Sheila’s Eulogy

Sheila was magic. A wild heart that sparkled until the end. She lived a full-throttle life—she loved to have a good time, wasn’t afraid to let her hair down—to party—to say Yes!

Sheila gracefully battled cancer for 11 years. She fought hard. She spent the last decade in and out of remission — fending off lymphoma, breast cancer twice, ovarian cancer, brain cancer twice, and lung cancer twice.

After her latest brain surgery, the whole family was with her in Florida, and she came out of the hospital like she had just visited Disney Land. She just had this unshakable will to live on. To carry on. To carry out her sacred contract in this life, showing us all how to be brave and face the hard stuff.

Sheila battled her own inner voices and was the first to admit she was far from perfect. She had a temper and loved a good stiff drink. She loved her white tigers…