| Location | Timmins |
| Age | 33 years |
| Date of Birth | 2/1973 |
| Date of Death | 2/2006 |
| Visitors | 1,663 since 20/12/2006 |
| Creator |
Her name is Lisa .... she was born Lisa Rose on February 4, 1973 to her young and troubled mother
Catharine. She became Lisa Shannon, and my daughter on January 17, 1978 @ 10:10 pm. What a happy
day that was
Lisa 's brother David was not quite 2 years old when she entered our family .... they quickly
became siblings .... David adored his big sister.
Lisa had so many problems: abandoned by her biological mother, molested by her maternal aunt's
partner, neglected, starved and terrorized before the age of 4, as well as exhibiting some Fetal
Alchohol Syndrome traits and Attention Deficit Disorder .... and being Native, adopted into a
caucasian family .... it was just too much.
She grew up troubled .... how we loved her, and how helpless we felt when she refused any help ....
though she had difficulty trusting, she always knew that she could talk to me
She left home at an early age and moved 500 miles away. Three weeks before her father died of brain
cancer, she informed me that she was HIV positive: Lisa was 20 years old
She gave birth to 6 children by the time she was 25 and all have been adopted: her firstborn -Joey
is my youngest. Lisa could not care for those children, although she tried so hard, and she loved
them so much. From visiting once or twice a year, her contacts changed to calls once or twice a
year in the last 6 years of her life; Joey saw Lisa on a handful of occasions, and did not get to
know her well, but loved her as "his big sister"..... her hospitalizations increased due
to bouts with pneumonia
We were contacted on January 22, 2006 by St. Michael's hospital in Toronto: Lisa had finally
given them permission to notify us that she was a patient.
We travelled, we visited, we talked, we laughed, we loved - all of us : her reaction was "wow!
my whole family is here".... outcome of meetings with doctors and caregivers was that Lisa was
ready for palliative care .... we made arrangements to bring her home.
Lisa got to our local hospital on Feb 2nd .... she was glad to be with us. She reached her 33rd
birthday on February 4. She left us after a hard struggle on February 8
She was so beautiful .... beautiful bronze skin, dark lively eyes, shiny black hair that fell to her
waist .... and her smile .... what a smile that was
When she would visit, she would stay between 3 weeks to 2 months and she was a whirlwind, rocking
everything in her (Joey's and my) path .... there was no ignoring Lisa .... When she would
call she started and ended each conversation with "I love you mummy." She was often
emotional, and she would laugh when I would compare her moods to tempests in a teacup.
She could go from anger to tears or laughter in milli-seconds .... and she could do the Elvis sneer
so well ..... she loved to sing and could not carry a tune .... at her grade 2 concert, her music
teacher had informed her that some were birds and others were fish .... and she was one of the
latter ....
How we loved her ..... How I loved her and love her still ....
Her Journey’s Just Begun ~ Author E Brenneman
Don’t think of her as gone away
Her journey's just begun
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one
Just think of her as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years
Think of how she must be wishing
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away
And think of her as living
In the hearts of those she touched
For nothing loved is ever lost
And she was loved so much
WHAT IS NORMAL
NORMAL is trying to decide what to take to the cemetery for Christmas, birthdays, Valentine's day and Easter.
NORMAL is feeling like you know how to act and are more comfortable with a funeral than a wedding or a birthday party. Yet, feeling a stab of pain in your heart when you smell the flowers, see the casket, and all the crying
people.
NORMAL is feeling like you can't sit through another minute without screaming because you just don't like to sit through church anymore.
NORMAL is having tears waiting behind every smile when you realize someone important is missing from all the important events in your families life. (another real truth)
Please
Please, don't ask me if I'm over it yet.
I'll never be over it.
Please, don't tell me she's in a better place.
She isn’t here with me.
Please, don't say at least she isn't suffering.
I haven't come to terms with why she had to suffer at all.
Please, don't tell me you know how I feel.
Unless you have lost a child.
Please, don't ask me if I feel better.
Bereavement isn't a condition that clears up.
Please, don't tell me at least you had her for 33 years.
What year would you choose for your child to die?
Please, don't tell me God never gives us more than we can bear.
Please, just say you are sorry.
Please, just say you remember my child, if you do.
Please, just let me talk about my child.
Please, mention my child’s name.
Please, just let me cry.
Author Unknown
... by Ruth Ann Mahaffey
I see tears fall down your face
When your thoughts have turned to me.
Just know that I’m in heaven,
With my Lord, who’s set me free.
No pain or sadness do I feel,
For God is by my side.
The beauty here in Heaven
Is now where I reside.
I know it’s hard for you to cope
For you can’t feel my touch.
But every moment, I can see
And love you very much.
When you are at your lowest
And feel you can’t go on,
Look towards the heavens
The light will be turned on.
Talk to me, just like you did
On earth when I was there.
You see, I’m not so far away …
Only as far as a prayer.
And when it’s time for you to join
Me up in Heaven above.
It’s then that you will realize,
The Golden Place of love.
For here there is no sadness,
Just everlasting light.
Someday we will be joined again,
When it’s time to take your flight.
xxx
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am i and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we still are
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the trace of a shadow on it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolutely unbroken continuity
Why should i be out of mind because i am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you
For an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well
hiya
hi ad thanks for lighting a candle on my sisters. i just thought i would say rip and return the favour and light Lisa a candle thanks alot xxx
thanks
Thankyou for lighting a candle for Tony...im sure your beautiful daughter is at peace now surrounded by beautiful angels and watches over you and her children everyday....Once again thankyou...x
MemoryLane by Marian Jones
There is a place in every heart,
They call it Memory Lane,
Where thoughts of loved ones lost
Forever will remain.
God made this special place
When He first created man,
For He knew it would be needed,
As part of our life's plan.
He knew when loved ones left us,
We'd need some time to heal,
To come to terms with sorrow
And the loneliness we'd feel.
So when you lose a loved one
And your life is filled with pain,
The comfort of their presence
Will be found in Memory Lane.
With Love From Heaven (Copyright 2003, 2006 Kelly Musulin)
Last night I came to you in a dream
and although you didn't want it to end,
we had to part once more.
Will you do something for me?
When sleep finds you tonight and we meet
again in a place where life is so unreal,
know that we are truly together in spirit.
Forget the nonsence of happenings around
us and just feel my presence.
Understand that it is only my body that has died,
not me, not my soul, who I am.
I am with you, watching over you, guiding you.
I am alive...
I realize that it's not the same, the fact that you
are not able to reach out and touch me, hold me,
even kiss me like you once had, and for you, I
wish I could change all that... but I can't.
You see, for me nothing has changed between us,
but the fact that you no longer hear me the way
you use to, you no longer see me or feel me in a
way that you're familiar. My love for you hasn't
changed, but what has is my understanding of
life and self.
It's so beautiful here... I am happy and at peace.
It's more then you could ever dream. If you could
only feel how serene it all is.
Imagine for a moment standing in a sea of tall green grass surrounded by wild flowers dancing with a breeze, trees towering lazily above you swaying gently back
and forth while reaching upward toward a brilliant
blue sky. Imagine the sun so warm, so soft its touch,
so full of love filling you completely as you are one
with all that is and ever has been.
I feel no pain .... I am happy and I know that I
am home.
Please do not be sad for me and know that I am
only ... but a breath away.
With Love,
From Heaven
Lisa
Miss me but let me go
1) When i come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul that is free
2) Miss me a little-but not for long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that we onced shared
Miss me -but let me go
3) For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone
It's all part of the Master's Plan
A step on the road home
4) When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me -but let me go
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