Melissa Ann Shaw

R.I.P Melissa Ann Shaw

my sister, we love you.

As many people may know Melissa Shaw passed away friday night in a tragic car accident. Some say she was just an ROTC nerd but to me she was a friend. We meet in 8th grade when i first moved to Owensboro my first day at Burns middle went by and i had made my first few friends, Becca Marshal, Kim Cooper, Kaybri Ward and Melissa Shaw. when 8th grade ended it was Melissa who convinced me to join ROTC at Apollo. Together we enlisted in colorgaurd and there is where i met Melissa's brother Ben, i dated him for a short time but in the end we remained friends. When Sophomore year came i heard the news that Sargent Parker was retiring, after his last year i quit ROTC but still remained friends with Melissa. We always seemed to have a class together every year, the last time i will meet her is in Mrs Fallons class. Melissa Hated her with a passion of a thousand suns, this made the class a bit more bearable knowing Melissa would always have something cute to say or joke about.

i miss her more and more each day but i feel that her death teaches us many things.