How does one express the loss of a loved one? On May 16, 2017, the world became a sadder place with the passing of Janice Lynn Almas (nee Palm) from ovarian cancer. Janice and I have known each other since we were children. Our parents grew up together in Nanaimo since adolescence. It was just fate, I suppose, that brought our paths back together in 1982. Soon after we began our own family. Janice was a generous and magnetic person. If you had the pleasure of meeting her, you knew she was special and that this was a person you could be friends with for a long time. Janice was a long time employee for the City of Nanaimo. Other than a short stint at Beban Park as a janitor, Janice worked as a matron in cell block at the Nanaimo RCMP Station. Janice’s values were strong. She knew a wrong when she saw it. She was instrumental in the ght to change the cross-gender guarding norm, establishing full time positions for female guarding. This was an accomplishment she felt very proud of. Only one thing made Janice prouder - our children, Wesley and Chris, and our grandchildren, Damian, Zoe, and soon to enter this world on June 13, 2017, Charlie. She devoted her heart and soul to our kids. Nothing else mattered to her. Excepting maybe that lawns be cut and a fresh coat of paint on the house every couple years. Janice and I are both non-believers in funerals and the like. It is our hope that your last memories of her are good ones. That is how you should remember her. It was a 6 year battle, not easily fought. I personally want to thank those that stuck with her through this ordeal. It meant a lot to me, and even more to Janice. You know who you are. Janice was my wife, my soul mate, my life partner, but, most of all, she was my best friend. Janice, I love you, I miss you and just know - I will keep my promise. -Marty