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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The life of Margaret Caroline Hussmann of El Paso |
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was all too brief, but this brave and irrepressible young lady |
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filled her days and countless hearts with joy, love, and laughter |
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before her passing on January 24, 2009, at the age of 15; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hussmann was born in El Paso on May 13, 1993, to |
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Amy and Harry Hussmann; she attended Polk Elementary School and |
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Hornedo Middle School before going on to Franklin High School, |
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where she excelled in volleyball and basketball; in addition, the |
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athletic youngster played with the El Paso Wildfire Volleyball Club |
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and was a member of the regional High Performance Junior Olympic |
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Pipeline team; her warm, outgoing personality and sense of humor |
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brought her many friends, who joined her family in fond indulgence |
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of the self-identified "rock star" in their midst; and |
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WHEREAS, When she received a terminal diagnosis, Ms. Hussmann |
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revealed her true star quality; she made it her mission to have all |
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the fun she possibly could in the time that remained to her, and she |
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drew family and friends along in her adventures; moreover, she |
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allowed the El Paso Times to chronicle her journey, touching many |
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lives with her courage and determination to enjoy every moment; her |
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mother helped her create a list of things she most wanted to |
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experience, and her friends and family members joined her in |
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activities that ranged from getting henna tattoos and baking |
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cookies to an exciting trip to New York and a helicopter ride; and |
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WHEREAS, Her unflagging optimism was a blessing to those she |
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loved, and Margaret Hussmann also reached out to share it with |
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others; she wrote a book for younger children facing serious |
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illness and titled it Hope Is Here; her mottos were "twice as |
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strong" and "never a dull moment," and as she embodied those |
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sentiments, she inspired people across the country, allowing them |
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to be part of her celebration of life; in tribute, residents of El |
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Paso held a parade for her and Hospice El Paso is naming its |
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education auditorium "Margaret's Room"; and |
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WHEREAS, Margaret Hussmann is deeply missed by those who held |
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her dear, and she is mourned by the thousands in El Paso and across |
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the country who came to admire her; however, though tears may still |
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fall, the many funny stories, sweet memories, and profound lessons |
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she left behind will forever serve as a reminder to rejoice in each |
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day; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Margaret Hussmann and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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parents, Amy and Harry Hussmann; to her twin brother, Calder |
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Hussmann, and her older brother, Robert Hussmann; to her |
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grandparents, Tom Hussmann and Sonja Arnold Boone; to her aunts, |
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Alice White and her husband, Mike, and Anne Mitchell and her |
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husband, Mark; and to her other relatives and host of friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Margaret |
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Caroline Hussmann. |