I met Shahonna in middle school. We quickly became best friends and spent hours at her parents home, hanging out, dancing, listening to music, walking to her grandmothers house next door or across to the golf course and hitting balls into the pond. She would come to my house for sleepovers as well. I remember laughing until my guts aches and tears rolled down my face. We did talent shows together and choreographed our own dance. We sang together with her cousin Tracy. We lost touch some when she went to Tech but still talked when we had spare time. A few years after graduation when my parents needed someone to help in caring for my grandmother with Alzheimer's, Shahonna was the one with all the patience and love needed to give my parents an occasional much needed break to breathe and be able to do normal functions away from home. I recently learned of Shahonna's illness and joined BeTheMatch, even though I knew it was a long shot. I just wanted to try, to give back if possible, to a friend who had given me so much joy and laughter and so many amazing memories. I didn't have many friends in school. I wasn't cool or popular. But Shahonna didn't care. She was one of the funniest, kindest, strongest, most intelligent and all around amazing people I've ever had the pleasure to know. She will be missed by so many. She was loved by everyone who knew her and she touched so many lives, probably in ways she never knew. All my love and prayers to her family. Shahonna will always be in my heart and someone I am proud to have been able to call a friend. I love you girl! 🙏🏻❤️
