"You are more beautiful every day that passes."

"Berns, You finally paid me a visit in my dreams.  You were smiling and you had beautiful long hair.  It may have been just a quick visit but it made my day!  Keep on smiling!  Missing you so much!!!"

"Thinking of you... I wish you were just a phone call away."

"sending all our love beautiful angel.love pauline,angel jenna xxxxxx"

"probably more than I touched hers. She has helped inspire me to leave the NCI and use my knowledge of cervical cancer to help women around the world who do not have access to cervical cancer prevention. So thank you Bernadette for reaching out to me and touching my life and reminding me that I have a job to do. Message sent, message received. Phil"

"She thanked me for saving her life and told me her story and how Brad had helped her. Of course, I had nothing to do with saving her life and told her so. But there was no way to convince her otherwise. We stayed in touch by email and phone over her last couple of years and I regret that I never had to chance to meet her in person. She was an amazing spirit and she touched my life"

"After finding out where she lived, I remembered a colleague of mine, Dr. Brad Monk, lived in the area. I knew that Brad was a really dedicated doc and if he could do something, he would. And he is a cancer therapy researcher, so if there was something new, he might have access. Many months later, long after I had forgotten the exchange, Bernadette called me or emailed me. I can't recall."

"I did not know Bernadette well and never met her face-to-face. My intersection with her life was really quite an accident. While I was at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, where I was working on the prevention of cervical cancer, a colleague who had worked with Bernadette had reached out to me asking for help for her friend (Bernadette). Bernadette had cervical cancer and needed a doctor"

"2011 has been the worst year of my life, and the worst thing that has  ever happen to me, My Berns Christmas was so sad and empty without you I did'nt put up a x-mas tree or lites around my home, my heart was'nt  in it without you. When i lost you a part of me has died my Berns Life will never be the same.you will always live in my heart. I will forever love you and miss you, your Dad."

"This was everyone who loved Bernadette's first News Years without our special girl. I'm thankful for Ms. Alice Estrada put together this memorial page for us to share our stories, and feelings for Bernadette. I really miss her a lot, I have found it comforting that I have communicated with family and Friends of hers through this platform."

"God bless you.
You made this world beautiful by your presence.
love and light to you' Gorgeous one'"

"Hello God
How happy you must be
You have my precious daughter
that you just took from me
God who are in heaven, give her a message for me.
Tell her I miss her down here and to come and visit me"

"Merry Christmas, Beautiful Berns! I'm hoping all of my thoughts and prayers are reaching you since my Christmas cards can't.  Give Jesus a big Birthday hug and tell him to be patient with me.   Thank you for the strength you give me to live and love life. Wish we could talk.  I miss you so much.   xoxo Ally"

"Merry Christmas Berns! I thought of you all week....miss you like crazy. You would have been so proud of me, I made tamales and Posole all by myself! You were always the best cook. Say hi to my baby who is in heaven with you for me. Love you. Lor"

"Merry Christmas Bernadette, I miss you much."

"If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.


That is how I feel and will feel forever."

"Silent Night
Holy Night
Sleep in heavenly peace.....
Sleep in heavenly peace.

       I love you, I miss you."

"Happy Birthday My Berns, That was a nice Birthday party we had for you for your Birthday. Birthday Cake, food , and all the family came to celebrate your special day after we all came from Queen of Heaven from your Memorial Mass. Isabel made a nice huge  picture poster with all  of the pictures your Mom had posted on your Memorial site. I love you and we all miss you. Your Dad"

"Happy Birthday Berns.  I went to send you a text and forward you a joke on your cell, and when I pulled up your phone number, I hate realizing that you won't get it and worse, you won't respond...So Happy Birthday to you in heaven, I know you are dancing, celebrating and baking a hell of a best birthday cake ever. I know heaven is a better place with you there. i miss u. i heart u."

"Berns it's your Big 40!  Wow,  but I have to admit you always did look like perpetually 20 years old! I miss you so much!  I know you are having an awesome fiesta birthday party in Heaven!  I love you and think of you everyday. If you were here i'd sing Las Mananitas for you! xoxoxo _ Lor"

"I went to Mass this morning to pray and remember you.  Your Dad and the rest if the family has planned a Birthday Mass for you in Albuquerque to celebrate your life.  Just as you were surrounded by loved ones here on earth I know you are having a party up in Heaven surrounded by loved ones there. Eddie called me today and we laughed sharing memories of you.  Miss U  Happy Birthday Berns!"

"Beloved Bernadette….The love you shared, the hope you inspired and the courage you displayed are forever etched in our hearts and minds.  You are irreplaceable.  We miss you dearly…"

"Happy Birthday Berns! I miss you very much! I had a dream about you, almost every night I dream with you in my dreams...  Bella and I sit and watch a slideshow I made of photos and music and we love to always see you! Love and miss you so very much! Happy birthday!! Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoco muah"

"Happy Birthday, Bernadette!  I bet you're rock'n it in Heaven!  :)  Today, like every day, you are in our hearts...and forever."

"Happy Birthday Bernadette!!!  Dear cousin I know nothing can ever console you, but, she is the lucky one.  Jesus needed her to watch over you, me, mom, and everyone else who needs her.  Alice please keep in touch.  Mom is waiting for you to get to SA so she can go visit you and hold you.  She loves you like a mother. Take care. If there is anything you need please call.  Love you!  Tito"

"My dearest amiga, thank you for appearing in my dream a few nights ago just as I remember you, beautiful, fiesty, and funny.  More to come I hope as I miss you terribly.  I will especially think of you tomorrow, the day of your birth and continue to be comforted knowing that where you are, God is.  You're in my heart forever, much love."

"Tomorrow is your Birth Day, but you have a new Birth Day, the day you returned to God.  Who send you to me on loan, to love and care for,  for a little while, until he could no longer be without you.  You were born into his arms, and I will cry for you until, I too, can no longer be without you.  You were so loved by me.  I thank Him for choosing me to care for you."

"It is Fall!  Virginia looks amazing and I wish you were here so we could walk, talk and laugh.  I miss you and the kids still talk about you.  They sing to you and I hope it makes you smile.    I went to mass to pray and found myself sitting below a stained glass picture of Saint Bernadette.  I feel you around me.  You make me want to be a better person, Berns.  Miss you so much.     Ally"

"I miss you more and more each day.  When I sleep, We are together doing the normal things we did during the day.  It is wonderful.  Our dream world is happy and you are healthy.  It makes me sad,  when I  wake up to emptiness without you."

"Berns-I know you were watching over me because the other night, I had another one of my nightmares. You know which ones. After I woke up and fell back asleep, I had a dream of you and you calmed me down. When I woke up, I was laughing, and then I started to cry. i miss you."

"I miss you so much Bernadette, my little Sister, I miss our late-night conversations on the phone, where anytime I may have been down, you'd lift me right back up. I will forever cherish your friendship, and the two wonderful days we got to spend together in January. Love you :)"

"Berns I still think of you everyday.  I want to just call you so bad.  I remember you well and healthy and just miss you so very much.  Sometimes I'll say something during the day that I just know you would find funny and I miss that you aren't here to laugh along side me."

"dear cousin Bernadette's a remarkable young woman. I regret not knowing her.I downloaded tributes & pic's 4mom(Elida Arredondo)She really enjoyed them&brought comfort 2 her.She copied announcement you sent me&made copies 4 all including Tia Olga.My heart aches 4 u.luv u.takecare"

"I felt my baby the other day, when I hugged her picture to me and I pressed my forehead on hers, the way I used to do.
I felt her, not the photo
I felt the warmth of her skin on mine."

"I had the privaledge of meeting Berny during an internship in Washington, DC in 2000. Throughout the years I found her to be extremely passionate, kind, and always full of laughter. She will be dearly missed, but I am thankful that I was privaledged in being in her presence."

"So thankful for that metro ride years ago - you flashed a genuine smile full of brilliance and a joyous friendship blossomed - it is still a gift that keeps giving - just like YOU sweet Berns. There is no one like you, I am so blessed to have known and loved you xo"

"There is no one like you.  You were a strong, brilliant woman, you were kind, and compassionate towards others. When you spoke, people only wanted to listen.  I thank God for giving me such a great friend, you were like my sister. You're forever in my heart!"

"She was the bravest woman I ever knew. So strong, so courageous. She always smiled. She taught me how to walk a woman properly on the street. A quote from Ancient Greek Literature, 2500 years ago, says this:  
" Whom the gods love dies young." She was special."

"My Love
I see you everyday, laughing, walking, running on the beach, enjoying life.  You will always be alive in my memory and in my heart.  That carries me thru each hour of the day. It helps to keep the reality away.  "

"My Berns,
I am thinking of you today as I have been each and every day since I saw you last.  I visit this page to bring a smile to my face and see the smile on yours.  
I miss you especially today and wish we had 1 more day."

"You are a special person and we are all lucky we had the chance of knowing you, of loving you.

I’ll keep and protect every single memory as a special treasure,

Love,

Luca"

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house“ (Mt 5:14)

Your memory Bernadette will live within us and bright our dark days
"

"Bernadette: You came into my life in an elevator and now you’ve taken the express elevator to Heaven. Remember your old promise to “put in a good word” for me with God. You promised.  You are truly missed down here.  I still can’t believe you are gone – too soon, too soon."

"Dearest Bernadette, I will always remember you as being a beautiful, wonderful, and remarkable young lady who took life's challenges with utmost incredible tenacity and courageously exemplified your endeavors with much success. Your love for family and others was unconditional."

"Berns,I think about you all the time. I remember the tone of your pretty pitched voice when you would hollar "Gabs" at tia magda's. or when we would be singing in your honda hatch back.I miss you and I love you
Gabby"

"Hey Berns...
Do you remember trying to teach me to dive at the pool at your old apartments off Juan Tabo? Instead, I kept doing something between a belly flop and a head torpedo b/c I needed to plug my nose....that was fun...xo-d."

"My Berns!You look so beautiful in these pictures!  Not a day goes by I don't think of you or dream of you.I can still hear your wonderful voice.You were a sister to me a best friend and influenced my life in the best way!I love you and miss you so much. See you in Heaven!"

"My love, Your search is over.  You have found true unconditional love next to God in heaven.  You were already his angel before you left.  You were looking up at me, remember?  I said. "you are so beautiful." you smiled.  "Your face is glowing, radiant." I told you."

"You lived with infinite vitality.You confronted daily challenges with the enthusiasm of a child.You shared with unbiased compassion and danced and sang with gregariousness absent of fears haunting your little body.Naturally,with courage you moved on to dance again. Luv,Your Uncle"

"Bernie exuded happiness and enthusiasm. She was probably the most endearing person I have ever met.  Upon meeting my mom, she called her "tia" like she had known her forever.  I will always remember her with a smile on her face.  Beautiful Bernie, rest in peace."

"Berns-I still tell people that story where you saved me and Georgia from being kidnapped by that creeper guy when we were walking home.  I still remember the funky orange pinto hatchback. You knew what he was going to do, you called it...and you saved us. Thank you. I love you-d."

"I think of you every day. I am comforted knowing you are with grandma now. You always had the right advice and the right things to say. I have your picture in my jewelry box, and I still say 'good morning' every morning. I miss you something awful. I heart you always. Kisses, -d."

"I always think of you Berns! I copied your photos into my computer and my daughter and I sit and look and reflect on your memory! I miss your laugh, your strength, but most of all I miss you! I love you Berns!"

"Now she can walk,and run again in Heaven.No more pain Mija.The day you were born was the best day of my life.I wish I could look into your big brown eyes and kiss you good night.My Heart is broken in two since I lost you my sweet Berns. I'll keep you warm in my heart forever."

"Tia, I am so sorry for your lost.Cousin I love you,and think about you all the time.May you rest in peace.And I know I have an ANGEL looking down at us."

"My Berns,I'm sending a letter to Heaven tied to balloon I'll cherish ur memories.Wish I could hug you one more  time.I'll keep u in my heart mind and soul and Love you till I Die and I'll be with you in  Heaven."

"Bernie, my cousin I love you, think about you, and missing you. You will be forever etched in my heart and soul. Your home with God now and I know we will get to see your beautiful smile again."

"My dearest Bernadette you are my favorite and beloved niece. You will always be in my thoughts and my heart for eternity. We will see each other soon in heaven. Miss you so much!
Your Aunt Maria"

"I'm so sorry Auntie for what you are going through. I remember Bernie always smiling, never did I not see her not happy. The last true memory I have of her is when you lived in San Antonio. Cousin you are greatly missed and never forgotten! You will live in our hearts forever."

"Bernie, my sweet friend, I think of you every single day. I remember our childhood and the friendship we swore would last forever. Our lives took different paths but we always kept in touch. You will always be my best friend, you are greatly missed my dear friend."

"She made our life complete.  She was the one who showed her love with words and actions.  Her smile made the room come alive and people wanted to be near her.  Her spirit in life, made others happy."

"I want my daughter to live forever in my heart and in the hearts of those who knew her.  I set up this site so that we can remember her and share memories of her together.  There will never be anyone like her.  Beautiful, Intelligent, articulate, considerate, friendly and loving."