I spoke with Shellie this evening and her son has passed away. He was only 2. He was found in the pool.
She is one of our admins and best friends here at momdot, so our hearts are bleeding for her. I couldn’t barely speak talking to her. It knocks the wind out of you. I don’t know what you say when a child dies. A child of your friend. Like when its someone you don’t know, you are sad. When its someone you do know, it takes your breath away.
She will never be the same. I feel so helpless. Sick.
Shellie is a wonderful person. A WONDERFUL person. A wonderful mother. A perfect friend. Amazing.
There will never be enough tears. She JUST moved there. Just moved and just got her internet back. She has only been there weeks. Weeks.
Please pray for her peace till her husband gets there. He isn’t in town. Lee is on her way to drive over to sit with her. Ill pass any messages you want to send through Lee. I am so grateful to have such a large and caring network. We have a person in every port so to speak.
If you want to send a card, I am going to send out a box from our group on Monday. Get it to me asap and put her name on it too so I know not to open it.
- Shellie c/o Trisha Haas
- 5359 cimaron court
- theodore, al 36582
If you want to donate money, you can contact me directly for her paypal address till we can set up a more formal fund for her. (Update: i am not going to be passing out her personal info until I can verify where funds are going)
Pray.
~Trisha
I am praying for Shellie,may God give her the strength to get through this.
Ever since I read this I have been thinking of her and feel an aching in my
heart for Shellie.
So very sorry, Shellie! May God hold you tight through this tragedy! Praying for you and your family.
BIG HUGS from Indiana!
My heart Aches for her. Prayers for her and her family.
I am praying for Shelli and her family….May God give them comfort during this tragic event.
| I am so sorry. I met Shellie only yesterday, on Twitter, and I can’t tell you how crushed I am … such a beautiful boy. Such a sweet and talented mom … it’s so very sad. My heart and prayers go out to Shellie, her family and the friends that are touched by such a hard-to-take loss.
Love you all, for all you do.
Jo
I am praying oh my …what a horrible event…and Christmas is right around the corner…God bless her and her family…
What a tragedy! my heart goes out to the family.
I don’t know Shellie, but she is in my thoughts and prayers. No parent should ever go through it. Big hugs to her and her family. We’re here if she needs us
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Shellie.
I started crying after I read this post and cannot imagine the pain she is feeling. I will pray for her and her family.
My heart goes out to Shellie. I do not know her personally but it is so tragic to have a child die. I can’t imagine what she is feeling now. I just pray for her and her family. Hope her husband gets home soon. She should not be alone now. And I also want to say that I am just shocked at the rude things people are saying about her on Twitter. WOW! People really should find other things to do with their time than to try to hurt her. She’s already experiencing the worst pain imaginable. Praying for you Shellie!
would there be any interested from the etsy mamas on twitter on doing a bunch of charity auctions/raffles? I know they had a lot of luck with the one for the family that runs Ewe Need It. I’d be willing to donate a few customs to the cause.
I can’t imagine what she must be feeling. One of my girlfriends nearly lost her then 3 year old son to a pool drowning accident at her parent’s house. He had been playing and it was a case of one g-parent thought he was with another. Had his 7 year old sister not found him when she did or if she had frozen in fear instead of racing for help…the WORST thing would have happened. He made a full recovery but they did discover the accident has triggered Epilepsy in the little guy.
I tell this story to show that if it can happen to active healthy and young grandparents who’ve raised their fair share of children, it can happen to ANYONE. Again, I can’t imagine what she must be feeling but I noticed there are some nasty tweets going around. I honestly can’t believe anyone would voice such nasty horrible things to a mother and family who just lost their child. I don’t know her or the family but I hope she knows there are more people sending her love and compassion than those sending horrible and nasty words.
My thoughts and prayers are with Shellie and her family…
I am so sorry for her loss. I will keep her in my prayers.
I’m so sorry and my prayers are with her family at this time. I didn’t know her but heard the news through Twitter.
Keeping her in my prayers.
I’ll be praying for Shellie, her husband, and her little boy tonight. I can’t imagine what that family is going through right now. I’ll send all my warm thoughts and strength their way. I’m SO incredibly sorry for your loss Shellie. Peace be with you over the coming months.
I am lost of words. Keeping Shellie and her family in my prayers.
Just learned of Shellie’s horrible tragedy. My heart aches for her and the loss of her beautiful son. I am so sorry.
OMG, that does just knock the wind out of you. I can’t even imagine. Many many many hugs and thoughts going to Shellie and her family.