FC: Meghan Christine Melia B. 11/07/94
1: FAMILY TREE | MEGHAN CHRISTINE MELIA B. 11/07/94 | JAMES JOSEPH MELIA B. 11/06/66 | JILL RENE SHANNON MELIA B. 07/13/66 | JOHN FRANCIS MELIA B. 06/22/41 | ANNE MARY McGOWAN MELIA B. 11/24/42 | ROY RICHARD SHANNON Sr. B. 07/17/40 | SONDRA LEE SAMS SHANNON B. 11/29/42 | MARY MARGARET MOUSSALY MELIA B. 11/23/07 D. 10/02/03 | JOHN ANDREW MELIA B. 09/19/06 D. 08/19/01 | JAMES LEO McGOWAN B. 04/04/11 D. 01/27/83 | WALTER JOHN SHANNON B. 04/21/19 | JEANETTE VIRGINIA MARSH SHANNON B. 11/17/20 | ANNE MARY MURTAGH McGOWAN | CLARENCE ALBERT SAMS D. 2002 | GLEANNA LUCILLE THOMPSON SAMS D. 1988
2: MY MOM AND DAD AT A CHURCH PLAY 2011
3: COURTNEY COMPETING IN A TRIATHOLON 2011, KATIE BEFORE SPONSORS BALL 2011, AND JIMMY PLAYING FOOTBALL 2011
5: LEFT: MY FATHER'S PARENTS AT MY CONFIRMATION JUNE 2011 RIGHT: MY MOTHER'S DAD AND HIS WIFE AT MY CONFIRMATION JUNE 2011 ABOVE: MY AUNT SARA, UNCLE ROY, AND MY COUSINS AT THANKSGIVING 2011 | AUNTS AND UNCLES AND COUSINS | THE RELATIVES IN THESE PICTURES ARE THE ONES I AM CLOSEST TO. WE SPEND ALOT OF TIME TOGETHER AND THEY ALWAYS VISIT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
6: MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S 90TH BIRTHDAY IN ARIZONA NOVEMBER 2010
7: THANKSGIVING DINNER AT MY HOUSE 2011
9: BIRTH TO AGE 2 LEFT: MY OLDER SISTER AND I ON HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL | AGE 2-5 MY SISTERS, DOG, AND I PLAYING OUTSIDE IN THE FALL | I WAS BORN IN NEWARK, DE AT 11:30 AM. I WAS BORN AT BLANK HOSPITAL ANDI WEIGHED 9 LBS 7 OZ AND WAS 22 IN LONG. MY SISTER PICKED MY NAME OUT OF A BOWL. I BEGAN WALKING AT 13 MONTHS AND I SAT UP ALONE AT 8 MONTHS. I LIVED IN DE AND TN AND MY FIRST WORD WAS "DAD" I NEVER WENT TO DAYCARE AND I LOVED STUFFED ANIMALS. | I LIVED IN CHATTANOOGA, TN AND I WENT TO 3 YEAR OLD AND 4 YEAR OLD PRESCHOOL. I LOVED TO PLAY WITH BARBIES AND WITH MY DOG. MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME RIGHT FROM WRONG. IF I FOUGHT WITH MY SISTERS I WOULD BE PUNISHED, AND I WOULD BE REWARDED WHEN I RESPECTED MY SISTERS AND MY PARENTS.
10: AGE 6-10 ME AND A RESTAURANT WITH MY MOTHER'S FAMILY FOR A REUNION. I LIVED IN CHATTANOOGA, TN AND I WENT TO SCHOOL. I PLAYED SOCCER AND THE PIANO.
11: AGE 6-10 MY FRIENDS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I ONE DAY AFTER SCHOOL. MY FAVORITE CLASS WAS ENGLISH AND MY FRIENDS AND I PLAYED AFTER SCHOOL.
13: AGE 6-10 LEFT: MY OLDER SISTER, DAD, AND I AT SOCCER PICTURE DAY. I PLAYED SOCCER UP UNTIL 8TH GRADE. AT THIS AGE, I FOLLOWED THE RULES. I MADE SURE THAT WHAT I DID WAS RIGHT BY MY TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES OF MINE. | AGE 6-10 LEFT: MY DAD AND I DANCING AT MY UNCLE'S WEDDING BELOW: MY SIBLINGS AND I AT DISNEY WORLD
15: AGE 10-14 LEFT: 8TH GRADE GRADUATION. I ROWED ON A CREW TEAM IN CHATTANOOGA, TN. THIS WAS A SAD YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS MY LAST YEAR LIVING IN TN. I WAS IN JUNIOR BETA CLUB AND HUNG OUT WITH MY CLOSE FRIENDS. BELOW: MY SISTERS, DAD, AND I ON A RIDE AT CEDAR POINT AMUSEMENT PARK
16: MY BOAT WON FIRST IN OUR REGATTA. IT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US BECAUSE WE WORKED SO HARD THAT SEASON.
17: ABOVE: MY BOAT AT A REGATTA RIGHT: MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY | I LIVE IN RICHMOND, VA. I ROWON A CREW TEAM. I'M PART OF THE MARATHON DANCE COMMITTEE, BETA CLUB, AND NHS. I AM A LIFEGUARD AND COACH A SWIM CLUB DURING THE SUMMER. I AM LEARNING MORE ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT BETWEEN SCHOOL, SPORTS, AND FRIENDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I DO MUST BE IN MY BEST INTEREST, ALONG WITH WHAT IS BEST FOR SOCIETY.
18: MY SISTER AND I AT MY GRANDPARENT'S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN WILMINGTON, NC IN NOVEMBER 2011
19: MY FRIEND KELSEY SMITH AND I AT NEON NIGHT OCTOBER 2011 | MY FRIEND KATHERINE NORTON AND I BEFORE HOMECOMING 2010