| Location | Cleveland |
| Age | 7 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 11/01/2000 |
| Date of Death | 14/07/2007 |
| Visitors | 6,334 since 07/08/2007 |
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Maria McNamara was born on 11th January 2000 as a healthy little baby girl. She was never really ill as a baby until she was 6 when we noticed something was wrong her face was droopy and her eye wasn’t responding like the other eye, so I said ‘Maria smile for me’ and she smiled and I saw that she couldn’t lift up the right side of her face so we took her to the paediatrician who diagnosed it as Bells Palsy.
A couple of days later and Maria was saying to me ‘Walk me down the stairs mum, I’m afraid to go down the stairs. Can you carry me.’ And I thought that was odd, her balance of the room was simply off. I looked at her eyes and I knew I’d better get her back to the doctors, I just had a feeling that something wasn’t right.
At that point I’d never in a million years would I have guessed what it would end up being.
On April 1, 2006 life ceased to exist the way my family knew it. My oldest child and only daughter, Maria, was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). DIPG is an inoperable incurable brain tumor that strikes children usually between the ages of 5 and 11. A child with this diagnosis is given a 10 to 12 month life expectancy.
With the devastating diagnosis of our Maria came a great deal of sorrow and pain as well as desperation. My husband, Ed, and I frantically searched medical journals, books, articles and the Internet for anything—any sign of hope that we could cling to that might possibly save our daughter’s life. Instead, we were surprised to find very little research and few experimental trials. That which we did find was difficult to decipher from a layman’s perspective and, of course, each case study ended in the death of a child.
Even from this news, we never gave up hope as we knew she wwas strong enough to battle it.
On the 14th July 07, She became a Saint in Heaven at 1:30 in the morning because her little body couldn't hang in any longer.
No words can describe the impact she has left on so many lives.
Maria's brothers, Eddie, Aidan, and Blake and Mom and Dad were with her at home.
Please ask God to give us the strength we need.
We love you Maria. You will be with us everyday.
**** On the 6th October 2007 Maria's best friend Sophie Quayle passed away, please visit her site please on GTS which i have created, but with her own mum's words not mine. May they both be reunited in heaven & rest in peace out of pain.****
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ღ ღ ღ ღ All My Love Beautiful Angel ღ ღ ღ ღ
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*ღ.......ღ* *ღHeavenly *ღ.......ღ* *ღ shona sengupta. ..ღ*
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How will heaven be?
As far as I can see
It will have huge bells
And will be situated on clouds
It will have many golden wells
That will so often swell
Rain will be abundant
And the sun will shine all day long
Angels will play on the harp
The sweetest summer song
Music that will touch the heart
While those beneath will shed drops of sorrow
Little will they know what will happen on the morrow
But to them up above
As plain and clear it will be
As far as far as I can see
Yes there will be misty alleys
And lush green meadows
Fresh with the fragrant smell of spring
Winter will never be bitter
Summer never so hot
Autumn never so bare
And resources never so scarce
Food for all will be relished by all.
Grateful we’ll be as grateful can be
Mountains high and strong and brown
Surrounding that hidden land,
Beautiful and vast seas I see
There colour as blue as sapphire can be
And the white waves lashing upon the shore
Sitting on the flattened grey rocks
Who would not call it absolutely heavenly?
However it might actually be,
But can we still not see
There will lie behind this seen
A relieving feeling of bliss
For where not have we been
But is this not by all believed
That after one’s decease
This is the land of eternal peace
Where we all ultimately reach?
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If I could have a lifetime wish
A dream that would come true
I'd pray to God with all my heart
For yesterday and you.
A thousand words can't bring you back
I know because I've tried
And neither will a million tears
I know because I've cried.
You left behind my broken heart
And happy memories too
I never wanted memories...
I only wanted you.
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……………Thoughts Today, Memories Forever
………….Angela Christopher’s Very Proud Mum
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Tributes For Week Commencing 17th January
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FOR MONDAY
Your gentle face and patient smile
With sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each
And died beloved by all.
FOR TUESDAY
In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true,
There is not a day,
That we do not think of you.
FOR WEDNESDAY
Your life was a blessing
Your memory a treasure...
You are loved beyond words
And missed beyond measure...
FOR THURSDAY
You are not forgotten loved one
Nor will you ever be.
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
FOR FRIDAY
After Glow
I'd like the memory of me
To be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow
Of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
Whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
And bright and sunny days
I'd like the tears
Of those who grieve,
To dry before the sun
Of happy memories that I leave
When life is done.
FOR SATURDAY
I'm Free
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found that peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship started, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine to tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savoured much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me
God wanted me now; He set me free.
FOR SUNDAY
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm not here to see...
If the sun should rise and find your
Eyes filled with tears for me,
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today...
While thinking of the many things
We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you...
And each time you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand...
That Jesus came and called my name,
And took me by the hand.
He said my place was ready
In Heaven far above...
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.
So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart...
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here in your heart.
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……………Thoughts Today, Memories Forever
………….Angela Christopher’s Very Proud Mum
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Hello!
A First i was reading sophies tributes untill i saw it said her best friend died of the same thing i was devastated
I feel sorry 4 both of themm
There Both young , Cute , Pretty and warm heartedd
All thee lovee from Holly Atkinson Age:12 yr:8
BIG HUGS MARIA
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⋱♰⋰ Angel Day ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ Your Angel Day in Heaven ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ Many tears will fall for you ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ You touched so many loving hearts ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ There’s so many missing you ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ As you now live in paradise ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ Its Heaven up above stay ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ Close to all your loved ⋱♰⋰
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⋱♰⋰ family and friends that you miss you ever day ⋱♰⋰
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⋱♰⋰ Sylvie mommy of Samantha ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ Belanger hugs and XXXX ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ bye for now good ⋱♰⋰
⋱♰⋰ night ⋱♰⋰
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Special Angel Day - by Carmelle Gross
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know.
Our thoughts are always with you,
Your place no one can fill.
In life we loved you dearly;
In death we love you still.
There will always be a heartache,
And often a silent tear.
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here.
If tears would make a staircase,
And heartaches make a lane,
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you home again.
We hold you close within our hearts;
And there you will remain,
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
Our family chain is broken now,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
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