Babes of Gr.8 Grad

Babes of Gr.8 Grad

This picture does not even do justice to the wildness that was our grade 8 graduation. Not only is it missing Shelby’s amazing high heel shoes covered in ring pops, but it’s missing the dancing and singing and laughing our heads off that went on once inside. My most vivid memory of the night was of one of my first slow dances ever, to Ed Sheeran’s The A Team. The reason this was so memorable was not the excitement of my first slow dance, but it was Shelby and our friends standing less then a foot away, with Shelby singing the lyrics to the song at full blast and making faces at me the whole time. The whole night was filled with our crazy dancing and, of course, singing at the tops of our lungs!

-Avery

Bubble Blowout

Bubble Blowout

I stumbled across this picture after Shelby and I talked about the crazy amount of fun we had had at the foam party in Mexico. It’s extremely blurry but I think it captures the essence of our smiles and the rowdiness of that night. It was great except for all the creepy guys we reminisced about sneaking into the bubbles to escape! Definitely one of the best times I had in Mexico!

Shelbys Song ❤️

Shelbys Song ❤️

While visiting with Shelby one evening I asked her if she’d like to write a song, my friend Jenna  is a musician and offered to put something together for her. She immediately lite up and said yea I actually have some poems that we could use. We read through them together and I took the poems home to Jenna and by the next day she had put together a rough version of the song and Shelby and I were able to listen to it a few times together. The first time Shelby heard it her smile was bigger than I had seen in weeks, she was singing along and enjoying every word. The song is a mix of all the poems Shelby wrote in her own words, Jenna didn’t change any of the words and only added music and made it all flow together. Today we went to the recording studio and recorded Shelbys song.

If anyone would like to listen to it I would love to send you the file just text 613-206-2303 and I will send it over. It’s a very raw powerful song and expresses some of shelbys real feeling towards her journey with cancer, it’s beautiful and everything Shelby wanted it to be ❤️

Incredible fashion sense

Incredible fashion sense

  • 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.