Kids believe in Sickkids

"Proud"is the word that comes to my mind when we were invited to accept Shania's award as top fundraising individual for 2007 at Sickkids. Shania accomplished so much in such a short time. And to do all of this while being so sick herself with this devastating disease, was truly astonishing. She did this fundraising because she was such a caring person. She was always like that, thinking about others before herself. Always a kind word if you were down. Even when she was at her sickest she would be worried about our feelings. Not wanting us to be hurt by what she was going through. This is the Shania that I am so proud and Honoured to be the father of. I went through some of our videos of Shania for a bio that they did for the Sickkids giving gala. This was a very hard thing to do, but at the same time it was nice to see her smiling face with those beautiful dimples and hear her sweet voice again. The bio was very touching to watch. I will see if I can get the link to it. Karen and I did some interviews on the radio stations EZ Rock, CFRB 1010 and the Mix FM about Shania and Sickkids giving gala. This also wasn't easy for us to do either. But we are glad we did because I finally got to meet my girlfriend. I used to kid Shania about who her boy friends were, so one day when she came home from the hospital with Karen, she said that she knew who my girlfriend is. I of coarse asked who this girlfriend could be? She said "daddy and Colleen sitting in a tree K I S S I N G ! So my next question was, where do I know this Colleen from. She said she's on the radio station EZ Rock in the morning on the show called Stu and Colleen, she's your girrrrrrl friend. This was one of our jokes with each other from then on. So it was really interesting how I finally got to meet my girl friend in Shania's honour. After we were off the air, I told Stu and Colleen about what Shania had said about Colleen and I. Colleen asked me if my wife knew about us. I told her that Karen was with Shania when she thought this up. We all had a good laugh about it. This was Shania also, always finding ways to make life fun. I'll write more about the giving Gala and see if I can put some pictures of Shania's friends accepting her award on her behalf. right now I've got to try to get some sleep, it's almost three thirty AM.
I will always believe in Shania I will I will !!!!
I will always believe in Shania I will I will !!!!!!!!!!!
I will always believe in Shania I will I will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shayne, Karen and Shannon.