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written and CCS does not necessarily endorse everything as Scriptural.
(This page will remain on the CCS website for the rest of the school year.)
Heather Pauline O'Connell Squires was born Wednesday, March 18, 1987, at Conway Hospital. Heather was ushered into the presence of our Lord after school on Friday, January 31, 2003.
Heather enrolled in Calvary Christian School at the
age of 3 in 1990. On Friday in her last chapel program she sang, "Thank
You Jesus."
The last song she sang in chapel that day was "He
Lives."
2/3/03
A longer poem written by Elizabeth Fields on February 2nd and read in Heather's
three hour memorial service at CCS on Monday.
By Elizabeth Fields
She was so sweet and full of grace,
I can still see the smile upon her face.
Her sparkling eyes so deep and blue,
It's so unreal, how can it be true?
And what about us, what do we do?
All we have left are memories too few.
Video clippings and photographs,
Can't capture the moments of endless laughs.
Her words never again would be spoken
A part of my heart has been broken.
I feel pain, anger, grief, and confusion
the world around me is a dazed illusion.
I don't know what is more unfair
The death of a friend or the after-death despair.
How does a God so loving and kind
Expect us to move on leaving her behind.
Her life so suddenly disappears
leaving behind sadness and new-felt fears.
She'll never know what she meant to me
Why did it take death for me to see?
She was my friend, though sometimes taken for granted
But the seed of her life, in my soul was planted.
She was an angel, a gift from above.
A friend and a sister who I did love.
Her life, though short had meaning complete
And by sticking together this pain we'll defeat
Although her body from us must depart
She still lives on in all of our hearts.
Elizabeth Fields
February 2, 2003
2/3/03
Dear Mrs. Cannone:
I know we all are sad about Heather and here is a poem I made up to help.
Written in Mrs. Cannone's 5th grade
class and read in
Heather's memorial service at CCS on Monday.
by: Katelyn N. Sitzler
2/3/03
Poem by Marvin Dickover written on February 2, 2003 on hearing of Heather's
passing. Mr. Dickover is a member of Pastor Mike Welch's church. Mr.
Welch read it in Heather's memorial service at CCS on Monday.
Looking out my window, I'm asking why.
Why all this beauty under the sky?
The trees, the bushes, the birds that fly,
The frisky squirrels, with nests up high.
Did You give us the beauty to ease our pain?
Or to halt depression with sweet refrain;
The leaves come falling and floating down,
Then landing softly on the ground.
The things You give us, we do not deserve,
Should truly remind us we are here to serve.
The creeks, the rivers, the oceans blue,
Everything we have has come from You.
Yet during sorrows and troubles, we question why,
We say, "Why did this happen, why, oh why?"
We don't understand the trials we have each day,
Is it perhaps because we fail to pray?
So many blessings You have given to us,
Yet in the midst of it all, we still will fuss.
Lord, help us to remember under the sky
There are too many blessing to question why.
Send Your love down from up on high,
Lord, teach me today, not to say, "Tell me why."
2/3/03
Our deepest sympathy goes out to you during this time of great loss.
We rejoice for those who are with Christ Jesus and cry for ourselves.
Sincerely,
Joseph and Pamela Dyar
Youth Sunday
school
Central
Baptist Church
JnpunderGodslaw@aol.com
02/03/03
WE ARE SO SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR LOSS, WE BOTH WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HEATHER AND
HER BROTHER JOHNNY AND COUSINS JAMES AND JOHN JORDAN, WE WILL HOLD ALL OF YOU
DEAR TO OUR HEARTS, AND KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS.
IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY,
ROBBIE, KIM ROBYN & EMORY MCDOWELL
KIM818@EARTHLINK.NET
02/03/03
My thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty and staff of CCS.
From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind.
From His dwelling place He watches all who live on earth.
The eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His
unfailing love.
We wait in hope for the LORD; He is our help and our shield In Him our hearts
rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in You.
Psalm 33.13-14, 18 & 20
Diana M. Johnson DIANA.JOHNSON@pgba.com
1987 Calvary Christian School Graduate
2/3/03
Hello, I am Scott Anderson. I was a friend of Heather's. I'm am
really going to miss her. Please send best wishes to all of her friends
and family. This deeply effected my whole life. How someone can be
here one minute then gone the next. I will now cherish ever day like it is
my last. You never really know when it is going to be over. I know
Heather is happy where she is. But we are all going to miss her a lot.
With all my heart,
Scott Anderson
2/3/03
My name is Jennifer Terry and I knew Heather even though I didn't go to school
with her. If its not a problem could you add this poem that I wrote on
February 1st the night after she was killed. Christina Stevens is my good
good friend and that was her first cousin, that's how I met Heather. This
was my way of dealing with the loss of Heather.
Thank you and God Bless.
Jennifer Terry
As we all sit here wondering why, the only thing I can think of is why she had
to die
A sweet, caring friend who’d never let you down
Someone who’d always be there the one we thought would always be around
On a sunny January day fait planned its course, and put into play
Without ever stopping and thinking twice
God said, "It’s her time to go, its right"
Everyone thinks to themselves, "It’s my fault, it’s my deal, I should have never
let her go behind the wheel."
But its not our faults, it wasn’t hers either
God has his own plans, we can’t stop them either
An angel from above, a friend from earth
God’s up there now with her
One day we’ll see her up there with Him,
And she’ll say "I knew you were coming, I knew we’d meet again"
We’ve lost a friend, best friend, cousin, daughter and granddaughter
We’ve lost someone who’ll never be forgotten
Heather’s at peace, she’s safe with God now,
We all know life will be different we’ll get through this hard time somehow
However close you were with her, however far you were with her, the friendships
you two shared will never be forgotten
Jennifer Terry
February 1, 2003
2/4/03
Mr. Gregory,
I think of my time at CCS as a real blessing form God and I look at your website
on a regular basis to catch up on what is going on. This morning I was looking
at it during my prep time and I was truly shocked and saddened by the news about
Heather. In my nine years of teaching, I have known three former students who
were taken home by the Lord and it just is an indescribable feeling every time
it happens. I would like this poem to be placed on the website on the page in
Heather's memory.
The little butterfly is carried by the wind
Not always knowing which way it will be carried
As it grows, stronger, it begins to find its way
Among all the other creations of our Lord
People look at that butterfly and think how peaceful
a life it must lead and how lucky it is to
roll around in the sunlight everyday
However, the butterfly in all of its beauty
soon too goes away
and we, in bewilderment, know that it is
a part of God's plan
the hurt and the sorrow fills our hearts
as the days and years before the beauty of the
butterfly did
I remember Heather as the butterfly
Laughing, smiling, enjoying all the blessings that
God bestowed upon her
And as she is missed by hundreds in South Carolina
she is missed by one in Arizona
Jeff Braun
CCS Teacher 1999-2000
2/4/03
I did not know Heather but I did know her mother when I was Heather's age.
I wish to send my heartfelt sympathy to Kathleen and her family. You are
in my thoughts and prayers.
Terry (Rush) Mango
02/05/03
Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
Please be assured that we at Trinity Christian School will be
praying for you and for the family of Heather Squires. Our Lord tells us
that life is brief.
God bless you and your work for the Lord there.
In His Service,
Dr. J. L. Daniel, Sr.
Trinity Christian School
Rock Hill
2/5/03
Brother Gregory,
Trinity Bible Church and Trinity Christian School are
standing with your school family in prayer and sympathy in the tragic death of
Heather Squires. She was a beautiful young woman, and it is her honor to
bring glory to the Lord with her sudden death.
We love you and trust God's grace will be sufficient.
Love,
Matthew James
Pastor, Trinity Bible Church
Trinity Christian School
Rock Hill, SC
2/5/03
You always went the extra mile and gave all that
you had
You never seemed upset when times had seemed so hard or sad
When life gave you lemons you made lemonade
and when report cards came around you always made the grade
You made many good choices and times we spent were so great
You had all my boyfriends first and we use to double date
In sixth grade cheerleading i was on your team
And thinking back on it now i can still hear you scream
I went to all your parties and ate all ten of your cakes
And at all your sleep overs we tried so hard to stay awake
Remember the choo choo play we did in third grade
And in it we were dollies and wore dresses all homemade
Then all the times at lunch all the pizza that you had
And how you use to eat it even though it looked so bad
We had so many inside jokes some dumb and others worse
And when ever we sang songs i sang chorus and you sang verse
Remember all the times we use to drive coach browder nuts
And when we played on the play ground how we use to get knee cuts
I wasn't much up with fashion yet you had all the trends
But still some how some way we still ended up good friends
I was never your closest click or your bestest bud
But you were there when i needed you or when i was sad and need a hug
Okay yes i drove you crazy at times and you must have thought i was a freak
But you were always a simple call away any time or day of the week
So i guess i kinda miss you and wish that you were here
I would do almost anything to make you reappear
But since i can't i want to thank you and one last thing i want to say
I can't wait to start more memories again when i reach my eternal day
We miss you girl,
With Love,
Katie McColley
2/6/03
To the family of Heather Squires:
I cannot say that I know Heather and have only become acquainted to her life
here on earth through her parting. I think of your family often and pray
for your sorrow daily. I know the loss you feel now is very heavy. I
too know the true pain you are all feeling.
I lost my 20 year old sister in May of 2000 in a very tragic accident here in
Surfside. My daughter who is a student at CCS was in the same car with my
sister, but God blessed me by allowing her to stay here with me. The
reason I tell you this is so you know that I can truly, truly feel your pain.
I am sure that the biggest question of all is "Why?" That was my question
too. I can only say that after 2 years and 10 months since my sisters
passing I have stopped asking why and have trusted in the Lord to know that he
has taken her because he loves her and that I will see her again. You to
will see Heather again.
The uncontrollable tears will someday soften, but Heather will always be in your
heart and memories. You cry in the pain of her life on earth passing, but
please remember she is smiling down from heaven. She is so very happy in
the everlasting life she has now been blessed with. I will be praying for
your family. May God bless and embrace you now and forever.
From my heart to yours,
Josie
2/7/03
(please mark the author as anonymous)
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Confusion seems to be finding his way into my thoughts yet once again this
morning, bringing up questions of uncertainty and chaos. Today is
different though, he now places the memory of Heather in among the other
contents. Every other notion is pushed aside, and the obvious questions
start to be asked. "Why did this happen to her? All things work
together for good, but no good can come out of this." It is at this moment
that I realize that Doubt has awoken, and this time he is doubting God's will.
This is a terrible mistake you see, because just as in Luke chapter 1, when
Zacharias doubted the angel Gabriel, he was unable to speak or hear for a long
period. Excluding this thought from my mind I think of Mary, the mother of
Jesus, when Gabriel appeared to her and told her that she was going to have a
son, she said, "I am the Lord's servant". Faith like that of Mary is one
thing that i know God will definitely honor. We know he had a bigger and
better plan for her than we ever dreamed. Things change, and people
change, but God's love endures forever, no matter what may come. We will
always miss our friend Heather, and hold her deep within our hearts.
(anonymous)
2/7/03
Hey my name is Jessica Banks i knew Heather through one of my best friends
Christina Stevens, Heather's first cousin... Heather was a great girl and i will
always remember her!
In Memory Of Heather Squires
January 31st the world suddenly changed
God needed a new angel so he called out Heather’s name
She was a beautiful girl and she shined in many ways
But God had another plan for her that’s why she’s not here today
The three cars collided the driver’s not knowing their fate
Heather happened to be the one unable to escape
I wish there was something I could do to have let her stay
But that’s God’s decision and no one can change his ways
I know she’s in a better place a place so far from here
But no matter how many miles apart the heart still holds her near
Maybe it was her time to go even though she had her life ahead
So many hearts were torn apart so many tears were shed
And as long as we remember her and pray every night on our knees
I know for a fact Heather Squires will forever Rest In Peace
3/1/03
If i knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tighty
and pray the Lord, you soul to keep
If i knew it would be the last time
that i see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and a kiss '
and call you back for one more
If i knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day
For Heather ... With Love
Last Updated 2/8/2004