| 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.
xxxxxxx
one of my favourite photographs of 2 of my favourite girls, christi and shayla xxx christi honey, please stay close to your 'little sis' as she continues to grow into a wonderful, sweet, funny young lady - we love shayla to pieces and yes, you know how we never tire of hearing all fo the stories she has of the special sister time you two spent together, no matter how much they make us all wish, wonder and miss you more and more, those stories and your shay also make us more glad that we're lucky enough to have you as part of our lives xxxxx i'll never ever stop missing and loving you my gorgeous girl xxx
Please will you give baby angel lots of hugs and kisses today and together with lottie and jordy, make her laugh lots as it's red nose day (jordy & lottie will tell you all about that xxx), also take care of ruby, stephen, jack and all of the other littler angels who are so lucky to have a big angel sister-type person like with them xxxx
Hugs for you as always precious girl - you know what to do with all of them don't you honey, especially that extra special one that is just from me to you xxx
Love you always our christi xxxxxx
just love you christi xxx
hi christi.....just hi.....love you, miss you and well, i wish so much don't i sweetheart. have a lovely laughy day today - i'm sure lottie and jordy will be showing you lots of red nose day fun xxxx love you christi and baby angel xxxx
Little miss mischief
sorry honey, couldn't resist the photograph - you know why don't you sweet christi xxxx
wishing, missing and loving you too baby angel xxxx
hello baby angel,
aunty nicky hopes that you have a lovely day with your "big sisters". i bet jordy and also jack make you laugh lots too. You'll be getting really good at mischief now xxx
i'm missing you & christi lots sweetheart and always wondering, wishing and loving you both so very much xxx
please stay nice and close to christi & lottie and let them show you how to send your special baby angel stuff to your mummy xxx
love you always little one xx
forever your aunty nicky xx
big hugs and kisses to you baby angel and to christi and lottie from amelia xxx
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Guardian Angels ... xxx
Hey Christi,
I was just talking to Lottie and remembered waht the doctors at the hospital said about Amelia having a guardian angel somewhere - little does he know how perfectly right he is and how she has 2 extra special angels always taking care of her. Thank-you my clever, loving, beautiful girl xx Christi you will forever be as special to me as you always have been xxx
Please stay extra close to Shayla today won't you Christi and send my love down to your mum & dad xx
Hugs and kisses as always honey - you knwow aht to do with them all and you know just what to do with that extra one don't you xxx
Love you darling angel christi xx
love to you too baby angel x
hello baby angel, hope you are enjoying watching the bigger girls dancing, i bet you are making them laugh by copying them - that's if you've stopped doing mischief to auntie sue's laptop! we all love you and miss you very much our little one xxxx
Just ..... xxxxx
Morning sweetheart,
I hope you're having lots of fun on the school bus this morning making Jordy's brother and his friends laugh lots I'll bet. Isn't it lucky that timne works as it does here becuase the mischeif gang will be able to keep your Shayla company on her monring journey to school later on too. She misses you lots and lots you know Christi and always talks about you - lots of things that the rest of us didn't know about but then I guess that's the best part of being sisters isn't it darling. Now you have another family with angel 'sisters' and 'brothers' as well - more sharing, laughing and loving for you all xxxx
I'm just missing you lots at the minute Christi, I always have missed you but sometimes .....
We're taking Amelia for her check up at the hospital today as you know, how about you and Lottie come along, I know how brave you are about hospitals and how much you used to love to take care of littler ones and help them not to be afraid or bored. It was never a problem for you, just something that had to be done wasn't it? I'm not sure but I reckon Lottie might have been the same - please you two stay close to Amelia today and also if you can also help Sam and I with your special brave. I'm sure Amelia is going to be just fine, she's back to her smiley, curious self now so that's very good to see.
Emma sends her love to you and to baby angel and she's thinking of you lots and lots. The nasty MS is causing her some trouble with her hands and eyes and lots of nasty headaches but you and baby Angel, together with Lottie and the others are helping her lots.
You and baby Angel are such big parts of our lives beautiful Christi and whatever else happens, that will never, ever change - we wouldn't want it to but as always that doesn't stop us missing you, wondering about you and wishing... also loving you both more and more as times goes by.
Well, I can hear Amelia is waking up so I had best go and get us all ready. In the meantime darling christi, please have a lovely, lovely day today with Lottie, Jordy and the others. Maybe later you could take Baby Angel, Ruby and the littler angels for a nice walk and tell them lots of stories to make them all laugh lots.
As always here are a bunch of hugs comnig to you, all filled up wuth my special love and kisses for you to catch, share (remembering to keep some for yourself!) and we never forget the extra one for you know where......
Love you honey
Nicky xxx
Love you too Baby Angel have a lovely day sweetheart - lots of love from aunty nicky xxx
Love from Emma
Just sending lots of love and kisses to my 2 special girls Baby Angel & Christi xxxxx Wishing, missing and wondering for me but lots of loving too xxx stay happy my darlings xxx lots of love to both of you from mummy/emma xxxxx
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