This past week has been life changing. When someone you love and care about leaves this earth it feels like a piece of you goes with them. Like a piece of your heart is missing. I received a call early Monday morning with the sad news that one of my oldest and dearest friends had passed away at the tender age of 31. Stacey Lynn Lambert Wolfely had just delivered her fourth child fourteen days earlier and passed away from complications from preeclampsia.
Stacey's obituary:
http://obit.nelsonfuneralhome.com/obitdisplay.html?id=688940&listing=Current
Growing up we had some really great times. We even kept in touch and did stuff together with our families even after all these years. This is my tribute to Stacey:
We, (Mindy Nichols Hendrix, Emily Schoenfeld Norman, and Tyra Stoker Swensen) were asked to sing at her funeral. It was an extremley hard thing to do but we were also honored that Mitch thought of us. (We knew Stacey was looking down on us and laughing).
Stacey was an amazing and talented person. She shared her gifts well and even spent time teaching others what she knew. She did it well and on a budget. Check out her amazing blog at http://www.thethriftychick.blogspot.com/
My prayers and thoughts are with Stacey's family at this time. Especially Mitch and the kids. Forever families are real and it's so uplifting to know that we will get to see Stacey again. I'll miss you my dear friend.
Love, Shawna
Thanks so much for sharing. My thoughts are with you and her family during this time.
ReplyDeleteYou don't really know me but I was Stacey's friend. I spoke at the funeral. Your song was beautiful and it added to the spirit of the day. Thank you for the tribute of pictures. It was really nice to see some of her life before I knew her. She always spoke so highly of all you girls and loved you all so very much.
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Thanks for posting that Shawna... I love all the memories we have. I love that I have been a part of yours and Stacey's life. That was very special and made me very happy. I wish I could have been there at the funeral with you guys.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that great tribute to our wonderful friend! Those were the early years that I met Stacey and all of you and it was fun to look back on those years.It was fun seeing you at he funeral even though had wished it was under different circumstances. Your song you guys sang was beautiful and I know that she would have been proud of you all. Thanks again for the tribute, I am going to miss her so much!
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Oh, Shawna, I love you and am so sorry for your loss! I didn't know her but knew of her and I am amazed at the wonderful gifts she was blessed with and share so selflessly with others. I bet your musical number was BEAUTIFUL and I am sure she was close to each of you that day! :) My prayers are with her young family!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh. My heart goes out to her family and children. Your blog brought me to tears. I am sorry for your loss Shawna and the worlds loss. The other scary thing is I have preeclampsia. I keep reading about the dangers but it never hit close to home until now. I will keep Stacey's family in my prayers.
ReplyDelete:( I'm so sorry. We love you!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear this sad news. I'm sorry for your loss Shawna, and Stacey's family's. May the Lord's blessings be on them.
ReplyDeleteShawna
ReplyDeleteThank you! We are doing OK, Not great but ok. That was really great to see this post. Thank You again. Mitch and Kids. Keep an eye on our blog for updates soon.
Shawna,
ReplyDeletethank you for posting those wonderful pics. What a wonderful tribute. It brought tears to my eyes.
ok so I am a little late looking at this but it was so great. We really had fun growing up!
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