This Blog is being written because on the 27th of December 2018 our lives changed forever. The mere definition of the words forever and never were defined for us when our daughter was taken from us by a car accident.

Shelbi was driving and by all accounts of witnesses there was nothing particularly unusual about her driving and nothing has come from any testing to suggest she had been drinking or consumed anything that would have led to the accident. It was “just” a senseless accident that took her life and the life of her boyfriend of 12 moths – the love of her life . They were 18.

Her Boyfriend died instantly . Shelbi fought hard to stay but her body was just too broken and we had to say goodbye on the 30th of December – 26 days after her 18th birthday.

Her Father (Rob Berechree) and I along with her step parents Laurie Gill and Karen Williams all agreed to Organ Donation . Shelbi lived her life helping others and always put others before herself. We knew she would want us to do this. Her poor body had been broken and we weren’t entirely sure what she could do to help but all I could see was her beautiful brown eyes. I wanted them to still be able to see the world. This page is hopefully going to be her legacy . Shelbi’s story can’t end here – she had too much living to do. She had a future . She had a job lined up – she was a childcarer with 7 units left to complete before she completed Certificate 3. She owned her car, had savings and had plans for her and her boyfriend.

I have found writing to her on Facebook therapeutic and I have decided that I need to continue to spread the word about organ donation for Shelbi which is one of the main reasons I am writing this blog.

Shelb always said “be somebody who makes everyone feel like somebody” so this page will also hopefully become a place were people who have had similar journeys can come and read and comment.

I look forward to this journey together.