Candice Michelle Shields
Candice Michelle Shields
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Candice Shields Obituary
She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 15, 1994. Candice was the third child born to Patricia and Wayne Shields. She filled their lives with joy. She and her siblings survived the break-up of their parents' marriage and learned to live in two blended families. Candice was a natural athlete who excelled at sports. She competed in three Comox Valley Tri-K's and received the Athlete of The Year Award in Grade Six from Glacier View Elementary. She was a member of the
Courtenay Middle School's basketball team and was on the Vanier Secondary School's rugby team for two years. Snowboarding, skating, swimming and skiing were also favourite sports. Her two Moms can still hear the thump of the basketball hitting the net as Candice and her friends practiced in the driveway. 'Never end on a miss' was a family motto that served Candice well as she consistently made the Honour Roll at school. Her strong subjects were Science and Math. Candice planned on taking courses at North Island College for a year in preparation for applying to the University of Victoria in the fields of either Engineering or Marine Biology. Candice was a bright spirit whose love of life touched everyone around her. She will be
sorely missed forever. She is survived by her mothers Trish and Sue, and her father Wayne and his wife Tanja. She also leaves behind her sister Katharine, her brothers Robert and Luke, her Grandparents, bevy of cousins and her pet, Ozzy the Wonder Dog.
mountains
sway with the tide
standing tall on the wharf
a heron
looks out to sea
(C)Trish Shields
A time of sharing will be held on Saturday, October 25 at 1:00 P.M. at Piercy's-Mt. Washington Funeral Home. Please join us in remembering Candice by visiting our memorial at www.piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Your Life Counts, http://www.yourlifecounts.org/
This obituary was originally published in the Comox Valley Echo (Courtenay, BC).
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63 Entries
Trish Shields
March 14, 2018
Your birthdate has come again, Candice. Wish you were here to celebrate it with us. I think you would enjoy spending time with your cousins, Andrew, Jackson and Ryleigh, the later having your first name as her middle name. I feel such a loneliness without you in my life. Now I feel the limitations of life, the lackluster of it. You three together made up my Kodachrome moments; I've never felt happier or more complete than when we were all together.
Love you,
Mom
Trish Shields
December 17, 2017
Remembering the wild and crazy things we did, my love, and wishing you were here. I gaze up into the night sky, always looking for Orion, when I take the dog out. Night sky viewing was Lways so much fun with you and your endless curiosity. Love you to pieces, Candice. Thanks for being in my life. Mom
Trish Shields
December 24, 2015
Another Christmas. Gran and Pops are here with us this year. It's snowing and I'm remembering you chasing Ozzy through the snow, the two of you covered in snowballs. Love you always.
Mom
Trish Shields
April 28, 2015
Down at Seal Bay, remembering our frequent forrays down at an in the sea. Missing you like crazy. Lots of love, your Ma.
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Wayne Shields
March 15, 2015
21 today, perhaps you would have been finishing university this year...miss you
Love Dad
Yolanda van Veenendaal-Kraaijeveld
October 24, 2014
Three years have past...
I know you're sitting on a cloud, louking down.
Don't think, but know, you are missed!!! By your family, so manny friends, and even by us, all the way in Holland.
I wish you've found wat you needed. You are now an angel, for some even a guardianangel. Take care, beautifull.
Trish Shields
October 20, 2014
How is it possible that 3 years have gone by? I was looking through some old poems and was reminded how much inspiration you gave me, allowing me to put cherished memories down on paper. The world has moved on, my love, but I'm still trapped, wading through loss, anger, despair, sadness, sorrow and yes, disappointment.
I thought I heard you yesterday morning, running around and laughing with Ozzy. It was your sister, of course but my heart was lifted for a brief moment. I look at the photos of our family and in almost every one of them we are holding you, as if trying to keep you grounded in this life...to tether you. This Thursday is your day. Too many secrets, my girl, and me with very big ears. Why did you not confide in me after years of doing so in the past? You told me many things, important things, things only we two shared. At the end you were so lost. I feel like we failed each other. I hate regret. If I could change one thing it would be you here with me or you here without me. Love, Mom.
Wayne Shields
April 2, 2014
Dear Candice, missing you on your 20th birthday, wondering where you would be and what turns your life would take at this stage. Always in my thoughts,
Love Dad
Trish Shields
March 7, 2014
Hard to believe winter has flown by and it's March again. You were loved by all and will be missed and loved forever.
yolanda van Veenendaal-Kraaijeveld
October 16, 2013
Almost 2 year. You're so mist by so many loves ones.
Sending love and straingth to all of them, Yolanda.
Trish Shields
October 8, 2013
Vanessa took this one in August 2011, I think. Missing my girl each and every day. Love you, Sweetheart.
Trish Shields
August 13, 2013
You are always in my heart and on my mind. You were such a bright light; how can I find my way in the dim light? Visit my dreams, okay? Love always, Mom.
Trish Shields
April 5, 2013
On The Steps
Fingers scooping
Exposing her nape
A field of white gold
Flowing into wheat
Can't resist
Planting a kiss there
With each brushstroke
Her damp hair is smoother
Cascading over her shoulders
Droplets gather
Collecting on the towel
A cape bundling
My super hero
She waits as my fingers
Winnow through tendrils
Weaving her halo of hair
With a fuzzy elastic
Binding the ends
Off she goes
Her feet hovering
Inches above pavement
As she runs
Everywhere at once
Back at the nest
Her hair dry
Elastics removed
Fanning out
Overflowing of crinkles
Enhanced only by her smile
'Can you braid it
Again tomorrow? Thanks,
Mom!'
Candice and her little brother, Luke, July 2011
Wayne Shields
March 18, 2013
My Dear Candice, time doesn't make your passing any easier. I will always be reminded of you in my daily activities, wondering what you would be doing, what direction your life would take at 19 years young. Seeing young people on the street, moving into further education or starting careers leaves me with a great emptiness in my soul realizing that could be you. You had the potential to do anything in this life, I can hope that you have found peace in the next life.
Love, Dad
Trish Shields
March 15, 2013
We celebrate your birth today. Sue and I sat in the dark early this morning and were warmed by our memories of you. Thank you for being in our lives, for enriching each moment. We love you and miss you so very much. God Bless. Mom and Sue
Trish Shields
November 12, 2012
I mourn you every day, my love, but the stories your friends tell me warms my heart. It is clear that you made a difference in the lives you touched. I'm so proud of you, Candice. Your laughter will always make me smile. God Bless. Love, your Mamma.
Yolanda van Veenendaal-Kraijeveld
October 23, 2012
Dear Candice, family and friends.
It's one year ago,when our world shocked.
We all think of you and your loves ones.
We wish everybody straingth and faith. we'll never forget! x
Katharine Shields
September 21, 2012
I know it's several days late but it was just to hard to write to you on my birthday. Gran and pops, sue and mom took me out to the keg on Friday the 14, We had a great time. Martina gave me a statue of two sisters by heart.
I miss you so much and think of you every day. I was on the couch last night watching a movie and knitting and remembered watching some scary movie with you will I was knitting and you just kept getting closer and closer to me until you were hugging me! And then the movie was over and we had to have HAPPY CANDICE time, which lasted longer than usual. And then you crawled into my bed. That was just last July/ August.
Anyways, I really missed you this year for my birthday, I missed the "when is this over" or "can I GO know". It's still unbelievable that your gone and were surviving. You were such a big part in everyones lives that you touched.
Love you forever and always
Katharine
Trish Shields
September 16, 2012
Thinking about you today. Wishing everything could have been different. I love you so much. Mom
August 29, 2012
Trish Shields
July 1, 2012
Thursday night was the graduation ceremonies at Vanier. Sue, Katharine and I attended. It was hard because I looked for you. Foolish but there you go. All of your friends looked great all dressed up. We all wish you could have stayed with us. Depression is such a hard thing to deal with. I love you, honey. We all miss you so much. I miss your future. It never occurred to me that you weren't going to follow me into old age. Lots of love.
Trish Shields
March 18, 2012
Even though it was very hard we celebrated your 18th birthday on Thursday. We miss you so much, Honey. Love you to pieces, Mom.
Jeannie
March 5, 2012
Warm winds. Gentle hearts...Candice will always be remembered for
her beautiful love she gave to everyone around her. May you find
peace and tranquility filled with kindness, love and memories.
Jeannie, Ottawa.
Trish Shields
February 27, 2012
Another Sunday is here. It's a sunny one as well. Your friends are suffering terribly, Honey. Your sister feels your absence keenly. Sue and I keep expecting you to come home. Ozzy keeps looking down the street in the direction you always took coming home from school. I'm finding it hard to live without you. Not surprising since you were such a huge part of my life. You and your siblings are my whole world. I miss you so very much. I wish you could have stayed.
Trish Shields
January 31, 2012
Always in my heart. Love Mom.
Trish Shields
January 16, 2012
A new year has begun. Without you, Candice. Not a day goes by that you aren't missed by your family. Not a day goes by when I wonder why you chose suicide to solve your problems. You were never a stupid child but I do think you became a young woman who was afraid to grow up. I wish you could have given me more time to fix the problem. Or at least try to. We love you lots, honey. May you be on a celestial plain of rebirth and may each of your reincarnations resolve all of your problems. love, Mom.
Carol Desjarlais
December 14, 2011
From one poet to another, Trish, thee are words that we know that scroll deep in our souls. May you find comfort and answers that will bring you peace, dear heart!
Brian Stevens
December 14, 2011
" Condolences from the Allard-Stevens family, Richibucto, NB, Canada
Katharine Shields
November 25, 2011
I remember when you first came home from the hospital, I was so very happy to play with a real doll. You were cuddly and warm but after a couple of minutes you wanted mom!
I remember when we would play fight in the living room and mom always thought we were really fighting.
You were always so energetic, outgoing, passionate, loving and a well rounded person.
I love you forever infinity and one. I'm so glad your not suffering anymore. Your just having candice happy time.
Dog Sledding in Yellowknife
November 23, 2011
I cried for happy when you came to see me, I cried for sad when you left to return to Courtenay. Now I will cry forever. Every day the loss weights heavier as I realize that you will never call again in this life. I hope that one day we shall be together to make up for all the time I missed while you were growing up....
Love, Dad
Trish Shields
November 15, 2011
When my daughter was six years old she wrote this poem:
I am
a big fat fluffy bird
- I can't fly
hear me cry
She was very tender hearted. She had such potential. I miss her every day.
World by the tail
Trish Shields
November 11, 2011
Candice at 14. She had charisma to burn.
Candice at the Development 2008
Trish Shields
November 5, 2011
Always thinking of you, Sweetie. I'm still hearing you drive up to the house, come home from school, brush your teeth as you walk from the bathroom to your bedroom. You always flitted from place to place, as if trying to stuff as much life into each moment of each day. My heart is so heavy, love, thinking of the darkness you must have been wrapped in. I love you.
Linda Crosfield
November 2, 2011
Trish, and Sue and Wayne and Candice's siblings, I just read all these messages and I have tears in my eyes trying to get my head around your incomprehensible loss. She was so beautiful, Trish (I "know" Trish thanks to online poetry exchanges over quite a few years). My heart goes out to all of you. There is nothing as sad as the loss of a child. Wayne, I love the word picture you painted of your daughter. Trish and Sue, keep holding each other. The peace you can't imagine right now will come in time. Candice will always be with you in memory.
Robin Petrukovich
November 1, 2011
Dear Wayne, Tanja and Luke, everything I start to write seems so generic and falls short of what I truly want to convey. You are my dear friends and I wish I were with you so I could just hug each of you and tell you in person how sorry I am. I keep picturing Candice and Teagan, carefree little girls head to toe covered in mud, looking so happy and angelic. Seems like yesterday. It makes me smile and it makes my heart ache. Candice was an amazingly strong, wise and beautiful soul and we will always remember her so fondly.
We love you guys and we're thinking of you.
Love, Robin, Randy, Teagan, Hunter, Bailey & Mikayla
Keeping warm at Long Beach
Sue Claussen-Shields
November 1, 2011
Seventeen years is not a lot of time, but Candice packed a lot of living in those years. As Candice's 'other Mom' I'd like to share some of my fondest memories:
Telling her my name two or three times a day when I first came here -- she was only five, and just couldn't remember my name for about a week.
Tucking her into bed with her teddy bear Ping, and giving them both kisses.
Pushing her up and down the street, teaching her to ride her first 2-wheel bike.
Buying my own rollerblades, pads and helmet so she could teach ME how to rollerblade.
Practicing reverse lay-ups and hook shots late into the cool autumn evenings in the driveway.
Encouraging her while she learned to do cartwheels, and cheering her progress for days until she got the hang of it.
Hours of playing catch in the backyard, and fielding ground balls and catching pop flies in Lewis Park. Feeling the sting in my mitt when she really burned one in.
Going down the winding water slide at the wave pool, even though I have a really weak stomach and knew it would make me nauseous, just to show Candice I could be brave, too.
Carrying her on my shoulders so she would be tall enough to see over the crowd and watch Robert Cray Band play at MusicFest.
Wading out to rescue her when the tide got too high, and carrying her on my back over the barnacle-encrusted rocks at Seal Bay.
Wrapping her in my old green coat when the weather turned cold at Long Beach when Gramma Sheppard came to visit.
Sleeping on the floor in her bedroom the first night we had Ozzy, just to keep the puppy quiet so Candice (and everybody else in the house) could get some sleep.
Learning how to handle a hamster for the first time... and then, NOT yelping when Pookie bit through my thumbnail while I was showing Candice she shouldn't be afraid of her new hamster.
Going to the Sid to see Little Shop of Horrors. After the show she drew a picture of Audrey, the people-eating plant, which I still have hanging in my office.
Helping Candice catch roly-poly wood bugs under the logs in the backyard, and then feeding them to our pet fire-bellied toads.
Carrying her on my shoulders through Cathedral Grove, and carrying her coat every time we went to a mall.
Showing her how to make Crows' Feet with a loop of string. Pinning her latest work of art to my bulletin board at the computer.
Consoling Candice when Pookie died. And Toby, and Jack. I buried each little hamster, and cried with Candice over each one. And when the toads died, we both cried for them, too.
Working with special SpongeBob flash cards until she learned her multiplication tables.
Sharing with her the joy of eating crisp okra pickles, mayonnaise on asparagus, fried green tomatoes, brown sugar fried apples and my family-recipe mashed yams with marshmallows.
Listening to her talk about going to "The Naimo" and calling baby gherkins "gerhinkees".
Teaching her which way to turn the wheel when backing up the car, and practicing parallel parking.
Showing her how to make tunafish gravy, a skill any prospective college student should learn... and reminding her that gravy IS actually a major food group, don't you know...
These are only a few of my wonderful memories of Candice. But regardless of the child, parenting is a difficult job. It's a volunteer position, requiring endless hours without pay, it doesn't come with an instruction manual and the ground rules are constantly changing.
Being a stepparent is additionally difficult. The role is a tightrope-walking, chainsaw-juggling, balancing act of nurturing mutual love and respect while simultaneously enforcing the rules of the household... all without the benefit of power inherent to the natural parent.
And, teenagers, by definition, are a difficult lot to figure out, all mysterious and defiant and combative and all-knowing. So even though we would not see eye-to-eye on everything, I hope Candice knew that when I chose to take a stand I was only trying to enforce the rules, prevent a problem, or keep her safe as best I could. It is what we do as parents, and even though it can cause friction with our kids it is vital that we continue to do our job and make those hard decisions.
Because in the end, when all the hindsight and second-guessing is happening, we have to hold in our hearts that we did our very best for our child. That the child had her own mind and made her own choices, and for whatever reason chose to leave us behind, with questions which may never be answered.
I remember
A soft summer night
When a small blonde curly headed child
Asked for a snuggle and crawled into our bed
She nestled herself between us, her head on my shoulder
Curls tickling me ever so softly as she closed her grey eyes
And drifted to sleep in my arms
I kissed the top of her head
And I remember thinking
"I thought this would never happen for me"
And it was then that I thanked God
For this one perfect moment
When a little girl forever captured my heart
Candice, I will love you always.
You were a comet, blazing through the dark night sky
A flash of brilliance
Gone too soon.
Lin Miller
November 1, 2011
Our deepest condolences to Candice's familyand friends, our thoughts are with you.
Miller's family
Lynn Dyer
November 1, 2011
My love goes out to Sue and Trish. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Love Lynn
Leila Parga
October 31, 2011
I am so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts & prayers are with you & your family. May God give you strength.
Wayne Shields
October 30, 2011
Memories of Candice
As Candice's father, I never thought I would be in this situation. I thought the next step would be to dance with her at her graduation and eventually give her away in marriage
I would like to share a few snapshots of Candice's life….
She was of course a water baby, a Pisces, who would like to tell people she was born on the “Ides of March, the day Caesar was killed”. Quite a startling statement to come out of a three year old! Coincidentally a birthday she shares with her step-mom, Tanja, which forged a special bond.
When she was about two and we were living in Moncton, NB, there was an atypical summer rain storm that left huge puddles on the road in front of our house. She loved wading pools and baths and saw an opportunity, so she stripped down to her birthday suit and proceeded to run and splash in the puddles with great glee! The perfect Candice way to spend a hot summer day!
Also while in Moncton, I took Candice and Robb on a very early spring Canoe and camping trip. It was the first day after the ice broke up on the McCann River, so we planned a two day trip down the river. We were dropped off at the head waters by Trish and Katharine, Candice and Robb were bundled into a bivy bag in the bow of the canoe, tent, stove, shovel, food and chain saw into the middle and we shoved off down the river into a melting winter wonderland. Candice was dressed in this cool new orange snow suit, bundled up like a little Eskimo. She was very proud of it too! We would paddle for a few hours and then pull out on the river sides to brew up a cup of tea and hot chocolate, then carry on to look for a camp site for the evening. We eventually found a good spot, stomped the snow down to set up the tent, felled a dry tree for fire wood and settled down for the evening meal. Candice loved the fire emulating her brother by tossing chunks of wood on the fire almost as big as her. Unfortunately the fire grew so big that it was melting down under the snow and undermining the area she was standing upon. Stuff happens----she kind of fell into the fire and burned her favorite snowsuit. She wasn't the least concerned about her own wellbeing, just the suit! Well I patched it with some duct tape and that resolved the issue, now convinced that she was an outdoors' woman with a badge to prove it!
Candice loved any outdoor activity, exposed to snowshoeing and cross country skiing upon my back, I just put her in a rucksack and away we would go. When she got a little bigger, about 5, she would run after Robb and I while we were riding our mountain bikes. It was amazing, she would run the trails while we would ride and keep up with us!
I took the kids on a hike up Alone Mountain, above Comox Lake when she was also 5. This was an all-day event with good verticals covering maybe 12 km, not a complaint out of her at all, Robb was whining a bit, but Candice was go go go !
Candice experienced scuba diving at 6. I used her as an example of how easy it was to dive for a class I was instructing. She would swim underwater circuits of the base pool with her own miniature tank and regulator to the amazement of the adult students.
Utterly fearless she also rappelled off 100 foot cliffs strapped to my back inspiring or intimidating teenage cadets to take the big step over the cliff. Her favorite saying at that time was again, again!
Candice at one point loved horses; this was also when she wanted to become a veterinarian. We would go riding in the Merville area; she was a natural at a very early age. The horses seem to sense that she was a kindred spirit and a gentle soul. One summer while on a visit to us in Edmonton, we went on a day long trail ride near Gibbons (north of Edmonton) a dawn to dusk kind of thing. Her mount was this huge Appaloosa and we rode all day, Candice chattering up a storm and totally full of wonder for this animal and the surroundings. Well, by the end of the day I was saddle sore and my knees were killing me, but Candice wanted to race me back to the car. Nothing would stop that girl!
Candice had a group of friends at Glacier View Elementary that Tanja and I called the giggle girls. They would come over to our house and hang out with Candice and we would occasionally take them all camping to Naka Creek. They had their own tent and would chat for hours and giggle all night long. We always brought the portable shower, so one cold day the girls decided they wanted a hot shower. We explained that they had to come out of the tent with just a towel around them, on their sandals and run to the shower. Once done they would grab the towel, dry off as much as possible and run back to the tent to get dressed. The giggles from these girls taking turns were heard across Johnstone Straight but in the end, it did not warm them up…it took hot chocolate and a big campfire to do that.
Candice loved to stand in the bow of the canoe whenever we spotted a pod of killer whales and encouraged me to paddle faster and faster to catch up with the pod. We would eventually come aside of the whales so she could smell their breath through the blowhole and feel the spray. She would enthusiastically yell, “Dad it smells like fish. Paddle faster they are getting away!!”
She used to sing a special song for Luke while Tanja was pregnant with him. Her baby beluga song was sung loudly close to Tanja's belly as she believed that was the only way he could hear it.
When Luke was born Candice was thrilled, suddenly she is not the baby anymore, she has a baby brother she could hug and kiss and hold, kind of like a pet!
Last Christmas she ventured north to Yellowknife, where she experienced dogsledding, snow shoeing, cross country skiing at 30 below and driving on the ice roads. She was a great new ice road driver but not so good a dog team musher. She jumped off her sled and let her team and cargo, which happened to be her step-mom Tanja, take off out of control heading further north. Eventually we caught up with the cargo and Candice was a musher once again.
While spending last Christmas with us , her little brother, Luke, was such a “Cling-on”, we told Candice that if he jumped too much on her she could send him away, but she loved the attention and dragged him throughout the house clinging to her legs.
My little squeaker is a vital part of our life and the hollowness we all now experience with not be diminished anytime soon.
We will miss her forever, I hope she now will be experiencing a great new adventure and finding that peace that she craves.
I love you sweetheart and so do Tanja and Luke.
Daphne Mortenson
October 29, 2011
Our family will never forget the week we had with Candace in '07. My step son, who was 4 at the time, developed quite the crush on her! It drove her mad, as she couldn't get more than a few moments peace from him at a time. We took Candace with us to the Calgary zoo, the Westerner Days in Red Deer, to Kerrywood Nature centre, and we celebrated my husbands 33rd birthday with her. What a blessing it was to have had that time to get to know my cousin. XOXO
Monique & Theo Doorn
October 29, 2011
Our heart is filled with sorrow to see such a beautiful girl leave this physical world. We know you are in a better place and I pray you look over your dad, mom and brothers and sisterfrom where you are. You are an angel now. Wayne, Tanja and Luke we wish you our deepest condolences and all the strength to get trough these difficult times.
Doug Barr
October 29, 2011
You and your family are in mine and my family thoughts now. I do not know what to say except that I am so sorry for you.
Doug and family
shannon Veenendaal
October 29, 2011
I just can't belive she past away. She was my one and only penpall. I wil miss her. She is my inspiration to move on. Candice, uit het oog maar niet uit het hart.
Shannon from Amsterdam.
Diane & Garry
October 29, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who knew, loved and will miss Candice. To Wayne, Tanja and Luke, we are shocked and deeply saddened for you and extend our deepest condolences at this time of tragic loss. May the love of family and friends surround you to help get you through all the difficult times ahead.
Marc/Judy Belliveau
October 29, 2011
A loss of a Child is the worst thing for a Parent to have to go through. Our hearts go out to you and your Family.
Shari Parent
October 28, 2011
My deepest condolences to you and your family, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
Joyce & Dan Karau
October 28, 2011
Know that your friends are with you in spirit, prayer and thought, Tanja and Wayne. May God bless you and your families during this difficult time.
Yolanda van Veenendaal
October 28, 2011
We can not believe this tragic. Our deepest regrets to everyone who will miss this sparkling girl. God bles you. Shannon, Henk and Yolanda van Veenendaal. The Netherlands
Monique May
October 28, 2011
Wayne, Tanja, Luke and family, We can never make complete sense of a loss at this degree. May the love that surrounds you give you strength.
Monique, Glenn, Connor and Keiran May
Elaine Mulligan
October 27, 2011
Dear Trish and Family, Knowing you from your poetry and on-line fiction & via various web groups, I know how precious your family is to you, especially your children. I can only imagine how devastated you are right now. God Bless and keep you through this horrid time, and know that your angel will always be by your side now, with deepest sorrow, Elaine (aka xwpvoyager also Bronwyn) and Lee
Deb Barry
October 27, 2011
There are no words for such a tremendous loss. My deepest condolences to you and your family.
Helen Simmins-McMillin
October 27, 2011
Trish, Sue, my deepest sympathy to you. I will keep everyone who loved her in my thoughts. Please know that there are people all over the world sending healing thoughts your way.
October 27, 2011
There is nio depth to love and there is no depth to sorrow - with Candice we have both. Pops
Julie McNickle
October 27, 2011
Trish,
Sorry to hear about Candice. I can't begin to imagine what you are going through. Know you and yours are in my prayers at this difficult time.
Love and hugs to all of you.
Julie McNickle (Kansas)
Queneesh ~ Comox Valley Glacier
Val & Skye
October 26, 2011
Our sincere condolences to you all. We are with you at this time, in mind and in spirit. Candice will always be a bright, loving memory for you throughout the coming years.
October 26, 2011
I loving memory of a dear child. You will be greatly missed. Love
Karissa Comer
October 26, 2011
Candicymo my dear best friend my mole sister. Im so lucky to be able to call you my best friend i loved you unconditionally. Ill never forget our thousand memories of endless sleepovers, birthdays or school. I always remember you in silly ways like the scar you left me of our matching moles on our chest. I will forever miss my best friend, Candice.
October 26, 2011
I loving memory of a dear child. You will be greatly missed. Love
October 26, 2011
I loving memory of a dear child. You will be greatly missed. Love
Carol Stephen
October 26, 2011
My condolences to the family, my thoughts are with you.
October 26, 2011
Our deepest condolences,
Betty and Carolyn and the boys.
Trish Shields
October 26, 2011
The depth of my sorrow is unimaginable at the loss of my youngest child. She was such a gift to her family. Candice touched the lives of everyone around her with her vivacious manner and goofy faces. God keep her safe beside Him.
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