Thinking of you, especially today on your birthday, wish I could be celebrating with you. I can't even put into words how much I'm missing you. Wishing you a happy birthday in heaven. While you may not be here to celebrate your birthday with us, you're still in all of our thoughts. Your daughter Sandra Briones xoxo

. I think of you all the time, Emotions still running on high It's been over 7 years, since you went into the sky Mom. A lot has change in our lives since then, but with me you still remain. My own personal beacon of hope, guiding me through this game. My memories of you will never fade, the good, the bad, I treasure them all. Whatever I go, there you are, standing by me, though not very tall And when I go to sleep tonight, my eyes will flood with tears. But I know you'll visit me in my dreams, and protect me from my fears. For today is only another day, not different from the rest. You'll still be here with me tomorrow, My Mom, you are the best love you today and forever untill we meet again. Your daughter Sandra Briones

Happy Mother's Day in heaven, I miss you beyond measure. Every time I feel like I'm going to burst into tears, I remember that I still have a gift from you — my life. I will treasure it and live every day in your honour..Love you mom

Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of earthly life, in particular for the life of my mother. Thank you for all the years I enjoyed with her. I praise you that she stood with me through the good times and the bad times. I cherish the memories of times of joy and times of sorrow. As she is now at rest with you, I thank you for the hope of a future in your presence that we will share together. Now may you, the Lord of Peace, give me peace at all times and in every way. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen. Miss you Mom your daughter Sandra Briones

Thank you so much to everyone for being here today to celebrate the life and honor the memory of my mother. To explain just how much my mother means to me is an impossible task, but I want to make sure that I pay tribute to my mother at her funeral. My mother was one of the strongest, bravest, and kindest humans to grace this planet. Without her, I wouldn't be here today, I wouldn't be the person I am, and I wouldn't have the life I have. She is everything to me, and more, and there's no way I could ever quantify the importance she's held in my life. My mother was the best mother a person could ask for: [list some of her qualities]. Thank you, mom, for everything.

In closing, I'd like to read this poem, one of my mom's favorites: [Poem] I love you, mom."

Time passes but not a day goes by that you are not here in my heart. The day you died was not just a day in the calendar, it was the . day when my very existence changed forever. Love ve you Mom your daughter Sandra Briones XOXO

Happy Birthday, dear mom, in heaven. I feel your absence the most today because I have to celebrate your birthday without you. I hope you are happy wherever you are. My face has been covered with smiles just as my mind is full of memories of those beautiful moments we shared together. From your daughter Sandra Briones

Your mother is your heart, a part of you, and when she dies, a part of you does also. Suddenly everything that mattered so much means so little, and in your mind you see her in everything. Being with her made you see each moment of the day and now you wish you had one more moment to hold her and tell her you love her. I wasn't ready to say goodbye, and it still makes no sense. You just want to hear her voice and beautiful laugh. You walk in the door and want to call her and then remember. Yes, she is in heaven, but if only you could see...to know she is happy, and a part of you wishes you could go back to be with her again. A mother is our foundation, and we will always be a part of her, so when we lose her we know things will be different as now we lost that one safe and forever place to be. In her arms as she is forever in our heart.

It my mom’s birthday and she is no more with you. She is in Heaven! It really is difficult to live without your mother because she is your hugest support who loves you unconditionally and worries about you every second. She is the one who takes care of you with all of her efforts for her whole life. Maybe Heaven is the much better place for her now. You must be missing her because it is the birthday of your mother and this day truly precious for you than any other day ever. You must be missing those moments that you all spent with your mother on every of her birthday. Well, that’s truly heartbreaking that she is not with you. But still the celebrations are in your heart and remember those memories you had with her. Wish her a Happy Birthday In Heaven!

Harvest Moon: It has been 11 months now since I have last held your hand and felt the warmth from your body. Thankfully, the warmth and the love that has supported us, mothered us, directed and reassured us did not come from your body. I know now that it came from your soul. Because I still feel it. I can still hear it in your voice that comes to me telling me “oh Sandy, everything is going to be all right”, and just as in life, I have to believe you Mom, because you were always right in life, more right than anyone I have ever known. I would not dare to challenge you in death. Your final full day on earth with us, was filled with examples of your amazing character. Wednesday was a beautiful unusually warm fall day. And that evening you layed from Pax Villa Hospice & Palliative care on your bed to look out of your window, to look out at the full moon rising in the sky. You never broke. You stayed strong to the end. It was just like you to spend the last of your incredible strength reassuring and carrying us, your husband and your children, who were dying with you. As your body began to shut down and the nurses and doctors attached more medical efforts to you, you stayed positive, and never once did you let anyone know that you knew that it would not be long. You kept hope alive. To your daughter Sandra, “Don’t worry honey, Don’t cry I’m not going anywhere”. “Don’t cry for me” and “I love you all equally.” To me you said “I love you.” The ground has slipped away from under our feet, and we are trying, somehow, to sit in this empty space that has been left behind, in the meantime, without any particular success. I am incapable of finishing, but it appears that a strange hand, a miserable disease, has already finished for me. Having no choice, I part from you, my hero, and ask that you rest in peace, that you think about us and miss us, because we here — down below — love you so much. To the angels of heaven that are accompanying you now, to your father Albino, your mother Guadalupe , your brothers Santigo "Chema", Jesus "Chuy", and Albino Campos I ask that they watch over you, because you deserve to be watched over, you watched over us so well. We will love you, always.