Gord Mitchell (Friend)

Entered December 31, 2021 from Amaranth ON.

I count myself luck to have been know by Lisa. She will be missed by all that met her.

Michael D'en Tandt (Friend)

Entered December 31, 2021 from Owen Sound

I am so sorry for your loss, Chris and family.

Gord Scharf (Friend)

Entered December 31, 2021 from Ottawa

My sincerest condolences Chris. Lisa was one of a kind. We all were better for having known her. I think Robbie Burns May have said it best:

An honest lady here lies at rest,
As e’er God with His image blest:
The friend of man, the friend of truth;
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like hers, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d:
If there’s another world, she lives in bliss;
If there is none, she made the best of this.

Gord and Christine.

Brian & Sheila Wattie (Mom and Dad Wattie)

Entered December 31, 2021 from Kanata

So sorry we can't be there but you are in our hearts

Tessa Ure (Friend)

Entered December 31, 2021 from London

I love you Lisa. It was really good to reconnect recently and I will treasure your beautiful smile and kind heart. You are reunited with your parents and uncle now. Thank you for your friendship. I was so lucky to meet you so many years ago in Antigua with your father. We shared a love of the ocean, beach and sunshine and holistic therapies . Rest in peace.

I met Lisa, the love of my life, while I was writing my first book. She was in publishing and we were introduced by her cousin Tanya. Our first date was coffee at a place on the Danforth, and Lisa told me later that she was most impressed by the fact that I took my gloves off to shake hands with her when we said goodbye.
I was convinced that she was far too beautiful and for me, but three years later I asked her to marry me by leaving a ring at the top of her Christmas stocking and getting down on one knee on Christmas Eve. To my considerable surprise, she said yes. We eloped to Hawaii and were married on a beach on Oahu accompanied by a ukele player. It was the first of many adventurous trips we took together, to Italy, France, Latvia, Disney World and many other places. I can't imaging going anywhere else without her - she was so much fun to share adventures with.
I loved to make her laugh in delight, by arranging a scavenger hunt for her in the Magic Kingdom that ended in her being showered in pixie dust, or by buying her flowers for no reason at all, or by getting her a present that was the last thing she ever expected, or by teaching her how to ride a bicycle. Her smile never failed to light up a room and warm my heart and I would do anything to see it again.
Lisa was nice to everyone and was generous to a fault. Everyone she met liked her, and her kindness and generosity endeared her to everyone from the owners of the convenience store next door, to her neighbours, to the waiters in our favorite restaurants.
I loved her with all of my being and was (to my astonishment) loved so much by her.
I've met more than my fair share of extraordinary people in my time - from presidents and prime ministers to movie stars and royalty to astronauts and Nobel Prize laureates - but I've never met anyone as extraordinary as Lisa.
I am lost without her and always will be.

I met Lisa while I was in grade 11 and she was in grade 10. We had history together, or was it Accounting? Both were with Mr. Klassen. :) She just made the class easier to get through. Her voice stays with me to this day. She was never in a bad mood, always smiled and never put up a front. She was one of the smartest people I knew in high school.
Our hearts broke for her when she lost her mom. We wanted to just protect her from the pain.
We reconnected through FB when her father fell ill and I knew how much it broke her to lose her dad. But she always had you, Chris, and no one would dare doubt what you meant to her.
With every tear that falls, Chris, you are hugging her once more. Every moment spent together that you recall is a symbol of victory, of destiny fulfilled. She felt all this love about you because you deserved it. She would say you deserved more than she could give. She knew how precious time was and any second she could be with you was when her world was right again.
Not many people get to be loved and to love like that in return. Your time was too short together. I don’t know why she’s gone. She should still be here. But you both made the most of your time together and for that we are all grateful.
So many hugs, Chris, even though we’ve never met.
Sincerely,
Nadine Robertson-Moy

It was clear that Lisa truly cared for her Dad. When we first met I asked her about the number tattooed on her wrist. She told me it was her Dad's number when he was interned by the Germans during WW2. She then went on to tell me more about him. Her expression and eyes displayed a deep affection for him

The first mention of Lisa for me was when I was reading the acknowledgements in Chris' book "Contact Charlie".
He credits the "talented and beautiful Lisa Zaritsky " for her important help with the book. I picked up the phone and asked my son "Who is this Lisa?". She was indeed beautiful, inside and out, and I was proud to call her my daughter-in-law.