Tracy Weinshrott-Richards (1975

This memorial website was created
in the memory of our loved one,
Tracy Ann Weinshrott - Richards
who died due to depression/suicide
on July 20, 2004 at the age of 28.
We will remember her forever.

The past is history. The future, a mystery.
But we will hold dear our memories of her,
her smile, the sound of her laughter...forever.

I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance...I hope you dance

"Thanks Alisha"

I carry your presence in my heart
It's nothing anyone can see
It's just a forever feeling
That lives in the heart of me.

I feel your friendly presence
From time to time it comes
Perhaps as a fleeting smile
Or in the beauty of a setting sun.

The way you touch me over time
Is a pleasure I can't deny
And your friendship that lives within
Will be with me till the day I die.

~© Mary West June 2000~

"Thanks to Tara"
~Tracy's forever friend~

www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/SOS_handbook.pdf

http://www.fiercegoodbye.com/

Please check out the links under Her Legacy

*New post* the pages from the book "Those They Left Behind"

By: Karen Mueller Bryson, Ph.D.

http://www.homestead.com/thosetheyleftbehind/

Emotional abuse is a devastating, debilitating heart and soul mutilation. The deepest lasting wound with any abuse is the emotional wound.

National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)

Though harder to spot, emotional abuse is easier to deny. But just as physical abuse has signposts to mark its presence, emotional abuse, being a systematic attack on one's sense of self, has common traits. Physical abuse comes in degrees of severity - emotional abuse also runs the gamut of intensity and damage.

There are relationships, marriages and families that are so destructive the only option is for a person to get out. Get out with the little bit of sanity you may have remaining. Make a promise to yourself to leave. Leave so you can begin a life of healing and recovery. Leave so you can learn to live a joyful, peaceful, trusting, supportive, and fulfilling life.

"In memory of Tracy & Cody"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnRXmMn2Ag&NR=1

It's a six yr. old girl singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7j8NhBtnpw

"I will always love you" sung by: Connie Talbot

You have left an empty place in our family that can never be filled

There is no shame in being ill you didn't chose for this to happen. You were fighting to get healthy & I am so proud of you for that.

Her Journey's Just Begun

Don't think of her as gone away-
her journey has just begun
life holds many facets
the Earth is only one

Just think of her as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years

Think how she must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away

And think of her as living
in the hearts of those she touched

For nothing loved is ever lost
And she is loved so very much

~ author: Ellen Brenneman

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Remember

her love
her smile
her laugh
her sparkling brown eyes
her courage
her life

Remember

her tears
her pain
her anguish
her fight
her death

Just remember her

KEEP MY MEMORY
by Allison Chambers Coxsey

Keep my memory with you,
For memories never die;
I will be there with you,
When you look across the sky.

I will be there in the clouds,
In the birds that fill the air;
In the beauty of a fragrant rose,
You will find my memory there.

You will feel me in the tenderness,
Of a tiny baby's touch;
You will hear me if you listen,
In the twilight's gentle hush.

When your hearts are heavy,
And you feel that you are alone;
Just reach down deep inside of you,
For your heart is now my home.

I will always be with you,
I will never go away;
For I will live on in your hearts,
Forever and a day.

"Christopher Robin?," whispered Pooh. "Yes, Pooh Bear?"
"I'll never not remember you...ever."
(from a card 2 of her friends sent to us)

Wake up with tears on my face
Don't remember my dreams
But I remember you

Time stands still
The pain never leaves
My heart aches for you

Why did this happen
Searching for a reason
Nothing makes sense

For the rest of my life
I'll wonder why

Missing your smile
The sound of your voice
I'll remember you always

You will NEVER be forgotten. While the memories don't grow, our love still does and always will, until we meet again.

"The time came when the pain it took to stay,
was greater than the pain it took to go"

She is Gone

You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember her and only that she’s gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back
or you can do what she’d want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

David Harkins, © 1981
Silloth, Cumbria, UK

An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

(These two poems were read by Tracy's cousin JoAnn at the cemetery.)

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.."

Listen closely
to the winds,
and hear the
gentle whisper
of an Angel's wings
in flight.

Look far into
the sky
and see the shimmering
stardust left behind.

Close your eyes,
clear your thoughts,
and feel the love
of your very own,
very real,
Guardian Angel.

~Author Unknown

Tracy, I had my baby 3-28-07 @ 23 weeks, and she was stillborn. Please watch over our baby girl. We named her Angel Brook Taormino. I know with you up in heaven she will be safe and well cared for. Give her a kiss for me please. Love Alisha Taormino

http://angelbrook-taormino.memory-of.com/

Bella's gift will be (amongst others) the improved safety for children in cars.

http://isabelle-broadhead.memory-of.com/About.aspx

"Thank you" Alisha

The mention of my child's name

may bring tears to my eyes,

But it never fails

to bring music to my ears.

If you are really my friend,

Let me hear the

beautiful music of her name.

It soothes my broken heart

& sings to my soul........

A Message to my Daughter

We walked together, you and I
A Mother and her Daughter
We had Hopes and Dreams for tomorrow.....
But tomorrow didn't come.

We walked together you and I
We talked, we laughed we loved.
We shared so many happy times,
And for that I thank the Lord above.

We walked together, you and I
But only for a short time.
For all too soon it ended
Leaving pieces of a broken heart behind

And even though I miss you
More than words could ever say.
I thank God that I got to walk with you
Every precious moment of every day....

"Thank You" to
Irena Hill (UK) (Nanny to angel Kayleigh Erceg )

"Healing from grief is not the process of forgetting,
it is the process of remembering with less pain and more joy."

"Thank You" to Laurri ((((Rosie's mom))))

http://rosie-lowe.memory-of.com/About.aspx

Julie & Samuel Robert
9/9/08

Tracy's brother & sister
Sept. 12, 2004

“Some people will surprise you because they’re there for you, and some will surprise you because they’re not.”

Tracy's Grandpa & Grandma
St. Charles cemetery

Grandparents High School photo

Thank You for visiting Tracy's website

It gives us comfort to know that she has not been forgotten.
Please light a candle before you leave and/or
a memory/Tracy story in the tributes section.