Kristie Holly Naimi Foundation

Kristie Holly Naimi was born on January 15th, 1995. She was born with Rothmund-Thompson Syndrome which is a rare, inherited disorder that affects many parts of the body, including the skin, eyes, bones, hair and teeth. She was one of six children, she had two older brothers, two older sisters and a younger brother. She was Chaldean American and a Catholic Christian. Kristie passed away on March 29th, 2016 (21 years old).

Growing up, Kristie felt as though she was the same as everyone else, just another beautiful child running and playing while living her best life. It wasn’t until she matured enough to notice the people staring at her and pointing at her while talking about her pretty much any place she went. Kristie, just like any other young girl or boy dealing with a syndrome or disability, not only had to deal with her symptoms of her syndrome and how it affected the way she lived her life on a daily basis, but had to do it all while most people around her treated her very different than your average human being. It’s safe to say that there was a point in her life where she felt very alone, unsure of herself and most of all began to lose the amazing confidence she once had.

Anybody who knew Kristie would tell you she was one of the strongest people they ever had the pleasure of meeting. Nothing was going to keep her down for long and sure enough she came to accept the fact that she was so different from everyone else and found happiness in being born the way she was. Somehow Kristie was able to find more happiness in her short-lived life of only 21 years than most people can find in 100 years on earth.

Kristie created her own motto "Stay Positive and Keep Smiling" And no matter what life threw at her or how tough things ever got for her she continued to tell herself and everyone she loved to stay positive and that everything will be ok. To live in a positive mindset about every aspect of her life rather than a negative mindset she was able to attract positive energy and people and began to absolutely love life.

Kristie loved music and going to concerts she spent a lot of her time in her room on her computer jamming out and downloading new music. She loved to read books and watch movies a lot. She started her own YouTube account to try and spread positivity to the rest of the world and she was so good at it. The stay positive clothing brand was also her idea, and she meant for it to help others stay positive and keep smiling throughout their days. She wanted to help people as much as she can, and she wanted to help raise awareness for her syndrome in the process.

Kristie as a person passed through life with flying colors and to think that she was able to do all of this with the hand she was dealt in life is something to bewilder. For all of you who haven't had a Kristie in their life, we implore you to look her up and watch her YouTube videos and surely you will be able to relate to her and appreciate her and the message she was trying to spread in one way or another.

May God rest her soul, and may her life's work continue on through her stay positive motto that she left behind to help us all stay positive and keep smiling!