Wendi Dawn Sims, age 39

Lost to gun violence on February 14, 2017 in San Angelo, Texas.

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  • Nickname:
    2 Nin
    1 Nini Dawn
  • Number of children:
    1 two children — a 20-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old son
    1 2 grandchildren
  • Personality:
    1 Beautiful soul , very kind and giving
    1 Had the biggest heart and sweetest soul
    1 Never met a stranger
    1 Please remember who she was in her happiest of days
  • Occupation:
    1 Stay at home mom and grand mother to her lil princess
    1 Mother, daughter, sister, grandma, friend
    1 Creative at everything
  • Workplace:
    1 Her work...helping people! Always helping people!
  • Schools attended:
    1 Seminole High School
    1 Howard College Nursing School
  • Comments:
    1 Wendi will be forever loved and remembered always
    1 May the angels hold you close and sing you a happy song...
    1 Our hearts hurt so bad. We miss you and love you!!
    1 Too Beautiful For Earth!
    1 Wendi loved her children and grand baby. She loved her mom and siblings so much!
    1 My heart hurts so bad , I miss you baby girl I love you forever ... mom
    1 May the Angels Protect you!
    1 I'm letting you go on that walk, Nin! I will be ok! I love you!
    1 Always and forever in my ❤ mom
    1 I miss you, Nin! The world is a little bit empty with you not here.
    1 You should still be here...you taught us how precious life truly is, Nin
    2 I love you, Nin!
    1 I love you baby girl .. mom
    1 Nin, Mom needs you, please come to her! We love you!!
    1 It has been a little over a month since I last heard your voice. Feels like eternity.
    1 Miss you everyday always and forever .. mom
    1 ❤❤❤❤
    1 I am being your voice. I am completing your Legacy. Then, I will let you go, Nin
    1 Love and miss you always and forever ❤mom
    1 Today you are heavy on my heart. If only a quarter could have made you stay.
    1
    1 Nin, I hope you know all the things I never said in my heart. i miss you
    1 The hardest thing knowing you are gone, is the world kept going
    1 Simply wish for one more day with you....miss you, Nin
    1 Wishing you were here ❤️ .. mom
    1 I miss you...I would have saved you!
    1 2 months and 2 days ago you werre healed. It still feels unreal.
    1 Today was hard love and miss you so much ... mom
    1 Each day that passes hurts a little more.
    1 I wish tears could bring you back
    1 I miss you so much! Some days I forget you're gone. I'll go to text and am reminded.
    1 The pain never goes away...we just are forced to live with it.
    1 💔🌹missing you 🌹💔..mom
    1 I look at your pictures somedays and think "this cant be real"..but it is.
    1 😘 love you to the 🌙 .. mom
    1 I miss you, Nin! You are on my heart so heavily today :-(
    1 I will never forget the moment your heart stopped and mine kept beating ... mom
    1 Why do the days seem to pass by so quickly now....
    1 It's so different now....
    1 Nin, I wish we still had tomorrow. It still feels so raw! I miss you.
    1 Happy Mother's Day!!! We miss you so much!!! We love you!
    1 🌹💞🌹💞
    1 ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹
    2 Nin, please watch over me when I drive to work in the mornings!
    1 Life seems to move so fast, Nin! It feels like yesterday and forever at the same time.
    1 I miss you, Nin
    1 Miss you so much ❤️
    1 I still ask myself why did this ever have to happen, Nin. All I can do is ask why....
    1 Nin, summer has begun
    1 i miss you!!!
    2 i hate henry r chipman
    1 I love you, Nin. I graduate college soon. Wish you could be there!
    1 I feel angry that people think 4 months is long enough to be ok. People make me sick.
    1 Love and miss you so much ❤️ mom
    1 Nin, I am ao stressed. so many things happening. Please help mom and my wife get along.
    2 Nin, I miss and love you! Sorry for all the things I never said.
    1 Why did you have to go :-( Megan needs you so bad!!!
    1 😘❤️
    1 i miss you, alot, Nin!!
    1 I love you, Nin
    1 Still hurts everyday!!
    1 I miss you so much, Nin
    1 Always in my thoughts ❤️
    1 Thanksgiving is tomorrow and my heart hurts so bad you are not here, Nin
    1 Happy Heavenly Valentines Day sweetheart
    1 ❣️🌹❣️
    1 i miss you nin!! cant believe it has been over a year :-(
    1 Happy Heavenly Birthday my beautiful child .
    1 I love and miss you ❣️❤️❣️
    1 I miss you everyday ❤️mom
    1 🌹Happy Heavenly Mother’s Day 🌹
    1 Happy Mother's day to my beautiful sister! Love you always ❤️ your little sis!
    1 Miss you everyday ❤️
    1 💐❤️💐
    1 Your forever in my heart ❤️mom
    1 ❤️😘❤️
    1 l love you babygirl miss you
    2 Merry Christmas babygirl Love you
    1 Happy New Year my angel ❤️
    1 happy late new year babygirl love you
    4 i love you babygirl miss you alot from Spike
    1 ❤️🌹🌹❤️
    1 Happy Heavenly Birthday my sweet angel 💐
    1 miss you babygirl I love you till i die spike
    1 ❤️✝️❤️
    1 Happy Heavenly Mother’s Day
    1 💕💕💕💕
    1 🥰🍁❤️
    1 ❤️🎄❤️
    1 🌹❤️🌹
    1 Happy Heavenly Valentines Day
    1 💖💐🌹
    1 Happy Heavenly Birthday
    1 Happy Heavenly Mother Days
    1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    1 I won’t let go , love and miss you so much
    1 Mom😪❤️
    1 💕🌹💕🌹💕🌹💕🌹

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