SHARI MARGARET (JULY 6, 1964 - JULY 6, 2005)
SHARI LOVED TO RIDE HER PURPLE
HARLEY!!!!!!!
(Check out the background for the
motor cycle angel)
(Shari to the right in the black)
I ,Kanda's mother, have decided to set up a page in honor of Shari, Kanda's cousin, and post the few pictures she had posted to her web site
in February of 05 after she finished her last Chemo Treatment. She was so happy as anyone can see by the look on her face because
she had been through a rough year and she felt she had won the battle. It was only within a few weeks of this party that complications
developed and she knew she had not won the victory afterall. Following are pictures complimented by pink roses since Shari was
battling breast cancer.
OH HOW OUR HEARTS BREAK AS WE VEIW THIS PHOTO, SHARI SMELLING THE BEAUTIFUL PINK ROSES, WE LOVE YOU SHARI
"LIVE LIKE YOU'RE DYING"
BECAUSE THIS SONG BY TIM
MCGRAW WAS SHARI'S FAVORITE,
IT WAS CHOSEN BY HER ONLY CHILD,
DAUGHTER, KARISSA MCDANNEL, FOR
HER MEMORIAL SERVICES IN FLORA, IL
JULY OF 05.
SHARI LIVED HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!!!
KANDA AND SHARI, NOV 99, ONLY PIC WE FOUND OF THEM TOGETHER
DESCRIPTION OF ANGEL PIN FOLLOWING
OR
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http://www.carlasangels.com/cousins-in-heaven-angel-pin.htm
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COUSINS IN HEAVEN DESIGNED BY CARLA ANGELS,
OUR KANDA AND SHARI (OUR ANGELS) 
OUR ANGELS: "SHARI AND KANDA"
CARLA, THE (COUSINS IN HEAVEN PIN) IS JUST PERFECT AND OUR FAMILY AGAIN THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE A DIFFICULT TIME SOMEWHAT EASIER. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO WEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL CRAFTED PIN IN MEMORY OF
OR SHARI NORTON MCDANNEL HARLAN -7-6-64---7-6-05 AND KANDA MICHELLE JACOBS -5-24-73---4-13-04.
Our family has endured so much pain as we have lost two beautiful young women within 15 months, OUR SHARI, 41, AND OUR KANDA, 30, but since KANDA already has two designed pins by Carla's Angels and a web site, this story is about OUR SHARI .
Born July 6, 1964, Shari stole the hearts of our entire family with her easy way, feeling at home everywhere as though she belonged to all of us. She was a very happy child, growing into a very busy teenager, playing a flute in the band since 5th grade and marching as a Majorette.
She had great dreams, most of those she fulfilled, although she went a different direction accomplishing what she had planned for her life, much tougher, but in the end, everything she planned became a reality. Being a single mom and working full time, Shari took college courses at night, studied, pursuing her dream until she received her Masters Degree.
She raised her daughter, Karissa, in Evansville, Indiana and eventually moved to Tampa, Florida, getting the job of her lifetime.
She was
so very happy, loved living in Florida, became a grandma of a gorgeous baby boy. It just seemed life was SO GOOD, SO VERY GOOD and all her previous hard work was worth everything she had endured to get to where she was, but LIFE CAN BE SUCH A MYSTERY WITH SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
Shari was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 04, but she was very optimistic, finishing her Chemo, so happy thinking she was through with the treatments and could go back to a normal life, but within just a month or so, she became very ill and the cancer had then spread to her liver. Even knowing this diagnosis, she still tried to stay positive, continued working as much as possible, but we lost our precious Shari on her 41st birthday of 05.
Riding with her friends on her Purple Harley Motorcycle, Shari so very much made every moment of her life count just as with all the traveling she did in the short time she had on this earth. She was a very positive person even as she fought her battle with cancer.
Shari started a web site which is also linked to Kanda's web site. As she shared her journal with all who visited, it was very easy to see that she was planning to be cancer free upon completion of her Chemo, explaining in detail everything happening in the year of her treatment for breast cancer.
Please feel free to visit and sign the guest book on Shari's web site: at: http://www.caringbridge.com/fl/shari