Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Woke up early this morning thinking about Shania and what a wonderful little girl she was and still is in many (Shania, Meredith and Michele at Harry Potter Premier July 2007) ways! Her legacy is that she has touched so many peoples hearts. Shania had a special gift of finding that something special locked away in everyones hearts. She did this so naturally and so effortlessly without expecting anything in return. I think that this was and still is her key to our hearts. I can't help but think of my "buddy old pal" often, she will always have a special place in my heart. I'm listening to one of her four "Sunday Morning Classics" CD's that shania loved to listen to so much. This one is

Daybreak Reverie which has relaxing peaceful music by Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brams ect.. It has her name written on the front of it, so that it wouldn't get lost at The Hospital for Sick Children. July 19th has come and gone again! (For those of you that might not know, this was the day that Shania was freed from the grasp of this dreadful disease) Unfortunately she wasn't freed in the way that we had hoped for. This is sadly an all to common unhappy ending for children with stage four Neuroblastoma and Shania knew this! I think that is why she wanted to do something to help other children suffering like she was! Shania's Sunflower of Hope Fun Fair was Shania's gift to these kids! She thought it up on her own. She planned out what she wanted it to be like. She put her heart into it, I think that is why it is such a special event, because it has Shania's love for everything beautiful in it. I'm so happy to say that Shania's Sunflower of Hope Fun Fair raised $39,000.00 this year for Neuroblastoma Research! Wow! considering the economic conditions this is fantastic! I happened to be looking in our dictionary just minutes ago for a fancy word called Reverie :) and when I was picking it up the page that it opened to, it had the word "angel" on it. I swear to you know who. So I read what the definition of an Angel is and here is what it says. 1, An attendant of God, esp. A messenger. 2, A kindly woman. 3, a financial backer. I don't know if you are just one or are blessed to be all of these definitions. But on behalf of Shania. Karen, Shannon and I would like to thank everyone that has contributed to her Fun Fair, by volunteering or sponsoring or coming out and having a great time for a great cause. Thank you for backing Shania, Thank you for letting Shania open your hearts and thank you for being one of "Shania's Angels". Karen and I were invited to go to see the movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with a lovely couple whom happen to be the parents of Shannons friend Rebeca. I hadn't really been thinking about seeing the movie. The last time we had seen a Harry potter movie was just before Shania passed away, she brought one of her friends Meredith with her to see a private screening premier. Shania loved the Harry Potter series of books and movies, we used to read the books every night before she got sick, she loved it! I know she would have loved to have seen this movie so much! She had such a beautifully vivid imagination, I could picture her growing up and writing such magical books like J.K. Rowling's does. She had that talent to turn normal or bland things into something mystical, magical and fun. The hard part is seeing the characters growing up in the movies and but not to get wondering what Shania would have been like these two years later. The movie was fantastic! Karen said that she thought that it was the best one yet! Thanks Kathleen and Mike for inviting us out to see the movie with you.

Warmest Regards & Happiest Day Dreaming

Shayne,Karen & Shannon

P.S. definition of Reverie is : A state of fanciful meditation; a daydream. Just in case you didn't know :)