| Location | Ohio, Usa & Cumbria, England |
| Age | 9 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 12/05/1997 |
| Date of Death | 19/09/2006 |
| Visitors | 11,330 since 22/04/2007 |
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This website is primarily dedicated to the memory and courage of an amazing young girl and to the
continued strength and inspiration of her family. Also I hope that the site will raise awareness of
neuroblastoma which is a fairly rare but particularly serious and nasty form of childhood cancer
that attacks the nervous system.
Christine Shayna Thomas “Christi”, the beloved daughter of Shayne and Angela Thomas, the adored
big sister and best friend of Shayla and te very special friend of Emma and Nicky died on September
19, 2006 at just 9 years old. Christi battled with Neuroblastoma for 4 hard years during which she
was described as "bravely fighting with the strength of a soldier while maintaining the grace and
beauty of a ballerina, happily teaching life’s lessons to everyone she met and touched along the
way". Christi had great loves of animals, people, art, learning, ballet and most of all she was
beautiful, funny and had a great love of life that never, ever left her.
Although our sweet Christi has indeed 'gone too soon' from earth, she will forever live on in the
hearts and minds of her family, friends & thousands of others around the world who knew her in
person and through her website which recorded her incredible journey.
Throughout her illness with the tireless, loving support of her family Christi, worked to support
and raise awareness of neuroblastoma. This work continues in many ways after her death. The most
powerful example of this being an experimental cell line taken from Christi's body is being used in
trials in Amercia to try to establish a cure for this terrible illness - given that only 1 in 20 of
these succeeds it's testament to this amazing girl that hers is that one!
I could never do justice to this incredible, inspirational, beautiful young girl and her wonderful
family but you can find out much more about them all by visiting Christi's website and the blog her
family started during her illness and faithfully continue to update :-
Christi's website : www.christithomas.com
Christi's blog : http://christithomas.blogspot.com
I think the following quote from Christi's mum Angela perfectly sums up our feelings for Christi :
"Without a doubt, she knows she’s loved! Without a doubt, she gave one hell of a fight!"
Friends all over the world continue to love, miss & be inspired by Christi and her family.
We miss you Christi xx
Remembered, missed, wished for and most importantly,m loved always - Christi Thomas (12th May 1997 -
19th September 2006)
****---------------BABY ANGEL------------------- ****
Also through this website we remember the short (less than 24 hours) but important life of my
special niece whom we have come to know as "Baby Angel" - her real name is Christi too but that
makes life more confusing and painful just now - besides a Baby Angel is now what she is.
Our Baby Angel is the much wanted and long waited for, very beautiful baby daughter of my twin
sister Emma. We all know Emma would have been the best "forever mummy" that any girl could wish for
but unfortunately, owing to one dreadful act that happened in the evening of bonfire night 2006, our
sweetheart became an angel on 6th November 2006, not quite 23 hours after she joined us on earth.
Although our Emma was never allowed to be "mummy" in the usual way, she has a different way to be
mummy to our little one and although the pain of that is not measurable, my sister does her little
one, herself and the rest of us very proud indeed.
Although very small, our Baby Angel was, is and will forever be a huge, much loved and very wished
for part of our family. We know that she is being taken good care of in her new place by her "angel
sister" Christi and also Lottie and that she has a very special "angel brother" called Jack - a
beautiful, funny little boy who should never have had to share the same experience as our baby
angel.
It would mean the very world to us and to Baby Angel, if she could both be remembered along with our
other very special angel Christi. This page and all of the friends we have met through the memory of
our beautiful and much loved Christi and our little baby angel mean so very much to us all and we
send you all our love and thanks for thinking of us.
Unfortunately it is sometimes difficult for us to visit Christi & Baby Angels page or those of their
amazing new angel 'family' ' and friends as often as we would like to but we are always mindful that
our girls have introduced us to some very, very special friends. We all really do think of you all
very often and are very grateful to eveyone who shares their time and kindness with us in honour of
our 2 beautiful little angels - thankyou xxx
****---------------EMMA------------------- ****
Also remembering my very much loved twin sister Emma who at last joined her Baby Angel on 19th July
2009 - Emma, my darling "better-half", I love you more than you could imagine & miss you so very
much. I hope that at finally you "know how it feels to be free" & that you have found the happiness
& peace that you so deserve.
Well, Christi, I see where the angel mischief is today - on my spelling checker thingy I think - what a mess I made of writing to you a minute ago .... xxxx love you darling xxx
XXXX Baby Angel XXXX
Baby Angel,
We think that your place in our family and in our hearts has never been as strong as it is today - the sound of your laughter and your gorgeous smile will always fill our lives along with Amelia's xxx we love you and wish so, so much our darling baby girl xx your mummy is full of love for you today and we know that you will be very proud of her, just as we all are xxxx
Missing xxx Wishing xxx Loving you xxx
Oh Christi, you and Baby Angel are such a big part of our day xx so much talking about you and also Lottie and yes, we dpn't forget Jordy, Ruby and the others too do we? Christi, sweetheart, please alwaqys remember waht a special place you have in my heart and I am so proud to know you will always have that place no matter what - you are truly my hero and yes, you are my sunshine xxx thankyou for taking care of baby angel for us and for helping her to stay close to her mummy xxx we love her mummy very much but it isn't the same as the love she needs to feelfrom her little girl xx christi & baby angel, our 2 special girls xxx loved, missed and wished for every single second xxx
i have lots of hgus, kisse sand love for you christi - guess where they are...... yes, you got it, clever clogs and guess what you have to do ..... oh yes, you got it right again and as laways gorgeous girl, there is that very speical one just from me to you for that pocket of yous xxx
I just love and miss you darling xxxxx
nite nite baby angel xxxxx please stay extra close to your lovely mummy tomorrow won't you sweetheart - i know you will and i know that christi will help you to send her lots of angel brave xxx she loves you so very, very much and i know that you love her too xxx we'll take care of her always for you darling xx have a lovely day tomorrow with christi, lottie, jordy, ruby, jack , steven and all of your other special angel family and friends as you all play mischief and send love down to your mummys xxx ps - thankyou for our mischief today xxx love you and miss you so very much little one - get christ ito help you to catch these hugs and kisses coming your way from us xxx
Good Morning Baby Angel
hi baby angel, another sunny day for you to enjoy with christi, lottie, jordy and the rest of your angel family & friends xxx are you going to dancing this morning - i bet you're better atit than your mummy and I are with our 2 left feet xxxx have the best of days little one & share lots of your hugs with christi xxx stay extra close to your mummy who loves you and misses you so very much - we all do sweetie xxx love you little one xx
I cannot dial your number
I can't get through to you
I called the operator
She did all that she could do
There is no code to heaven
I cannot place the call
No numbers left to try
I reckon i've tried them all
If heaven had a phone
I'd ring it every day
If heaven had a phone
Theres things I want to say
Tell you that I love you
Miss you since you went away
And how much I prayed to god
That he could have let you stay
Oh darling, if heaven had a phone
Theres things I want to know
Things I want to tell you
How do you feel?
Should I stay or should I go?
Are you looking over me
Do you see me cry a tear
Questions I want to ask
Answers I need to hear
If heaven had a phone
I'd ring it every day
My life has had no meaning
Since the day god took you away
I only know more sadness
More tears again today
Maybe one day i'll smile without you
Until then I will always cry
One day the sun may shine for me
Like it did for you and I
My life was for tomorrow
Now my life is yesterday
I cannot face this world alone
Please show me the way
If heaven had a phone
I'd ring you every day
If heaven had a phone
I'd hear your voice, know that you're okay
I just want to speak to heaven
please do you have a direct line
Operator says no number
But your loved one says they're doing fine
Thinking of you always ~~ Love Jane...x♥x
Love to you both christi and baby angel xxx
Nite christi xxx nite baby angel xxx
another 19th nearly over, i hope it was a fun one for you all, but its been another 19th of lots of wishing and wondering with so much more missing for us all, hope you both dont mind Lottie photo coming on your page but i know you wont, thank you girls for always staying close by Lottie and both being angel sisters to her x share your hugs and kisses just as always x but remember you will have to catch jordy first x sleep time now as you all have another day full of mischief aboard the school bus tomorrow xxx
sleep tight christi xxx visit emma x nicky and amelia at dream time xxx
sleep tight baby angel xxx visit your mummy at dream time and take her lots of your special angel stuff with lots of your love inside also x but i know you will also visit nicky and amelia too xxx
Thinking you both xxx love to you nicky x emma x and lots of auntie sue hugs to you amelia xxx
Oh sweetheart, another one of those 19 days today. So much remembering, wishing, missing and wondering for us but I hope another day full of the things that you and Lottie love to do together. Jordy and Baby Angel will be helping you to do all of that I know. Please girls take care of each other and keep sending your love, angel stuff and brave to everyone who needs it - extra to your mum, emma and also some to lttie's mum & her auntie sue too please - you know why don't you christi xxxx well done for looking after liam for jordy's mum too xx
So many things to say but then there are no words to say them with except the ones thay you already know - Sweet Christi I love you so very much nad always will.
Extra love and hugs and kisses coming to you today - you know the rest my darling girl xxx
'night christi xxx 'night baby angel xx
Just wanted to say a proper goodnight to you angels xx
Christi, you know that I was going to say just the same as auntie sue about looking after each other don't you? This week is another one packed to bursting with missing, wishing and wondering and yes, of course with loving too and we need to know that you are taking the best care of each other and making sure that our hard week is one of your better ones - we tried not to do dates but that's just not possible for any of us. I think though that we can all try to take care of each other too though can't we.... of course though we need the help of our special girls to help us to do that and as always sweetheart, I know that help and love from you is always there.
I loved the photograph of the new school bus for the mischief gang! How kind of Jordy's mum to include Shayla - another wonderful member of the mischief gang I think, as yuo know Shayla is very good with fun xxx Also Jordy's mum chose another photo of the 2 of you that is special to me (yes, because of "the hair situation" as you bravely called it - those days were the end of your beautiful long hair but that seemed to bother you alot less than it bothered us didn't it Christi - that was just how you saw things though wasn't it). Those mice are perfect for taking out with the mischief gang....just you and Shayla make sure you keep holding tightly onto them as escaped mice would add perhaps a little too much mischief to that school run - I can hear you telling me that's the point though....... Be sure to join with Jordy to send his mum a big thankyou for the photograph won't you Christi (like I need to ask you to do that!)
Oh Christi, I miss you so very much sweetheart .. so much to say but I think that somehow you already know it - auntie sue said soemthing to lottie yesterday about lots of talking and thinking about lottie - same here right now isn't it. Always has been but at the minute......
I wish so many things and miss so many things but I know that those things are matched by just how many things I love about you and having you as part of my life.
You hate sad don't you darling so instead of sad how about I send you my love wrapped up in hte biggest, snuggliest hugs ever for you to catch hold of, share with baby angel, lottie, jordy (maybe throw them to him as I doubt you'd catch him!) and your other special angel friends and also there are a very special one or two that have a bit extra sparkle about them that are extra especially just from me to you and yes, darling you can catch them and keep them in that pocket of yours until you need them xx What I wouldn't give.....
Take care of yourself my darling and also just as auntie sue said take care of each other all of you & please Christi will you all stay nice and close to us so that we can take care of each other too.
So many words for you darling but .... just I love you & you know the rest xxxxxxxx
Love to you from me and also from your Emma and the biggest hug from Amelia xxx
GOODNIGHT TO YOU BABY ANGEL XXX WE LOVE YOU & WE MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH XXX THIS WEEK PLEASE HELP TO TAKE CARE OF CHRISTI & LOTTIE BY MAKING THEM LAUGH LOTS & LOTS AND PLEASE GIVE OUT LOTS OF HUGS & KISSES TO THEM TOO XXX STAY EXTRA CLOSE TO YOUR MUMMY - REMIND HER THAT I LOVE HER LOTS WON'T YOU LITTLE ONE XXX LOVE YOU ALWAYS - AUNTY NICKY, UNCLE SAM & AMELIA XXX ALSO THE BIGGEST HUGS AND HEAPS OF LOVE TO YOU FROM YOUR MUMMY XX
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