Auntie Leona

Today, Thursday, July 28, 2011, your mom and Andy have left back to Florida.  It was very hard for your mom and for us that she has left.  We know it is something that she had to do at some time, it's just that we were getting real used to having her here with us so that we can work on losing you together.  Hito, this is going to be very hard for her to go back and work on this without us, and the same for us.  Your mom has Andy, which is a good thing, I know that they will help each other the best they can, but if you would give them a hand in finding their way, that would really be great.  I know how you felt about the both of them, and I know you know how hard it's been for them, so with your help they will make it.  You are so missed and loved.  I hope you're behaving yourself up there so that they will accept us up there.  Love u baby, Auntie Leona

GRANDMA HONEY, aka GRAMMA, aka GRANDMA DIANNE, aka GODMOTHER

My Dearest Hito,

So much to say about you and the joy & sorrows we shared, but for some reason I can’t seem to share them.   It’s as if I just want to hold all my memories inside of me and can’t let them go.  So much I want to say to you but now it changes nothing.  Had I known, I would have said them to you and not waited till everything was going good or perfect.  You were such a Blessing to us. 

You were a busy little boy, always on the move.  I remember when I was at the sewing machine and I would give you a container of buttons so you could string, that lasted about 5 minutes and you wanted to know what else there was to do.  Always ready to move on, looking for another adventure.

My sweet love, we loved you dearly.  And we miss you so much.  I know we must go on because that is what life is about.  We are born and then we die and what we do in between is what we make of our lives, good or bad.

You will forever live in our hearts

Till we see you again, LULT FOREVER

Love,  gramma

JARED BRADSHAW

I'm sitting here thinking and I remembered the first time I went to Home Depo with you I was about 7, and you only needed 6 screws and didn't have enough money to buy the box, so you used me to "sneak them out" or so you called it ;-) so you put them in my pocket and said even if they ask, they're not going to check a 7 year old, and we got the screws. Then you told me not to tell my mom.  Lol.  Well, this is the first she's ever heard of it, and i don't think she'll care.  She'll probably smile real big, ha ha.  We all miss you, Leo!!

Auntie Leona

Well hito, we said our goodbyes to you last nite.  You would have been so happy and proud of the all the friends and family who attended.  I'm sure you were looking down at us the whole time.  It was so strange your mom, Andy aunts and uncles were sitting under the tree listening to all the great things people had to say about you, the leaves would only move then.  I told your mom our baby is hear listening to every word and just loving it.  It was a beautiful goodbye to you.  Yes, there were a lot of tears but also a lot of laughter.  I just know that you loved every minute of it.

Hito, I miss u so much.  Please help us all down here the same way you did when you were here with us.  I know that there will come a time or need to believe there will come a time when it won't hurt so much, but right now it so hard to get through each day, not thinking of you and wanting you here with us.  I just never imagined it could hurt this way.  Hito, please put your mom and Andy first, of the people to help, but keep in mind I have to be next in line.

Love you my baby Leo.

Auntie Leona

WE CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE MY LOVE (YOUR MOM)

Hi Hito:  I’m not really sure how to do this so help me out here.  I pray every day that God would give me your heart and the love of life and tolerance for people that you had.  When I would say I’ve had enough with Carlos, he has had so many chances, which holds true for most  of us, but you would always say,  “Mom, I’ll never give up on my brother, and you were right you had the right heart.  The loss of losing you has made me, as well as others, think different, is this your gift to us?   I did the best I could at that time, or so I’d like to think, but there’s no excuse for not being there when you needed me to just accept and love you.  Instead of saying how proud of you I was for your kindness towards people and your loyalty towards the people that you did care about, no I bitched at you for what you were not doing.    Your passing has now been two months, and it seem like it will never be easy.  I still think of a lady that came up to me and said, “I don’t know you, but your son always took the time to stop and say hello."  She was an older woman, but yet you took the time.  Would I have?  Probably not.  Life always got in the way, to busy, or……..  Amazing how after your passing that no longer seems to matter.  I'm sure you remember that saying, “  You don’t know what you’ve lost until you’ve lost it."  Oh, by the way, you did have a way of driving people crazy sometimes.  You would be amazed at the people that loved you, and this is not just family, and came forward and called about you and wrote about you,  you are the star, but to late I realized that you always were.  People  loved you for your kindness and good heart, your love for life, and boy did you have charisma, send me some of that.  I bitched because I love you and just wanted to see you get your life together, but how wrong I was, that was your life, and it was in giving and living that made you so special, but I saw it too late. Even if it wasn’t what I wanted, it was your way, even if I didn’t agree.  I always said I loved you and your brother unconditionally, but that was a lie, I wanted you to live your life the way I thought you should.  I still do, but that wasn’t my choice.  My job was to just love you no matter what path you choose.  I'm lost and afraid, your passing has changed by life forever, so with the help of the Lord help me make it for the better and honor the Lord and you.  I know you're with him because we do not have a cruel God, and he knew your heart.  I grew up with a lot of heart, but learned how to hide it, you grew up with a lot of heart and couldn’t hide it.  Now, with your passing may the Lord with his arms around you give me the ability of love, patience, and tolerance.

Elvia Wilson

Elvia Wilson

7/11/11 @ 11:22 pm

Well idk how 2 post a link 2 a song on somebody wall but if i did i would link "LET IT RAIN" BY JASON MICHAEL CARROLL. I wish it was all a bad dream babe! I FUCKING MISS U LEO!

7/13/11 @ 12:40 am

The closer it gets 2 saturday the more i feel like im losing it. I cant stop the tears even thinking of u my love! I MISS U SO MUCH!

7/13/11 @ 6:10 am

I spent 6hrs reading the bible when i found the perfect scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:4 "For I write you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you."

Donna

Leo you don't know this but I put these together as a symbol of the 3 missing grandson's Grant, Gabriel, & You. The larger flower in the front is symbolic for Grandma Josie. Now you guys are all reunited but we miss you all so much. I LOVE & MISS YOU SO MUCH.  BTW I placed them at Grandma & Grandpa's gravesite.

GRANDMA HONEY, aka GRAMMA, aka GRANDMA DIANNE, aka GODMOTHER

My Dearest  Hito,

2 months have gone by since you left us for a better life.

But I sure do miss you as does your family and friends.

I wish I could have held you and said good bye.

But life is fickle and we never know when it will be our time.

Your sweet daughter Isabella has come to see us a few times and it makes us happy,

She looks like you and Monica says she has a lot of your ways. 

She talks about you and misses you, (you left her in good hands.)  You would be proud of her.

Well my dear love, I know you are doing well with your Heavenly Father who never abandons us.

We will be celebrating your life on Saturday.  There will be tears and laughter.

Though it was short, you brought us a lot of joy with your sweet nature.

Also some sorrow, such is life.

LULT –LYLT FOREVER