Happy Birthday Qynnie!! I Love and Miss You!!
Hey Qynn;
I've tried to do this so many times, but my heart won't stop hurting. Tears fill my eyes and my soul begs for you to be here. I read a saying the other day and it was what I was feel inside.
If tears are a stairway to heaven, then mine are enough to build them and carry you back down to us.
You are a spit-fire. I remember calling and waking you up and getting you to talk knowing how pissed you would be, but loving talking about your scrawney mom. The time we went to the mall and planned a trick on your mom. You ran in saying how I scared off you boyfriend. You mom almost killed me. Your mom and I used to joke about how you and Alex were switched at birth. Cause I couldn't carry a big baby, so your mom did it for me. You at times seemed so much like me, yet I saw how much you are really like your mom. I really liked it when you hair looked to me purple, I laughed thinking "That should send those Uppers tongues a talking." Since we can't have you here with us. I hope you are raising h**l (for your mom) in heaven. By the way you dad is going for that buck of yours. I think he needs your help. I plan on helping Paeton drive your parents nuts. By the way good choice with Dennis. I miss you pebbles. Happy birthday. Love Aunt Sandy
Qynn was one of those girls I looked up to from the time we were young. I remember first meeting her in dance class when we were in early elementary school, and in 4th grade we became good friends because we had the same teacher. She would come to my dad's house with me in the summer, camping with my family, and to our cottage on the portage canal. We spent many nights having bonfires on her beach and gossiping, chatting about boys and friends and school. I fell off the monkey bars behind her parent's hotel and still have scars to this day on both of my elbows! I was bleeding pretty bad but she just ran inside and got me a couple band-aids. Our brother both played goalie on the same hockey team, so we spent numerous weekends in various ice rinks in the UP. I have sooooo many good memories with her, but as most childhood friends do, we grew apart. Later on in high school we became friends again through playing volleyball together. I will never forget that she helped me get my hair ready for our pictures, and the way her mom would cheer for her from the stands. Our Junior Prom she was crowned princess and wore a really beautiful, puffy, pink dress. I remember her telling me that pink wasn't her color, but she felt like a princess in it so she had to have it. She managed to add some of her own style to the attire by wearing her white adidas superstar shoes with the laces pulled out for grand march. No heels were needed and she still looked great! It was those kind of things Qynn did that made me jealous of her, she was so secure with herself and loved to make a statement. She didn't back down from anything, especially if she believed in it. Our class party at her camp was a highlight of my senior year, and I remember thinking afterward how poised she was; with so many people around, and so much going on, she still kept her cool and was sweet and friendly to everyone. After high school we didn't see much of each other. Paeton, your mom was so proud of you and loved to show off your pictures! The last time I saw her was in Roxey's while she was working and she had a stack of pictures to show my mom and I. She was just one of those girls I loved to talk with because of her smart comments and funny come-backs. I wish now that I would have told her how much I respected her personality and admired her beauty. I will miss you forever, Qynn!!!
Like everyone else.... its hard to begin... when we were younger me and qynn spent many summers pulling all nighters playing monopoly and talking about boys... right around 5 a.m. we would make her parents breakfast in bed...(bacon in the microwave... and some under-cooked scrambled eggs). Many times we found the food in the garbage... but for some reason we always continued to do it. we had a "fort" made of wooden crates.... we didn't even make it a whole night in that thing...One thing that sticks out in my mind is right before a volleyball game me and qynn made up a dance to "girls just want to have fun" it was probably the dumbest thing ever.... but it was hilarious.... by the end of the song we had the whole team in a chain doing the dance around the locker room....unforgettable.... senior year her mom made us lunch almost every day... driving all the way out there and taking our sweet time enjoying kathy's fabulous mac 'n' cheese or frozen pizza always made us late for 5th hour... it never was a big deal tho. After high school we drifted... I guess it happens... We went out for lunch like a week before she gave birth to Paeton.... we sat there forever talking.. it was as if we had never stopped... She was such a beautiful person.. inside and out... just amazing... I love and miss you qynn.... you will never be forgotten.. xoxo.. <3
