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January 19, 1985
Born in Iowa WATERLOO on January 19, 1985.
April 22, 2006
Passed away on April 22, 2006 at the age of 21.
January 23, 2007
Cassie was born on a cold freezing Saturday evening @ 11pm. While I was pregnant with her, I had went into labor the 3 days prior to her birth and I had went to the hospital each time! I finally had a talk with her and I told her to hurry up and pick a day already. She did, and it was really cold. Her big brother, John, couldn't wait to meet his new sister. He wanted to hold her and help me take care of her. He watched over like a hawk. As Cassie got older, she saw that John was going to school. So she decided that she wanted to go to school. When Cassie and I laid down to take a nap, well, she didn't take a nap. She had opened the back door, and walked all the way to the elementary school that John was attending. I had experienced a scared feeling when I woke up a few minutes later, and I went looking for Cassie. To make a long story short, I found her, after I called the cops. She was at the school. I didn't know if I wanted to hug her or ground her for life. Mind you, she was only 3 years old at the time. I asked her what she thought she was doing and she said that she wanted to go to school and be like her big brother. So, I enrolled her in pre-school. As the years went by, Cassie grew into a beautiful young girl. She loved school and she loved her teachers. Cassie excelled in school. If she didn't have any homework to take home, she would ask her teachers for extra credit work. She was very intelligent. She wasn't afraid to ask questions or offer her help. She often stayed after school to help her teachers clean the classroom or get things ready for the next school day. There were many times she didn't come home until 5pm! When Cassie was in middle school, she earned so many awards, I lost track of the number's. When she graduated 8th grade, she was the only student to receive the most awards. She was also the only student to get the Perfect Attendance Award, Science, Social Studies, Industerial Tech, Home Ec., Math, Reading, and the Presendential Educational Award! Cassie was also on the Honor Society from the 7th to 12th grade. When she graduated high school, she again received the Presendential Educational Award and she also graduated at the top 15% of her class. When I found out that I was pregnant in 2001, Cassie was with me. We were both excited. Cassie also went with me to the ultra sound appointment I had. She was so excited at seeing her sibiling, you'd think she was having the baby herself. She was watching the ultrasound, she started laughing. Out of the darkness, she tells me, there came a finger in the shape of a gun, pointing at her and shot her and disappeared in the darkness. She knew her little brother was going to be a pistol. I promised Cassie that when I went into labor, I would let her have 2 weeks off of school. Well, to her disappointment George was born on Dec. 31, 2001; during Christmas Vacation. But it didn't matter to her, she got to see the entire birthing process. She fell in love with her brother right away. She had to learn everything. She took her time on changing his diapers, feeding him, bathing him, and later, she would take him to school and show him off to her friends and teachers. She spoiled George. And George spoiled her. They would wrestle with each other; chase each other, tease each other, and they never left each other's side. She protected George with all her heart. She even teased me when I was pregnant. Cassie and I had tons of heart to heart talks. We would talk about how people were, why everyone was so different and why parts of our family couldn't get along. But she drew her own conclusion and made the effort to stay in contact with each and every member of her families. No matter what anyone says, I raised the perfect daughter. Cassie passed away enjoy the one thing she loved the most; life. Cassie was an Organ Donor. She donated her heart valves and her long bone (which is the left leg bone from the hip to the toes). She is still loving life with her donations. She loved helping others. She enjoyed life and family. Cassie always had good things to say about everyone. Even if her family didn't get along, she went that extra mile to get along with family. Not one harsh word was ever said from Cassie about her family. She loved her family. I know she did; because I taught her to accept her family and friends for the way were, even if they didn't like each other. I love my daughter with all my heart and soul. Cassie's favorite color is Purple. Her favorite flower is the red rose and her favorite musical group is Bon Jovi! She even took me to the Jon Bon Jovi concert that was in Des Moines a few years ago. I drove to Des Moines, she slept. I drove back from Des Moines, she slept. It was the only concert we went to together. To watch Cassie at a Bon Jovi concert, that was really exciting. She wanted to buy everything she could that had Bon Jovi on it. She even purchased most of their CD's, videos, posters, everything. Cassie always said she was proud to have me as her mom. I was the greatest mom, best friend, and confidant any girl could ever hope for. When I was pregnant with George, she talked me into doing the Glamour Shots with her. I didn't want to do it, I told her, I'm pregnant and I've already done the Glamour Shots twice already. She said, "Yeah, but you haven't done them with me." She won the argument. And the pictures turned out beautifully. I will never forget my beautiful daughter. I'm keeping her memory alive with her gift of life donations, and with creating this website. I hope you can share your memories about my daughter with me. I know in my heart we all miss and love Cassie very deeply. So please, share your memories with me. Help me keep her memory alive.