| Location | Aberdeen |
| Age | 9 years |
| Date of Birth | 3/1998 |
| Date of Death | 3/2007 |
| Visitors | 5,178 since 18/01/2008 |
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Siobhan Shearer, or Chevie as we knew her, lost her fight against cancer on her 10th birthday 2007.
Chevie fought this illness with more courage and dignity than I have ever seen in anyone. She never
complained about the pain she was in, or the restrictions her treatment put upon her. Chevie always
had a smile on her face, and hated anyone being sad. She could not bear to see anyone cry, and would
tell anyone off who was sad around her.
Chevie lived in Aberdeen, Scotland, with her parents Alex and Leeanne, and her wee brother Morgan.
Chevie and Morgan were best friends as well as brother and sister, and losing Chevie has probably
affected Morgie more than any of us. He misses her terribly, as do we all.
Chevie, Morgan and I would watch SpongeBob Squarepants together for hours, and as a result,
SpongeBob has become a very big part of my life. He and Patrick Star bring me so much pleasure, as
they bring back many happy memories of the laughter we three shared whilst watching the shows.
I first met Chevie and her family when her illness was mentioned on a bikers chat forum I am a
member of. My friend Gary and I decided to hold a raffle and book a band in a pub to raise funds for
a holiday in Florida that the family were hoping to go on.
The 'pub' idea esculated into a weekend rally, but sadly Chevie never got to go on her holiday.
Before she passed away, Chevie asked me to make a promise that I would help other children and thier
families who were going through what Chevie and her family were suffering. In honour of Siobhan,
Gary and I set up a fundraising project to do just that.
In Chevie's memory, we now hold all kinds of fundraising events, and since Chevie passed in March
2007, the Siobhanathon project has raised nearly £5000, and has helped 3 more children to get thier
dream.
Please check out our website at www.siobhanathon.co.uk to see what Chevie has inspired Gary and I to
do.
The generosity of the bikers and public who have helped us keep the promise we made to Siobhan
alive, has been tremendous.
We thank each and eveyone of you..........
There is not a day goes by when I do not think of Chevie, and feel sad that she is no longer here. I
miss her smile, her great sense of humour and her hugs.
Siobhan in my inspiration, my sunshine and my happiest thought.
Whenever I am down, feel angry or sad, I think of Chevie. Her strength and courage has pulled me
through so much, and I feel honoured to have known such a beautiful person, and I feel cheated that
she was taken far too soon.
I also thank Chevie for the chance to meet her family, who have become very good and dear friends of
mine.
Rest in peace sweet Siobhan.
I love and miss you, always.
Juke xx
It's your Mummy!!
Hiya chum, I know it's been a while since I've done a tribute, but I do think of you all the time!
I was in town yesterday & we bumped into Michelle from the hospital & it brought it all back the good & the bad memories!!
I asked her if she was kept busy & sadly she said that they were quite busy which is not a good thing, all the other people going through what we went through, the kids have all that stuff to deal with... I just hate it but Chevie the truth be told & I'm being selfish, I'd spend a life time in that ward if it meant you were here with me & that you would be 'fine'
It's not a nice day today, it's well cold!!
Hope your nice & warm though? Some where nice too! We've just about finished the hallway, it looks good, just a few things & it'll be done just the livingroom & bedroom... What a thought... It stressed me out just doing the hallway so I'm not sure how I'll cope with the other rooms!!
It would be nice though to get them done too.
Morgan has came in from school & he want's to watch a dvd, he's been asking for a few day's... So I'd better go & watch it with him, I dont suppose you fancy joining us? We've got chocolate, popcorn, sweets & juice..... Mmmmmmm thought that would get you to come & join us...lol
I do love you Chev & miss you even more, going to be going up to your housie to put up some Halloween things for you, but dont tell Dad as I'm giong to make it a surprise for him...
Just remember to keep safe & warm & I dont need to ask you to be a good girl!!
Your Mummy's little angel sent from above just for me to love..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
so peaceful
Hey hun how are you today ?
As you know i went to Chalice Well at the weekend and left you a message and a preyer on the tree.
It was so peaceful there (apart from the Harley that went by was that you :) )
also went to stone henge and up Glastonbury Tor and camping in Lynmouth (north Devon)that was nice i will try to put some pictures on here for all to enjoy.
well i'm sure your watching over us all and keeping us safe
Bless you babe xxx
love you as always May xxx
I never knew that....
Hi chum, I was going to light you another candle there but seeminglay you can only do 1 every hour... Strange or what??
I know that I've not done a tribute for you in ages & I am sorry for that... I've just had a lot on as you know, just because I'm not lighting you a candle or doing a tribute for you means that I don't think of you, becaues I do & you know it... You are always in my head, heart & thoughts.
Dad has been up to his eye's in paint, he's done a really good job... I't's well different for us though.. We've went dark for the hallway for a change.. It looks well strange.. I like it though, I think your Dad wishes that he never started it, It's took him ages... Not sure if he's going to do the livingroom... lol. Hope he does.
Good news about May is it? He will get up to visit now, Well once he saves up some money... Can't wait, nither can Morgan.
Morgan's getting well big, he's growing up so fast, I look at him & think of you & how much you should have growen too!! I think you are a lovely young lady with a very happy smile on your face... Also I think that you're doing a great job up there with all the other kids that come up your way... Well you better be or you will have me to answer too... lol
I do have other stuff to talk to you about, but I just can't seem to find the right words... I've went over it in my head so so many times thought about coming down in the early hours in the morning, but I just can't seem to do it... I know you know what I'm going to say because you've heard me saying it in my head... I will write it down for you & I am truly sorry that it's taking me so long... I will get round to it when the time is right for me, till then you keep listing to me & you'll hear me talk to you...
Chev I have to go off this computer now but I'll be back on very soon, till then you take real good care of yourself till I get up there & take over for you..
Love you to the moon stars & back again xoxoxox
Your Mummy's little angel sent from above just for me to love oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
doing my bit
hello babe hope it's sunny where you are :)
i have just got a new job and i know you would be proud of me, i am starting work for the bedfordshire ambulance service so as the title says i'm doing my bit to help those in need.
hope to get up to see your mummy and daddy and of course that mr Morgan soon and i'm sure i will be aloud to come and say some words to you too.
may the sun shine for you always babe
Maynard xxxxxxx
bye babe
Hi Chev
I was just looking through some pictures i have of us and relised just how much i have missed that smile lol.
I would like to say sorry for not being there it hurt me more than anyone can know, i know now that i made the wrong choice but i did say goodbye in my own way as you know.
mum is worried about you but i'm sure your having fun is it all pink there i bet it is ....well i'm going now but will return soon, if you like come see me we'll have a chat.
Love you lots
Maynard
Mornin Sweetie
Mornin Sweetie, Well here's another day without you in my life, Well saying that you are very much still in my life just not the way I want you to be...
I did do a wee bit of you book yesterday & it tore me apart... I just could'nt stop crying, thinking of you & how much I'v let you down as a Mummy... I should have been able to save you from 'Harry' but no, insted I pushed aside the fact that you could leave me in the end... Not your choice... It took nearly 18 months for him to take you, You put up the best fight, were always smiling, hardly ever complaing & then you'v got me who never really wanted to believe that you'd have to go somewhere else & that your life was over... You were only 9.. Your life was just begining... I say that you were only 9 even though you went away on your 10th B/day, I don't class you as 10 because you never had a 10th year... You had so much to offer & give to others....
I hate myself for what happend to you, I keep looking back to what went wrong & try & think 'what if' but the truth is there's nothing I can do to change things even though I wish with everything that I could... I'd give anything to go back in time & change things with us & make sure that you were 'fine' but proper 'fine'.
I miss you so much & it seems to be getting harder & harder each day.. I dont know what to do or how to stay strong any more, I'm sorry for laying all this on you, I know you never chose to go away, it was what happen & if you had the choice you'd be here with us, I know that, none of this is your fault, I don't blame you for what happend, I just hate the face that you were never given the choice.
I love you Chev, I'll never stop loving you no matter what... Your always with me in my heart, mind, head & purse.... lol...... Your just every where I go...
Till we see eachother again you make sure your safe from harm, warm form the cold & try & be happy for Mummy, I don't want you to be sad & crying, I'd hate that to be the case?
Love you to the moon stars & back again xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
'Your Mummys little angel sent from above just for me to love' oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
i know your there
Hey Chev
I know it's been some time but i never realy knew what to say to you, i miss you loads you smiling face and the cheeky way you would ask me to carry you. I remember the way mum used to look at me when i picked you up, it was with a smile but the eye's would say 'succer' lol.
I remember the way you would tease Morgie when you thought no one was looking but i also remember the way you would stand up for him and fight for him like a true warrior.
I have a tattoo on my arm it reads 'In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king'
when people ask me to explain i simply remember a special friend (you) and i say 'no matter how bad you may feel, there is always someone worse off than you.
You are the strongest willed person i know, and you give me strength to fight each day one day at a time.
I know your there, watching over me .....
I know your there, when out of the blue i think of you .....
I know your there, because you care .....
I know your there .....
Watch over us all and keep us all safe from harm and maybe one day i can carry you again.
All my love Maynard xxx
Hiya toots
Hiya toots, Well it's been a few weeks since I've written you a book.... So here goes....lol
Well I've been up to my eye's with ironing & still have a few things to do, just waiting for them to dry...
While I was waiting I had a look through your memory book, It's been a long time since I'v had the strenth to do some more for you, It's really hard do to it, I was crying just looking at your pics... I did a few pages, Morgan wants to help & do some tomorrow. I really do want to do it & make you proud, I want your Dad to have a look through it too, in his own time of course... He will probably find it harder than me to look through it, as I do find it hard like I said, Just to see your smiling face or in one case your very upset & crying, It's funny to see you like that because you were never sad really, you never cried unless you were really upset... That put a smile on my face just to think of you in that way...
We was down to the Siobhanathon at the weekend there, It was a good weekend, Good to see Juke & the rest of the the Siobhanathon crew.
It was hard though to see the kids & there family that Ju raised the money for, Just thinking to yourself.. I hope they never have to go through what we have.. I really hope with all my heart that the kids that Ju has raised money for & will continue to do for so much more kids will be strong enough to beat what they do have, I think it'll go further than she thinks, She does such a fantastic thing for the people to try & help them is a kind thing to do, Just to take a load off there mind & something nice for the kids.. We know it makes a difference.
That's my tumble done, So I'm away to do the rest of the ironing, What a thought but someone has to do it eh?
I'll be back on soon to write to you again, I'm always thinking of you Chevie, your always in my thoughts, mind & heart.
Love you to the moon stars & back again xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Your Mummys little angel sent from above just for me to love oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Hiya toots
Hiya toots, Well it's nae a fine day so far... Hope it's fine wherever you are though...
Well we're off down to Juke's for the 'Siobhanathon' this weekend & to be honest with you, I'm not really looking forward to it, Well I am in one way but not in another.. Only because the last time we were down you were with us & this time when we go you'll be there but not to see, It will be lovely to see everyone again though, I am looking forward to that.
I'm also going to e-mail Maynard to see if he's going to go as it would also be nice to see him, We'll just have to wait & see what he say's though....
I got up at 5:30 this morning as I could'nt sleep... So the house is all nice & tidy, that's the only good thing about getting up so early.. I was looking for something for Dad, when I came across all my cards that I got when I was in hospital, There was one from you that you made yourself it's lovely to see, you put on a heart a girl & heaps of kisses & the best part was what you wrote, I just loved it when you gave me notes... with your spelling... I always understood what you wrote to me no matter what it was, you put your name on the card & it's clear as day to how you'v spelt your name, So I asked Dad if I could use it to get a tattoo on my arm with your name, he said that I could use it & get it blown up, I'm going to get it done real soon, was just saying to Morgan & he said that I should get a butterfly or the moon & stars beside your name oh & also get it done in pink... I'm so happy that I'v got so much stuff from you, you were always sending me love letters, I miss that so much I just cant tell you how much, but I know it's heaps & heaps, but I know that I've got all that lovely stuff from you which I can & do look at when I want to & remember to myself what it was for, so Chev thanx for all that happy memories that you have left with me & Chev they are happy ones.
It's Dad's birthday on Wednesday, so if you can come to him in his dreams, I'm sure he would love that, No I mean he would love that....
Chev I'm away to make myself a cup of tea & watch Jez, that should be fun...
I'll write to you soon but till then I'll just keep on lighting your candles oh speaking of candles, I just want to say thanx to everyone who lights you one & you Laura....
Love You toots & your Mummys little angel sent from above just for me to love.... xoxoxoxoxox
hi babe
Well Chev, the Siobhanathon is almost here, and Gary and I are once again busy making sure it all goes well. We really hope lots of people will turn up and have a great time.
Mummy, Daddy and Morgie are travelling down for it, and I sure hope they will be pleased with what Gary and I have done in your memory. We want everyone to know just how special you are Chev, and how missed you are. Without your kindness and need to help others, the Siobhanathon would never have happened, and knowing you my sweet Chev, has made me such a better person.
I wold give anything, even my own life, to bring you back here to us all. I may not post words on here too often babe, but be sure that not a day goes by that I do not think of you. You made such a huge impact on my life, and I have made so many great friends because of the Siobhanathon. Thats because of you Chev. The whole fundraiser project is your legacy, and for the rest of my days, I will keep it alive. I will never let those who never met you forget what a beautiful and perfect person you were.
I sit here in my office, surounded by pictures of you and my Spongebob stuff. TinTin, the bear you got from The Bear Factory, and Morgie's panda he gave me, sit proudly on the shelf. This office is my favourite place, because it where I feel closest to you, and where all I see is your smile.
I miss you Chev, so much more than anyone knows.
No-one will ever teach me more about the importance of kindness then you.
I love you, now and always. xxx
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