Remembering God'S Special Angel- Michelle

Michelle Ann Becker

Everyone welcome to add their story of Chelle'. . . this is Mine through my Daughters

Memories written by sisters Jennifer & Heather

WHO WAS MICHELLE ANN BECKER. WE USED TO CALL HER CHELL CHELL OR SIMPLY CHELLE’. SHE WAS A GRAND DAUGHTER, A DAUGHTER, A SISTER, AN AUNTY, A NEICE, A FREIND AND AN UNFORGETTABLE WARRIOR IN AND OUT.
TRADITIONALLY OLDER SIBLINGS BLAZE THE PATH FOR THEIR YOUNGER BROTHERS AND OR SISTERS, AND CHELLE WAS NO DIFFERENT AS SHE GAVE US MORE THAN WHAT WE EVER COULD HAVE GIVEN HER.
ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM THIS IN A CONVENTIONAL WAY, IT DOES NOT MEAN SHE NEVER ACTED IT. SHE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT DISABILITY DOES NOT LABEL A PERSON BUT HOW A DISABLED PERSON CAN STILL LOVE, LAUGH, AND CRY LIKE ANY OTHER.
IN THE EARLY 80’S, CHELLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH QUADRO SPASTIC CEREBAL PALSEY AND EPILEPSY. SINCE THEN SHE HAS OVER COME A LOT OF OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES. BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE WAS, CHELL ENDIERED US ALL WITH HER INFECTIOUS CHUCKLE AND BRILLIANT SMILE THAT WOULD LIGHT UP A ROOM.
IN CHELLE’S 31 INCREDIBALE YEARS OF LIFE, SHE HAS EXPERIENCED AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EVENTS SUCH AS TRAVELING TO VANVOUVER ISLAND ACCOMPANIED BY MY FATHER, MOTHER AND I IN 1984 AND GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1999 FROM BONNIE DOON HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2006 CHELLE WAS SELECTED TO BE FEATURED IN THE BOOK BIG ENOUGH DREAMS WHERE GARY HOLDGRAPHER TOLD A PHENOMINAL BIOGRAPHY OF CHELLE’S LIFE. CHELLE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A FEW VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WHICH ALLOWED HER TO INTERACT WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ANIMALS. HER FAVOURTIE BEING, THE SNAKES AT THE VALLEY ZOO. LET’S NOT FORGET HER LOVE OF MUSIC WHICH GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE FIRST CLASS IN A LIMOUSINE TO THE RAFFI CONCERT AND MEET HIM IN PERSON.
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MEMORIES, AND I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY WHOLE FAMILY, WAS WHEN SOMEONE WAS GETTING INTO TROUBLE CHELLE WOULD ALWAYS BREAK THE ICE WITH HER FAMOUS LAUGH SAVING JEN AND I FROM A LOT OF SPANKINGS, OR HER AMUSMENT OVER OUR FATHER TEASING HER TO GO TO HER ROOM RIGHT NOW! AND DON’T TURN THAT CHANNEL! WE’VE HAD A LOT
OF FUN!