 Garett M. Carvalho, age 15, of Northampton Street, Hellertown PA, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at the St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill PA. Born in Fountain Hill PA, he was the son of Elizabeth M. (Andreski) Carvalho, with whom he resided and Manuel P. Carvalho of Bethlehem PA. He was a 10th Grade Student at Saucon Valley School District, Hellertown PA. He played Basketball at St. Theresa CYO until 2000 and was active in the Saucon Valley Youth Association Football and Baseball programs. He is survived by his Parents; Sister, Allysha D. Carvalho at home; Step Mother, Maria H. (Sousa) Carvalho of Bethlehem PA; Maternal Grandmother, Rose M. (Marques) Andreski of Hellertown PA and Paternal Grandparents, Antonio F. & Pureza (Pinho) Carvalho of Portugal. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 9, 2003 in the Heintzelman Funeral Home, Inc., 326 Main Street, Hellertown PA, followed by an 11:15 a.m. Funeral Mass in the Holy Infancy Catholic Church, 312 East Fourth Street, Bethlehem PA. Family and Friends may call 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Funeral Home. Interment in Union Cemetery of Hellertown. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Carvalho Family c/o the Funeral Home, 18055. Hey Gar, Its been awhile a long long while. i had the baby. Briell Rose she is adorable. Everyone says she looks like you. She is two now and getting so big and bad. Very brave little thing. we were up in the poconos when it snowed and we went sleigh riding and crashed. lol it was funny. she tells everyone you are in heaven and says hi and blows you a kiss when we pass your grave. she goes to church and prays that's cute. but im sure you see her do everything. make sure you look after her and be her little angel, come play with her or whatever you do haha. So m life isnt bad...i still live with mom and dad is having some problems butim sure he will make it though it all. its been tough on him the things he is going through, and for mom she is still trying to bury everything instead of trying to move on. i know its hard but i know your in a better place and i know your ok. I love you and miss you so very much. Just watch over us and tell everyone i said hello up there! miss everyone. do me a favor and give mom mom a sign to be strong...she isnt doing good and we dont want anything to happen to her i know when its your time to go its your time, but no one is ready for that yet. i guess you never will be but please dont take her yet. we lost you and i dont think i can bare to lose her too. We miss and love you....Watch over all of us, and of your niece. I love you Bro. guide us in the right direction. love you I love you. Allysha I did not have the honor of knowing Garett however his father left a big impression on me approximately two months ago when he was at Garett's memorial tree. He was very lost in thought. As I walked by with my two year old son I greeted him and when he looked up I instantly knew who he was. I can not imagine the depth of pain you were feeling but it showed in your eyes. I hope if you read this you know how sorry I am. God bless you Mr. Carvalho and your family. The Dragonfly Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions. Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their friend was dead, gone forever. Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what he had found at the top. When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt so warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying. So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a whole new world and a far superior way of life to what he had never known existed. Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, and explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended. But, his new body would not go down into the water. He could not get back to tell his friends the good news. Then he understood that their time would come, when they too would know, what he knew now. So, he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life! ~Author Unknown~ happy bday bro wish u were here so we could celebrate it together i miss you man have a good birthday love you man josh Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:18 AM EST This past christmas was so very hard for me... i actually went out christmas shopping and was ready to buy you a gift. I dont know if you were with me, but i visited you on christmas eve and christmas day. Its still so hard to believe that i cant go to school or call you up and you'll be there. In yearbook we made a dedication page for you...i demanded it, because you would have graduated with us this year. I couldnt get you out of my mind the week of your aniversary... it was like that was the only thing i could imagine...and i wish i could have stopped it. crazy i know, but i wish i could have prevented it somehow someway. i miss you so much, the days are so lonley without you here with me... Senior prom will be pointless without you i always pictured us going together. i miss ya Gare... <3 ya Angelina Angelina Herring wats up kid i know i havnt been up to see u in a while but i been thinking about u. today it hit me and i dont know y i miss u so much. its so weird that u have been gone this long. i bet u would of went wit my mom to come see me play football at skool and cheer me on. i just cant beleive that i didnt make it the rest of the year. i feel so shitty its not funny. everyone was so proud of me goin and look wat happen i blew it all away. i feel that i let everyone down its sucks. i miss u so much gar. watch over ur neice and my niece i know if u were here u wouldnt let them go u would be so great wit them i love you so much dude ur dad was so happy when allysha had the baby damn dude i just wish u could be here i love you so much ill talk to u later bro Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:09 AM EST Hi Garett!!! well honey its Christmas Day and your not here !!! oh how i hate this Garett!! I miss you so very very much Garett its still so very hard getting through the days without you>> some days i wonder how i do it...Not having you here Gar is the hardest thing i can possibly go through!! why Gar why you honey??? the only thing i can say is...its because of your sister...that i even get through the days...she gives me the reason to keep going...i Love you both so very much!! and now that she will be delivering your niece in the next 2-3 weeks..things will get a little more happier..hopefully she will deliver on the 1st...a New Year baby would be cool...as long as she is healthy who cares when ...i'm so excited Gar...she will bring us alot of joy..that we so very much deserve!! we have more than our share of sad days not having you here...i want you to keep watching over us and pray for us like you always do...i hope you are happy in heaven...GARETT... though we are unhappy here without you>>>i do enjoy the pictures and the memories when we talk about you... since thats all we have left..i love you so much...my baby!! MERRY CHRISTMAS HONEY !! I will write again soon...it will be 2 years you are gone on the 4th...so until then...i love you...bye...love you forever..mom xoxo Saturday, December 25, 2004 11:10 AM Hey Gar, I know i wrote to you back maybe in march or so but it never got posted maybe im doing it wrong. Anyway...I miss you sooooo much...i know your probably wondering why i havent written or talk about you to much, but its hard. Im struggling with life right now and its been tough for me. I lost the only person I ever ever loved before in my life (except for you and the rest of the family), and Im going to have a baby soon, so its been tough. Yeah I thought it would get easier but it hasnt. I really miss you being around and bothering me. I never though this would ever happen to me. Losing you, losing Dennis, and being pregnant...well I think it explains it self...It's so hard! I know when i have the baby you will come see her...you promise me that. Promise me you will look after her and protect her more than i can. I promise she will know you from day one and you come see her let her know who you are, i'll def. let her know what a great uncle she has even if she cant see you personally! I know i cant ask you to make things better or to help me get what i want, but help me see that, help me realize that i can do things and better myself. Mom has helped out so much with the baby and dad too, but the only person i want and need i dont have in my life. Im sorry for talkin about me...I had to get some stuff out that has been building up inside. I know you would listen. So anyway...i hope everything is going well up in heaven and I hope your enjoying your stay. hehe! Will you please tell Tyler we all miss him very much and love him. I think about you guys alot and I wanted him to know we all think about him and Toby has been takin it hard..so maybe he can give him a sign that hes ok and hes in a better place. You guys have fun up there...no racing cars or partying haha. I dont know how im gonna take the holidays this year...at lesat last year i had someone to talk to about you and cry and lay with...this year i have no one, and im pregnant...so it dont help lol. very emotional. haha ok Gar I love you and miss you soooooo much...Please please please look after us all, the baby, and everyone else!! I'll see you when i get there!!! I'll try to write before the holidays get closer, and then when i have the baby!!! I love you and miss you sooo very much!!! Love always and forever your sister, Allysha Monday, December 06, 2004 9:32 PM EST HI GAR...ITS MOM...I MISS YOU MORE TODAY THEN YESTERDAY!! GAR I'M STILL CRYING ALL THE TIME...I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH...TOMORROW ITS 23 MONTHS AND RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS...I WANT YOU HOME GAR...I'M SELFISH BUT I CAN'T HELP IT...EVERYDAY THAT GOES BYE IS JUST ONE MORE CLOSER TO GET TO SEE YOU...I HOPE YOU ARE OK GAR...I HAVEN'T FELT YOU AROUND ME TO MUCH IN OUR NEW APARTMENT AND I MISS THAT ALOT!! BY THE WAY..YOU KNOW HOW YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME AN UNCLE?? WELL YOU WILL BE ONE IN JANUARY...ALLYSHA IS DUE WITH YOUR NIECE!! SHE WILL KNOW YOU GAR...I PROMISE YOUR PICTURE WILL BE SHOWN TO HER EVERYDAY...AND I KNOW IN YOUR OWN WAY YOU WILL MEET HER BEFORE WE SHOW HER YOUR PICTURE!!JUST LIKE HOPE....WHEN WE DID SHOW HER YOUR PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SHE COULD DO WAS SMILE AND SMILE...BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY INTRODUCED YOURSELF TO HER...I KNOW THAT...WELL HONEY THIS IS STILL VERY HARD FOR ME TO DO...I'M CRYING REALLY HARD AS I'M WRITING!! SO..HONEY WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERYDAY HOPING YOU WILL TELL US YOU ARE OK...I HOPE THAT DAY COMES REAL SOON...CUZ I REALLY REALLY MISS YOU ALOT!! I STILL ASK WHY MY BABY GOD WHY...NO ANSWERS!! ONLY HEART ACHE..WELL YOUR MEMORY WILL BE WITH US FOREVER ..ALONG WITH YOU AS MY ANGEL WATCHING OVER US...OH ONE MORE THING....JOHN GRAFF AND FAMILY HAD A FIRE TONIGHT...A BAD ONE...NOBODY WAS HURT BUT HE AND THE OTHER TENANT LOST EVERYTHING...OH SO SAD...YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEELS SINCE IT HAPPENED TO US ONCE...JUST SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM AND US...PLEASE!! AND KEEP WATCHING OVER US LIKE YOU DO...THERE ARE TIMES I KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ME..I SWARE I HEAR YOUR VOICE...LIKE YOU WERE REALLY NEXT TO ME!! WELL HONEY BE HAPPY...I LOVE AND MISS YOU...MY BABY...LOVE YOU MOMMYXXOOXXOO Friday, December 03, 2004 10:06 PM EST Garett, No matter how long you've been gone, the pain and sorrow will never go away I still to this day have the same pain that I had the first dayI heard about your passing. I wish you could be here with me sharing my life with me like you used to, but I know your in heaven watching what I do and making sure I do the right things. I wish you could be here with me through my first year of high school.....watch out for me ok Garett? Well I love you and miss you!! Rest in peace *sam* Garett, I didn't know you but I know that so many were affected by you. I met a young man at the cemetery last week when I was there to visit a good friend of mine that I lost. He was just standing there by your headstone and he looked so sad. When I asked him if he was ok he said that his friend died and that he hated it! I tried to reassure him that it is alright to be upset about what happened but he needed to know that you were ok and in a much happier place. Please help him realize what I also struggle with that the loss of such a young, wonderful person in one of the hardest things to deal with but let him know that you are well and you will one day see him again. My heart is very heavy when I come the cemetery because I like so many in your life suffer an immense loss. I always see people visiting with you when I am there. I do find happiness in the fact that you are so loved by so many people. I hope that you are at peace. God bless you and all that love you. I know you dont know me. I was Josh's girlfriend. He has said so many great things about you. And i know he thinks about you a lot! He really misses you. And i remember whenever him and i would talk i could tell when he was a little down, and i knew he was thinking of you, i knew he was missing you. He told me that his decktop was a picture of you. I guess the reason why I'am writting you is cause i want to ask a favor of you. Please give Josh a sign that i am true to him. Please make him happy. Watch out for him. Dont let him do anything stupid that he'll regret. Thank you Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:27 AM EST Hey Garett, Its really hard for me to come herre and write to you because everytime I write all I do is cry and cry because there is not a day that passes that I dont miss you, in fact with each passing day I miss you more and more, but also with each passing day thats one less day I have to wait to see you again in Heaven. I know you up there workin' magic for me and Tyeler....thanks....things have been really good for the two of us, we cry alot together because we both miss you like crazy! I come here and write to keep your spirit alive, because I truley loved you Garett with all my heart. I know its selfish to want you back here with me but I can't lie....everyday I wish you were here again because me and you always had so much fun, I just want it to be like old times again! Things were so good with you around, you always helped me no matter what....always there!! I love you and always will! Its still hard to look at the pictures of you in my room and I looks back on the day you died like it was yesterday! We all truely know now that god only takes the best but a part of all of us went with you when god came to get you! You used to tell me everything was gonna be ok....I don't have you to tell me that anymore, but I just look at the pictures and I can hear your voice telling me that everything's gon be just fine! I love you Garett and MISS you more than anything!!! Watch over us and smile down on us!! I love you forever!! xoxoxoxxo Monday, April 19, 2004 3:44 PM EST I grew up with you, litteraly, and over the past year it has been very lonley without you. It's like i lost my brother and my best friend. I don't know what my life would have been like without you in it my first 15 years, but i am thankful that i got to spend those 15 years with you. You made me smile, laugh, and sometimes you even made me mad, but when it came down to it, you were my best friend and i loved you. A famous quote i once heard has never had such an impact on me until this past year came. It said, "sometimes there is no tomorrow, because it does not come, and there's only now." Now that you're no longer hear physically i get what that quote means, but i still believe everytime i look over my shoulder you're right there, next to me, smiling and telling me that everything is ok...that you're there to protect me and that you love me. well, i just want you to know that i love you, and i am glad that you and i shared the times that we did. i cherish them deeply. and your spirit will live on in me, cuz you're in my heart always and forever babe. Angelina Herring Hey Babyboy, Tonight has been one of the hardest nites since you are gone. Me and Tyeler sat on the phone cryng and it was so hard to hear everything he was sayin about you......he really misses you baby, he wants to be wit you, tell him somehow that your ok and that its ok to go on wit life! I love you Garett and I miss you more than anything in the world!! I wish everyday that you could be here with me!! I can't wait till the day we meet again, but untill that day, Keep it real home boy!! Watch over everyone!! We ALL love you and miss you so much!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXO Sam Hey Babyboy, I sit herre n i think what me n you woulda been doin cuz today woulda been your 17th birthday...dayum!! Its hard to have all these days pass by without you here to share my life wit!!!! I know you prolly up there in heaven right now partyin big lol!!!! I wish you could be herre cuz i woulda threw a bangin party for u!!!! I trip off the fact that you aint herre.....EVERYDAY!! i miss you so much boo!!! not a day goes by that i dont think about u n miss you!!! everybody tells me ur off n a better place n i know that its tru but i need u herre with me, becuz i cant see my life without you! I know i need to go on becuz thats what you would have wanted me to do, but send me a sign that you hear me, n r with me 2!! I never woulda thought things would have happened like this, but god wanted them 2 be this way, watch over me, n your family!!! remember your forever in my heart and i'll love u till forever, HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY.....REST IN PEACE.....LOVE SAM Hi Garett!!! Well its your 17th birthday and unfortunetly you are spending it in your new home heaven....Well Garett its very hard not having you here with us to celebrate..We had a mass today at Holy Infancy in your memory Garett...It was nice..even search and nate came to pray with us!! of course along with me your sister, aunts, cousins, and some of your good friends...well Garett i guess by now you know how much you are loved and missed!! It was one of those really hard days without you Gar,...not a minute of any day goes by without a thought of you..memories...your smile or our love for you that i constantly miss...I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH GARETT IT HURTS..I CAN ONLY BELIEVE YOU ARE HAPPY IN HEAVEN...I need to believe in heaven as paradise or i would go crazy...WELL I HOPE YOU ARE CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY GAR...SO HERE IS A BIG HUG AND KISS {XXXOOO} AND A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR YOU GARETT..BE HAPPY AND PLEASE SMILE DOWN ON US...AS YOU ARE MY GAURDIAN ANGEL WHO IS WATCHING OVER US..WE BELIEVE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARETT!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU...LOVE ALWAYS MOMMY XXXOOO BYE FOR NOW...HOPEFULLY I WILL WRITE TO YOU AGAIN SOON...LOVE YOU!!! Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:41 PM EST GaR-- wow- its been a little over a year and i cant believe it. there is so much stuff goin on that i wish you were here to help me through. i miss your smile and everything about you. PuRpLe... where do i start? i was out last night with ricky and some of the boys- and we all talked about you. it was so cute listening to what they all had to say about you. I know when you saw us in church with the portugeese mass on your 1 year you were probably up there laughin at us, i wish i could understand that language, haha. Can you believe its junior year? Whats gunna happen for prom? I still reminise and remember everything when we used to hang out and be together... and all the good and uncountable times they were. Recess... getting married, ur dads house, 1st kiss... and all those memories are with me forever. i wish i could bring you back here but i know i cant... your my guardian angel... look out for your mom and keep her close to your heart and safe- she needs you- your here baby. i love you kid. >> miss you < Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:09 PM EST Hey Gar, Its a year today that you left all of us...but it seems like it was yesterday when all this shyt happened. I can't express how much I miss you. You truly touched my life and so many other peoples lives. I've went through so much stuff since you passed away. My life hasn't been the same and i don't think it will ever go back to the way it was when you were here. I know that we're gonna meet someday and I know you'll be waitin' there for me but its so hard to go on without someone who has touched your life so much. I just want you to look out for everyone and take care of your mom and family.....your cuzin Tyeler needs it...look out for him extra for me baby....thanks what you did for me and him!!!! Garett, I love you with all my heart. I never thought i would have to come to a funeral page to talk to you, thats such a hard thing to do. I sit here and read all these letters people write to you and i cry, you were really loved!!! Me and you had so many good memories....remember that time up at Dimmick with my cousin? We could have had so many more but god took you away from us....we might not know why but there is a reason, there's a reason for everything, because he only takes the best...and now hopefully he's taking care of you!!! Just please watch over us because your goin' to be in my heart forever and remember Garett....I'm ALWAYS going to love you!!! Love, Sam Here's a poem for you........ A year ago you went away Hey Gar its been a while. I think of you and I feel sadness in my heart that your gone, but at the same time I have to smile. I watched you grow in so many ways and you touched my heart as well as my family's heart. Their where times you drove me crazy crying for mom, but when you smiled it was all worth it.When I would watch you your laugh would just brighten my family's day and when I looked into those baby blues I always gave you your own way. Those baby blues melted me.... It's been a year and I know you are looking down watching over everyone and praying for us as we are praying for you.I spoke with your mom a little while ago and her heart as well as your dads heart is hurting over your being gone. Please watch over them and continue to be that angel you always where. I love you and miss you. I will write soon and I will keep praying for you and everyone you touched. Love, Lynn Doklan Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:18 PM EST TO MY BABY...HI GAR ITS MOM...I'M TRYING TO TYPE A LITTLE TRIBUTE BUT ITS SO HARD I JUST KEEP CRYING AND MISSING U SO MUCH...ITS A YEAR TOMORROW AND I'M HURTING AS IF IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY...I LOVE YOU SO MUCH GARETT!! I'M TRYING...ITS A YEAR AGO TODAY THAT YOU PASSED AWAY...WHY...WHY MY GARETT...LISTEN... YOUR SMILE IS GONE FOREVER, AND YOUR HANDS WE CON NOT TOUCH; HONEY I MISS YOU MORE THEN WORDS COULD EXPRESS..WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A HOLIDAY WITHOUT YOU HERE. I KNOW YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN...BUT GAR I WANT YOU HOME..AND I KNOW THATS NOT POSSIBLE BUT...I HURT SO BAD WITHOUT YOU..HONEY I CAN'T WRITE ANYMORE..ITS SO HARD TO TYPE CRYING THIS HARD..BUT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE AND MISS YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN...SO GAR, TRY TO BE HERE WITH US AND LET US KNOW....WE FEEL YOU, WE KNOW YOUR OUR GAURDIAN ANGEL AND THAT YOU ARE WATCHING OVER US. JUST PLEASE KEEP GIVING ME THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING GAR...SOME DAYS I DON'T WANT TO...AND I KNOW YOU WANT ME HERE FOR YOUR SISTER..I'LL HANG IN...WHEN MY TIME COMES I KNOW YOU WILL BE WAITING FOR ME AT THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE "HEAVEN".I LOVE AND MISS YOU FOREVER...MOMMY Well, it "s 2004 & i"m hoping for a good year...your mom & allysha have finally visited me....hello.....i"m only living in Florida for 6 yrs.....lol...it was a good visit. I also went home for Christmas, my first in 6 yrs. Saw your mom& allysha & yes went to see you.How i wish i could see you again... Garr, i pray you give your mom the strength to go on...even when she does not want to.Garr....show her that your "LOVE" FOR HER WILL ALWAYS BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT......Let her know you will always be with her& that it is "OK" TO GO ON....Garr...she needs to know.....IT will be 1 year since your passing& garr...she is so sad.....she is missing you more than i can tell you,more than anyone can feel.....Garr her tears are for 'YOU"!!!!How she misses you........Please look on us from time to time...know we all miss you& look "up" for you.......SMILE:) I miss ya garr... CORINNE:))) Garett.... Itz November 25 already....wow...almost a year. I look back on everything everyone says and its all true. you were the greatest guy i knew, always smiling. Its def. been hard w/ out you...but i know that your safe now.I cannot wait to see you ...so i can see that wonderful smile that once again . Love you Garett, Always and Forver.... Mandi Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:47 PM Hey gar! I have missed you so much! damn kid it is like 10 months already! Dat shit went by mad quick! It has been so hard for me to go on witout u....after u left me i lost a part of me...and that part was the part that held me together! I have gone thru so much shit since u left......and i havent gotten thru ne of it witout u by my side....and i TURLY believe dat! U inspired so many people in ur life...and i was lucky enuff to be one of them. I dont understand y god had to take u but then i thought about it and they say he onli takes the BEST.....and u truly are the best. I have written so many poems, i even gave a couple to ur mom along wit a letter tellin her how much u truly blessed my life. I even went to visit ur dad wit ur cuz Josh.....and i really did like him....but wit how bad my life was goin i didnt wanna mess his up too. But who knows wat the future holds and i mean we had so much in common, we used to chill all the time when we were little. I mean my Va remembers u by ur cheeks and ur smile. I love you so much....and that love is wat i hold on to! I hope that ur proud of me cuz i am tryin to accomplish as much as u did in ur short, but lived life. I mean i think that u touched as many people in less than 16 years than mah Vo did in his close to 80years. N u kno wat else u touched mah Vo too! And i was lookin forward to drivin wit u and shit but i guess i will have to do it on mah own and just have u there in heart.....cuz i just had mah 16th birfday on october 28th.....i mean we werent that far apart in age u kno? But i guess i just came here to type so that i could get it off mah mind about how much i care about and truly miss ur smile.....but i keep on smilin every day just to carry on ur wonderful smile! But i will see you soon.....and i kno u will be there to greet me when i do finally get there! I LOVE YOU WIT ALL MAH HEART! SEMPRE NO MEU CORACAO!!! BFFL! Love you always, Kristina Vicoso Friday, November 14, 2003 9:55 PM EST Hey Gar, ~Two days ago was 10 months.....it feels like it went by so fast, but the pain never goes away, I wish somebody understood the pain that I'm going through every day and night....missin you!!!! Everyday I wake up saying to myself what if garett were still here....what would me and him be doing right now? I try to stay strong, but its so hard to do that, because we were so close and now we're so far apart. I know that nothing I do will ever bring you back but, I'll always care and I'll never forget you or EVER stop loving and missing you!!! Your lil cuz is sumthin lol!! The other day at Dimmick they gave your dad a plaque in your memory and they also put one on the field house...I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see it but I had to be at the hospital with my cousin! I'm lost without you...ever since you passed away my life has never been the same, and I dot think it will ever go back to the way it was when you were alive...because nobody will ever be able to take your place...! I just wish that you had the chance to grow up and do everything that a teenager gets to do...but you didn't because your life was cut short, to short!!! No words can express the pain I've felt ever since you left my life, I dot ever think that the pain will go away!! I wish that I could tell you things that I didn't get to tell you and I wish we could do the things that we didn't get to do. I think that you've made me a better person. Garett I just ask you one thing...please watch over me and help me through life, and watch over everyone else that loved you and cared about you, they need help to. A day never goes but that your not on my mind....becuz everything I do now is for you. I hope that one day I'll be half as good of a person as you were, you were the best friend anyone could ever have!!! I feel like I cant even go on without you....but I know that you would want me to go on...and I will..just for you!!! I'm never gonna forget the memories that we shared together. It sit here and cry thinking I'm never gonna be able to go on, because I miss you so much....nobody will ever understand the pain I go through everyday knowing that I'll never see you, talk to you, or hear your voice again!!! Why did God have to take you away so soon....you didn't even get to live your life...!!! Well, Gar...REST IN PEACE BABY!!!! Take care of yourself....LOVE YOU FOREVER.....MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!~ Love you always and Forever, Sam Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:33 PM EDT Hey gar, Its been almost a year since anyone has saw u last. I was sittin here, read all of these tributes, with tears in my eyes. I miss u so much. This year at school, is no where near the way it was last year. I have been trying my hardest to stay strong, but its hard. Some days it really hurts me when i think of u, i just cry. Even tho we did agree on somethings, i think back and realize how close we really were. when we were younger, everytime u would come to my house, i would wind up sleepin over at yours. When i got my lisence the other day, i was thinkin of u, and how u would have already had yours, i could picture those cheeks, drive your dads jetta. we would always argue with each other over whether imports, or muscle cars were better. i just cant stop thinkin about u. i think of u everymorning, and night when i am lyin in my bed, looking at your picture on my wall. I every picture i have, u have a smile. Gar u will always be with me, even tho your not here, and im sure u will be with everyone u knew. U were a great kid, and will always be here i people hearts. Take care of me and the rest of the family. Luv ya cuz Jeremy Frey Hey gar! Oh man I miss you! There's so much going on that I wish you could be around for, to laugh and cry about. We really need your help and I know you're trying! But I just wanted to say thanks for everything and I love and miss you a lot! We all do. Watch out for us gar 'cause we all need some help. I started school this year…Im finally I freshmen! Ha-ha! I miss seeing you after school every day and playing ball with you. But guess what?! I'm playing varsity this year!! I honestly can say all the times you used to beat me, made me a better player! Thank you for that! Love always, Hey Gar, i'm doin what ur mom asked me to do baby!!! keep writing to u!! anything for my boo!!! They planted the stuff for u you!!!! Its so hard!! so very hard to start the new school year knowing that u aint gonna be there to start it wit me!!! i dont wanna do it wit out u!! but i know that you gonna be there watchin over me and helpin me get through my life!!! my bro is havin some really bad times right now!!! watch over him for me garett...i kno u would do anything to help sumone...and i would do anything to see your face and have you here with me!!! i wish so bad that god wouldnt have taken you away!!! i cry all the time for u ...my hurt is never going to go away!!! I miss you so much!!!! i wish you could be here this weekend to meet all my family from CT!! I know ur gonna be there wit me in spirit!!! Baby take care of your self up there!!! I LOVE YOU!!! MISS YOU!!! Sam Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:34 AM EST Hey Baby, I jus missed you a lot today jus' sittin herre thinkin about u boo!! i love you so much and i started talkin to your mom more...she's a wonderful person!!! you had a wonderful mom gar!!! I miss u tremendously! Not a day goes by that i dont think bout u and what we could be doin together!! i love you so much baby!!! its so hard to live my life but everything i do now is for you baby!! cuz i know you would want me to go on and live my life..lemme tell u its hard witout u but i'm tryin!! i'll never forget it you baby!!! i pray for u and ur fam everynight1! i hope you listen to me!! i'll never stop missin you111 one luv baby boy!!! Love always, Sam Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:05 PM EST hey baby boy!! Every time i write in this it seems to b the only day i really relieze that your gone. I don't know why either mayb its cuz i kno theres not gonna b anymore laughing with you, no more hanging out, no more of ur smiles, no more anything, just the memories i have of you. And for some reason i feel like our on some long vacation and when school starts up or when i pass ur house or when im just driving around i think i'll see you, but i know i wont happen n i know its not the truth. I guess it just sounds better then the truth. I hate to relieze ur gone and that i cant do anything about it, that no one can do anything about it. I would give anything to bring you back and i hate the feeling i get when i know it can't ever happen. See you weren't some teenager that hated life and everything about it or some kid that always was left out. You were the complete opposite; you were full of life and love, you were amazing. Whenever there was a group of people you were in the center and when there was some1 laughin u were makin em laugh. See we all hit the same big milestones in our life, we learn how to walk and talk then we go to kindergarten and then comes middle school and then we get to the big one; the highschool. We feel so grown up cuz we're actually in our last years of school (not counting college), everything exciting happens there. We learn how to drive and then we crash our car into a fence because we're let for curfew, we go to parties and the prom and then that special night happens when we graduate. We leave the comfort of our everyday lives, to go into a world and either go to college and then start a life or work and start a life. We become grown-ups and then at 21 we can drink and then we find a girlfriend or boyfriend and fall in love with them. We get married and start a life together and we have a family together. Then our kids grow up and then we get the special name grandma and grandpa. See you got to 10th grade, i just don't understand why you couldn't have gotten farther. Why so young?? You didn't get ur license and crash ur car into a fence because ur late for curfew or to go to your junior and senior prom or graduate or go to a graduation party. You didn't get to go to college or have a job, you didn't get to 21 and have party and get drunk that night, you didn't get to find a beautiful wife and have great kids. And i don't understand why. You had all these milestones that you still didn't hit. You were still a baby. I'm sorry. People wish to have a friend like you and i was one of those lucky ones cuz i got to experience having you as one. You were that one in a million and i'm glad for the time we spent together and the memories we shared. On the day that marks a year since you left i'm gonna do something special i don't know what yet but I'm gonna pay you back and get everyone that knew you together and do something special in your memory. Never think for a minute we don't think about you, cuz we do all the time. Just smile up there and don't change. I love you and your always on my mind.I'll keep in touch with yah steph m.m. Garett, I hope that one day I will be half as good of a person as you were. Always there for people no matter if you liked them or not. You had a kind heart and a warming smile that could make anyone, even the maddest person in the world, feel better. All I keep asking myself is why? I know I will never know the answer to that question. You had your whole life to live yet. The memories that we've had keep playing over and over again in my mind. I cry everyday for you because I would give anything to see you and my grandfather again, if you see him up there baby tell him I love him!!! I know that crying will never bring you back, nothing will. I keep seeing you in my mind that day at the funeral home laying there so lifeless, it was so hard for me to see you like that. We had so many more things to explore together. I don't think that I've ever cried so much in my life before. Those two days at the funeral home and at your funeral was horrible, I miss you so much!!!! I will never stop missing you!!! I just wish that some how I could see you again and tell you the things that I didn't get to tell you. I pray for you and my grandfather, hoping that god is taking good care of you both. I wish that I knew an answer for my question, why at such a young age did you have to leave us? You were such a happy person, always full of life and always ready to give advice or help somebody. I wonder what we would be doin' right now if you were still here; it would probably be jus' like old times. Everybody knows how much you were loved, by the SO MANY people that came to pay their respects to you Garett, its unbelievable how you touched so many peoples lives like you did. We had so many plans together that baby, what am I gonna do??? God proved to us that he only takes the best. I can just picture you in front of me, talking to me, laughing with me. and the way that you used to run up to me and give me hug every time you would see me coming and flash that BEAUTIFUL smile at me, boy do I miss that a lot!! I need you by my side I miss everything that you did for me, we were supposed to grow old together!!! There's no doubt, NOBODY will ever take your place, you were a one and only!! Everything that I do in life is for you, I feel like I can't go on without you because you were the one that helped me with the soooo many problems that I had in my live, but I know that you would want me to go now, for you!!! You were like the best friend I ever had, I'll never forget you or the memories that we had together. My kids and grandkids (dang can't imagine myself wit kids and you not being able to see them) are going to know about you and what a great person you were. I'm gonna love you forever baby!!!!! I'm thinkin' about you always!!!!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU FOREVER!!!!! PLAY ON PLAYA!!!! ONE LUV!!! ~1~ XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO Sum body that misses you alot!!! Hellertown, Pa Thursday, July 10, 2003 Yo Gar, Woah Baby where do i start? I miss you so much!!!! Its been so hard to live my life knowin that you aint in it anymore and to wake up and know i won't be able to see or talk to you ever again. I am always thinking about you and thinkin what we would be doin if you were still here wit me. I didnt get to tell you alot of things i wanted to tell you. I want you to know that everything i do now is for you. I miss they way you were always there for me and helpin me when i had problems wit my bro.hehe!! I can still remember that HORRIBLE day like it was yesterday...it keeps replaying over and over again in my mind!!!! You were a really great person that touched soooooo many peoples lives. You were always givin advice and helpin people out!! So baby Rest In Peace and Remember that i LOVE YOU and Am ALWAYS thinkin about you and missin you!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU ALWAYS!! S and M Hellertown , Pa Tuesday, July 08, 2003 hey kidd! tomorrow's gun b 6 months since you left this world and went to ur new home up in heaven.. jeeze 6 months! half a year..its weird thinkin bout that yah kno? I remember the day you left like it was yesterday. I remember everything to that day.. my heart was broken and still is. i never cried as much as i did. we had so many plans together baby! we were gun do so much this summer and the rest of r lives..me and you- we were gun hang out til we got old, wrinkly n had to wear diapers..we were gun b friends til the end boy and i hate it that it couldn’t b the way we planned. But when I get to heaven we'll meet up and hang out like we were supposed to. I sometimes think what I'd b doing if you were alive right now..if we'd hang out like r plans or if we'd drive around when you got your license. It seems like life shouldn't go on since you left.. you were soo full of life and so wonderful that it makes me think why should I live my life if you didn't get to die old. But then I realize i gotta live my life cuz I kno that’s what you'd want me and everyone else to do. We don’t plan for this 15 year old to leave our lives suddenly one day, I don't think anyone does or could. But life's like a road it gives yah bumps or rocks or even potholes that we have to get threw..and sometimes we'll get a flat and we have to change a tire and we'll cry thinking we'll never get threw it, but a light will shine and it'll b you smiling like the good old days and helping us threw a jam. You've always been good at that and i'll always remember you as one of my best friends. Sure we didn't hang out as much as we wanted to but we did have plans and just time ran out but it'll happen one of these days im not scared about that one. I always think about you and i miss you so much. keep rememberin that we can feel when your smilin up in heaven, thats what makes us keep on smiling.. so keep it up and dont stop keepin us company with your heart aching smile baby! i love you kidd i'll keep in touch with yah steph m.m. hellertown, PA Friday, July 04, 2003 Yo Gar, Itz almost 6 months dat you been gone. Everbody misses you so much. You will never be forgotten. We know dat you in a betta place watchin down on all of us. I'll miss you this summer chillin at da movies, da parties and you told me you would come swimmin' dat mah house this summer, i know dat you be there wit me in spirit!!! I don't think dat we'l ever stop crying for you cuz we know dat we never gonna see you again...until our time comes..then it will be just like all da old times!!! Today was our last day of school and I cryed for you because they talked about you baby!!! I don't know why god had to take you so soon, you were only 15!!! I feel like i can't live witout you cuz you were alwayz there for me when i needed a shoulder to cry on or needed sumbody to talk to about my problems, but i know dat you would want me to go on for you!!!!! I just want you to know that i'll never forget about you, i love you and you are always in my thoughts!! Keep smilin' down and watchin ova us!!! I LOVE YOU BABY!!!! Love Sam and Meg Sam and Meg Hellertown , Pa Wednesday, June 18, 2003 Hey Gar... I hope ur able to hear what everyone feels about you. You were SO loved by everyone. Its been a little over 5 months, and every day without you is hard. We are getting out of school soon.... you would have had an awesome time this summer with everyone.... chillin @ the H town pool and the movies. That was what u loved to do. We all miss you SO much.... Peace *Sum1 Still Missin U* Hellertown, Pa Monday, June 09, 2003 ~Another turning point a fork stuck in the road time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go so make the best of this test and don't ask why it's not a question but a lesson learned in time it's something unpredictable but in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life so take the photographs and still frames in your mind hang it on a shelf of good health and good time tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial for what it's worth it was worth all the while~ -Green Day, Time of your life A heart of gold stopped beating. Two shining eyes at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. Little did we know that morning. The sorrow the day would bring. The end was sudden, the shock severe. We never knew that death was so near. When days are sad and lonely, And evening shadows fall. We hear your voice and see your face. Your sweet memory lingers on. God knew you had to leave us. But you didn't go alone. For part of us went with you. The day God called you home. we all miss you.. i'll see ya until then i'll keep in touch angela m.m. (continued) hellertown, pa Thursday, June 05, 2003 at 16:30:28 (EDT) Hey garett.. wow these 5 months seem that they’ve flew by but yet go so slow. Your face, i can still picture it in my head and your laugh I can still hear like your right beside me. There are no words that can describe how much we all miss you. It feels like last weekend we were standing outside the movies hanging out but it also feels like it was years ago. Sometimes i think that’ll i’ll go somewhere and see you hanging out like i used to but then reality hits me. I’m so glad I met you, even if we only got to hang out a couple times, your an amazing person and if i can be half the person you were then i’d be happy. I know that for the past 5 months when the sun was shining as bright as it was you were up in heaven smiling as big as you can down on us, laughing because you got it made up there. No worries, just relaxing, skating, and doing what you like but not worrying about getting hurt or not ever being scared cuz your safe up there. Ever since you left i realized i have to live like you did, live life to the fullest. I think you know why we all still cry, when u left a part of us was taken with you. You weren’t just a friend or a son or a brother or a cousin or a nephew, those were just labels. You were this caring, loving, kind, funny, amazing, good person that little kids looked up to, older kids wanted to be like and adults wanted their kids to be like. I’m glad for the times we spent together and i will never forget them and i will hold them dear to my heart. I can’t wait to see you and begin again where we left off. Shine bright boy, we miss your beautiful smile. Have fun in your brand new home.. it must be nice up there To garett’s mom- if you are collecting donations for the tree they are planting. Please tell where to give the money to, i would love to help and i know a lot of other people would like to also. angela m.m. hellertown, pa Thursday, June 05, 2003 A heart of gold stopped beating. Two shining eyes at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. Little did we know that morning. The sorrow the day would bring. The end was sudden, the shock severe. We never knew that death was so near. When days are sad and lonely, And evening shadows fall. We hear your voice and see your face. Your sweet memory lingers on. God knew you had to leave us. But you didn't go alone. For part of us went with you. The day God called you home. ~Another turning point a fork stuck in the road time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go so make the best of this test and don't ask why it's not a question but a lesson learned in time it's something unpredictable but in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life so take the photographs and still frames in your mind hang it on a shelf of good health and good time tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial for what it's worth it was worth all the while~ -Green Day, Time of Your Life see ya later garett.. i'll keep in touch- shine bright kiddo anegla m.m. (continued) hellertown, pa Wednesday, June 04, 2003 Hey garett.. wow these 5 months seem that they’ve flew by but yet go so slow. Your face, i can picture it in my head like your infront of me and your laugh I can still hear like your right beside me. There are no words that can describe how much we all miss you. It feels like last weekend we were standing outside the movies hanging out but it also feels like it was years ago. Sometimes i think that i’ll go somewhere and see you hanging out like i used to but then reality hits me. I’m so glad I met you, even if we only got to hang out a couple times, your an amazing person and if i can be half the person you were then i’d be happy. I know that for the past 5 months when the sun was shining as bright as it was you were up in heaven smiling as big as you can down on us, laughing because you got it made up there. No worries, just relaxing, skating, and doing what you like but not worrying about getting hurt or not ever being scared cuz your safe up there. Ever since you left i realized i have to live like you did, live life to the fullest. I think you know why we all still cry, when u left a part of us was taken with you. You weren’t just a friend or a son or a brother or a cousin or a nephew, those were just labels. You were this caring, loving, kind, funny, amazing, good person that little kids looked up to, older kids wanted to be and adults wanted their kids to be like. I’m glad for the times we spent together and i will never forget them and i will hold them dear to my heart. I can’t wait to see you and begin again where we left off. Shine bright boy, we miss your beautiful smile. Have fun in your brand new home.. it must be nice up there To garett’s mom- if you are collecting donations for the tree they are planting. Please tell where to give the money to, i would love to help and i know a lot of other people would like to also. angela m.m. hellertown, pa Wednesday, June 04, 2003 HI GARETT, JUST A LITTLE LOVE NOTE FOR NOW CUZ YOUR 5 MNTHS IS COMING UP SOON...WE FOUGHT COUNCIL AND FINALLY GOT THEM TO AGREE TO PLANT A TREE IN PLACE OF THE SIGN...THEY WILL BE COLLECTING $1000.00 FOR THE TREE WITH A MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN YOUR HONOR HONEY....HOPE THIS WILL HAPPEN SOON....ANYWAY YOUR LOSS MAKES ME LOST...I'M TRYING BUT IT HURTS SO BAD GARETT...HOW WILL I BE ABLE CUZ ITS FOREVER...HONEY BE HAPPY,KEEP SMILING UP THERE AND JUST HELP GUIDE ME AND ALLYSHA !! WE MISS AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH....IF ONE DAY I DON'T CRY NOT ONCE...I WILL THEN HAVE FELT YOUR SPIRIT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP. OK READ THIS TALK AGAIN TO U SOON ON HERE..BUT I'M SURE U HERE MY PRAYERS AND UNDERSTAND WHY I STILL CRY ...SO WITH THAT WE LOVE AND MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH....I LOVE YOU GARETT WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS THE SORROW & LOST MISSED LOVE TO MY VERY MISSED SON GARETT HELLERTOWN, Tuesday, May 27, 2003 HELLOOO...A BIG SHOUT TO ALL OF GARETT'S WONDERFUL FRIENDS,AUNTS, UNCLE'S COUSINS AND MOST OF ALL THOSE OF YOU WO WERE THERE FOR OUR FAMILY,SOME OF YOU NOT EVEN KNOWING US AT ALL AND WERE STILL THERE!! YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GREAT. GARETT HAD MORE PEOPLE HE TOUCHED THEN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED...WETHER HIS HELLO, SMILE, PRETTY BLUE EYES OR JUST KNOWING HIM WHILE HE WAS OUT BOARDING,BLADING OR JUST HANGING, HE TOUCHED YOU IN SOMEWAY AND IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO US!! WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT,LOVE AND KINDNESS! WORDS ALONE CAN'T EXPLAIN OUR SADNESS SORROW OR HEARTACHE THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE REST OF OUR LIVES...MY BABY IS NOW OUR ANGEL IN HIS NEW HOME..ONLY WE WERE NEVER TAUGHT HOW TO GO ON LIVING WITHOUT HIM....TAKEN SO VERY YOUNG....THE HOW'S AND WHY'S WILL NEVER BE ANSWERED...I STILL CRY EVERY MORNING, SOMETIMES AT WORK AND THEN CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP IN YET STILL DISBELIEF..I WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN....ITS AN HEARTACHE THATS FOREVER...AGAIN KEEP HIS TRIBUTES GOING ON HERE..HE DOES READ THEM..AND I'M SURE HE MISSES US TOO.....THANKS TO ALL!! ALWAYS REMEMBER GARETT IN THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!!TRY TO VISIT HIS STONE ITS BEAUTIFUL!! LOVE ALWAYS GARETT'S MOM LIZ/ GARETT'S MOM HELLERTOWN, PA Thursday, May 15, 2003 To My Hubby Garett, Wow my love where do i start, for starters i want to say that you touch my life. I still can't get over your death and even though god took you so soon, he did it for a reason. I have alot of problems and feel so sad,but every morning you changed my sad face and made me smile. You always told me that everything will be ok, and i miss that and i need you by me, but i know your still watching over me. I know your up in heaven smiling down. You might be gone but never forgotten. Nobody will ever take your place. I miss coming to school in morning and seeing you coming towards me and screaming my name. The funnist thing was on a friday moring i had my head set on and i just started to sing to you a love song and you walked away from me and pretend you didn't know me, but it's iight i won't hold that against you. I will never forget all the time on our way to vo-tech, you screaming my name and embrassing me, and the other thing is that you told me that when you start to drive your gonna change the sign in vo-tech to 420, but don't worry i got you and i'll do that for you. I will alwayz remember you and you will alwayz be my number one HUBBY. Nobody will ever take your place. Your wifey, Vanessa Vanessa Lopez Hellertown, PA Friday, May 09, 2003 yo dawg! havent talked to you for awhile, just wanted to say whats up. i cant stop thinking bout u bro, i miss you so much. keep smiling! we will all reunite one day and have a huge party just like the old days haha. take it easy bro. i love you!! chris hellertown, pa Thursday, May 08, 2003 Before I begin...who ever keeps writing and not leaving a name...please e-mail me and let me know who you are. U talk about how well my mom raised my brother and i just want to know who you are. Thanks! Hey Gar, Whats up? well i know i havent wrote to you, its been hard. You probably think at times that i dont care...but i do...I love you and I always will. There are times i think about things and regret the things i didnt do with you. Like taken you to parties and just hangin out with you. Its not like sister and brothers hang out that much. haha! I guess i just never thought this could happen to me. that my family would ever lose someone sooo close to them, but i guess i should of that differently. I know i cant make you come back and i cant change anything, but I know im gonna live mylife to te fullest like you did. You were so young 15! DAMN! But i know you lived your life to te fullest! You had a great life. better then some kids have it now. You touched many many lives....just remember keep smiling and we all will see you soon. Hey remember when you begged and begged and begged me to stay home when i had the guys over...and jon talked me into letting you. well now that i think about it i'm glad you were there. even tho you knew you werent suppose to take that shot...yo went ahead and did. lol! but like i said you did live your life to the fullest. hehe! Dont worry...we all miss you down here, but life up there is gotta be ten times better. you have nothing to worry about! All i know is that im gonna live my life to the fullest and i know you said u wanted me to make you an uncle but...its too soon, i promise ill make you an uncle...but you better watch yourself up there...no havin babies lol! well i have your baby cousin right now. Hope Madison Andreski!!! She is sooo beautiful! Well i know you can see her whenever you want so I'm not worried about that. Just keep an eye on her. She got sooo big and she missed your birthday by 2 days. hehe! ok gar...im gonna go...im takin Hope to the carnival...and to see you!! So i gotta get goin. I love you and I miss you sooooooooo much!!! Keep watching over us and keep smiling...I'll see you when I get there! I love you forever!!! Your Sister!!!! Allysha Hellertown, PA Wednesday, May 07, 2003 HI TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON!!! WELL GARETT MY BOY..ITS NOW 4 MONTHS AND I'M STILL CRYING IN DISBELIEF THAT GOD HAD TAKEN YOU TO BE A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL...ONLY HE NEVER TAUGHT US HOW TO LIVE WHEN HE TAKES A YOUNG CHILD!! LIKE YOU I'M LOST GAR!! I'M STILL CRYING EVERYDAY...I MISS YOU SOOO MUCH AND ITS ONLY 4 MONTHS..YOU RECIEVED YOUR BEAUTIFUL STONE WTH THINGS YOU LOVED MOST...BALL SKATING AND ON FRONT YOUR VERY BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, IT CAME ON FRIDAY MAY 2ND WHICH YOU KNOW IT'S MY BIRTHDAY DATE...I LOOKED AT IT IN CELEBRATION OF YOU..KNOWING FOREVER THE DATE IT WAS PUT THERE...HONEY I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH...STILL ASKING WHY YOU?? ONE DAY I WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK UP TO THE SKY (WITHOUT CRYING) AND FEEL YOU LOOKING DOWN..I SAY MY PRAYERS EVERY NITE ONLY NOW TO LET U KNOW..BE FREE!! ENJOY AND HAVE FUN IN YOUR NEW HOME..ALLYSHA AND I WILL HANG IN THERE...WE KNOW U R OUR ANGEL AND WILL GUIDE US! BUT ONE THING BE HAPPY BE FREE AND REMEMBER WE MISS AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH..AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU....WE WANT YOUR SPIRIT FOREVER WITH US...WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TO LISTEN...WE LOVE YOU GAR AND MISS YOU TONS LOVE YOU MOM XXXOOO GARETT - TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON HELLERTOWN, PA Tuesday, May 06, 2003 HI TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON!!! GARETT - TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON HELLERTOWN, PA Tuesday, May 06, 2003 hey gar.. today's may 4th and just 4 months ago u were taken from us. 4 MONTHS! jeeze it feels like forever since I last saw your face. The closure is not yet closed, the memory of you is and will never be forgotten, the emptiness i have isn't yet filled. Today its sunny out and i know in some way your up in heaven smiling down on us letting everyone know your doing alright. I miss your smile, I miss your face, I miss your personality, i miss you and me talking about the good times we had together, i miss the way you'd say my name, i miss they way u made me smile, i miss the jokes you would tell, i miss the way i felt when i was around you, i miss you and everything about you. As a kid i only thought that old people died, they died of disease or old age but i NEVER EVER thought that a kid so amazing, loved and loving would be taken so young or so quick. There's not one book or one person in this whole entire world that can prepare someone for the death of a close friend. It's so hard but each and every day i always think that I'm one day closer to meet up with you again. Some way your reading all these entries and know how much we all miss and how much u were loved. I pray to you every night i hope u can hear me..i dont think i ever got to thank you for the things you taught me and for that i owe you so much. I'm going to carry those teachings with me for the rest fo my life and pass them on to my kids. Your mom is lost, i dont really see her around that much but when i do she looks lost. I'm always too afraid to go and tell her this myself but i want her to know that when raising you she did something so right, because u were this amazing kid. I only wish my kids turn out like you and that I can raise them as well as your mom raised you. Thank you garett for being in my life and changing it to make it soo much better. I Love You so much and miss you so much. I'll see you one day soon i hope! KEEP SHINING KID *It happened so fast, every thing was a blur and everyone came by said how sorry they were I knew they meant well so I tried to force a smile and they said I should thankful that I had him for a while but now all my friends and family have gone home and I’m just sitting here with my memories all alone I’ve always heard God does everything right I just wish my angels were in heaven tonight I know theres are some things that are beyond our control but some things only God can decide but that wont stop this hurting I feel in my soul I just wish my angels were in heaven tonight* In your memory garett Hellertwon, PA Sunday, May 04, 2003 GARETT, THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU,YOU WERE "2", ON YOUR BIRTHDAY,THE LAST TIME I SAW THAT WONDERFUL SMILE YOU WERE"12"SOME 3 YRS.AGO. PLEASE KNOW I JUST RECIEVED THE NEWS OF YOUR PASSING ON THIS DAY, THURSDAY MAY 1st 2003BY A CALL FROM A FRIEND UP NORTH. GARETT, KNOW I WOULD OF BEEN THERE FOR YOUR MOM& ALLYSHA,HAD I HAD KNOWN. MY HEART BREAKS JUST TO KNOW, THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE YOU, TALK WITH YOU TO SAY "HEY" DAMMM YOU GREW UP!!! FROM WHAT I AM READING I SEE HOW MUCH YOU TOUCHED PEOPLES LIVES....GOOD FOR YOU....YOU DID ALWAYS "SHINE"!YOU WERE ALWAYS TRUE TO YOUR FAMILY,AND WE CAN ALL SEE HOW TRUE YOU WERE TO OTHERS.PLEASE KNOW YOUR MOM& I HAVE FOUND OUR FRIENDSHIP ONCE AGAIN, AS ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVE WRITTEN A GOOD FRIEND IS ALWAYS THERE....THAT YOU WERE.PLEASE LOOK DOWN ON ALL OF US ONCE IN AWHILE & LET THAT WONDERFUL SMILE SHINE ON ALL OF US. I WILL ALWAYS HOLD YOU TIGHT IN MY HEART GARETT... ALWAYS:) WITH TONS OF LOVE FOR "YOU" CORINNE FT MYERS, FL Sunday, May 04, 2003 Ayo Gar-bear yo u uno how much i miss ya u were such a great person n i loved ya so much, i still do DONT FORGET, we had so much fun at the movies wit Kristina n alla them othas. Ima so glad Kristina introduced us to each otha, u WILL ALWAYS be in mah heart forever. someday i will be there to see you so i can be right with ya, u were such a great friend..... I LOVE YA .... c ya soon hunn **MUCHO AMORE** Heidi allentown, pa Friday, May 02, 2003 hey gar! i still cant believe that you are gone...i wish that i could switch places wit you cuz you were such a great person...i had just talked to you like right before i found out what happend. i couldnt believe wat my dad was tellin me and all i did was started to cry. i remember the last time i chilled wit you was at the movies when i introduced you to heidi..and when i left you made me give you a kiss the portuguese way! (you kno one on each cheek) i will never forget that cuz it was the last time i saw you...i wish that i could rewind everything and tell you EVERYTHING that i wanted to tell you, but i cant....i just wanted to write you sumtin and tell you how much i appreciated you always being there for me...and all my grandmother keeps tellin me is how ur grandmother used to live rite down the street and i would always go down and play wit you when we were madd little! But i guess that my life still has to go on and i hope that u kno that everything i do now is for you! I kno that u will see this so just watch over ALL OF US! especially your Family cuz i kno they need you cuz i have seen them and they just want a sign to kno that you are there wit them....but i hope that u are happy where you are and i just want you to kno that i considered you one of my best guy friends cuz u were always there for me and we had some madd fun times! but just remember we all love you and always will till we meet again! LOVE YOU LOTZ~Kristina Vicoso~ R.I.P. BOLA Rep the Chops Nigga Kristina Vicoso Allentown-Hellertown, PA Monday, April 28, 2003 It's kinda hard with you not around know you in heaven smilin down watchin us while we pray for you every day we pray for you til the day we meet again n my heart is where I'll keep you friend strength I need to believe memories give me the strength I need to proceed..GARETT, oh how we miss you so much, your face, your smile and just being around you. It feels like years but its only been months, I don't know how we're going to live the rest of our life without you. We're all asking why it was you and the only thing i can come up with is that God need the very best in heaven beside him and that only the good die young, that only gives me some sort of answer. I wish i could have instead of you, but i can't turn back time cuz if i could u'd bee here with us. I've seen your mom and she's not the same without you, never smiles anymore, she need you the most please please please let her know your with her. And let her know that when the sun shines it's you smiling at her and when the rays hit her face it you giving her a little kiss. I'll never forget the times we spent together, I hope you dont either. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH! i can't wait till we hang out again. Please help us get through this easier...life ain't always what it seem to be words can't express what you mean to me even though you're gone we still a team through your family I'll fulfill your dream in the future can't wait to see if you open up the gates for me reminisce some time the night they took my friend try to black it out but it plays again when it's real feelings hard to conceal can't imagine all the pain I feel give anything to hear half your breath I know you still living your life after death! SHINE ON US! IN MEMORY Hellertown, PA Thursday, April 17, 2003 It's kinda hard with you not around know you in heaven smilin down watchin us while we pray for you every day we pray for you til the day we meet again in my heart is where I'll keep you friend memories give me the strength I need to proceed strength I need to believe my thoughts I just can't define wish I could turn back the hands of time.. GARETT it feels like I haven't seen you in years but really it's only been months. I can't possibly imagine what its going to be like without for the rest of my life. Like everyone else, I'm still wondering why it was you, I would have went instead of you. But I guess i cant turn back time, becuase i know if we could then you would still be with us. Please please please look down on us, we ask ourselves why it was you and what we have to believe its that God needs the very best in heaven and only the good die young,if we believe that we'll get a little bit of an answer. I see that your mom isn't even half the same without you, but she's trying to hold on for your sister. Let them know your there with them, show them that when the sun shines it you smiling on them letting them know you'll always be with them and when the rays if sun hit them its you kissing them. Let them know when it rains its you crying because even though your happy up there, your still missing your mom's kisses and hugs and just her company. Be our guardian angel and help it get easier dealing with you gone, its so hard. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TERRIBLY. Live your life the fullest up there and someday, i hope soon, i'll see your face and we can hang out....Life ain't always what it seem to be words can't express what you mean to me even though you're gone we still a team through your family I'll fulfill your dream in the future can't wait to see if you open up the gates for me reminisce some time the night they took my friend try to black it out but it plays again when it's real feelings hard to conceal can't imagine all the pain I feel give anything to hear half your breath I know you still living your life after death. Every step I take every move I make every single day every time I pray I'll be missing you thinkin of the day when you went away what a life to take what a bond to break I'll be missing you!....Garett i learned many things from you and i'll always remember the great times i spent with you, i'll never ever forget them and I hope you wont forget them either. I hope we have more memories to come when we hang out again. Keep us company with your smile, because i know that you never used to stop smiling. LOVE YOU! IN MEMORY hellertown, PA Thursday, April 17, 2003 It's kinda hard with you not around know you in heaven smilin down watchin us while we pray for you every day we pray for you til the day we meet again in my heart is where I'll keep you friend memories give me the strength I need... Garett we need you to watch over us. It feels like it's been years since the day you were taken from but it's been not even 4 months, I don't know how any of us are going to be able to live the rest of our lives. Still we miss seeing your face and your GREAT smile. The words can't explain how much we miss you and want to know why you were taken from us. All we have to believe in is that God needs the very BEST in heaven and only the good die young becuase if we believe that we'll know a little bit of an answer. Please please please watch over all of your family and friends. I LOVE YOU! Your mom really needs you, kiss her with the sun shine and let her know that when it rains, it you crying because you can't be with her. Shine down on us... In the future can't wait to see if you open up the gates for me reminisce some time the night they took my friend try to black it out but it plays again when it's real feelings hard to conceal can't imagine all the pain I feel give anything to hear half your breath I know you still living your life. LIE IN PEACE THE AMAZING GARETT! thanks for being apart of my life IN MEMORY Hellertown, PA Thursday, April 17, 2003 HI GARETT I MISS AND LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!ITS MOM AND I STILL ASK WHY YOU...FULL OF LIFE AND LOVE AND HAD SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE!! SO TELL ME I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU!! ITS BEEN ALMOST 4 MONTHS AND I STILL CRY AND ASK WHY...ILOVE & MISS YOU AND ALL YOU STILL HAD TO LIVE FOR & GIVE TO ALL...WHY GAR PLEASE WHY?? I CRY EVERYDAY AND NITE AND AT WORK CUZ MY HEART ACHES..I WAS ABLE TO RAISE YOU FOR 15 YEARS...SO TELL ME HOW DO I LIVE WITHOUT YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!I'LL TRY TO HANG EVEN IF HALF MY HEART IS UP THERE WITH YOU...YOUR SISTER IS WORTH LIVING FOR AND I KNOW THATS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT...SHE ALSO MISSES YOU VERY MUCH!! PLEASE BE OUR GAURDIAN ANGEL AND HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THE HELL I WILL LIVE WITH FOREVER...AND PRAY FOR US! I NEVER SMILE ANYMORE, THEY SAY IT WILL NEVER GET BETTER ONLY MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER...I DON'T FEEL THE EASIER..I WAKE UP CRYING AND AFTER MY PRAYERS I CRY IN BED...BECAUSE I MISS YOU BABY....I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH AND LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY FOREVER..YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART FOREVER HONEY! I HOPE YOUR NEW HOME IS BRINGING YOU HAPPINESS...I KNOW YOU WILL READ THIS SOMEHOW...AND YOU ARE AS HAPPY AS YOU WERE HERE WITH US...WE MISS AND LOVE YOU GARETT FOREVER...WISH YOU WERE HERE BUT CAN'T BE! SO YOUR LOVE AND MEMORY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER..I'LL SAY GOODNIGHT MAYBE YOU WILL LISTEN TO MY PRAYERS AND UNDERSTAND WHY I'M STILL CRYING EVERYDAY....I MISS AND LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!! GOODNIGHT MY BEAUTIFUL SON...I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!WHEN THE TIME CIMES FOR US TO MEET AGAIN MAKE SURE YOU ARE WAING AT THE GATE....LOVE ALWAYS MOM AND ALLYSHA XXXOOO MISSED & LOVED BY MANY TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON NASTYNNYCE41 HELLERTOWN, PA Thursday, April 17, 2003 at garett, you are missed so much by many...i pray for you every day and try talking to you...do you hear me. your numba one girl bethlehem, pa Wednesday, April 16, 2003 To Ms. Carvalho: I want to tell you that your son has touched many of lives . Its amazing how a 15 year old could touch the lives of people from 1-100 years old. You could tell he was raised well, he was caring, loving and the most amazing kid that i knew. I'm still praying that you can some how cope with this tragedy. I look at a picture of him and start to burst into tears, I couldn't possibly imagine how you feel. Be strong and don't forget that your son will always love you and he's watching over you and all of us. When the sun shines its your son smiling at us. You, your family and Garett are always in my prayers. *MUCH LOVE* God sent us our angel and its your son Garett Rest in peace little man the girl who got her life touched by garett Hellertown, PA Sunday, March 30, 2003 To Ms. Carvalho: I want to tell you that your son has touched many of lives . Its amazing how a 15 year old could touch the lives of people from 1-100 years old. You raised him well and I'm still praying that you can some how cope with this tragedy. I look at a picture of him and start to burst into tears, I couldn't possibly imagine how you feel. Be strong and don't forget that your son will always love you and he's watching over you and all of us. When the sun shines its your son smiling at us. You, your family and Garett are always in my prayers. *MUCH LOVE* Rest in peace my man- your our angel the girl who got her life touched by garett Hellertown, PA Sunday, March 30, 2003 Garett Garett Garett. With your name goes a smile. The smile was unforgettable, it was contagious. You made a sad day happy. Your an angel and dont forget to shine on your family and friends because every day that goes past we're on thinking of you. You were this amazing, loving child and no one will ever forget the GREAT times they spent with you. I'm counting down the days until we see each other again, we can hang out then. Until then I'm praying for you every night and god bless you. Thanks for being apart of my life. Lie in peace bud! WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU *just one of your buds* just one of your buds Hellertown, PA Sunday, March 30, 2003 Garett Garett Garett. With your name goes a smile. The smile was unforgettable, it was contagious. You made a sad day happy. Your an angel and dont forget to shine on your family and friends because every day that goes past we're on thinkin of you. You were this amazing, loving child and no one will ever forget the GREAT times they spent with you. I'm counting down the days until we see each other again, we can hang out then. Until then I'm praying for you every night and god bless you. Thanks for being apart of my life. Lie in peace bud! WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU *just one of your buds* just one of your buds Hellertown, PA Sunday, March 30, 2003 Hey Garett, hey hun i miss ya alot... its just not the same without u down here wit us. U where like a big teddybear so loveable and everyone just loved u around. I wont forget all the good memories we had together. Sooner or later we will see each other again and i cant wait for that day to come. I know ur looking down on us everyday and watching out for us. Lov-ya Always and forever. AMBER Amber Brown Thursday, March 20, 2003 Garett...where do i start? You were and still are one of the most awesome people i know. Whenever someone needed u, u were there. I will n/f that time when u threw me in heathers pool w/ all of my clothes on LOL And we had an awesome time at the beach last summer, throwin sand @ each other haha!! ill n/f that time ur mom let u kris heather and me take her car out and it kept stalling right outside of the movies. i miss u so much and i know that u r watching over all of us... i love u and will see you again eventually!!! Kerry Bethlehem, PA Thursday, March 20, 2003 HELLO,JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO FROM HELPING AT THAT TERRIBLE SCENE, TO THE HOSPITAL, FUNERAL HOME AND EXSPECIALLY ALL GARETTS FRIENDS FAMILY AD TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MY SON GARETT AND STILL RESPONDED WITH THEIR CONDOLANCES AND SYMPATHIES...HE WAS A GREAT KID WHO WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED FOREVER...I MISS HIM SO MUCH MY HEART ACHES...JUST TO KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE WO RESPONDED WAS VERY NICE AND OVERWELMING....I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, PRAYERS, KINDNESS AND OF COURSE THE AMOUNT OF CONDOLANCES...AGAIN WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU REMIND ME OF A COMMUNITY THAT IS OVERWELMED WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!! LOVE ALWAYS LIZ ANS ALLYSHA CARVALHO LIZ CARVALHO HELLTOWN, PA Friday, February 21, 2003 Garett, Home boy where do I start. There was a time when you and I where like family. I was like your older brother and you as my little bother. I remember when you and I use to go to the batting cage together and you use to make fun of me because I wouldn't go in to the cage because I was afraid of the ball. Or do you remember riding in my EXP, my first car and we use to listen to Freestyle music. We had a blast jamming to the skate away music. Garett Im glad that I got to know you as a person. You will always be apart of me and I hope that I will alway be apart of you too. I LOVE YOU MAN. I know that you are in a better place watching over all of the people that you got to know and we all miss you. We will meet again my friend. Until then keep an eye on everything. Peace out brother!!! Ryan Snyder Bethlehem, Pa Friday, January 31, 2003 Yo dog hehe that was always you playa!! Some people would say we werent cousins but, we were ive known you as long as i can remember and you knew me as long as oyu could too ill never forget Uncle Manny takin us to (Ghost mountain) lol all those ghosts but you were my protector you showed me how to get rid of them when i was scared and crying you always new how to cheer me up and you lived your life to the fullest you possibly could! I remember when you lived with my mom Aunt Neice and my Dad and you could never sit still you always had me doing sumthin like getting me lost at music fest hiting on my friends you always said you missed us but you kno you missed Melinda too hehe she misses you soo much as do I not a day goes by i dont think of you everything reminds me of you i kn your in a better place now. I dont have to ask you to watch over us beacuse thats the type of person you were you watched out affter all of us buddy and every thing i do in my life is for you no i love you i miss you untill the day we meet again you will always be our very best friend! (token in thugz mansion thats the way we do...); ) muah!!!!! *autumn* Autumn Swienckowski bath, pa Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Dear Family, My Heart goes out to everyone in this hard time. I could never imagine what the parents are going through right now, or for the rest of there lives for that matter. It's just the strange reality of it all that makes you hold your loved ones a little tighter at night and absorbe every moment. I know there has not been too many smiles lately, But for every tear thats cried you should stop and smile because you know thats what Garett wants to see. He is missed here on earth but needed in heaven and now we not only have a Son,Friend,Cousin,Neighbor,classmate,Student,Nephew, Boyfriend... We have a Gurdian Angel Amber Fischl pocono summit , pa Monday, January 27, 2003 Hey big cuz as i used to call u online. U r in my prayers n will always b in my heart. I remember how u called me Lil cuz n how u used to tell me to talk to Jenn for u. Remember at da pool wit all ur dawgs we used to hang out. Jus by writing dat im already startin to cry. On January 4th wen u were taken from us. U we gunna go to SkateAway wit me n Jenn. U were my best cuzin n ur smile always made me smile. *I LOve U n Miss U* Ur Cuzin Deanna with Love Deanna Mergulhao Bethlehem, PA Sunday, January 26, 2003 HEY GARETT, HOW ABOUT THAT I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO SPELL YOUR NAME CORRECTLY. THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR NAME HAS BEEN EVERY WHERE SINCE GOD TOOK YOU FROM US. THE FAMILY ALWAYS NEW YOU WERE SPECIAL (AS WE DO ALL YOUR COUSIN'S) BUT I AM JUST AMAZED HOW A 15 YEAR OLD COULD POSSIBLY TOUCH SO MANY LIVES. YOUR PARENTS HAVE TO BE SO GREATFUL KNOWING HOW SPECIAL YOU WERE. YOU ARE DEFINITLY GOING TO BE MISSED SO MUCH. NOT A DAY GOES BUY THAT YOU ARE NOT IN MY THOUGHTS. THE TEARS JUST ROLL DOWN DAILY. YOU DEFINITLY HAVE TAUGHT ME A LESSON AND THAT IS FAMILY IS DEFINITLY WHERE IT IS AT. WE'LL TRY TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MOM,DAD AND ALLYSHA. IT'S BEEN A HARD TASK BUT I KNOW YOU ARE IN HEAVEN HELPING US. WE'LL MISS YOU SO MUCH GARETT. YOU WILL BE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND BY THE WAY THANKS FOR THE LESSON I'M JUST SO SORRY IT TOOK YOU LEAVING TO LEARN. GOD DOES TAKE PEOPLE FOR A REASON. RIP LOVE, AUNT NIECEY AUNT DENISE BATH, PA Thursday, January 23, 2003 Dear Garett's Mom. You don't know me, nor did I know your son Garett. We are joined by our mutual friend Jackie. I have heard your story and it breaks my heart. I just wanted you to know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. You may be trying to put sense to this mess. There is no sense to it. You may be trying to understand why. You will never understand why. I don't know your pain, but as a mother myself, I can only imagine that this must be the most difficult thing anyone has to endure. They say God only gives us what we can handle. They say God needs the good ones in heaven. They say heaven is a better place to be. At this time, I hope that faith can get you through. Remember that Garett lives on in your heart, and nothing can ever change that! Jannice Bailey Allentown, PA Monday, January 20, 2003 garett, i wanted to write my own thing, but my mommy has to type it for me. i miss you and i love you. my mommy said that you cant come back home, but i wish you could, summertime will be here soon. i made pictures for you, and i gave them to your daddy, i hope you can see them and like them. im going to miss the bikes in the alley, they were loud but fun. i walked out to the end of the yard today, and i held my hand out, i hope you seen me, i waited for your high 5. my mommy said that in some way you were there to give me 5. well my mommy says i have to go now, i love you and miss you garett, i wish you were my brother, you were funny . bye garett love brittany brittany bethlehem, pa Thursday, January 16, 2003 Garett, Gosh, i dont know where to start. This is so hard, and at times it's hard to even cope with it. I remember so much about you, and so many things that went on. I wish there were some way that you can be here, but there's not, god needed a special person up there to help him out, and he picked you. Even though it is hard to accept, you are there, and i know that you are watching over us. Brittany has been talking to me everyday about you, she took it really hard. For only being 6 years old, she knew what went on, and it's hard for her to accept it. She keeps saying to me, mommy, im gonna miss the summer time, because when garett use to ride his motor bikes, he would always slap me 5, or wave to me when we were out back watching them. She remembers you then, and she will always remember you in that way. Garett you made her happy every summer, giving her high fives, and just being there to say hello to her, and she already misses that. I want to thank you for that though, because she really loked up to you, every morning she was out looking for those bikes, even after dinner. Im going to miss your smile, and the laugh, and just you being around. You have made such a big impression on brittany, with being so friendly, and funny, and just being an all around good friend to everyone. We will miss you alot, but we will froever hold our memories in our hearts. We love you Garett. Love TOMMY, CONNIE, TINA, AND BRITTANY Tina McClure & Brittany bethlehem, pa Thursday, January 16, 2003 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOUCHED US IN THE LOSS OF MY BELOVED SON GARETT....GARETT I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH, YOUR SMILE LAUGHTER AND MOST OF ALL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE YOU GAVE...MOM MISSES AND LOVES YOU AND I WISH IT WAS ME INSTEAD OF YOU...WHAT DO I DO WITHOUT YOU?? HOW DO I FIGHT TO GO ON WITHOUT YOU?? WHY YOU GARETT SO HAPPY SO MUCH LIFE AND LOVE TO GIVE..I WILL FIGHT MY HARDEST FOR YOUR SISTER ALLYSHA AND BECAUSE THATS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT!!! GOODBYE MY BEAUTIFUL SON! YOUR ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS FOREVER I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!! LOVE YOU MOM NASTY N YCE41 HELLERTOWN, PA NORTHAMPTON Wednesday, January 15, 2003 To Liz, Liz, I think about this everday and I just want you to know how truly sorry I am for your loss. No mother should EVER have to experience such a catastrophe as you have. Always remember though that each of us is put on earth to do a special job and we aren't leaving until it's done. Garett, at his tender age already did what he had to do and has gone back home. We should all be so lucky. You will be in my thoughts and prayers Liz. Louise (Jackie's sister) Louise Vasko Bethlehem, PA Wednesday, January 15, 2003 Garett- You were an awesome person and you were one of the few that were always there for me. Everyone misses you so much! You will NEVER be forgotten. I think about all the times we had together and can't get over that your gone. I'll miss seeing your big smile everyday when I walk into school, you always made the day so much better. I know your in a better place now, but please watch over everyone, we all miss you so much! I love you so much Gar! Kate Cressman Bethlehem, PA Friday, January 10, 2003 Garett, I don't know where to start. I can't believe you're gone!! I remember we used to hang out with Deanna all the time, and everytime I was down you would cheer me up and call me JEN MARSHALL!! I will never forget that. No one could ever say it like you did. I will always remember your smile and the way you made everyone laugh. I miss seeing your smiling face after 4th block everyday and you would always say hi, and give me a hug. I remember Mr. Koch's science class, we had soo much fun in there!! You will be missed Garett and I know you are watching over us to make sure we are safe. WE LOVE YOU GARETT!! Jen Friday, January 10, 2003 No matter what Gar..u'll be loved!! Friday, January 10, 2003 Hey Gar/Roundboy~ I will never forget all those days kris, you, and me spent at my house out at the pool. We were together 24/7! I miss you SO much and i would give anything and everything if i could bring you back. you were like a brother to me. we did go seperate ways and i am SO sorry for that. you touched so many people. you ALWAYS made me and kris make up when we were fighting, or you always made me laugh when we were. I love you Gar and i ALWAyS will,you'll never be forgotten!! XoXo I LOVE YOU! Heather Sheets~HoHo~ Hellertown, Thursday, January 09, 2003 Hey Garett... we were never close..i hung out with you like three or four times but you were the greatest! I know that you ok where you are now...a lot better off than we are...all i can remember is your smile...you had such a great smile...we are all thinkin about you...RIP...Amanda amanda nickles hellertown, pa Thursday, January 09, 2003 hey man. you were such a great friend. you showed me so much back when we played b-ball together for the church. you always believed in me and everyone else on the team. you always made me laugh when we hung out. i'll always remembr you, and i'm sure everyone else will too. *Kyle Kyle Merritt Hellertown, PA Thursday, January 09, 2003 yo home boy u my boy and what will i do wit out u man u were the man unc u tought me some crazy shit but it was all good we will never forget u man big bola u must of been the man for all thos peps that were there at ur viewing and we be rockin your shit in mems and the time at the pool over the summer wit u and i miss u big bola luve your boy search ps love kaos search willson (bustem) htown, pa Thursday, January 09, 2003 Garett~ I miss you so. I cant get your picture outta my head. AS i sit here i am looking at a picture of me and you at the movies. Now please look over me and be my guardian angel. Its hard to believe your gone. I miss you. You will always n forever be in my heart. <3 Amanda Kern <3 *****R. I. P.***** Amanda Kern Bethlehem, PA Wednesday, January 08, 2003 Garett, You were such a great friend and a really awesome person. I'm going to miss you so much your big beautiful smile and your kind heart. I will always remember you. I know that one day we will meet again but until then i am praying for you and missing you so much. Love Always and Forever, Samantha Samantha Velez Hellertown, Pa Wednesday, January 08, 2003 Garett, I don't know where to start, I will never forget all your baseball games i went to see and the times when we were little at the park with anna! i love you with all my heart. You were a great guy, and you cared for everyone, we all miss you so much, And i wish you were still here to make me feel better with your dallas jokes! I'll never forget ALL of the great memories we had together! You're Def. Still in my heart and im never going to forget you. I'll see you soon hun, But until then i'm praying for you, and your family. One Love Taylor Mastrianni Hellertown, Pa Wednesday, January 08, 2003 Hey Garett- I know we weren't best friends, but I'll never forget all those times I was running for cross country and I ALWAYS saw you around Hellertown, and we even tried to get you to run with us! You always made everyone laugh, and you're probably up there now laughing at all of us, wondering what is going on down here... but everyone misses you. People who don't even know you, Garett - they're all crying for you. Don't forget Hellertown and watch over us all. LoVe aLwAyS... Lauren* ~*~ A great man, realizing that he would be gone from this world one day, said, "Some day you will read in the papers that I have died. Don't you believe a word of it." Lauren Surovi Hellertown, PA Wednesday, January 08, 2003 There isn't much one can say to help and try and ease the pain of your loss. So I have written something because it is the only way I can how sorry I am of your loss. A Mothers Loss Written 1/8/03 To Liz Carvalho From Cheryl,Ryian & PJ Enzor We give birth to our children our pride and joy. We bathe them and feed them. We sit and watch them play with their toys. We see them take their very first step. We watch them sit and pout and see their quivering lower lip. We send them of to school each day and we answer the door bell when their friends come over and say "Can your kids come out to play" We watch them grow, we worry night and day. We cry with them when they are in pain.We scold them for doing something wrong and ask them "Are you insane". No matter what they do even if its right or wrong. We pray each night before we close our eyes and hope they will grow up straight and strong. We hope they heard everything we told them. We sit and worry did we do or say the right thing. But nothing can prepare us for the loss of our Child. We always thought they would be the ones to bury us firts. Oh God why did this have to happen, Oh how ut hurts. We will grieve for a very long time thinking back to the day they were born. The nine months we carried them, to their first step, all the colds and runny noses, all the ups and downs. But still, nothing can prepare us for the day our Child was laid in the ground. A Mothers Loss is oh so deep. My Child has been laid to rest for ever in Eternal Sleep. Cheryl, Ryian and PJ Enzor Hellertown, PA Wednesday, January 08, 2003 Garett, We miss you very much and you will always be in our hearts. "Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts." Love, Ashley & Lauren Ashley Kneebone & Lauren Biernacki Hellertown, PA Wednesday, January 08, 2003 I miss you alot Garett you where a great friend and you were always there for me. Ill never forget your big cheeks and great smile. You could make any situation better. You could always make me laugh and smile. Ill never forget you, you will always be with me. Jason Bate Hellertown, Pa Wednesday, January 08, 2003 R.I.P Garett Garett u were my cuz, but also a really good friend. All of those fun times skating and just hangin out. The best times were playing blackout in my basement, and when your family lived at my house that was fun. I will really miss u and I think every one does. U r so well known and a great person to. U would always smile and b happy, u would fall and get back up and do it again. Garett I love u wit all my heart. But one thing, can u make me have a dream of u and Dell takin care of each other in heaven. I love u Sorry Aunt liz, allysha, and uncle Manny Love for the loss of your lil' boy Love ~Tyeler~ Tyeler Henriques helltown, PA Tuesday, January 07, 2003 ~*Garett*~ We Love you with all our hearts <3 and we miss your big smile:-)! We all know that ur watchin ov'r us now and ur the best friend all of us will ever had!!! E>WE LOVE YOU ALWAYZ AND FOREVER<3!!! Frshmn hellertown, pa Tuesday, January 07, 2003 Hey sweetie! I know the only time we had together was in class and sometimes after school but boy you meant alot to me. You always made me laugh when i was down in the mornings and i will never forget that. You and i had alot of funny times and good memories that i will always keep in my heart. You were like the brother i never had and i will think about you all the time. I miss you alot sweetie but i will never forget the great person you were. You always knew how to start the party and cheer people up. I love you and i am praying you are now in a good place. Staci Carey Hellertown, PA Tuesday, January 07, 2003 Garett~ I know that nothing i can say or do will ever change what happened saturday...But i know your in a better place now, and watchin over all of us! I hope you know that no matter what, you'll be in my heart ALWAYZ!!!! You meant alot to me as a friend, and now that ur gone it shows me how precious friendships are. Remember....JENMARSHALL!!!You always knew how to cheer up your friends and make them smile! We all miss you and cant wait to see you someday...so you can make us smile once again! I love you Soooo much and Miss you Alot! Love Always... Amanda Mandi Edwards hellertown, pa Tuesday, January 07, 2003 Garett- even though i never got to hang out or just talk with u, u were an awesome person. When i would just get off the tech bus and see that beautiful smile u always had would make my day feel better. now that ure not there its hard. i would always see u in town with friends just chillin and i would wave to u. i remember that one day that u needed a ride to ur dads house and we drove u over there, and i will always cherish that day. u brightened my everyday and u will always be in my thoughts. U'll be a great gardian angel and watch over all ur family. U're dearly missed! I miss you! Robyn Reiss Hellertown, Pa Tuesday, January 07, 2003 -Garett- To my best friend, I will never forget you. No one can make me laugh like you did. Your smile always made my day 10 times better than what it already was. I will never forget our times together. My birthday party this past summer was great with you there. I will never forget you playing that little barney guitar I have. My little sister loved you so much. She alway asked about you. Things will not be the same without you. Even though you are no longer with me you will always remain in my heart and will always be my Angel. I love you so much. Love Always and Forever- Whitney Reese Whitney Hellertown, PA Tuesday, January 07, 2003 G od sent you here to make us smile A nd brighten up our lives R emembering you will have to do E ver living in iur hearts T oday we lost a special friend T il we meet again... M. Smith Hellertown, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 garett, yo son i cant beleive that you are no longer here. you will always be in my memories and in my heart.i will NEVER forget you or all the times you made me laugh. you always kept it real!!! rest in peace garett watch over everyone we all love you love you so much jamie Jamie FaRannte bethlehem, pa Monday, January 06, 2003 yo roundboy. i cant believe ur gone. me and u use to be best friends. i dont what happened with us and why we stopped hanging out but i regret it very much. we had a lot of good times together like taking kris's car for rides, playin ball, or just chillin. you were such a great friend. u always made me laugh. i still cant believe ur gone. i dont know why u had to go. u had so much to look forward to and so much more life to live. u better look over evryone and help us get through this, especially ur mom, dad, and sister. i hope u know i love u kid and would do anything just to see u again. i still cant believe ur gone but i will remember all the good times and will miss u very much. u were the best friend neone could ask for and i love u for just being mine. so until i see u again, GOODBYE. see ya soon kid. love always and forever, mike mike sweet hellertown, pa Monday, January 06, 2003 Dear Garett, I miss you so much! You are taking the eagles all the way. You were a great cousin and friend, you were a great person to. No matter who you were with, you always said hi. we fought many times but we still loved each other. You will always be with me in my heart. I will never forget you. I won't have anyone to call me speedbump like you did, and i can't call you cheeks anymore. You are up in heaven with many people like my grandparents. I need the three of you to watch over are family and myself. I also remember when in 8th grade your nick name was peedo. We have many memories to gether, like the eagles game we went to together with are dads, and when are families went to the beach, and all the time i spent at your house playing football til 2 o'clock in the morning. I also remember when you lived at my moms house, and we went three wheeling. That one day when we were riding and you drove the three wheeler in to the creek because the three wheeler had no brakes. I will remember yor little 50 three wheeler. Watch over everbody. Rest in peace cheeks. I miss you a lot and love you alot. Your in my heart. Luv ya alot nigga! Luv ya lots Jeremy Jeremy Frey Bethlehem , pa Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett, I didn't know you that well but since you were a good friend of Chris's, you will always have a part of my heart. Rest In Peace and we will always love, miss, and think about you. Rebecca Wellington Bethlehem, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett, We go way back, dawg....I can't belive you are gone...I wish you could be here to watch the Eagles win the super bowl! You were the best cousin a guy like me could ever ask for....I miss you so much man, I can't wait to see you again...But I know that you are now in a better place, watching over us all...I love you dawg, you changed my life forever...You'll always be with all of us, in our hearts and minds, never to be forgotten.... Love Always, Kyle Kyle Fiorot Hellertown, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett, We will ALL miss you! Some people called you their son, brother, grandson, cousin, nephew, classmate & friend. But I'll always remember you as a part of our little Panther Flag football team. You were 6 when we first met and you were full of spirit and always having fun. I still remember your BIG smile when you pulled the other teams' flag when they came running at you. Well Garett, Im like everyone else, I have memories too. But do you know how much you touched my life way back when you were 6? I wish you peace up there Garett & now you're part of a bigger and better team. Keep smiling. Coach Bob Coach Bob hellertown, Pa Monday, January 06, 2003 All I can think about is all the funny things that you use to do, and now I won't be able to experience anymore of those times. I find the accident hard to believe. I'm still waiting for you to walk into class. You are a wonderful person, and one of the funniest I've ever met. I will always remember you and Chris goofing around in Foods. It seems so far away now, like it never happened, but I will never let it slip my mind. My prayers are with your family and friends. God is so lucky to have you along his side to make him laugh. I will never forget you, how could I. Miss you always!!! Deidre Bethlhem, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 HEY yo everybody out there, i dont no why ne thing like this would happen to such a nice kid. i mean if there was nebody who backed me up on my ideas and thought it was garett. he did this even way back in 6th grade. i think the most memerabal moment i had with garett was in 8th well it was the whole 8th grade. if either me or garett neede to talk or say somtin we did it wit each other.i new i could alway s go to garett and tell him whateva i wanted and even if it was the dumbest idea in the world he found some way to make me fell good about it. i also still talked to him about stuff and now i cant that is what really bothers me the most. i always had a good time wit garett i cant remeber ne thing bad when we were together.i dont no if ne one noticed but today i wore a shirt in his memery and all week i will be wearin arm bands in his memery. i fell really bad for his mom and his famliy havin to see him like that. well i would like to write everythign I posibly could about him but that would take forever. now one more thing before i go, every body that new garett and was close wit him, i think we need to concintrate on the good moments we had wit him and dont conitrate on his death. if i no garett he would want all of us to be happy and for us to have fun. cya GARETT WAS THE GREATEST THERE WAS NONE GREATER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO EAGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALEX SEVERN hellertown, pa Monday, January 06, 2003 Yo dawg! I miss you so much, I know that you are up in heaven watching over all of us, and I love you man. I never had a bad memory of you, they all are the best that one can ask for. All of your funny jokes, the DALLAS joke especially, your teeth in Trexler's class, everything! I hope that you behave yourself up there and keep everyone in line, and watch over everyone that we both love and care about. I will see you up there one day, so keep your head up. You are in all of our dreams and we miss and love you so much. Your the only white thug that I know so keep it real and watch over everyone! I love ya bro! -Chris- Chris Fiorot Hellertown, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett - You're an amazing person, and even though you're not here with us anymore, you're watchin over all you friends and family. You were always makin me laugh and putting a smile on my face. You caring personality touched everyone that's known you, and you'll never be forgotten. The way you loved your family and friends was incredible and you're gonna be the best guardian angle anyone could ask for. You'll be in my heart and prayers forever... miss you lots, and I know I'll see ya again someday. Until then, love you, and miss you so much* Vicky Hellertown, PA Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett- No one will be able to make me laugh like you always could. I'll never forget you and the funny times. Your always in my heart and prayers. I know your in a better place though. Be my angel & take care of me! I love you and will always miss you. I'll see you one day hun. -Jen- Jen Rasich Hellertown, Pa Monday, January 06, 2003 Garett- wow- where do i start? i cant believe that this happened to you. i would have never thought that you would be gone so soon. i thought that i would live the rest of our high school with you being here. i miss you like crazy already. everything that happened to you taught all of us a lesson about taking things for granted. i often think about all the times that we've had and all the memories that we've made. nevery forget that your my husband, and you were my first kiss. i dont think that it really hit me yet- i think its only a dream and when i wake up tomorrow you will be in school. i wish that i could talk to you and see you again soon. joanne nick josh ter kyle ty your mom and your sister miss you so much, its so hard for all them, so watch out for them and let them know your here. i cant get over how fast our school went, dam we are already sophmores? i remember in 4th grade... at recess... but i wont go into all that. i just want you to kno that i love you so much and i miss you like crazy* your such a cool person and you can always make me smile, i love you *purple* Carly* Carly Shields bethlehem, pa Monday, January 06, 2003 hey cuz whats up nothin here im so sad this has happen to u. then only really good things i can remeber is that u could have choose anyone to go to virgina wit u for the past 4 years and u picked me. yea we fought but everyone that loves eachother fights.but im goin to miss havin u around im not goin to be able to chase u around tech. i wont be able to walk through the doors or sit in the hall way where i talked to u every morning w/o thinkin of u. i know ur in good hands. ricky and my uncle jim will take care of u. keep them inline. i love u so much i might not have showed u but i really love u. i love u so much. watch over me nick my mom ur mom ur dad ur sis everyone. ur my new gardian angle. i love u so much ur in my hart and u will never be out of my thoughts. josh thompson hellertown, pa Monday, January 06, 2003
Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved. |
|||||||||
A Family Dedicated to Caring
The Heintzelmans
David J. Heintzelman
Supervisor
326 Main Street
Hellertown PA 18055
610-838-0521
Robert B. Heintzelman
Supervisor
4906 Route 309
Schnecksville PA 18078
610-799-3125
