Amberlee Hatton~Ward

Shauna and family. So saddened to hear of Amberlee’s passing. All these years later Amberlee, and you Shauna, occasionally pop up in my thoughts. Amberlee’s cute little personality and patience towards those of us who tried to coax her body and mind towards what we viewed as greater “normalcy”. All the while her spirit was trying to tell us that she was just fine as she was. Sure, our goal was to minimize deformity and that must not to be discounted, but the take away for me was sometimes being who we are is more than fine, it’s “normal”. The love and devotion that you, Shauna, as well as your family, gave to Amberlee will always be a beautiful touchstone for me of what real love, real devotion, real strength looks like. And you kindly extended these qualities to all who touched yours and Amberlee’s lives. You truly valued and cared for all of us. That feeling, of being valued, stays with me to this day. Sadly, I am going to be out of town on Saturday. But I will be thinking of you and likely will continue to do so for the rest of my days. For that I thank Amberlee and you, Shauna. Wishing you the peace and serenity that comes from knowing that you did what was right, what was good, with love in your heart. Carol Shaughnessy