Tracy Dipietro
I am so sorry to hear about Shelby. I taught at Hillside Elementary and remember Shelby's sweet face and her bubbly personality. She was a beautiful person inside and out. Her family is in my thoughts and prayers.
Tracy DiPietro
Birth date: Nov 28, 1992 Death date: Sep 4, 2017
Shelby Burton Phillips of Ashburn, Virginia passed away Monday, September 4, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was born on November 28, 1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her parents Jeffrey and Karen (Jahnk Read Obituary
I am so sorry to hear about Shelby. I taught at Hillside Elementary and remember Shelby's sweet face and her bubbly personality. She was a beautiful person inside and out. Her family is in my thoughts and prayers.
Tracy DiPietro
Oh my heart breaks right now. I am so sad I just cannot seem to bring myself together. The tears just continue to come one after the other.
My heart ❤️ is hurting so much.
For Today we grieve the loss of life's most bubbly little hippy chick, Shelby Philips, who lost her fight to diabetes Saturday night... who endured more needle pokes in her life than most sewing machines make in fabric.
She fought diabetes with such pizazz ... no one would never know she was suffering from anything unless you knew about her little black fanny pack .. or questioned why she had soooo many snack stashes like everywhere.
You wouldn't know she was very sick on and off bc of terrible diabetes disease. You wouldn't know.
Bc Shelby was always the most happiest cheerful giddy goofy silly cute girlie little hippy chic, with an adventure for A LOT of life and taking the bull by the horns, and adventurous to the days end.
She was an inspiration to many, loved by all, and made sooo many people smile when it was her that most needed the comforting.. she always was there to comfort you.
She was my daughter Casey's best friend. And my daughter Krista's best friend. And Shelby was my other daughter.
And her nick name for me: Momma bear..
She was truly very very special to so many.
And to me.
May God bless Shelby's family and Friends and wrap all of us i n His love and peace And help us cope through this time of grief. To Shelby's parents, Your sweet daughter is loved by so many!! ...
Shelby was the perfect best friend for Casey when Casey and Krista got to Briar. She helped Casey so much. Their food locker. And the watermelon park camping trip the 3 of them talked me into chaperoning.
Shelby touched my heart in millions of ways.
My sadness is beyond words. I love this cute little girlie like I love my own daughters.., We all love you so much. And we are all here for her family And will be. And to Michael Travis my heart goes out to you too. I can only imagine how lost you must feel right now. God bless you too.
With much love and admiration for your most sweetest little girl Shelby, may she rest in eternal everlasting peace and love ❤️
Shelby was one of the most positive happy go lucky cute little girlie hippy chic, she made such a loving impression on so many of our hearts
I knew she had diabetes but never in a million years did I ever think that I would be here today pouring my heart out about this wonderfully beautiful little cute girlie bc we had lost her to the disease. Never ..
She will always be with us all in all of our hearts. God bless, Michele (Casey and Krista Sanders Mom) ❤️
To Shelby's family
Thank you for getting me the info about Shelby's memorial service. And please please do let me know if you all need anything. I'm true to my word. I will be there for all of you. Anytime you need. God bless you all in this great time of sorrow.
I will see you tomorrow.
Shelby touched my life in so many special ways. So many to tell in a simple email. One thing she did for me that stands out the most, is that she gave me the hope to carry on and live my life after I was newly just out of a very horrible domestic violent marriage ... Shelby's immense loving heart and her random cute acts of kindness and her idea of having me chaperon her and my 2 daughters at the Watermelon Festival bc she actually cared about helping me, her best friend's Mom, be happy again. And she included me in showing me how to be happy again. Coming up with such a great plan to have us all camp out overnight in a tent. We all went shopping and I let Shelby pick out anything and everything .. any and all snacks that she wanted. And we packed my Toyota Sequoia with SOOO much food ,., it was enough to feed an army.
We all ended up feeding and giving other people food and sandwiches. It was awesome.
Shelby is a very special light in my heart. I confounded in and told Shelby how that when I was 25 years old, I lost my most bestest friend who died in a car accident on her birthday. June 2, 1964 - June 2, 1989. Sheelagh Dyke. And how very lucky my girls were to have such an amazing wonderful friend. Who very much reminded me of my bestest friend Sheelagh. How I could see her endless amounts of pure love and joy. And how I ached for the Bestfriend I had lost in 1989.
And I was so lost in my heart. So traumatized from the abuse I had previously had escaped just a year prior to meeting Shelby. I was at rock bottom. Having to move under incognito circumstances... my kids changed schools from Broad Run to Briar Woods. And Casey at that time was so shy... Casey never talked in school. Casey has selective mutism. And from day one.., Shelby saw Casey sitting alone. Not speaking. And Shelby just knew. She just knew that Casey needed a friend. And Shelby became Casey's best friend. The most shy and quiet girl in the entire school best friends with the most cheerful happy chitty chatty cute girlie ever. A perfect match. Shelby sooo immensely made such an impression on my life and on my heart and she help me thru the most difficult time of my life. She showed me happiness again and she made sure I experienced the happiness bc she took the time and effort to follow up with me, invite me to participate with her and my daughters and she made me feel like I really did matter after all I had been through.
Shelby from day one has always been my favorite friend of my daughters great friends.. bc she paid attention. And bc she always brought pocketfuls of happiness to me whenever she visited or communicated with me. She captured my heart instantly from day one and has always and will always be someone I will never forget. For what she so unselfishly did for me... just one of her best friends Mom... she paid attention. And she made a huge difference in my life. I am so immensely saddened by the loss you all are suffering and the loss I feel in my heart which is not even close to what you all must be enduring. What Shelby did for me, is priceless. And I want to give back to you all. Give you happiness when you're sad. Or help you all whenever I can. Because there was no obligation to help me. Or even pay attention to the pain that had been in my life. But she did. And for that, I am eternally grateful. Please do call anytime. Whether it's now or months from now. I will always help your family.
With most sincerest heart ❤️
God bless you all. And God bless Shelby.
Love ❤️ always
Michele
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Thinking of you all today as you say a very difficult and final goodbye to Shelby. I didn't get the privilege to meet my cousins Shelby & Morgan when they visited their great-grandmother and great-grandfather's home in Arranmore Island, Co.Donegal, Ireland but I heard all about her from my sister Caroline. Our great grandmother/ grandmother were sisters, Susan (Owen Coll's mum) & Mary (my grandmother). I think the one memory that stands out from the stories is that Shelby loved my sister's crazy psychotic cat ( who has mood swings and will scratch you in an instant) and my cousin Grace, a GP, was worried she'd get scratched which she said was serious for a diabetic. Shelby didn't care- she continued to stroke & play with the cat. I would have loved to have met her & I know her grandfather Owen loved her very much and was very proud of her & Morgan. Take comfort that she is in his arms today and he will look after her with the Angels. My condolences & I will keep you in my thoughts & prayers. Mary McCauley-Boyle, London & Arranmore Island. X
I love you girl. We talked literally 2 weeks ago and everything was good. I'll miss you mo stór.
Dear Phillips Family,
My deepest sympathies to the entire family and I am so sorry for your loss. As a parent, I have no words to express, however, please lean on all of the people who love and care for you so much. My thoughts are with you always.