Shelby's Happy Moments

Shelby and I used to spend all of our birthdays together and I will treasure those memories forever. She surprised me on my birthday last year and it was the best birthday ever having her and merybeth come down to see me. I remember every birthday we used to spend together consisted of just about everything we usually do at every sleepover just with more cake. Happy birthday best friend I love you.

• Shelby was known to have an amazing sense of style. Every dress down day she would put together the cutest outfits. One of my house parties she came and totally rocked this look; black leggings and an adorable white blouse with black bird print. Simple but elegant.

I remember Shelby and I would love going for little walks down her road. We thought the scenery was really pretty, so I thought I’d capture that moment of her in front of the lake.

Shelby and I became best friends in the sixth grade. She was the one who Made me think, where has she been all my life. Turns out, not far at all. Every year, particularly every summer since I was a baby, My family and I would travel down to the family cottage to Oak island on Lake Nipissing. Funny that it took Shelby and I a couple years after we became friends to realize that she did too. So really almost every time I would visit camp, she was just on the other side of the island the whole time. Our family’s knew each other and our relatives partied with each other. Note, I found out first cause long story short, my mom somehow found out she was part of the Trottier family, and when I tried telling her, she thought I was crazy. But eventually I explained everything and we both thought it was craziest thing that we were that close to each other and most likely met once when we were little but never realized until later. Cheesy or not cheesy, but It was fate that we became best friends. Grew up on the same island, lived on the same road, went to the same schools and road the same bus. I was just so happy that we eventually found each other.