Maria Shay (Carly's Mother)

Olivia Shay (born May 6th, 1952) was a Cambodian living in South Korea.

Olivia Shay
Born: May 6th, 1952-Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Died:January 14th, 1993 (age 41)

Parents: Marie Curia and Giusapa di Maggio

Relgious Beleifs: Roman Catholic

Citizenship: Italy (1952-1977), Czechoslovakia (1977-1993) United States of America (1993-1993)

Occupation: Hair styler and nail painter

Early Years
Maria was born in Florence, Italy, in 1952, to Marie Curia and Giusapa di Maggio. Her parents-strict church workers-were always supporting. When she was a baby, she attend St. Juliana's Pre-Kindergarten School.

When she was 5, her mother's job was transferred to Vienna, Austria. Her mother got a visa out of the country, but her father and her stayed in Florence.

Teenage Years
As a teenager, she had her Sweet Sixteen. In Italy at this period, it was a huge deal for kids.

She and 65 other friends decided to take a cruise around the world: six months on a luxury cruise ship around the world: best part, it was only 200 euros a person. She and her friends visited France, Spain, the U.S.A, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Persia, India, and many, many more countries.

Marraige
She married Giuseppe Shay in 1976, and had Spencer soon after. She was living in Czechoslovakia at the time. Their marraige was a very strong European marraige. At first, her mother and father were worried about her marrying an Asian man. At the end, it turned out he was a very good man and that they did not need to worry. It was releiving for everyone and they weren't so worried and more. Their marraige was stronger than anyone's in Czechoslovakia, especially since it was during the Communism Era, and the country was a Communist state, but the government did not split up the two's marraige in any way. They lived a very, very, happy, wonderful peaceful marraige in Czechoslovakia.

Death
The pregnancy of her second daughter was hard on Maria. She had numerous troubles, and she and her husband decided to move to Seattle, U.S.A, due to better hospitals there. She layed in bedrest for months during the pregnancy, with her face strained out and her screaming and wondering all day. When the baby was being put into labor, hundreds of doctors helped, and put her on anastasia, gave her many drugs, kept her eyes shut, and gave her lots of vaccines and shots. When the baby was born, her life line went down and she died. Her death was devastating to everyone, and Carly's father decided not to tell her about her mother. Carly thinks her mother is working in the military, too, divorced and has six more kids. He did that becuase he did not want Carly to think that it was her fault that her mother died, just because she died in childbirth.