Tana Shellhart:  

After reading my latest entry on here, I decided I should do what I said I would, which is update "my life". My beautiful boy passed away from undiagnosed Juvenile Diabetes, or Type 1 diabetes. At the time of this update, April 25, he's been gone one week short of 6 months. Wow...hard to believe. My daughter, Jordyn, and I are making it through, but he's on our minds daily. Jordyn is a singer/songwriter here in Nashville, so that's been her outlet. I attend a monthly support group for other parents that have lost children, and that helps me, in addition to raising a teenage daughter. We're hoping to have some opportunities coming up soon that will allow us to spread the word about Juvenile Diabetes. Life goes on, as they say. It is what you make of it, and Taylor is proud that we're living it to the fullest, I'm sure. Love and Blessings to you all, Tana Life UPDATE: I wrote the following bio two years ago, and should have updated it before now, but it never crossed my mind. If I had done it prior to November 1, 2007, I would have said that my son is 21 and living in Nashville with a buddy of his and my daughter is 13 and in the 8th grade, with a few more additions. Unfortunately, we lost my son on November 1, 2007. He passed away in his sleep with what we believe was diabetes, but the medical examiner takes 10 - 14 weeks to complete the diagnosis. I will try to update this once we know. Please, love your children and every other special person in your life to the fullest. Don't put things off until later if you can do them today. Thankfully for us, Tay knew how much we loved him and he never failed to tell us the same. I can't say how many times I thanked God for my blessings, mainly that my kids were happy, healthy and all the oth...Expand for more