Shania's Sunflower of Hope Golf Tournament

Karen, Shannon and I have just recently done an interview with the Toronto Star newspaper because they want to put Shania in there Sickkids special section coming up on March 20Th. This was an easy/ hard thing for us to do. Easy because we love Shania so much and want to carry on her cause, but also hard because we miss her so incredible much. It has almost been 8 month (July 19Th 2007) since Shania's passing away, but the pain of losing our beautiful little girl is still so very raw. You would think that time would start to heal that pain, it doesn't, it's still there just under the surface. I don't know about other losses, but I can't imagine anything to much worse than the loss of your child. Karen and I also did an interview for a fine lady named Jacinta Palud, whom is the Godmother to a 3 year old boy named Sebastien. He was born with a disease called Gastroschisis. He has had a liver and small bowel transplant and is waiting for a kidney transplant. Jacinta does a blog for Sebastien and his family on there website. She wanted to interview us about how karen and I stayed together and happy despite the challenges of the last year and half. We are know experts in this field, but were happy/sad to share our experiences. Here is the link if you would like to take a look (stay strong Sebastien and family:) http://placedechoix.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/an-interview-with-shanias-parents/ We have been busy with Shania's Fun Fair which is on May 3Rd at the Markham Fair grounds again this year. We have added on another building this year which will be an interactive sports zone for the older kids and adults, now all we need is a sponsor to put there name in front of this zone. Shania wanted a Ferris wheel for this fun fair but I don't think that we will be able to afford that this year. We are very excited about this and also Shania's Sunflower of Hope Golf Tournament, which will be held on June 6Th which is coincidentally the day that Shania was diagnosed with this horrendous disease in 2006. Our neighbors Tim & Deb Fittler came up with this idea and are graciously organizing this event. We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for this or the Fun Fair, which are such a worthy causes to fund research at Sick Children's Hospital. e-mail us at shania.com@rogers.com . I will try to update more often

Thank you for caring and sharing!
Sincerely with love,
Shayne, Karen & shannon