Michelle

Michelle's funeral yesterday was really nice as a lot of people came up to share their memories and thoughts. There were 2 slide shows with many pictures from high school and later which was nice to see. We all knew it, but it was amazing how many people were there to pay their respects to a wonderful woman. I think her parents were a little overwhelmed with how many were touched by their daughter. She started a journal one week earlier and for part of it, she started writing details on how she wanted her own funeral to go, including her own obituary, so that Terry and her friends wouldn't have to stress about it. She planned everything down to who would MC, to what songs to play during slide shows, to who the pallbearers would be and what she'd like them to wear. It was "anything with pink" for the girls, by the way. We also found out that 2 weeks ago when we received that last email, the doctors gave her 6 months. She was hoping to make it through February at least.
She spoke to people with honesty and sincerity that made you like her immediately. She knew the right things to say to comfort you or make you laugh, or realize you're being a goof. When things were getting tough for her, she'd tell us with humour and lightheartedness as to not bring us down. It's a very selfless thing and a rare gift to possess, but seeing the amount of people out yesterday, you know she had it. Everyone who met her, just simply liked her. There was something about her, you know?