Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Savannah Smiles
This is my niece Savannah, Today would have been her 21 birthday. She was killed 3 days before her high school graduation in 2002, she had planned on attending Connecticut University to major in communications. It was no surprise to any of us that she planned on making her living with her mouth....She was always a very verbal and dramatic child, sometimes a pain in the ass too, but that's another story. She was the first 'baby' in my life, she and her mom lived close by until she was 5 and then they moved about 90 minutes away, Vannah was still a big part of our family, she would come and stay with us often.
NotableQuote from Vannah:
Don't be afraid of dying....be afraid
of not living!
She was a very insightful child, she did not have an easy life, but she almost always had a smile on her face. She loved music, her friends and her family. She hated academics but loved the social part of school...she was a true social butter fly. I believe that she would have accomplished very big things in her life and she I know that she has accomplished very big things thru her death.
This is a memorial garden that we planted in her honor at her home. It is beautiful. It is much larger now as we add new plants to it every year. In some strange way, this gives my sister, her mother, a way to continue nurturing her daugher. She has gotten alot of solice from this little piece of earth.
I miss Vannah every day but it is special days like today that hurt the most. I will visit the cemetery, something I seldom do, and wish her a happy birthday. I'm sure that she will be laughing at me for being so emotional....the little brat!
Auntie misses you Vanna Dawn!
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