Hello,

I have been reading all your entries about Shane, so many people miss him and are so sorry that he is not here with us, I had no idea that you were getting people together to celebrate his birthday and remember him...I am so sorry for that. I know Shane effected our family so much even my 3 1/2 year old talks about Shane. Last fall we were sitting on the swings at my sisters house and it was a beautiful late afternoon day and the clouds were moving fast over the sky-"it really was remarkable looking" and out of the blue Tony looks up and the sky and says is Shane up there in heaven looking down on us?....I started to cry and told him he was and not to be sad.. I am not sure what you believe and do not want to offend you but out of the mouth of babes.. it was a heart warming moment. Every now and then he brings up Shane just out of the blue..

I opened a new restraunt in September and when I went to sit down with different vendors to order food, Maria from Stefano foods (who we use to get cheese from at Tonys Pizza Kitchen} started asking Danielle and I about how Scott was doing and then she asked how Shane was.........I couldn't speak, looked shocked and started to cry, I had to leave the table, I realized how many people he touched and it made me so sad....

Scott and Billy pulled out a video game that they hadn't played in a long time put it in the machine and went thru the various menus to create a player and what pops up? its one that Shane had created they cried then laughed because they know he is near them...

Danielle was at a stop light in Willimantic she goes to cross an intersection and a car goes by the other way and looks right in her face..she sees Shane, she immediatley calls me on her cell phone and is shaken up and crying..I do my best to calm her down she is reminded by this that he is gone..I tell her I love her and hang up she calls me a while later and said she went into a conveince store to buy something and they have mirrors up by the ceiling and she looks up and sees the same boy so she turns to find him in the store and he looks at her and walked out, till this day she doesn't know if he was looking at her because she probably was looking at him trying see Shane or what.

Last year Gus and I went on cruise and every night after dinner we would go to the shows that they have on the boat, there was a perfomer that had those deep set gorgeous eyes and eyebrows that Shane had, he was maybe a little older than Shane..but reminded us of Shane.. This wasn't long after Shanes accident..Shane was on our brains and I spoke to him alot on that vacation (in my head or questions about where he was etc etc)they way the mind does. I keep saying ok Shane if you can hear me this... or do that..., So one night in between dinner and the show I got to the theater early and they were playing bingo so again I say Shane if you can here me let me win (very far fetched to win there were a hundred or more people in the theater) but me just wondering about death and all. I did not win that night, but the next night I ended up in the theater early-and they were about to start bingo again so I sat down this time the theater was almost filled-they were giving away a free cruise for two..never the less guess who won...I will be going on that free cruise at the end of this month..

My reason for telling you these things and there are many many more is to let you know so many people although not there with you think about and love Shane every day..HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN..hopefully you will get a little peace from this

Tisha