I remember Emily sharing that after her birth, she was brought home from the hospital in a Christmas stocking

Hi dear daughter! You have been on my mind a lot lately! Even had a huge cry!! I wish you were here! I love and miss you so much! Oh I wish things could have been different! 

Dear Emily! Oh my girl! I can’t even believe you’ve been gone for 10 years! How I would love to see you again! I miss your crazy sense of humor and your joyful laugh! I think of you often! Wish you were here and feeling calm and happy! Love you more than you could possibly know!Mom

I was just thinking the other day about how kind Emily was when she taught us our first signs. She was so patient as we fumbled through the lyrics of a song in sign language and shared in our joy when we *finally* got it. She will never be forgotten - what a wonderful being she was! She lives on in our hearts and memories and the effects she had on our lives.

Happy Birthday dear Emily! I was just looking at all the pictures on here and was struck by how beautiful you are when you’re happy! There were happy times and I need to remember that more! Emily, you are missed more than you know! I love you dear daughter! Mom

Dearest Emily! Wish you were here! I’m at Katherine’s and we remembered you today and tried to just think about the happy times! I still miss you and think of you more than you know! Rest In Peace dear daughter! I love you!

Mom

Dearest Emily, thinking of you and sending Happy Birthday wishes to you! I lit a candle and want you to know you are missed! I hope you are at peace! Just to let you know, I’m going to be moving closer to Katherine and Marshall! Wish you could see all of the grandkids! Andys boys are getting so grown up and Katherine’s little boy is two now! Guess we weren’t meant to have girls!!! I love and miss you more than I can put into words!

Dearest Emily,
  Thinking of you today and sending loving thoughts your way!!!  I think you would love that Katherine and I are spending the day together and will be remembering you! We will raise a glass and send love your way! You are very missed! I do remember you often! Sometimes with laughter and sometimes with tears! Just know you are not forgotten! I love you very much!!!

Dear Emily
I lit a candle today all day so thought I would leave a flower here! Boy do I miss you! So wish you were here! I would bake you a cake and give you tons of birthday hugs! And even though you would be 45 you would love it!,, I do think of you often and want to make sure you know how sorry I am that you left so soon! I love you always! Mom

Just looked at all the pictures on this site and it breaks my heart! I so miss that great spirit that you had, Emily! You will always be missed and loved more than you can imagine!

Hi dear Emily! I lit a candle for you today in honor of your 44th birthday! I will think of you and all your energy for life! You are so missed! I know you didn’t like aging but it’s really not so bad!,, I wish you were here to share both your birthday and the holidays! We could bake Christmas cookies and have fun decorating them! I miss and love you with all my heart!

Hello dear Emily! Six years! Doesn’t seem possible that you have been gone from us so long! I’m going to be with Katherine and we will think of you of course!,, we’ll probably raise a glass and smoke some cigarettes in your honor! I will bet that you would like that! You are missed more than you can know! I wish you peace! I love you! Mom

Dearest Emily, I’m sitting here thinking of you!!! Miss you sooooo much!!! Katherine and I are making Red Velvet cupcakes in your honor!!! Katherine’s idea!!! Love it! We’ll eat one for you and light a candle!!!! I wish you were here to celebrate with us!!!! You will always be missed!!!!  I love you more than you know!!!! I hope you are celebrating wherever you are!!!!

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Dearest Emily, it doesn’t seem possible that it’s been five years since you left us!!!!  Saturday we had a memorial service for Grandma and Grandpa! It was lovely and I think they would have loved it! I so wish you had been there with us! They loved you very much!!! Today Katherine and I are taking flowers to them and to you! So now you have them with you in Angel Fire!!! I continue to think of you often and miss you always!!!! I love you with all my heart!  Be at peace dear daughter and know that we will never forget you!!!!

Hi dear daughter!!!! Got up early and am thinking of you.  Happy happy birthday!  It’s not as happy for all of us back here who miss you you terribly!!!!  Wish so much you were here to make me laugh!!! I just read the tribute that Adrienne left and it gave me joy! Emily, you touched many lives with your fearlessness. I hope you are somewhere wearing purple and dancing!!! I miss you every day and love you with all my heart!!!

Emily,

I have been making some brave choices in my life, lately. One major lesson I learned from you was to be fearless, and passionately pursue what I want to experience and create in this life.

You were so fearless and vulnerable at the same time. That is courage.

Remember when we watched Dead Poets Society & Robin Williams' character passionately shouted "Carpe Diem!"?

If you still in existence in a space that we all hold near us, I imagine you laughing and crying with Robin Williams.

If reincarnation is real, I imagine you as a shooting star in this galaxy if you chose to be close to earth, and as a shooting star in a distant galaxy if your energy has chosen to explore and continue to go on adventures. (I know how much you loved going on adventures)

Stay gold,

Adrienne

Dearest Emily! It doesn't seem possible that you have been gone from us for four years!!! I am thinking of you and sending much love and lots of hugs!!! You are missed more than you could know. There really is a hole in my heart that will never be filled! There never was and never will be anyone who can fill that space!!! I love you so and miss you much!!! Mom

Hi dear daughter! I really wish I was doing this in person!! I would give you sooooo many hugs and lots of kisses! You are not forgotten! I think of you every day and send thoughts your way!!! Katherine is here with me and we will light a candle for you today. I love you and miss you so much!!!

Dear Emily,  Today is the 40th anniversary of your birth!!! I can't tell you how much I wish you were here to get all the big time birthday wishes!!!  Even though you got so mad if I said anything about getting close to 40!!!! So hugs and love to you dear Emily!!! I love you with all my heart!!!!

Dear Emily! I lit two candles for you today so will leave you flowers now! I still miss you so much and think about you every day! It doesn't seem possible that you've been gone for two years now! I put some new pictures of you in my Emily journal! I love you dear daughter, be at peace!!!!

Hey Emily, I still miss you. Sorry life was so difficult for you."
Love,
Dad

Thinking of Emily today, and of the people in her life who still grieve for the loss of their daughter/sister/cousin/friend. Anniversaries are hard days, and I wish I could wrap my arms around each of you. Emily will always be missed.

Dearest Emily, yesterday was the year anniversary of your leaving the hard world behind! It doesn't seem possible that you have been gone for a year! You are so missed! Yesterday Katherine, Andy, Kristin , Jack Henry and Will and I planted a beautiful garden in your honor! There is a beautiful crepe myrtle surrounded by flowers and a beautiful stone that Katherine had made just for your garden at her house! I think you would love it!!!! I love you Emily and miss you more than you can ever imagine!!!  Mom

Emily was stubborn, childlike, in control and out of control, excitable, had the ability to feel strongly and to be felt strongly. In the end her out of control self, took her life. Her life was just a few decisions from extraordinary. The demons that won the battle that caused her death were more than she could deal with. The demons won and the world lost. I have no understanding of how and why she would give into the control of drug demons when she loved to be in control. I think she was looking for the next high or moment of excitement. When she was close to stopping the demons, she invited them back and went with the demons to a new high, that was more than her body could handle.

Emily had a large number of people in Abilene and elsewhere that cared very dearly for her. She is dearly missed.

Emily, on the 1 year anniversary of your death, rest in peace.

Dearest Emily, here I am again! Wish I was with you!  I check the weather in Angel Fire and always think of the beauty there and hope you approve our decision to have your ashes there!  I miss you every day and wish you were here! I love you! Mom

Dearest Emily, Just lit your candle and wanted to send you a note. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you! Sometimes happy thoughts, sometimes sad thoughts! But whatever my thought for that day there is always such a longing to see you again! I love you and miss you and would give anything to have seen you before you left!

Dearest Emily, I lit your candle today! February threw me off , it just having 28 days! Anyway! Am thinking of you and missing you soooooo!  Sending love to you! Went to a group dealing with loss of a child! Wow, don't know why I ever thought losing you would get easier!,,,I am okay, but my life will never be the same without you!  I love you!Mom

Dearest Emily, thinking of you so much today! It doesn't seem possible that you've been gone from us for six months! I miss talking to you! I miss your quirky ways and you're sense of humor!  I love you dear daughter!  I give your teddy bear lots of hugs and remember how much you loved him! It makes me feel close to you!,, Love, MOM

Dear Emily, thinking of you and wishing I could call and wish you a happy new year! Things will never be the same without you! Know that you are missed by many and loved by those left behind!

Emily, there are lot's of could'a beens, would'a beens, and should'a beens about your life. You were so talented in so many ways. So capable. You loved being in control. But, I believe your were intoxicated with the idea of being excited, and, in the end, took things too far. You were loved by so many people and now you are missed by all of us. If you just could have just of toned down the excitement a bit, you would of done many great things. Miss you "my would'a, could'a, should'a daughter"... Happy birthday.

Dearest Emily,  spent last night remembering when you were born! What a joyful time! Did I ever tell you you were always going to be named Emily if you were a girl? Mergetroid if a boy!;). I lit your candle and will be thinking of you all day!,, Happy Birthday! I love you, Mom

Another month has passed and am still missing your presence in this world!!  Love you dear daughter and will think of you all day!!!!

Dear Emily, can't believe you've been gone for two months! I miss you're wit and your smile every day! I love you! I lit a candle today and will leave it burning all day!

I was saddened to learn of Emily's passing away shortly afterwards. She was not my student at Clarke, but I was very fortunate to get to know her thru our times together during study hall & weekends. She was a very lively bright girl with boundless energy, inquisitiveness, and zest for life. We enjoyed many discussions together and can relate, we both are oral. I will miss her lots!

Emily was one of those rare spirits. She had zest for life. Emily I will never forget your smile and how you always looked for a challenge. I hate that I never had the chance to say I love you and miss you. Its not fair that you are gone.. you were just in the prime of your life. You had so much to give and now you're not here...

You were my best friend for a couple of years..until I went back home to fort worth..you were my fiance..we. lived together ..I got to know who you really are..and I was in love with you for many years.. I haven't seen you for a few years.. because I was living in Fort Worth Texas.. I was trying to look you up and find out what you were up to. then I saw this Memorial. it's very sad.. I started cr

Emily was one of my two roommates at MSSD in the short three months time that I was there. On my last night there, before being sent home, she gave a small book with her personal note to me. Her note was very encouraging, kept my hopes up. I will always remember her because of how funny and understanding in my own hard times. I am so glad to have known her for a time.

It is so hard to write something because I don't want to say goodbye. But I know we must let you go, let you be free, free of earthly struggles and complications. I'll never forget your smile, your intellect and your compassion for others. The love between you and our family was always there, strong both directions and will always be so.

Its amazing to see all these wonderful memories of Emily! I will always remember her sharing books with me and vice versa. Each Christmas, it was certain that we had gotten books for each other. In particular, I will joyfully recall the xmas she gave me the entire Chronicles of Narnia. At the time, I thought I was too old for those books; how wrong I was. Thank you Emily! Love, Cole

I shared many good times and deep conversations with Emily. She turned me on to sign language and a world of literature. How her laughter would fill up the room! I felt such joy after she taught us enough sign language to fumble though our first conversations without words. Good times.

I was Emily's 6th grade teacher at Prairie Creek. She was her own person even back then. She challenged me to be a better teacher by her probing questions, her wit and her sense of humor. Emily had a smile that would light up the room, when she'd let you see it. We had a very special relationship that year. I will never forget her. My prayers are with the family.

I am so shocked and saddened to hear of Emily's passing. During my years at MSSD with her, I remember her so fondly and loved her outgoing and fiercely independent and creative personality. I will always remember one of her poems she wrote at the time, it was simple: "I am I". You will be missed, Emily.

All too soon gone, Emily. But, we will always have the memories of the bright, engaging girl we knew. Your free spirit is truly free now. Our thoughts and condolences are with all the family.

Our Clarke sister, Emily , you were one of a kind! She had always smile and talked socially! I will missed you Emily! I remembered you had borrowed my bathingsuit so that you could had fun at ramin and Karmin ' fun party for all of us! Great memories! Never forgotten! Clarke sister

So many years ago, Emily's parents took us along to fetch her at her gymnastics class. We watched her for a few minutes -- so lovely and delicate and determined. That will forever be our memory of Emily. Bee and Kent

Emily you had the sweetest smile, I will never forget you and how you loved that red baseball cap. Till we meet again 
Your neighbor and friend.

Ron, although I never met Emily, I can tell from the pictures that she was a loving person who cared for and loved her family and her pups. Our hearts and our prayers go out to you and your family.

Gosh I cannot believe our Clarke sister had passed. We were hoping to see her again in next reunion but no. :( She was wonderful lady but yes stubborn, all of the words Ron described about her. We'll miss you Emily!

It is with a heavy heart that I am writing. I well remember Emily in my classroom at Clarke. She was indeed a free spirit, even then; but she was delightful and so inquisitive. She had such a zest for life & I always felt there was nothing she couldn't accomplish if she set her mind to it. I shall always have such fond memories of Em... her big smile, her intensity, & her friendship.