TributeToEmilyAnn

April 20th, 1984 to April 12th, 2003

*~This is for one of my good friends who was killed tragically 8 days before her 19th birthday due to a drunk driver. Nobody ever thinks it will happen to them but when it takes the life of a loved one, it occurs to you that life is too short to take for granted. Emily was like an angel on Earth and she always made you smile even when you was down in the dumps. Emily loved horses since she was little and a devoted Catholic. She was fun spirited, a great person and she made you feel like it was only you and her in the room when you talked to her. I still remember the first day I met Emily; it was her first day of her freshman year (she was homeschooled til then). She was full of smiles but deep down inside, you could tell she was nervous. We had art first thing in the morning and couple more after that but from day one, we became instant friends. Our favorite class together was Word Processing, a typing course, we sat right next to each other like every other class we had together. We goofed off at every free time we could get like nothing else mattered at that time but us laughing at each other's jokes and stories. One time in typing, Emily lost one of her documents so I let her copy mine since she didn't want to retype it, unfortunally we got caught and laughed about it. Durning Christmas of 1999 (her sophomore year and my junior year), she had a tye dye Ty beanie bear and let me keep it for her while she ate lunch. I sat it down and forgot about it. When I went back, somebody stole it and I never felt so bad in my life. She wasn't mad, she just laughed and said "Don't worry about it". That weekend, I went and got her the same bear and she was so surprised that I got her a new one. That bear was like our special little bond together and we still laughed about the "kidnapped bear" months later. When Emily went to vactional school in her Junior Year, we saw less of each other but when we did, it was like we had never been a day apart, giving each other hugs and called each other "sissy" as well. After I graduated, I hardly ever saw Emily but thought about her all the time. I remember the last time I seen her was at my sister's art show in December of 2002. Something had told me to remember this moment and I didnt understand. April 12, 2003, the night I heard sirens outside my window but none was there, but before I went to sleep, I checked my email and there was a birthday reminder telling me Emily's Birthday was coming up next Sunday. I kept staring at it like I knew something was wrong. When I woke up that morning, my mom told me that Emily was killed in a car accident. I couldn't believe it at first but it sure sunk in at the visitation night. Seeing her blue casket and her parents standing beside it, I got a little weak. Coming up to her father, Mike, he looked at me and said, "You going to be alright", I just shook my head no and busted into tears right then and there. Mike hugged me for a long time and he told me something I will always remember: Stay strong for Emily, she would have wanted you to be strong. At her visitations and funeral was packed with people. Everybody loved her. Emily was too precious to be taken away so soon. She had a huge potentical to be something greater than she already was. Emily will never get to experience graduating college, getting engaged or married, or the joy of motherhood. Her younger siblings, who she thought the world of, she will never see them experience the things she never had the chance to all because somebody thought it would be all fun and games to drive drunk. I pray that you never have to experience the pain and sorrow her family and friends have to go through. We all have to wake up every morning knowing that we will never see her face or hear her voice again until we meet her again in Heaven. I miss her terribly and think about her each and everyday, wishing she was here with all of us again. I will never forget you Emily Ann. You are still my "little sister" and always will be. God was missing an angel and he chose you Emily because you were an angel on Earth that made the world seem brighter when you was around. So rest in peace dear Emily. We all love and miss you very much~*