Loving you and missing you my beautiful friend Nani ye. I still wish and pray it is just a bad dream some day I will wake up and hear your voice , your giggle , your advice , and see your beautiful smile . Oh Nani it really hurt that you are gone , my heart aches all the time every day and year gone already . Love you Nani ye . Your are always loved .i know your are in heaven cause GOD love you . LOVE you very much and miss you my friend .

Hello Naniye!

The Lord blessed us by having you! You are an example of Christ in your Kindness, Love, Honesty, and Humbleness. You left us too soon, but it is better be in his hand rather than the world we are in. We miss you greatly, day by day, as long as we live! 

- Tam, Tigist, Hanoke, Rebca --- Calgary,Canada

Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Dearest Nani,
Happy Valentine. I wanted to call you to wish you a Happy Valentine and send you flowers, but you are not here in flesh with us. Therefore I send my love to your spirit that floats the comso, perhaps enjoying every minute of it. My heart is filled with sorrow and emptiness. I miss you very much. Love you forever.

አበባ፡ገዝቸ፡ለማን፡እልካለሁ፣
ስልኩንስ፡ብደውል፡ማንን፡አገኛለሁ፣
እባኽች፡ንገሪኝ፡የት፡እንደምትገኝ፣
ድምፅች፡ሰምቸ፡በጣም፡ደስ፡እንዲለኝ።

በኒዮርክ ተራራ ጥግ ጥጉን ልሂድ ሽና ሽናዉን።
አንች የእኛ አበባ በቅለሽን ይሆን።
በጀበሪያ ልደት በለይኛዉ አለም፣
ከእንግዲህ በኀላ መገናኘት የለም፣
በሠረግሽ ልመጣ በልቤ ሳስብ፣
ድንገት ተለየሽን ቁርጥነዉ ይሆን፣

Happy New Year Nani,

May He keep you as His angle looking over us all the time.

A hollow year indeed without you.

Love you to the end.

Happy new year Natina. Miss you all the time. Love you very much

Merry Christmass Nani,

Holidays with out you have no meaning. Our hearts are broken. You were the light that shined everything around us. We do miss you and love you always. I know your spirit will always be with us. Give us the courage to go on. Be our twinkling star for ever. May your spirit hover around us to the end.

Miss you and love you.

ባመትባሉ፡ምድር፡ብቻሽን፡ተቀምጠሽ፣
አበባ፡ወገኔ፡ኸቤትሽ፡ተመለሽ።
ልሳምሽ፡አኻሌ፡ልቀፍሽ፡ወገኔ፣
ብቻሽን፡ አትሁኝ ፡ተመለሽ፡ወደኔ።

ወገኔ፡የኔ፡ዘር፡አንች፡የኔ፡ልጅ፣
ምነው፡ጠፋሽብኝ፡ቤት፡ተመለሽ፡እንጅ።

ልቀፍሽ፡አኻሌ፡ልሳምሽ፡ወገኔ፣
ሁሉን፡ተይውና፡ተመለሽ፡ወደኔ።

Good morning Nani,

Just to let you know that I am about to start cooking your favorite meal for Thanksgiving. I will give it my best to make every dish to your liking. But it is very hard to do as you are not here to taste every dish and make suggestions to make it test delicious. We will set up a plate for you knowing that your spirit will be with us at the dinner table.

My beautiful daughter, my friend, we do miss you very much and love you to death. May your spirit always be with us. May your smile fill our grieving hearts and give us the courage to move on.

Love you my Bambina.

ተመለሽ፡የኔ፡አካል፡ተመለሽ፡የኔ፡ወርቅ፣
በቀልድሽ፡በሳቅሽ፡አመትባሉ፡ይሙቅ።
አንች፡ጠፍተሽበት፡ቤታችን፡ጨልሟል፣
አንች፡ብትመለሽ፡ብርሃን፡ቤት፡ይሰፍራል።

አቨባዬ፡ልጀ፡የኔ፡መድሀኒት፣
እባክሽ፡ተመለሽ፡አባትሽ፡ልሙት።

እሆናለሁ፡ብለሽ፡ባክነሽ፡ባክነሽ፣
ከቤት፡ላትመለሽ፡እንደወጣሽ፡ቀረሽ፣
እባክሽ፡ንገሪኝ፡ሰላም፡እንዳገኘሽ።

ዉበቱንም፡ሰተህ፡አይምሮዋን፡ሰተህ፣
ፍሬ፡ሳታፈራ፡ለምን፡ትወስዳለህ።

የማልሟገትህ፡አንተ፡ጉልበታም፡ነህ፣
በፈለከው፡ግዜ፡ሰውን፡ትወስዳለህ፣
በህግ፡አልጠይቅህ፡አንተ፡ፈጣሪ፡ነህ።

መርጨ፡ዘርቼ፡መልኻም፡የዛፍ፡ፍሬ፣
ኮትኩቼ፡ኮትኩቼ፡ በደንብ፡አሳምሬ፣
ምቀኛ፡ነቀላት፡ሳታፈራ፡ፍሬ።

የዚህአለም፡ኑሮ፡እጅጉን፡ይገርማል፣
ምግብ፡ ከቤት፡ ሞልቶ፡ ሰው፡ አፈር፡ ይበላል።

Happy birthday, Natanya! I think about you often. Love and miss you.

Happy 25th Birthday Nani,

We are here to celebrate your birthday. I know you know that. I wish you were with us right now in flesh laughing as you always do. May the God of your people keep you free and always with Him.  Oh God, do we miss you so much.

Love you as always,

Mom and Dad

Happy Birthday in Heaven.
We love and miss you

Dearest "Natina" my friend my beautiful lady wishing you happy peaceful birthday . I miss you so much. Miss your smile, your kindness, your advice.I still have hard time accepting you gone. But Natina there is no better place on earth than heaven . Please continue to be our guardian engle. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH . MISS YOU ALL THE TIME . You are forever missed that is for sure .

Naniye my dear, although you're no longer with us, you've never left our thoughts and hearts, you will forever be missed and loved, Happy Birthday and have fun dancing with the Angels!

Much Love & many kisses!!

Good morning Nani,

Just to let you know that we are coming to see you. May your spirit be with us and comfort us. 
Love as always.

ሁልግዜ፡ጨለማ፡ሁልግዜ፡ለሊት፣
ቀኑና፡ለሊቱ፡አንድ፡የሆነበት።
ቀኑም፡ጨለማ፡ነው፡ለሊቱም፡ይብሳል፣
ቤቱም፡ቀዘቀዘ፡መብራታች፡ጠፍቷል።
ሀዘን፡እና፡እልቅሶ፡ሰፍሯለኝ፡ኸኛ፡ቤት፣
የደለታችን፡ብርሃን፡አንች፡ጠፍተሺበት።

Good morning Nani,
Hot, humid overcast sky here. We have been getting nice summer showers a few times a week. Sorry I did not write, as I should. Often I wanted to hear your voice, jokes and laughter. I know you are always with us. I think of you a lot, I hurt a lot. My heart aches and my mind is often foggy as the pain is too great to overcome.  But know this Nani, you are always with us, a part of us, every minute, every hour, everyday, every month, every year, always with us forever. You will always be our love, our joy and shining star forever. You are loved at all times. Be our guiding star, be our angle. Give us the strength to keep going.

Hi Naniye , where I know u you are with God amongst the Angels !!!
Loosing Kebe overwhelmed and pained me so much I did not know how to deal with it . Naniye when Fikre told me you are gone the word did not make sense at all and I said where. Oh my God Naniye , the world was to small for me . Did not know what to do or where to go. Not my Naniye!!! This was another SHOCK, a blow to my aching heart. It has been so difficult for me because you both were so close to my heart!!! You and Kebe made me feel SPECIAL AND PRAISED ME SO MUCH that sometimes I take it personal. You are my Dad's and Kebiye was my Mom's side. The pain is so profound I am praying to God for healing & comfort. Mariamiye I know will make it better !! From the moment I wake up I think about u both !!! I pray to your parents so God can give them HEALING AND COMFORT. All the presets that tried to comfort me said " GOD IS COLLECTING HIS BELOVED CHILDREN !!! And this is his way of PROTECTING THEM. The world has become evil. " I know you both were kind hearted , loving and caring . Naniye I had the most wonderful time at Age & Haimy 's 25th Anniversary . Thanks for giving me VIP treatment . YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MORE . You will be my Angel that will make me smile with that infectious smile of yours
Amsale seife-Selassie

May the angels in haven know and let it be written in books that June 19, 2016 was the darkest day of my life as a part of me was no more. Her voice was silent and her father's day wishes never came.  Oh what a terrible day to have. Nani, I do miss you, do fill the void.

My Dearest Nanieye: how are you? every day I think of you. I ask God why? I ask Mary the mother of Jesus why? I ask Jesus why? I ask all the Angels why? we miss you. we are hurting. We love you.Call your auntie. I miss you. I miss your laughs and jokes. Did you find Tadeye and Emama Etete? What did say when they saw you in heaven?
Love you.
Auntie Emmeu

Nanieye your sudden death left us a big hole in our heart that will never be filled. A wave of sadness, sorrow and grief washed over us. Family reunion, family gathering and holiday celebration will never be the same with out you.
We love you and we miss you.

Uncle Thomas and Auntie Emmeu


My Nanieye, yene konjo lej. Oh!! my dearest Nanieye I miss you so bad. Come tell your auntie your hopes and dreams. Tell me your jokes. Make me laugh. Tell me what to do with my hair. Show me how to use my I phone. Call me and teach me the new trend. My precious beautiful Nanieye, I am hurting. I love you.

My Nanie: tears and sorrow has become the hallmark of our family. I pray everyday that the memory of your love surround us and bring us peace and comfort.

I know you are flying around God's throne, praying to keep us safe here on Earth. I believe you are our guardian angel.

I love you

Dearest Nani,

Oh, just to let you know how much we missed you. Our life has changed for every,the pain is too great and the void unbearable. Not hearing your voice or getting your text on regular basis is missed very much and left a hole in my heart.  I pray you are happy and in peace where you are.
You have been missed terribly,
Love you a lot
Dad

Naniye,
Miss you so much and love you!!

Good morning Nani,

Please do not forget to send your love to your mother for Mother's Day. Knowing you you already have done so, may your spirit feel the void you left and may your love keep her well.

Remember, the old man always loves you.

Hi Nani,

Happy Easter.
May the God of your people keep you with Him forever. May He give us the strength to keep going with out you. May your spirit be with us. Only your spirit will fill the void. You are always missed and loved.

ሣር ቅጠሉ ሊያብብ ያ ፀደይ ሲገባ
ቀድማ ተቀጠፈች የሃይሚዬ አበባ
ቀድማ ተቀጠፈች የአገኘሁ አበባ
ይህች የአደይ አበባ ቀድማ ያበበች
አምላኳን እደዚህ እንዴት ናፈቀች?
ማነው የነገራት የክርስቶስ ክንዱ ምቹ እንደሆነ?
ማነው ያስተማራት የአምለክ እቅፋ ሞቃት እንደሆነ?
የትስ አነበበች ይሄ ዓለም ከቶ ከንቱ እንደሆነ?
ከሁላችን ቀድማ አምላኳን ለማየት ልቧ የወሰነ
አልጠራጠርም ምቹ እንደሆነ ያ የሰማይ ቤትሽ
በአምላክ ጠቢብ እጆች የተዘጋጀልሽ
በ80 ቀንሽ የጥምቀት ልደትሽ
አባት ያደረግሽው ልጁ ያደረሽ
እጆቹን ዘርግቶ እንደተቀበለሽ
እመቤቴ ማርያም ታውቂዋለሽ እና የልጅን ሀዘን
ታውቂዋለሽ እና የወላጅ አንጀትን
ለሃይሚና ለአገኘሁ ስጪ መፅናናትን
(መድሐኒት ላቀው)

አርባ፡ቀን፡ጨለማ፡አርባ፡ቀን፡ሌሊት፣
አዲሱ፡ኸተማ፡የምትኖሪበት፣
ኸወገን፡ተለይተሽ፡የምትኖሪበት፤
ኸወላጅ፡ርቀሽ፡የተቀመጥሽበት፤
በፈለጉት፡ጊዜ፡ኸማይመጣበት፤
ጥለሺው፡ተመለሺ፡ወገን፡ይሻልሻል፣
ጥለሺው፡ተመለሺ፡ወላጅ፡ይሻልሻል፣
ውድ፡አኻሌ፡ብሎ፡ያቀማጥልሻል፡

አርባ፡ቀን፡ጨለማ፡አርባ፡ቀን፡ሌሊት፣
ነታንያ፡አገኘሁ፡የምትኖርበት፣
ጎሳየ፡አገኘሁ፡የሄደችበት፣
የወርቅ፡ውሃ፡አገኘሁ፡የገባችበት፣
አንዷ፡ቆንጆ፡ልጄ፡የምታድርበት፣
ጓደኛና፡ዘመድ፡ኸማይለይበት፣
ተመለሽ፡የኔ፡አኻል፡ኸወላጆችሽ፡ቤት።

Good morning Nani,
Overcast peaceful morning here, I do not even hear the birds sing as they usually do every morning. Perhaps, they have given me the quiet morning to try to get in touch with you. I wish I could hear your voice “good morning Ababa” and continue our usual daily conversation about everything and about nothing, just to keep connected.

From Haime:
Dearest Nani,
How are you? I have been struggling not to believe that you are gone. We came to New York today, but I did not see my beautiful Nani with her gorgeous smile. Remember Nani, last year when we were in New York, you took me out to lunch, shopping, trying to make me happy. I miss you Nani. The last time we spent time together was during the holidays December and January we had a great time as usual. You told me that you want to take Ababa to Europe and make him happy. We were supposed to go in May for his birthday. What happened to your plan? We do not break promise that is what you always used to tell me. Why now?

My Nani miss u so much. I still want to hear ur voice & text. You never miss a day with out texting and a phone call. I miss your joke your gorgeous smile. You are my best friend. You have been telling me to take care of my self and to have fun. How I am going to do all this Nani with out you? my heart is broken I feel empty. I know u don't want to see me like this from where you are. Nani my beautiful baby before I go to bed I always pray if I can give you a kiss and hug in my dream. Please tell me I can do that it will give me little comfort. Love you miss u so much. May your soul rest in peace. Never stop smiling and telling your jokes.

Natanya,

It has been years since I've seen you and even though we only saw each other a couple of times, you left a lasting positive impression. I was deeply saddened to hear of your passing. I think of you daily and I hope you are at peace. I hope your parents are able to find peace.

Heran

Whenever something is difficult or painful for me I try to concentrate all my efforts to staying busy, fearful of what stillness may do. The news of your passing was no different, I booked and overbooked and just threw myself in my work, refusing to sit with the thought that you were gone. I came back to New York today and it was the first time I felt an immense sadness upon arrival in the city. Although nothing really changed something changed. Whether it was me or the city I can't really tell you. Although we hadn't kept in touch for the past few years I have flashbacks and glimpses of memories from our childhood. We were always separated. Us against them. The parents against the kids. We were a team, a unit and that team will always be missing something, you.

I've found that my coping mechanism to keep my sanity through adversity and difficulties has always been to try to force myself into finding the lesson that God is trying to teach. Hearing your friends speak I took away that even the smallest gesture makes the biggest impact. I think now a days I believe we've lose personal connection due to technology. It's so easy to do, but you some how maintained that human connection, the hand written letter to your friend, the unbreakable bond between your parents that strikingly strengthen do to distance. You've taught me so much and I hope the lives of your parents and friends find the lessons needed right now to try and bring some peace and comfort and even one day maybe a bit of healing to their lives. You will forever be missed Natanya and you will forever be loved. May your soul dance with the angels and may you teach them how to really laugh.

Naniye,
I have so much memories that I will cherish. A beautiful person like you will be missed forever. You are in a better place. I will always love you.

ወገን፡እንደለለዉ፡አላቢ፡እንደለለው፡
ወጥቶ፡በዚያው፡መቅረት፡እንዲህ፡ተገቢ፡ነው፣

ወልጀ፡ነበረ፡የወርቅ፡ውሃ፡ልጅ፣
ወልጀ፡ነበረ፡መልኻም፡ቕንጆ፡ልጅ፣
መንገድ፡እንደወጣች፡በዚያው፡ቀረች፡እንጅ።

አታልቅ፡ይሉኛል፡ለምን፡አላለቅሥም፡ቀንም፡ሆነ፡ለሊት፡
አንድ፡ልጀን፡ቀብሬ፡አለሁ፡ኸባዶ፡ቤት።

ልብሽ፡ኸቆረጠ፡የኔም፡ልብ፡ቆርጧል፣
ልጄ፡ልጄ፡እያለ፡ሌት፡ኸቀን፡ያለቅሳል።

አባባ፡የኔ፡አባት፡ብለሽ፡እንዳትጠሪኘ፡
ጥለሽው፡የሄድሽው፡ብቻውን፡የቀረ፡የወደቀ፡እንጨት፡ነኝ።

Naniye,
I know it's been a month but it really feels like yesterday & I'm really struggling to grasp the idea that you're no longer here. My heart is still very heavy & broken, still feel a very dark cloud over my head & you're in my thoughts 24/7
I'm really going to miss your usual beautiful & thoughtful Mother's Day wish & it's going to be really hard but it's my daily wish & prayer that you're in utmost peace

Miss & Love you much!!
Belaynesh

It is an overcast spring morning with a gentle breath, the tree branches swirling gently. Indeed a true spring morning. If you have not noticed, the azaleas are done blooming; only the orange and lemon trees have flowers left on them. As you know, every morning, around 5am the birds, especially the cardinals sing their wake up songs. I am sitting outside on the porch with a cup of coffee thinking where you might be right now. Knowing you, you are still exploring the cosmos and enjoying every new encounter you come across. I hope your spending enough time with your grand parents.  I hope also, you are looking over us as our guardian angle.  Life here is empty without you. I miss you every morning and still hope for the text “Hey Ababa,can you talk” Please look over Haime and give her the strength to be strong and fill her emptiness with your love and spirit.”  I cannot afford to lose another part of me.  Oh Nani, how am I going to make it without you?  Please be my guiding light.
Love you

Twenty-eight days since my sunset
Twenty-eight days since darkness fell
Twenty-eight days since my twinkling star moved on
Twenty-eight days since a void was created
Twenty-eight days since dream differed
Twenty eight days since sunshine no more
Twenty-eight days since my baby is gone.
Lord, why?

Natanya my dear !
I do not want to talk to you in the past tense but I do not have any other choice.when I received an urgent message that says to call your father at unusual I knew something terrible had happened , and immediately called ,when he told me that you were found dead , a few seconds to fall and silent and my body started to shake.
Natanya - you promised me you will come to Israel in 2016 to visit me . I do not want to think it is not. I am still waiting for you to come visit me.
I do not want to believe that you are no more.
Netanya - take filed with us from above.
Will remember and misse you for ever
   Ayalew Gettie

Let me call you Abebaye
Please do not go
Let me call you Wogene
Please do not go
Let me call you Gosaye
Please do not go
Let me call you Yewrkwoha
Please do not go
Let me call you Yeneemama
Please do not go
Let call you in the morning
Please do not go
Let me give you a bear hug
Please do not go
Let me tell you about my day
Please do not go
Let me tell you I love you more
Please do not go
Nanaye, please do not go, stay a littler longer, just a little longer

Nani,
Let me hear your laughter,
Stay a little longer
Let me hear your wicked lovely jokes,
Stay a little longer
Let me enjoy your brilliant mind as it argues and articulate its fascinating stimulating ideas,
Stay a little longer
Let me get the early morning texts and phone calls,
Stay a little longer
Let me hear your dreams,
Stay a little longer
Let me call you my "Bambina",
Stay a little longer
Let me hold your close to me and tell you how much I love you,
Stay a little longer

Dad

A diamond in the rough;
A shining gold in its ore.
The prettiest of daisies;
A budding flower.

What you would have been;
Winking through what you were.

Promises...promises;
promises galore.
Can't believe Nanyie;
That you're here no more.

An ode to you my dear;
Will miss you forever.
But for heaven's sake, child;
You were only 24!

Amha

A diamond in the rough;
A shining gold in its ore.
The prettiest of daisies;
A budding flower.

What you would have been;
Winking through what you were.

Promises...promises;
promises galore.
Can't believe Nanyie;
That you're here no more.

An ode to you my dear;
Will miss you forever.
But for heaven's sake, child;
You were only 24!

Amha

Haime and Agegnehu I could only imagine the extreme pain and suffering you must have been experiencing. Your loss has affected us all. May God bless you and give you the strength to go through this difficult time. Nani menghestesemay yawris-sh.

You were too young, there was so much ahead of you.It is the will of God he called you as our ways are not his ways nor our thoughts are his thought. You will not be forgotten; memories of you always be source of joy to all who's lives you touched. We love you . We miss you.
Hiwot D. and Girma J.