This may be a morbid one!
I had to write my own eulogy and obituary for a class! Enjoy!
Obituary:
Eulogy:
Good afternoon everyone! My name is Alisha and I was Shelby's live in nurse. Over the course of our 5 months together we became extremely close and I was completely honoured when she asked me to write her eulogy. Although
Shelby was taken from us much too soon by very tragic circumstances, she lived
a life full of adventure and love. Shelby was born in Drumheller, Alberta to
Ralph and Yvonne and the baby sister of Casey and Paige. During her younger
years she was very rarely inside and spent most of her time playing in the
snow, a love for winter that followed her all the way to her adult years. With
her brother and sister being so much older than her, she had to find things
that she could do by herself, building forts, riding her horse and playing with
the dogs. As she got older, she continued to do all of these things as well as
4H Horse and Nifty Knots. This is where she discovered she wasn’t as crafty as
she had anticipated, and mostly got frustrated with her projects, which is
probably why this only lasted for one year. She played sports all through
school including volleyball, basketball, badminton and track and field. Shelby was never the best student and really
only went to school for socializing, which is ironic because she was actually
in school to become a teacher but we will get back to that later. Her high
school days revolved around friends, sports, work and school. When she was in grade
12 she was lucky enough to visit Europe, not once but twice. She went on a Mediterranean
cruise with a huge group of friends, this is actually where she realized she
wasn’t a big traveller and couldn’t wait to go home……Only to leave a week later
for Europe again. She has been to over 10 countries in Europe but I am sure if
you had the chance to ask her where her favourite place was, she would say
home. She was very much a homebody and as much as she had loved seeing the
world from a different view she was also very much ready to come home the day
she left.
After
Shelby graduated she decided to pursue hair school, which is where she realized
she actually hated doing hair. She tried a lot of things that she hated, tomatoes,
accounting, snowboarding and math, but eventually she found her groove, surprisingly
enough in a salon atmosphere all along. Shelby absolutely loved working as a
receptionist at The Fringe, she loved getting to know people, creating those
relationships and making people happy. After going to school for a couple of
years with no particular direction, Shelby finally decided to pursue a dream
that she had, had since she was young. Finally just this past year, Shelby
started her journey in Education at Mount Royal University. All of her life, Shelby loved spending time
and working with children, she had 2 nieces and 3 nephews that she adored and
it only made sense for her to become a teacher. I mean other than her obvious
dislike for school as a kid, when the roles were reversed, her favourite place
was to be in the classroom. She was so
excited to finish her degree and teach in her own classroom.
When
Shelby wasn’t busy with work or school, she was always with her friends. She
treasured each of them and loved them more than words could describe. She spent
all of her free time with them and would do anything to be around them all.
Especially in her last days, she wanted to be around the people she loved and
although she was in pain I know that she is thankful that she got to say
goodbye to each of them personally. Before she died, she asked me to write this
eulogy for her, at first I was apprehensive and I had no idea where to start. I
asked her to write down a few words that she would use to describe herself. She
said, emotional, indecisive, bitchy, a procrastinator, sarcastic and
possessive. Well, although I wouldn’t disagree with these things, and I don’t
think her friends and family would either, I think that we look at them in a
positive light where as she looked at them in a negative. She was emotional,
but sensitive. She wore her heart on her sleeve and her emotions on her face,
she was indecisive, but spontaneous. She
was bitchy, but honest. She was sarcastic, but clever. She was possessive, but
loyal. None of these things were faults, like she had thought. They were just a
few more reasons that everyone in her life loved her. I had the opportunity to ask some of Shelby’s
friends about her and the response that I got from them was overwhelming. The
amount of people who loved Shelby is amazing and I am sure that if she were
here to read the things that you all wrote about her, she would cry. She was a
pretty emotional girl, so I think that, that is definitely a possibility. Caring, honest, loving, kind, funny,
beautiful, loyal, passionate and sassy were just some of the words that her
friends used to describe her. It is funny that the words that she used to
describe herself could be so much different than the words her
friends chose. I just wish that she were here to hear all of the incredible
things that you have all said about her, she was loved and adored by so many
people in her life and she will be greatly missed, missed more than she could have ever imagined.
So, when my professor first gave us this assignment I thought he was crazy, I didn't want to write it and I didn't for a long time. One of the requirements was to write it in third person point of view and I also had to compare what I thought of myself vs. what my friends thought of me. So all of the words that I used in there that were "negative" were the words I had to come up with in class and hand in. Then I had to ask my friends what they thought of me. The excercise turned into quite an eye opening expereince and I think that is exactly what my professor wanted. I had no idea what I was in for when I asked you all what you thought about me but I am so overwhelmed. I love you all and this project. It was really quite amazing in the end.
PS. I didn't really proof read any of it yet, so don't mind the grammar errors! lol
xoxo
-Shelb
So, when my professor first gave us this assignment I thought he was crazy, I didn't want to write it and I didn't for a long time. One of the requirements was to write it in third person point of view and I also had to compare what I thought of myself vs. what my friends thought of me. So all of the words that I used in there that were "negative" were the words I had to come up with in class and hand in. Then I had to ask my friends what they thought of me. The excercise turned into quite an eye opening expereince and I think that is exactly what my professor wanted. I had no idea what I was in for when I asked you all what you thought about me but I am so overwhelmed. I love you all and this project. It was really quite amazing in the end.
PS. I didn't really proof read any of it yet, so don't mind the grammar errors! lol
xoxo
-Shelb
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