Happy 21st Birthday  / Aunt Mary Kay (Godmother/Aunt)

Well Shayna we always talked about going to Cupka's for your 21st birthday. Now it is here and you're not. This is such a hard day. Supposed to be a milestone in a young life. Although every part of me knows that the celebration you will have in heaven will be amazing, I wish you were here. Just to see you dance and giggle made us all smile. You would have been so much fun to party with, crazy as you were. I know your friends are all thinking of you today, like all your family is. 
Someone wrote on your website that when you lose a parent, you lose the past. But when you lose a child, you lose the future. I think that is the pain that never goes away. Every milestone missed is another heartbreak. All your family will be celebrating tonight in your honor. "Raise a glass for Shayna." 
Losing you has to be the hardest thing in all of our lives. You taught us so much and I think that is what keeps us going. God gave you to us for a short time to teach us what is important. I learned the lesson and I will never forget it and I promise you I will always try to live it. I will live my life with no regrets.
I know you will be greeting each of us at heavens door someday. I know I'll hear "Hey Aunt Mary Kay, guess what?". Boy would I love to hear those words again. 
Well, on your special day-I love you so much and miss you with every breathe I take. Watch over all of us-keep us safe and bring us all home with you some day. 
I guess I'll have to deal with the hangover for both of us tomorrow morning-and that's ok. 
Happy 21st birthday our Dancing Angel. Thanks for the pennies.

                                                I love you, 

                                                Aunt Mary Kay

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I am so very sad for you  / Rosalee Cline (none)
I pray to God for your comfort.  I happened upon this website while looking at the color system.  Cyndie I am a mother of 3 girls all in college and my heart goes out to you as a mother.  Please know my prayers are with you and your family.  Rosalee Cline Close

The Holidays  / Aunt Mary Kay (Aunt and Godmother )
Well Shay, another holiday season is about to end. The sadness is still there in everyone's hearts and in our eyes. We managed to laugh cause we knew you would want us to. Andy and Connie gave us a reason to celebrate. It made it alittle easier. Your mom and dad gave us the most "awesome" gift from you-something I will treasure forever. We can only imagine the celebration you had in heaven. Probably something that is actually hard for us to imagine until we get there. 
I continue to see you watching over us in the amazing pink skies. I'm sorry to say that I never looked at the skies before as much as I do now. They have so much more meaning to me now.  I guess this is just another lesson that you taught me. To look around and cherish every little thing and to know that there is only one Being that could have given all these gifts to us.
Continue to watch over us. We need you so much. We love you everyday. If only we had one more day, but it still wouldn't be enough. Until I see you again, I love you very much. Keep tapping in my heart. As you always said, you were my child sent from God.  I wear my angel everyday and will forever. Love you. Be with us in 2007. 
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what shayna taught me  / Clare Loveland (friend)
a few things shayna taught me:

to celebrate anything and everything.
to go ahead and laugh out loud... as much as possible.
to listen with my heart. 
to soak up the sun.
to take chances.
to never doubt myself.
to smile at strangers.
to see the best in life.
to laugh at myself.
to make a difference in other people's lives.
to look up at the sky every chance i get.
to never give up.
to always keep my faith.
to be passionate about everything i love.
...and that life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about getting out there and dancing in the rain.

i love you shayna... youre with me everyday, no matter where i am. i'll take as many pink sunsets as you can give me, angel. <3

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What Shayna teaches me everyday...  / Joe Moeller
Shayna has taught me more in the past 2 years than anyone else could. She taught me:

-To be more forgiving to others.
-To not regret decisions made.
-To appreciate others and what they do for me.
-To enjoy life and friends in it.

and

-To never forget the memory of our loved ones who have gone to heaven.

I can always tell when Shayna is watching over me, whether it's when "I Hope You Dance" comes on the radio in the car, or when someone sings "Build Me Up Buttercup" at a karaoke bar. I always think about Shayna and smile when I look at Cyndie's beautiful painting in my livingroom. (Thank you so much Cyndie) I just always wish I could have gotten to know her better.

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What Shayna taught me.  / Aunt Mary Kay (Godmother)

Shayna, Happy Thanksgiving.  You will be in our thoughts and prayers this Thanksgiving and always. I love you everyday, Shayna.
Well, your mom wants us to tell what we learned from you.  Shayna, you taught me:
1. To look up at the sky as often as I can;
2. To listen to my heart;
3. That my words and actions will be someone else's memories some day;
4. That the greatest gift I can give someone is my time;
5. That laughing is amazing for the heart and soul;
6. To appreciate a dancer's moves;
7. That a broken heart doesn't really heal;
8. That tomorrow is not guaranteed;
9. To cherish my family and friends;
10. To trust that I will see you again;
11. That you were smarter than I thought you were (that's a joke);
12. That you can turn tears into smiles;
13. That this life is precious;
14. To live my life with no regrets (or did I teach you that);
15. That something so simple as pulling the grapes off the little stems can mean so much to someone;
16. That you can't pour sugar over chocolate chips;
17. How to understand website lingo;
18. To listen when people speak;
19. To have dreams and goals;

20. That God's plan is not always the same as ours;
21. That making a little girl smile with makeup all over your face is worth embarrassing yourself;
22. That what I do that is so insignificant to me may be mountainous to someone else.
23. That we are all here for a reason and we may never know what it is but someone else will; 
24. That I have my own angel on my shoulder; and
25. To love! 

And most importantly Shayna, you taught me enjoy my life.  Thank you for the memories, the smiles, the pink skies, the numerous pennies and just plain old Thank You for 18 years. I wouldn't have missed those for the world. 

Happy turkey day!

 

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I Hope You Dance-2006  / Aunt Mary Kay (Aunt)
Well Shayna, we did our best for you. All of the family put their hearts and souls into making this year's fundraiser, I HOPE YOU DANCE,  a success. And it was. The place was crowded with friends and family who all helped keep your memory alive that night and always. You should have gotten countless messages from everyone and I hope you got some of the "special" balloons.  Cortney and her friend Lauren, did a great job with inspirational dance signs that we believed you would have loved. The monetary donations and auction donations were pouring in even on that day. You would have been proud of Anthony, he spoke from from the heart, to thank us for our support, and you for what he is today. Anthony is another legacy of yours. He knows that he is living both your dreams. Each moment in the night is bitter sweet but I always walk away proud knowing that you would be so proud of all of us. 
Keep watching over us Shayna. We need you. There are many moments that still bring us to tears. We are getting stronger but it still hurts so bad. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you and miss my SOUTH SIDE BUDDY!
We all love you Shay. That will never stop. Like our message to you says  "God has you in his heaven, but we have you in our hearts".
Keep dancing, keep tapping in my heart, keep sending me the pennies and keep the pink in the sky. I know you are up there.

Love you forever and ever. Until we meet again,

Aunt Mary Kay  
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Happy Birthday to a Angel  / Diane/ Mom To Angel Jimmy Brozzetti

Have a wonderful birthday; catch the balloons we send up to you. 

We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new

We thought about you yesterday and days before that too

We think of your beautiful smile, and often speak your name

Now all we have are happy memories, and your picture in a frame

Your memory is our keepsake, with which we will never be apart

God has you in His Heaven

We have you always in our hearts…

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Happy Birthday  / Aunt Mary Kay (Loving Aunt and Godmother )
Happy Birthday Shayna. Boy in my head I am wondering "what you would be today" but in my heart you remain the beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 18 year old I remember. They say time heals but I'm not so sure that is true. Time brings calm and peace but the hole in my heart won't heal until  "I see you again someday". I just wanted to thank you on your birthday for teaching me how precious life is and how short it can be too.  You were a birthday example of "No regrets". You did it all and in a very short time. You always said you were my child sent from God.  Boy you were even smarter than we thought.
Well Shayna on your birthday-party in heaven and dance with the angels. I'll be feeling you "tap" in my heart today. I love you very much and miss you with my whole heart.  Someday Shayna I'll get to hear "Hey, Aunt Mary Kay, guess what?".
Well from all of us Macuraks down here:

 "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Shayna, Happy Birthday to you".

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In memory of our Andrew  / Debi Collins
What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful young lady.  My heart is with you as the journey to move on remains a part of each day.  Our 18 year old son, Andrew, died secondary to head injuries sustained in a car accident on July 16th, 2005.  Viewing your wonderful tribute has created a need for me to collect pictures of Andrew and work towards doing the same for him.  God bless all of you;  this is not an easy thing to experience.

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What a beautiful life!  / Conor Williamson (Friend)
I'm not much of a writer, but i would like to share just a few memories that I have about Shayna's beautiful life. Most of the things that i remember about her are small things, just bits and pieces that never fail to make me smile. I met her when she was in 6th grade, i was in 8th. We spent an unbelievable amount of time on the trampoline in her backyard, having the kind of fun that only kids can have. I remember one time someone, probably Shayna, began to give Zack a haircut. Whether it was Shayna or not, I'm not certain, but i can say that kids between the ages of 6th and 9th grade have very little experience cutting hair and needless to say, Zack ended up bald. Probably the most hilarious thing i can remember from that era of my life was Shayna refering to Zack as Chemo. It could have been someone else that came up with the nickname, but no one could have possibly made it as funny as Shana. She always made everything funny, she could put a smile on everyone's face. I was blessed enough to see her on Aug 5 or 6, 2004 and nothing had changed. Sure we had grown up but her personality was just as bright and bubbly as i remember it ever being, she had no trouble putting a smile on everyone's face. And still, two years after that awful night, she still has no trouble putting a smile on my face. I love you Shayna! What a beautiful life! Close

pantene pro v girl makes special apperance on katie o show 6th grade  / Katie Osan (friend)
Shayna, Stevie, and I were in 6th grade together and did just about everything together. We hung out at school, pretended we were the spice girls (ok we were 12! ha), jumped on trampolines, but all in all,we always had fun! We had to give speeches for our teacher Mr. Bittner and he videotaped them. During our free period the three of us were playing around with the camera stand and pretending to have a talk show. I was the host, Shay the guest, and Stevie the camera operator. After doing this for some time, Mr. Bittner finally asked if we wanted to actually film ourselves with the camera. We all of course jumped at the oppertunity and thus began the "Katie O Show" My catch line was "Wow, that's amazing!" Pretty original-right? So for our very first show Stevie filmed me interviewing the famous Pantene Pro-V hair model aka...Shayna. Every question that I asked she answered referring to her hair and then proceeded to flip her thick brown hair over her shoulders. When we were finished Shay and I got to take the tape home to watch it. We went to her house and popped the tape in, and then began laughing for what seems like forever. 

That memory and many others of Shayna as my first close neighbor in Pinehurst  are on my mind and in my heart. Shay I don't know if you remember me or Mr. Bittner's 6th grade class, but I do and I will always carry your memory with me for the rest of my life. Close

my heart goes out  / Passerby
I can say I share your loss because I too lost my son (Tyler Breton) to a very terrible car accident.. My heart goes out to all of you and especially the Mom because being a Mom myself I know the ache of losing a child.. Close

"Where's the party?????????????"  / Aunt Mary Kay (Aunt and friend )
Well, Shayna. This weekend is a party weekend. We are having a surprise 80th birthday party for Grandma Angie. Makes me smile to think of it cause you know how grandma gets. I'll be thinking of you on Saturday cause after gram has a few drinks to celebrate her birthday she'll be clapping her hands and saying "Where's the party????????", just like you loved to hear. How many times we laughed at that. I loved to see you imitate gram when she did that and you know even though we were teasing her, she loved to see you do it too.
Well, I know you will be with us at the party just as I know you are with me always. Watch over all of us. Keep us safe and know that we all love and miss you so much. I can feel you tapping in my heart. Until we meet again-wait for me at heaven's door.  Love you very much, Aunt MK  Close

I'm deeply sorry for your loss  / Jess (passing by )

I said, God I hurt
And God said, I know
I said, God I cry alot
And God said, That's why I gave you tears
I said, Life is so hard
And God said, That's why I gave you loved ones
I said, But my Loved one died!!
And God said, So did mine!!
I said, It's such a great, unbearable loss!!
And God said, I saw mine nailed to the cross!!
I said , But your loved one lives!!
And God said so does yours!!
I said, Where is she now??
And God said, My Son is by my side and
Your Daughter is in my arms!!


Praying for your family Shayna!

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TOXIC!! / Alyssa Maxson (Dancer/Friend)
DANCETEAM at MPS was the best... Shayna was the best captain... she always made us work but we had so much fun at the same time...one night before our competition Shayna decided we need to losen up...sooooo she had this bright idea of us making a music video! well at the particular time we were all obsessed with the song toxic... so shay pops that song in and we all started dancing... noey was flickering the lights so it looked sooooo awesome... we had no idea where shay and becca went though... all of the sudden here they come CRAWLING out of the dressing room... maybe you had to be there but it was the funniest thing i have ever seen... this was before our coach,stacey, got to practice and shay was supposed to be going over stuff with us but stacey walks in and there in Shay crawling on the floor and everyone else dancing around being so weird!! We all laughed about it all practice!! From that point on that was our team and class theme song! whenever I hear it, that practce is the first thing that comes to mind. That is one of the funniest memories I have with Shay and I will NEVER forget that!
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shay story  / Alyssa Maxson (Dancer/Friend)

Shayna's Senior year was the best... every moring i would sit outside the library at MPS and Shay and I would always get to school at the same time... unless she could'nt get out of bed... but every morning I would sit down and not even one minute later the first person I would see would be Shay... and no matter what she would always stop and say "hey Lys... how are you..." then of course she would follw it up with " who comes to school..seriously" and we would laugh. I always loved that becuase I could always count on her to brighten up the morning a little bit...
love u girl...<3 lys

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too many losses, all too young  / Passerby
I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful Shayna. She was taken from us too soon, but this site is a great way to always keep her memory alive. I know each day without Shayna is a struggle, but know that others are out there to support you.

The websites I have given you below are for two beautiful young women who were both tragically killed in two unrelated car accidents.

www.brittanycurcio.net
www.gilliansabet.com

The STAAR (Students Taking Action Against Recklessnes) Program was started in the loving memory of Brittany Curcio. Her family hopes to take the program nation wide. I have listed the website below.

www.staarprogram.org

Please, if you wish, take the time to visit these websites and honor the lives of these beautiful young women.

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Bon Jour  / Aunt Mary Kay (Godmother, aunt and friend )
We once had a hermit crab that we called Hermie. I used to tell Shayna that this crab had so much personality. If I tapped the cage, he crawled over to my finger. I would tell him to dip in his pool and he would. I would tease her and tell her that he gets under the wood he has to play with and lifts weights. She would howl when we talked about hermie. Needless to say, Hermie died. So once Shayna and I went shopping for whatever, I don't remember. As we were walking through the clothes store Shayna and I started trying on all these hats. After awhile I was finished being stupid but Shayna continued. Next thing I hear was Shayna yelling for me in the store with a french hat on, yelling "Bon Jour". It was a scream. Well, Shayna had a surprize for me that Christmas. Soon as she walked into Gram/Pap's house she said I had to open my present right away before it died. That scared me! Lo and behold what is in this box but a giant, and I mean giant, hermit crab that she already named "Bon Jour". This crab was so big it was scarey, but Shayna thought it was funny. She always asked how Bon Jour was and what tricks I taught him. But that was Shayna, she created a memory that day that will last forever in my head and certainly in my heart. I miss you Shayna. I guess you are up there with Hermie and Bon Jour laughing at me down here.... but I wish you were here. Keep dancing, baby. I wear my dancing angel everyday and I promise you I always will. I love you Shay. Keep tossing me the pennies. YOU ARE FOREVER TAPPING IN MY HEART.  

PS: special message to Morgan Piatt's Aunt Kathy. My heart goes out to you and your family. I know we all have a hole in our hearts not to be mended until the day we see them again.  Have faith that we will see them again and they will be at heaven's door waiting for us. What a day that will be. You and your family are in our prayers. Thanks for all the messages that you share.   Close

precious angel  / Kathy Laframboise (caring person )
SHAYNA THIS IS MORGAN PIATT'S AUNT KATHY- WHEN I SAW THIS IT REMINDED ME OF THE NEW FRIENDS MORGAN HAS UP IN HEAVEN. I KNOW YOU TWO ARE SAYING PRAYERS FOR ALL YOUR FAMILIES. YOU ARE A PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGEL THAT WAS TAKEN WAY TO SOON- I MISS MORGAN -SO I KNOW HOW MUCH SEEING YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILY MISSES YOU. IT IS HELPING ME TO KNOW THAT MORGAN HAS PRECIOUS FRIENDS LIKE YOU BE WITH----OH I NEVER WANTED HER TO BE ALONE- IM STILL SAD AND LONEY AS YOUR FAMILY IS TOO--THE HURT SO FAR NEVER ENDS--WE TRY TO EAT BUT FOODS NOW HAVE NO TASTE, AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE ARE NOT GETTING BETTER----BUT  WHEN I  SEE YOUR PICTURE -I KNOW FAMILIES JUST DONT EVER GET OVER SUCH ANGELS. YOU AND MORGAN HAVE FUN TONIGHT AND SOAR DOWN TO SEE YOUR FAMILIES---WE MISS YOU. FROM ONE HURTING FAMILY TO ANOTHERXO Close