In Honor of Michele

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A golden heart stopped beating,
                     Hard working hands to rest.
                              God broke our hearts
                                      to prove to us,
                             He only takes the best...

**Michele Nicole Sansocie**

~March 13, 1982 - May 18, 2000~

Michele

Hundreds of pictures

Memories that wont fade

Hundreds of people

Whose lives you've changed

Hundreds of words

Completely left unsaid

Only thing left to say is

*until we meet again*

I can never let go of my memories of you,

To you my heart will always be true.

I understand that life does not last,

And that sometimes all we have left is the past.

But deep in my heart I will always believe,

That you're always with me, and you'll never leave.

I realize that we are far apart,

But still I give you my love, my heart.

The words we've spoken, the places we've been,

My soul will forever keep within.

Michele,

Words can not express how much you mean to me. It kills me that you are not here with us anymore. I know you are smiling from heaven and looking down on the ones you left behind. I think of you everyday and wonder who you would be today, what you would be doing and where you would be. How can we say good-bye to such a beautiful and promising young lady. How can we say good-bye to the good times. I thought we had forever in our hands and it is so hard to say good-bye to yesterday.

You were a wonderful and talented person taken from this Earth too soon.

"I can only imagine what it will be like, when I walk by Your side...
I can only imagine, what my eyes will see, when Your Face is before me!
I can only imagine. I can only imagine." - MercyMe -

Every step I take, every move I make
Every single day, every time I pray
I'll be missing you
Thinkin of the day, when you went away
What a life to take, what a bond to break
I'll be missing you.

I love you Shell. Miss you everyday!

Erika, Missy and Michele

The 3 amigas at the mall, random picture day in 1997

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

When tomorrow starts without me, and I am not here to see,

If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me.

I know how much you love me as much as I love you,

And each time you think of me I know you'll miss me to.

But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand,

That Jesus came and called my name and took me by the hand.

He said my place is ready in heaven far above,

And that I have to leave behind all those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away a tear fell from my eye,

For all my life I'd always thought it wasn't my time to die.

I had so much to live for and so much yet to do,

It seems almost impossible that I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays the good ones and the bad,

I thought of all the love we shared and all the fun we had.

If I could of stayed for just a little while.

But then I fully realize that this could never be,

For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.

And when I thought of wordly things that I'd miss come tomorrow,

I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through Heaven's gate and felt so much at home,

As God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne.

He said "This is eternity, And all I've promised you,

Today your life on earth is past, but here it starts anew."

"I promise no tomorrow but today will always last,

And since each day's the same here there's no longing for the past."

So when tomorrow starts without me don't think we're far apart,

For everytime you think of me I'm right here in your heart.

Unknown

I cannot say good-bye to those whom I have grown to love, for the memories we have made will last a lifetime and never know a good-bye.

Mis and Erika

August 1997

Life is a miracle, don't let it slip away,

Open your heart to others; give of yourself each day.

See the beauty in everyone regardless of where they've been,

Some have a difficult journey and really need a friend.

Share your gifts and talents; listen with your heart.

Do the things you dream about but don't have time to start.

Pick a bouquet of flowers; show someone that you care,

Be gracious and forgiving; life is never fair.

Hold on to your courage, you may need it down the road,

We all have a cross to bear; it could be a heavy load.

If you practice all these things no matter where you roam,

You may find both sun and rain, but you'll never feel alone

Michele and Erika in 1997

At Michele's house

"Letting go is the hardest part when you're in our dreams and cradled in our hearts, we won't say goodbye, no merely farewell....just too beautiful to lose sweet Michele." 5/18/00

Dedicated to Michele

In Memory Page 15

A heart of gold stopped beating,

two shining eyes at rest,

God broke our hearts to prove,

He only takes the best.

God knows you had to leave us,

but you did not go alone,

for part of us went with you,

the day He took you home.

To some you are forgotten,

to others just part of the past,

but to us who loved and lost you,

the memory will always last.

In Loving Memory

Michele's Senior Portrait

You are still with me and everyone else that you loved Michele. Even though that relationship has changed and we can't hug you, or call you, or send letters, you are still so much a part of us. I feel you every minute of everyday, all around me. I can still talk to you, go running with you, and you still laugh at me when I do something funny. You are more with me now than you were before...I just can't see you.

You were an amazing friend. For the short time you were here, you made such an impact in all the lives you touched so deeply. You showed everyone what an amazingly beautiful and wonderful person you really were and did not hold back anything.

who would you be today?......