This eulogy was written and delivered by Amy Khetani Dobson, who was to be Tiffany's matron of honor.

I don’t remember how Tiffany and I first got to know each other when she moved back to Toledo from Louisville, but in looking back I can’t remember a time that I wasn’t part of something special in knowing her.  She had the energy that made you want to be around her.  It was that unique energy that was her most striking characteristic – her intensity for every situation, person and activity.

Sometimes this energy would wear us out.  Where did it come from, I wondered?  It was contagious, but yet I couldn’t always understand it.  I find it immensely tragic and unfair that it is only through her death that I am beginning to make sense of this energy.  It is only now – now that I intensely feel her energy around us – that I understand that it is intimately linked to the world around us.  It’s like she and the physical and spiritual worlds had a little secret amongst themselves.  It was mutually beneficial, with the world around her feeding her the energy to rise everyday and savor every minute.  And in return, Tiff deposited some of her energy back into the world, leaving some of it in every place and every person she touched.

Tiffany’s physical and spiritual worlds were strongly defined by her love of the natural world and the love for her friends.  Perhaps most intense was her love for her family – a commitment that cannot be easily measured, certainly not by my words.

Her relationship with nature, the outdoors and the life that occupies that space is hard to explain.  Her primal need to be part of the of the uninhabited world is something that I know of in few other people.  It took years of shared experiences and conversations about the outdoors and nature to really understand her deep connection.  It was a need in her that was as real as the need to breathe, to drink, to eat, to sleep.

Tiffany’s loyalty and commitment to her friends was legendary.  She could never have enough friends, and each relationship was truly unique and special to her.  The energy with which she embraced new friends and supported old was unparalleled.  It’s truly amazing the depth and sincerity she gave to each relationship, new and old.  Personally, Tiffany’s care for my life and my happiness were a constant in my life for so many years.  Of course the ultimate friend to Tiffany was T.J.  Again, my words could never describe the depth of their relationship, their deep commitment to each other’s lives, the excitement and passion for exploring their futures together.

I now feel Tiffany’s presence and energy all around me.  I feel it in a way that is completely new to me.  Through reflection, I now realize that it is the same energy that led her on all her journeys – that defined her relationship to the natural world and that fed her deep loyalty and love for her friends, family and T.J.  I feel that just as those physical and spiritual aspects of her life gave Tiffany her intense energy, she left some of that with the wildlife, the mountains, the snow, the wolves that she loved so much, and with each of us whose lives she touched everyday.  I don’t know how to replace the deep void that now remains in my life, but I am comforted by knowing that she is here with me now, that she is on top of The Grand, that she is in the Wind Rivers, she is in her classroom.  She is all around us now and she will never leave us.