miss you girl  / Haley Hotchkiss (friend)

Ale Cat-

whats up girl-still missing you lots.  I went to lunch with your mom last weekend-it was so great to see her.  We caught up on so many things...I had a baby girl born on April 21-her name is Aleigha Sue...But we like to call her Ale.  Well, thats all for now, think about you every day!  You know that though...love you girl!

Love always and forever-

Haley

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clay and cindy  / Cindy Hicks (friend)

I had the great honor, to spend a month down in  Tucumon, Argentina with Ale and her family.  In that short amount of time, I could see how beautiful Ale was.  Ale had a huge happy spirit and wanted everyone to be happy. It was great to see how supportive her family was with one another.  Clay and I had the time of our lives with the Capdevila family.  We have let time go by and we have not really kept in touch, but we still think of them fondly.            

 

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so touching  / Nikki (A Touched Stranger )
i found this memorial site by accident.  i just lost my cousin, my best friend, my everything!  she was 25 years old and just died in her sleep as well.  the autopsy reports are inconclusive.  she died of "natural causes" which doesn't make sense to me.  theres nothing natural about a young person just dying for no reason.  while searching for answers that the coroner wasn't able to give us i found this site and it has offered me so much comfort!

it hurts to know anyone else has gone/will go through this pain and the feeling of an unknown and sudden death like this.  but, i'm happy to get to read about others and try to find some clarity through it all.

Ale was truly an amazing girl!  that is very clear from this site.  so giving, so caring, so loving....so much to be proud of.  and to top off the amazing heart & soul she has, those beautiful sparkling eyes & stunning smile.  its like they give you a sneak peak at the beautiful person she is on the inside.

i love reading about Ale visiting in your dreams & as a bird.  you have no idea how comforting that can be to a complete stranger!  i hope my cousin does the same.

i hope you all are holding strong & keeping her memory alive. 
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TE RECUERO SIEMPRE!  / Connie Teran (amiga y hermana de alma )
Te recuerdo y hoy mas que nunk... Un año mas y cada alegria q marcas. Gracias x toda tu ayuda en todos mis momentos.... Tenes una gran familia y seguro t fuiste orgullosa de eso.. NADIE TE OLVIDA!!!. Close

Hi Sunshine  / Cecilia (Aunt)
Hey Ale,

A bird comes and visits me every year about this time. She sits on my porch bench and taps away at the window. I know it's you coming to visit. I know it's you because you won't leave until I say "hello Ale". Always wanting attention. 
Gail saw you last year as you were tapping away.  She was in shock! "I have never seen a bird do that. I bet that's Ale coming to visit you" It's so amazing I didn't even have to tell her it was you. She knew. She loves you too!
I miss you sunshine. I know your watching over us; but could you please keep an extra watch over Max? Maybe tap on his window?
Love you
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Angel Ale  / Lindsey (Big sister )
Hey ale, so its the year all your friends turn 21 and you as well. Today being your buddy wade's 21st i just wanted to take a minute to ask you to especially watch over all your friends as they party tonight, and every other 21st birthday this year. I know you wish you were there to party as well, but you now play a much more important role as thier gaurdian angel and i know you will do your best to keep them safe. I know they will be thinking of you and I hope you are their to guide them into making the right and safe choices for tonight and as they continue to grow older and wiser. I know you already know  all this, because like me, we both know everything, but i just had to write a note for eyes to see. I miss you so much and not a day goes by where i dont take a moment to look at your smile. I love you sissy.

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JUST SAYIN I LOVE YOU!  / Jordan Mason (GOOD FRIEND )
HEY ALE'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS IT IS JORDAN MASON, I AM JUST STOPPING BY TO SAY I MISS ALE, AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU, NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DONT THINK ABOUT YOU! LOVE

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To Alejandra.....  / Carrie Webster ((Visitor))


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Se me ha estremecido el corazón  / Carolina
La historia de Ale por lo que he podido ver es de una chica feliz, llena de vida, con una luz en la mirada que hacia presajiar lo buena persona que era.
Me extraño ver la palabra Argentina entre sus fotos, quiza ella estubo alli? Yo soy Rosarina.
Creo que esto es muy injusto, desde ya os brindo todo mi cariño a su familia.
Carol



No llores si me amas ...

Si conocieras el don de Dios

y lo que es el cielo...

Sí pudieras oír el

cántico de los ángeles

y verme en medio de ellos...

Si pudieras ver desarrollarse ante tus ojos

los horizontes, los campos y los nuevos

senderos que atravieso...

Si por un instante pudieras contemplar como yo

la belleza ante la cual las bellezas palidecen...

¡Cómo!... ¡Tú me has visto, me has amado

en el país de las sombras

y no te resignas a verme y amarme

en el país de las inmutables realidades?

Creéme. Cuando la muerte venga

a romper las ligaduras

como ha roto las que a mí me encadenaban;

cuando llegue el día que Dios ha fijado y conoce,

y tu alma venga a este cielo

en el que te ha precedido la mía...

Ese día volverás a verme.

Sentirás que te sigo amando, que te amé,

y encontrarás mi corazón

con todas sus ternuras purificadas.

Volverás a verme en transfiguración, en éxtasis feliz.

Ya no esperando la muerte,

sino avanzando conmigo,

que te llevaré de la mano por los senderos

nuevos de luz y vida.

Enjuga tu llanto y no llores si me amas.



San Agustín Numidia - África 354-430


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Just thinking of you  / Dominique Deery
Hey Ale,
I've been thinking about you a lot. I remember how my parents took my car away right before the musical and you gave me rides all the time.  You were the first person I told that I was going to have another little sister and i'll never forget how excited you were for me.  I remember all the time we spent together during the musical and how we'd hug and wish eachother good luck right before the curtain opened. I remember how you gave me a huge pep talk when i totally screwed up at dress rehearsal. I loved talking to you and laughing with you. 
I can't believe what an impact you have on everyone you knew.  Even if you barely knew someone you made such an impact on them.  I remember that when I was in seventh grade I thought you were so cool :) One of the teachers asked me if I was related to you because she thought we looked alike...I swear it made my day.  
I wish that we could have gone to lunch and gotten chinese food like you wanted to (you always knew how to make people feel better) and you were the first person I wanted to tell when I got asked to prom. 
Ale, you are a good person and everyone misses you so much.  I know that you are up in heaven watching over everyone you loved, especially your wonderful family.  I'm so sorry that you can't be here with us, but I know you have a front row seat and that you are watching everything with a smile on your face, because I know that you probably just want everyone to be happy.  I see so much of you in the people who you loved.   You are everywhere.  
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la recuerdo y hoy mas que nunca  / Constanza Teran (Amiga)

Bueno quizas el tiempo hizo que recien pueda eescribir....Ale se fue hace mucho pero que se yo, hoy  les cuento carlos y kim que la recorde como nunca....Se quee siempre estará presente en todos. Por su alegría constante, por su dulzura y sobre todo por demostrar ese "ANGEL" que tenia dentro.  Por eso creo que siempre la sentimos....fue reealmente un angel en la tierra y lo sigue sindo desde el cielo. 
Yo solo quiero decirles que al entrar en esta pagina me di cuenta de que si significo alg para mi en el poco tiempo que compartimos juntas ella y yo. Realmente su amistad significo y lo digo desde lo mas profundo de mi corazon... Fue una excelente "amiga, compañera, hija, hermana y humano.".

M interesa que sepan que en varios momentos de mi vida su recuerdo se viene a mi mente , pero en todos los segundos de mi existencia se que acompaña.
La verdad ya no se como expresar lo q ella mee hizo sentir hoy. Solo quiero que recuerden, que aunque tampoco los conozco mucho a uds (kim, ale, lin and nick) MI PAPA Y MI MAMA me hicieron respetarlos como una familia. Siganlon sieendo que es eso los que los caracteriza.
Carlos: por si no receurdan quien soy. Soy connie la hija de juan carlos teran y ana eestefa de TUCUMAN- ARGENTINA.
YO QUIEN ALGUNA VEZ TUVO LA DICHA DE CONOCER A UN ANGEL LLAMADO "ALE"

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She's Beautiful!  / Lori A. (Someone who is touched by this beautiful young woman ... )
To Ale's family:

Of all the memorials that I have read I must say this one has touched me deeply. I was in tears as I read her story because in the words of her mother I could see myself. 

I lost my "Aly" on August 31, 2005. She too just "died".  Her little brother found her in what appeared to be a seizure at her father's home in Mesa, Arizona. By the time her father called me at my office in Tucson, she was gone. The drive to the hospital seemed like it took forever. Alyssa was a "hot shot" firefighter in Curlew WA and had suffered seizure like activity on the fire line. She flew home to Arizona to see her physician and fearing dismissal from her dream job she didn't tell her pedatrician (who had cared for her since the day she was born) the whole story of what happened. It ultimately cost her her life. 

Like your Ale, my Aly was a basketball player holding many school titles. She was offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of Arizona but opted for the fire fighting academy instead. 

I have never heard of SAD but I am going to read up on it. To this day, I cannot post a picture of my daughter on her site because it's just so painful for me to look at her. I will say that she too was quite beautiful. Aly radiated from the inside - out. 

Thank you for sharing this glorious child with us. It's heart breaking to me that since we're strangers it takes something like this to bring us together. 

God Bless you.

Lori A. 

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Thinking of you  / Jill Krasuski (Childhood friend )
This says what I wanted to say better than I ever could:

I want to tell you about something very special that happened today...
Somewhere in between the busy morning rush and the calm afternoon quiet, a warm and comforting thought of you came to keep me company. 
And before I knew it, I was smiling...
Thinking about happy times we've had...
Thinking about what it means to know you, 
What a warm feeling it brings to share a moment with you in thought.
I know this won't be the only time this happens...
Because I think of you so often, and because you always bring a smile.
But somehow, today, thinking of you made the day so special I just had to tell you. 
~Ellen Brenneman

So many things make me think of you but one of my gymnasts reminds me so much of you when we were little. Strangely enough, her name is Allie. (And even stranger, she looks like Kolby.) Everytime I'm with her I can't help but smile and think of you.

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Stopping by with my prayers and condolences  / Cyndie (wish I knew her... my prayers always )

http://www.firstgiving.com/keepitbeating stop by to see how you can help raise awareness of brugada and other sudden cardiac death syndromes.

My prayers to Ale and her family. I wish I had gotten the oppurtunity to meet her.  She is an angel that can help save another life!

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Happy Birthday Sunshine  / Cecilia Moore (family friend )

Hello Sunshine

Happy Birthday Ale!!!!  It's been and incredible year. This year my best friend Sharon joined you and despite the sence of loss I know both of you are having a great time. Thanks for watching over her when she was sick. Somehow I know that you were there watching and waiting to guide her home.
Love
Cecilia

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Thinking of you  / Sarah Johnson (Cousin)
Yesterday on the local news, they were talking about a 16 year old girl who died on the bus ride to school the morning before. They said the cause of death was an undiagnosed heart defect and all I could think about was you. I sat on the couch and cried as I remembered the pain and shock of losing you. I pray for that poor girl and her family as they go through the same thing we have. I pray for our family that our pain is eased day by day, even if it is the tiniest little amount. I pray for doctors everywhere that they may find a way to diagnose and treat this problem. There are still so many unanswered questions and I think that is the hardest part to deal with.

Everyday you remind me that life is precious and it needs to be lived to the fullest. You have given me the strength to do so many things this year that I would not have been able to do before, such as leave Johnny and finally make this trip to Maine.

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thinking of you  / Mia Mulch (friend)
I thought of you today. I have the blue and yellow ribbon I got at your funeral pinned to my backpack. Today, the ribbon came untied and I spent a few minutes trying to re-tie it perfectly. I thought of you then... and then I came across this website and realized that it has been exactly 18 months since you went to heaven. People often ask me what the ribbon is for.. and I tell them it's for you. Close

always in my heart  / Lou
Al..... i miss you and love you.
i know it has been well over a year since you passed, but there isn't a day that goes by that i don't think about you. it's still such a struggle dealing. i hope and pray one day we will all understand and we can be together again forever.
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A Letter From Heaven  / A. Letter From Heaven
A LETTER FROM HEAVEN

"To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say.
But first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every
morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."

"It's good to have you back again, you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly, you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man."

God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do,
and foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight,
God and I are closest to you... in the middle of the night.

When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving months,
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.

There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
But together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too....
That as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night... "My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented.... that my life has been wothwhile,
Knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
Just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in you footsteps only half a step behind.

And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember you're not going.... you're coming here to me.
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Miss you SO much!  / Kimberly Bryant (One of Ale's friends )
Ale, everyday just seems to get harder as things go on.  Having to go through everything that i do everyday and knowing that your watching over me helps me get through it so much more thank you'll ever know.  I love you and miss you a lot and right now i just wish that you were here for all of the things that are taking place.  Everything is so hard right now with some people and i just wish you were here to make it easier you could always fix everything.  There is just so much that i know you could help me with and i know your doing it now but it was always easier when you were here.  Miss you so much and love you ssssooo much just wish i could see you one more day.  But i can wait tell me meet again in heaven!  Love you forever and for always...and please help me and some  of the others that are having such a hard time right now dealing with certain things.
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