Happy Halloween  / Big Jim's Mom
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remembering our angels  / Jim's Mom
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Our Angels  / Jim's Mom
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Our Angels  / Jim's Mom
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Thinking of our angels  / Jim's Mom
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July 4th  / Jim's Mom Shirley
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Please know...  / Steph Martinez (Friend)
Hi Gene... I just want you to always remember that there is not a day that goes by...that I don't think of you...!!!  There is always something.. a song... or a tv show we used to watch or something that always grabs my attention and I'm thinking of you!!!  So please know Gene.. that my love for you has never ended..nor will it!! I hold you close to me as I feel you so near sometimes..!!  I listen to your song and it brings back such good memories!!  I miss you.... you were so crazy... All the good times we had!!!  I miss them... I miss you!!  I love you Gene!!  Close

ITS HARD  / Demetrio Moreno (Son)

DAD ITS STILLL HARD FOR YOU NOT BEING HERE. BUT PRETTY SOON I WILL SEE YOU UP THERE. I HAVE MY OWN LIFE NOW JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. I GOT A DAUGHTER AND MY LOVE FOR HER I CAN SHOW. I MEAN YEAH I WISH YOU COULD SEE HER AND IT SUXS THAT YOU CANT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT ME YOU WILL SEE HER IN MY ARMS. SHES MY LIFE NOW DAD AND I WOULDNT GIVE HER UP FOR THE WORLD. I MEAN WITH ALL YOU HAD BEEN THROUGH I CANT LET MYSELF GO DOWN YOU KNOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE IN HER LIFE. I KNOW YOU WERENT IN MINE BUT IT AINT YOUR FAULT YOU JUST DIDN HAVE YOUR PRIORITYS STRAIGHT BUT I GOT TO KNOW MY DAD AS GOOD AS I GOT TO. AND I FOUND THAT YOU WERENT WHAT PEOPLE TOLD ME YOU WERE. AND IMMA BE IN MY DAUGHTERS LIFE I DONT WANT HER TO BE JUST LIKE HER DAD CUZ EVERYTBODY TOLD ME B4 YOU PAST "YOUR JUST LIKE YOUR DAD" AND HER I AM 16 WITH A BABY GIRL AND IM STILL YOUNG BUT SHIT WHAT CAN WE DO. ITS DONE AND WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO. I LOVE YOU DAD AND IM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOU SO SAVE ME A SPOT UP THERE KU

YOUR SON

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Feeling Discouraged  / Angie (Mom)

"I thought I'd be done with this grieving by now.It takes so much work, and it's painful. It's so discouraging when those dark days come. Why can't I just be happy again?"

After months of grieving, with all its ups and downs, we may find ourselves feeling discourgaed at times. Experiencing the anguish and sorrow over and over again may have become tiring. It's natural to want to "be done," to move on and feel healed. We may wonder if we have been doing something wrong, or if there is something wrong with us. Yet, grieving cannot be so easily controlled. It is bigger than us, and a much longer process than we might think.

The storm of grief following death does last a long time. We may hope for calm and peaceful seas, yet in our hearts we know that a windy day or a raging storm may be around any corner. Our love for this special person means that we are forever bound to them. As time goes on we may have many more calm days than stormy, but we need to be aware that storms and windy days are a part of the natural cycle of life, not to be avoided but to be weathered.

"I can accept that my world has changed since my Gene died. I have changed, too. I can take pride in seeing that I have survived."

I love you and miss you so much my son. "Forever in my Heart"

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My Sons Contributions to My Life  / Angie (Mom)

The presence of my son Gene enriched my own life. His sudden loss saddens me. Still, his unique contributions...the splendid music he created...continues to fill my life as I preserve his dreams, hopes and love. Though he is gone, all he gave and promised to give is held in my heart. I am grateful for the presence of my son Gene in my life. I will tenderly remember the splendid music he created just for me.

I miss you so much my Angel. "Forever in my Heart"

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From our Angels  / Jim's Mom Shirley
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Being Thankful  / Angie (Mom)

In many ways, we all would have liked to wish our tragedy away, to never have felt the heartache of our loss. Yet which would we prefer: that they never lived, and therefore could not have died, or the path we are on now?

Most of us come to a place in our grief, sometimes very early, when we can feel thankful for the time we shared with our loved one. Their contributions to our life have been immeasurable, and although it can sometimes be hard to keep this in mind as we grieve, the experience of knowing and loving them is worth all the pain we must suffer.

"The pain of losing you Gene is great, but maybe the pain of never experiencing you might have been even worse".   Forever in my Heart, Mom

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Luke / Angie (Mom)

Luke 1:78-79

"Because of the tender mercy of our God...the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."

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thinking about you  / Yanette Patino (daugther)

i have come to reallize that all this time of just waiting for you to make the

 effort and you being there was not only for you to do!

 i had to do it to. meet you half way but i didnt. all the hate, the hurt i just let

 it sat there for you to see it. i should of let it all go! for me to meet you half

 way. but i didnt. to me you are what i needed in my life maybe my mom to. idk?

 life is crazy!!i never picture me writing you or visting your grave! i pictured us 

being together like one big family dispite what everyone says.. you now?

 i just wish that i should of gave you a chance.. make more of a effort but

 i guess thats my lost and for me to deal with that right? well dad beside me

 the kids are doing good... maiyah! shes so smart and her addittude omg!

 just like me she still remebers you. i just wish i can get up 

and we all visit you. shes going to be 3 now. my little girl is so big i can

 just see you and her playing! she would love tht you probly

 would be her FAVORITE! hahah! well my boy is getting big to his n

ame is julius adrian. hes 7 months. he has fluids in his ear. but

 thats getting fixed on thursday. oo how i would love for him to see you!!

 he would love you. hes full of smile! very happy! hes crawling hes 

been doing that for a minute already hes pulling up and stuff already.

 and he says mama!! gosh so much joy but all where missing is you! 

as for me i went back to school im alomost done im working

 two job aactually. so things are kinda going good. well dad we love and

 miss you so much.i hope everything is doing good up there for you!

 love you so much!:)

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thinking about you  / Yanette Patino (daugther)

i have come to reallize that all this time of just waiting for you to make the effort and you being there was not only for you to do! i had to do it to. meet you half way but i didnt. all the hate, the hurt i just let it sat there for you to see it. i should of let it all go! for me to meet you half way. but i didnt. to me you are what i needed in my life maybe my mom to. idk? life is crazy!!i never picture me writing you or visting your grave! i pictured us being together like one big family dispite what everyone says.. you now? i just wish that i should of gave you a chance.. make more of a effort but i guess thats my lost and for me to deal with that right? well dad beside me the kids are doing good... maiyah! shes so smart ang=d her addittude omg! just like me she still remebers you. i just wish i can get up and we all visit you. shes going to be 3 now. my little girl is so big i can just see you and her playing! she would love tht you probly would be her FAVORITE! hahah! well my boy is getting big to his name is julius adrian. hes 7 months. he has fluids in his ear. but thats getting fixed on thursday. oo how i would love for him to see you!! he would love you. hes full of smile! very happy! hes crawling hes been doing that for a minute already hes pulling up and stuff already. and he says mama!! gosh so much joy but all where missing is you! as for me i went back to school im alomost done im working two job aactually. so things are kinda going good. well dad we love and miss you so much.i hope everything is doing good up there for you! love you so much!:)

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Holiday Greetings to your Family  / AV,Laura &. Our Girls Maas Family (Angel Friends )

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Christmas in Heaven  / Jimmy's Mom Shirley
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The Last Time  / Angie (Mom)

I walked away that morning without a backward glance. I didn't know that moment was going to be our last. The last time I would hold you or see your lovely face. The last time I would kiss you and feel your strong embrace.

So solid and so real, so vibrant and alive. A happy face with twinking eyes, my fine young man, my child. My first-born son, my Gene, the apple of my eye. So cruelly taken frim me, I never said good-bye. The shattered remnant of my heart is strangely beating still. With holes so blck and fathomless no light could ever fill. I don't know how I face each day without my boy, Gone is all the happiness, the love of life, the joy.

The years stretch on befor eme, so bleak and dark and long. I pray you walk beside me, son, and help to keep me strong. And when my life is over, come to me on that day and smile at me and hold me tight and carry me away.

The wind that whispers through the trees, the brightest star at night. A rainbow on a dismal day, a shaft of golden light. All these are signs you send to me, a message from above. That even death can't break the bonds of  a Son and  Mother's love.

I love you Mijto. "Forever In My Heart"

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Happy Birthday Brother!!!  / Michele Grajeda (Lil Sister )

As I dreaded today to come I also knew it was going to be wonderful to remember the good times we had on your birthday. Each day I wake up with my eyes filled with tears but hold them back and just try to remember all the fun we had. Gene, I miss you so much and even though I know you are in a better place and happy I just want to hear you one more time and see you. I know you watch over us and are with us in every move we make each day. I'm so thankful also that I have a Angel like you to watch over me, the girls, and my mom. I love you so much and miss you even more. Have a wonderful day in the heavens and I love you.

Your lil sis,  Mich

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Sending a Snowman for my Angel Friend Gene....  / Lisa Maas (Angel Friend )

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