This memorial website was created in memory of Shelly Macy, 52, born on June 25, 1962 and passed away on November 27, 2014. We will remember and miss her forever.
The site is currently being choreographed, but I wanted to put it out in the universe for us to share our memories and rejoice in her life.
Please post your stories, memories, and pictures so we can celebrate her magnificent life.
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." -Emerson Ralph Waldo
Tributes
Leave a tributeShelly. I will never forget you. How can I when I have known you since you were born. Loved you so much while you were growing. Up Saw you almost every day because I worked at the dance studio
You went on to become the best dancer ever. Now your girls are following your footsteps.
Love you and always in my prayers.
S.
Never to be forgotten, an angel guide for all she left behind!
Happy Birthday Shelly
One last time, here is the essay that I wrote in your honor.
"How can you, a doctor, whose duty it is to study man and who has more opportunity than anyone else for studying human anatomy - how can you fail to see the character of the man in the whole story?"
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Diagnosis after diagnosis, test after test. Thousands of tiny numbers. After hours of organizing cancer patient data, I find that the names beside each data set gradually blend together and become forgotten as negligible details in a greater scientific endeavor. Doctors discuss cancer in such an objective manner, because it is in fact a disease identified by malignant neoplasms composed of abnormally proliferating cells. But I do not believe that definition fully explains what cancer is.
While sorting through patient data, one name jumped out at me: the name of my dance teacher who survived breast cancer. To this day, I remember comforting her daughter as she broke down in fear and despair after having left her mother at the hospital. I remember the piece that she choreographed while ill to express the helpless feeling that engulfed her throughout her struggle. I remember her tearful expression of gratitude as she accepted a special achievement award before an audience roaring with support. Recalling everything that she went through, I look at her patient data and realize that it does not at all evoke that story, just as cancer's scientific definition cannot convey the magnitude of her struggle. Cancer is a disease that wreaks havoc on its victims in intangible ways that cannot be forgotten, in ways that far transcend its biological impact. Although scientific study is undoubtedly fundamental, passion remains key to the understanding of man, because data simply cannot explain particular phenomena regarding the spectrum of human emotion. As human beings, it is our duty to pursue scientific discovery while simultaneously seeking outlets through which to comprehend that which science cannot.
In my case, I use dance to express those emotions that I can't explain through science, or even through words. What has always amazed me about ballet is the fact that although the first ballets were staged centuries ago, modern audiences worldwide can still relate to their stories. This is because ballets are timeless expressions of those quintessential aspects of human nature that remain scientifically inexplicable. When I hear the final notes of the nineteenth century ballet Giselle, as twenty-four girls dance in unison, I feel connected to those who lived before me and experienced the same trials. I feel hope. I feel the unity of the human spirit. All of these constitute abstract entities that apply to all members of the human race, but yet cannot be touched through science.
Dance has remained my passion my entire life because it complements my innate thirst for knowledge about the physical world. I believe that science and passion must walk hand in hand on humanity's quest for progress, as one without the other constitutes an incomplete human being. Seeing a familiar name in that data reminded me that in order to "see the character of man in the full story," doctors and scientists must retain the ability to connect data with an image of an individual with feelings, because science, albeit indispensable, can never completely explain all that humanity is.
I was an apprentice and she was a dancer in many of the shows . We remained friends from Fla to CA. I remember the early struggles of being young , then she found her wonderful hubby .. Got married and had the most beautiful children , whom she adored and cherished .
Shelly was always kind and loving .. Never heard a harsh word .. From her ..
Ever ... What an inspiration ...
Even the last time I saw her in the hospital . She was the ine who offered comfort to everyone .. How amazing of a person is that . I was in awe . 7 months prior to Shellys passing we attended a memorial if a dear mutual friend . She pulled her oxygen tank behind her and heart filled with sorrow , she continued to push on and give more . What can I say .. Shelly you lit up the world you were in .. I will forever miss u .
Love ,
Melissa
sitting on my lap, holding her hand, and laughing! God is so good! I miss that little girl and the woman she became who I never really got to see much after those years! In recent months, Shelly took the time to contact me to be of some help to me in my own health struggles! I could tell that the little girl that I loved so many years ago had grown up to be a loving and compassionate woman who thought of others even through the greatest storm of her own life! I am so happy that I found Shelly again through FB! My heart and prayers go out to her amazing mother Lee, her husband, her children, her brothers, and to the many others who fell in love with her the way I did! She will ALWAYS be in my heart!
Forever in our hearts.
Leave a Tribute
Shelly. I will never forget you. How can I when I have known you since you were born. Loved you so much while you were growing. Up Saw you almost every day because I worked at the dance studio
You went on to become the best dancer ever. Now your girls are following your footsteps.
Love you and always in my prayers.
S.
Forever loved
Mrs. Shelly Macy was my amazing dance teacher, and even when we knew she was in pain she even came to teach us lyrical dance class. Mrs. Shelly will always be a part of my life forever and always . In dances at the studio , she made me Cinderella and Alice from Alice in wonderland , everyone thought that she was playing favorites but I knew that she loved everyone of her students equally. I have her to that for my first place wining trophy for the last dance/ solo she ever coura graphed while she was still with us. One time I was in a private class with her and she had brought me some costumes to try on, she handed me this beautiful yellow sparkly costume, and I Tried it on and I knew that it was amazing. And it turned out that her dance teacher had given it to her to where when was a student at my age. It felt amazing to put on, she said that the next time I preform in that costume I would do the best I had ever done, and she was right , so right that she gave me a standing ovation. Love her and miss her sooooooooo so much but I know that she will never rever be gone because she will always be with us in our hearts for ever and ever and ever.