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Hey everyone, I’m Sally! I am honored to be walking on Gravel Day in honor of my sweet girl, Cailin. Cailin and I grew up together and were best friends for as long as I can remember. Cailin was a part of my family and a big part of who I am today. We always viewed our relationship as closer than friends. We were sisters. I admire so much about who she was and how she encountered and produced joy in her life. Her story is so much more than what she experienced at the end of her short life, and my dream is that her memory is marked by her life, not her death.

That being said, I did have the immense privilege of visiting Cailin in the ICU when the visiting policy was reduced to four people. It was an honor to sit with her, pray with her, braid her hair, paint her nails, and bring a bit of normalcy to an unfamiliar space. Her nurses and doctors were incredible, attending to her, doing what they could with what they knew. Unfortunately with Cailin’s sickness there was a lot of uncertainty. Witnessing and experiencing this unpredictability was diificult to process and even harder to accept.

Walking in Cailin’s honor and raising money to support cancer research is how we are choosing to reorient this tragedy. I wish more than anything that Cailin’s sickness would have been black and white. That her condition was clear and the solution was clearer. I look to a future where more is known about cases such as Cailin’s and where everyone has the best chance at life. Until then I pray her life, love, and memory lives on through me forever.

~4lyfe sis 🩷🤟🏼

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Wow!! I have some catching up to do. We are over halfway through 2026, but I am just now getting to my 2025 recap!

To sum it up, I had absolutely no idea how important this past "year of the hot dog" would be for me. I got the chance to form an incredible bond with my hot dogging, personal saint of a friend, Cailin, all thanks to hot dogs! So, my new goal is to carry on her legacy in the most iconic way I know how!

Now, you may be asking yourself, "How exactly does one do that, Giuliana?"
And I would say "Wow that's a great question, thank you for asking!"

I want to become an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Hotdogger and RELISH the opportunity to try something new. From now on, I’ll be posting to BEEF up my application before it opens in December!

Here's to a new adventure!
Hot Dog Hallelujah 🌭

Did you read all that?

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pants were cut, history was made

all for our girl 🪽

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A Lent full of life and love

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Had a great time seeing the student work and meeting up with last year’s Foundations students at the @theohiostatedesign open house this evening! Best wishes to you all this semester! ❤️❤️❤️

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You are the sweetest and brightest person that I’ve ever met. I will always miss you 🪽💖. My future kids will be a dancer just like you 🙏

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Happy Heavenly Birthday to this sweet angel! I hope you are dancing with the angels up there! 💃✨💖
God may have needed you up in Heaven, but you are so missed and so loved right here. I don’t think I’ll ever have enough words to do you and your precious heart justice… but I know this… you are light, a light that will never be extinguished and you shine that light so brightly from up in the clouds, you are JOY (I think that’s our angel word 🪽) and that joy is carried in all our hearts everyday, you are strength that you shared with everyone who was lucky enough to know you…you are love and our hearts can feel your giant hugs every single day and we know you are with us. I promise to keep carrying your light and make sure every dancer knows your legacy…Full Out for you sweet girl… always! Love you with my whole heart and miss you so dearly 💖🪽✨

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My sweet Cailin,

There truly are no words to describe the impact you have left on my life. Today feels so heavy but also so beautiful because today the world got to be brighter because of you. You were truly one of a kind. The kind of light that altered everyone’s lives you came in contact with. To know you was to be changed by you forever.

Losing you altered my life forever, but loving you also led me somewhere unexpected. Which was to faith. Through you, I found God in ways I never had before. Through your kindness, your joy, your love, and the way you carried light so effortlessly.

I miss you in the quiet moments, the exciting moments, and everything in between. I miss your laugh, your presence, and the way you made people feel seen. That was something so special about you. Today, I choose to celebrate you, your life, your heart, and the impact you continue to have on me, even from heaven.

I know you’re dancing up there so full out, wrapped in God’s love, shining brighter than ever. Thank you for changing me for the better.

Until we meet again 💕
Happy heavenly birthday sweet girl 🪽🤍

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To everyone who braved the snow and bitter cold on High Street last night: THANK YOU.

It was a freezing Wednesday, but the warmth inside was undeniable. When we spoke with the family, it was clear they were genuinely overwhelmed by the love and support. Seeing a room filled with her closest friends and complete strangers standing shoulder to shoulder for a Buckeye lost too soon was a powerful reminder that no one walks this path alone.

We talk a lot about community and last night, you showed exactly what that word means. When it matters most, this campus shows up.

Thank you for your generosity, your time, and your hearts.

#BuckeyeStrong #Community #FullOutForCailin

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Today, we said our final earthly goodbye to Cailin Joyce. My hot dog eating, line dancing, .5 taking, friend. Our time together was too short. I told your parents at your calling hours that I absolutely admired your commitment to every bit you took part in. I refuse to believe you could figure out how to do anything even 90% of the way. It was all out, always, which is something I absolutely admire about you. The words said at your funeral echoed this idea. You had that church absolutely overflowing. Overflowing with people, grief, hope, and joy. You have brought countless people to the faith who will continue your legacy. You will live on in our hearts struggling to find joy in times like these. Your fight has only just begun. Together, with you as our guardian angel, we will continue to make heaven crowded. Until we meet again in the presence of our Heavenly Father, I love you Cailin🤍

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The 19-year-old American dancer @cailinjoyce #CailinJoyce has died. She passed away on Thursday (4 December 2025) in #Cleveland , #Ohio , #USA .
We send our condolences to her family and loved ones.
#RestinPeace
Rest in Peace Cailin Mary Joyce (25 January 2006 - 4 December 2025)
💃🕊️💔

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