to Vail, Colorado in 2005. We had a blast! We had so much fun when I visited her at Arcadia and made weekly facetime & Skype dates. I am so lucky to have many great years of memories to look back on and blessed to have had Becca in my life : )