Contributions by Shanette Booker
![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015nov-happybday.jpg)
I never understood the family bond of the Marines until I attended the ball with Dre and watched the history unfold before my eyes.
11/10/2015 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015oct-atm.jpg)
Running for Dre was more than just a great workout or a sport, it was a way of life.
10/11/2015 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015jun-dre.jpg)
He lives with each breath I take and with each person who hears his story and learns of his legacy.
6/9/2015 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015feb-booker.jpg)
I am a widow. It's not who I am; it is what I am, and I am also a proud mother, a great sister, wonderful friend, and still the wife of the late Andre Booker.
2/17/2015 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-ok.jpg)
IT IS OK. Continue living for you and honoring them. The way I see it is it's your life and you have to continue living it, no one else…
10/13/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jun-booker.jpg)
He was a tall caramel complexioned man. His smile lit up when he walked into the room.
6/30/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-booker.jpg)
My holiday season is over after all the rose petals have fallen and the boxes of chocolate hearts are empty.
2/10/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2012/2012dec-booker.jpg)
Just because someone had died, that doesn't mean I can’t keep his memory alive, or that I can’t keep honoring him the way I choose to.
12/17/2013 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2013/2013aug-booker.jpg)
August 19, 2011 technically was the day death did do us part, but I don’t think that physical death counts…the love between us still lives after August 19, 2011!
8/25/2013 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2013/2013jul-booker.jpg)
I went a whole year like that…not intentionally, but it happened. I avoided their loss. I couldn't believe it.
7/22/2013 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2013/2013may-booker.jpg)
It was time I picked myself up, say a last and final goodbye to my comfort zones, and live the next days of my life smiling happily, and free.
6/2/2013 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-booker.jpg)
It’s yet another year beginning without our loved ones...and yet another year ending without them.
1/21/2013 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2012/2012nov-remembering.jpg)
This year was my first time attending the TAPS Suicide Survivor Seminar, and it is an experience like no other.
11/26/2012 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2012/2012sep-booker.jpg)
I didn’t take into account the day before the “Last Day” of our lives. It hit me harder than a ton of metaphorical bricks.
9/5/2012 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-booker.jpg)
I truly believe that his death was not a suicide but indeed a Medicinally Induced Death.
7/8/2012 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2012/2012jun-booker.jpg)
We must realize that our friends and family are just trying to figure out how to help us cope with our loss and that they do genuinely care and love us.
6/4/2012 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2012/2012jun-booker.jpg)
I would like to welcome you to my world of wonder, wisdom, and widowhood. I am Mrs. Shanette Booker, wife of USMC Sgt. /USARMYSSG.
4/20/2012 - Shanette Booker