We still miss your devilish smile, your goofy grin, your laugh, the way you and your mom doted on each other. We always will.

Everyone who loved you is thinking about you today, Shane.

Shane, according to your Mom, you would have officially turned "old" today. I tried to disagree with her, but she said, "My son? 27? That's old."

We truly miss you and love you, and wish you could have been here to tell us you're not old. That you're not is proof that this is a broken world.

Three years ago today, the day we found out you were gone, was the worst of our life.

Tonight, though, your Mom said something wonderful. She was talking to Mike & Shannon, the young couple we're trying to help through a very (very very) tough spot in their lives. She said that if anything good came from losing you — and we both want there to have been something good — it's that our hearts were opened to the possibility of helping people like them.

We'll always miss you, Shane, but we're trying our best to balance that loss by doing good for some others.

I think you'd have been proud of your Mom tonight. I know I am.

Happy Birthday Shane.

Whether it's a special day like today or just an ordinary day, I'm always thinking of you. I wish you were here.

Love Always, Karyn

Happy Birthday, Shane!

You should have been twenty six years old today.

Your Mom pointed out this morning that you weren't actually born until almost tomorrow. 10:30 PM! At least you were consistent. It was never easy to motivate you in the morning. :-)

We still miss you, but I guess we always will. These special days are always the hardest.

Oh, and Kim talked about you a lot at Mandi's wedding on Saturday. She seems to understand, better than most, about the 'big occasions.'

(Haven't heard from Karyn in a while, but your Mom and I both know she's thinking about you today.)

Today would have been your 25th birthday. Your Mom and I wondered, today, where you'd be and what you'd be doing now, if you hadn't fallen eighteen months and six days ago.

We still miss you and talk about you all the time. Most days we can smile when you come up, your name is tied to an awful lot of good memories. With our new perspective, even any trouble you caused has become a fond memory... but really, there was very little of that. (Unless we're talking about cars! ;-)

Today I thanked God for the time we had (shortened as it was). It's the best I could do. You definitely left us 'wanting more'.

Oh, and Karyn says Happy Birthday, too. Except for your Mom and I (and probably your dad), it's pretty clear that she misses you most.