And Sheila Jackson Lee was my friend.  I was blessed to have a personal relationship with the fierce, fiery, forceful, fantastic and, yes, fashionable fighter.  The sister could rock some African attire!  She stood on strong shoulders – that 18th district had previously been represented by the esteemed Barbara Jordan and the impactful Mickey Leland.  She once told a reporter she had both of her predecessors “in her soul”, modeling her work after theirs.  Now, she is in our soul, that Energizer Bunny for Justice.  Her memory is both a blessing and an inspiration.