My daughter. She crossed the ocean to become everything she imagined and more. I am proud beyond what words can carry.
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Heartfelt words of love, remembrance, and comfort.
Annette, you were in the middle of something beautiful. You always were. I will try to be worthy of the life we built.
Eddie Murray was the finest firefighter I served with in 35 years. And a better man than he was a firefighter.
Dad ran into burning buildings for 30 years and never once talked about it like it was brave. Said it was just the job. The bravest thing a person can do is call something ordinary when it's not.
Ed, you were the first person I called when anything went wrong. Now the phone just rings.
Carlos, você me disse uma vez que toda ponte é uma promessa de que os dois lados se encontrarão. Espero que isso seja verdade para nós também.
Sylvia Cooper proved every day that the law can be an instrument of justice if you insist on using it that way. She never stopped insisting.
Sylvia was my public defender in 2004. She believed in me when the entire system did not. I have been free for 22 years because of her.
My mother was my hero. Not the abstract kind. The real kind — who showed up, did the hard work, and never asked for applause.
Sylvia was the most determined person I have ever known. When she decided something was right, there was no arguing. I tried for 32 years. She was always right anyway.
Grandpa Harold taught me to shake hands and look people in the eye. He said character is how you treat people who can do nothing for you. He treated everyone like gold.
Dad kept every promise he ever made. In 90 years, I never once heard him say something he didn't mean. I am trying to be that.
At her retirement dinner she said: "I did not do this work. The families did. I just carried some of the weight for a while." That's the kind of humility you don't forget.
Roberto, el 14 de febrero siempre fue nuestro día. Ahora también es el día que te perdí. Pero lo que vivimos juntos nadie me lo puede quitar. Te amo.
She fought to keep my family together when the system wanted to separate us. I don't know where we would be without her.
Tía Josie was the example. In our whole family, when something was hard, we asked: what would Josie do? We still will.
Catherine was my caseworker when I was 14. She was the first adult who ever told me I wasn't the problem. I have been trying to believe it ever since. She helped.
My son got into college. His principal called it a miracle. I called it Josephine Reyes.