Isela Sanchez

Isela,

One of the last things you said to me was that you were not good at saying goodbye so thankyou for blessing us with your love and friendship.  Your caring spirit will always be in our hearts.

Isela,

I'm so blessed to have known such a beautiful person. I thank God for bringing you into my life. You are forever in my heart as you touched it so. I miss you so much already, but I know you are smiling down on all of us. The angel you are in heaven is the angel you were on earth and how lucky I am to have known you. Much love and I'll see you for a martini when our paths cross again.

We are not guaranteed tomorrow, yesterday is gone and all we have is today. When will we all stop and realize work will be there tomorrow and the chores can and will get done. Go outside enjoy whats in front of you, tell the people you love them for no reason at all just cause you do. Stop sweating all of the things that don't matter. I'm not saying run away from all your responsibilities but enjoy who you are who your with and let go of what people have done to you or said to you. You don't have time to be angry and upset because you never know it could be the last thing you do. We unfortunately don't get to decide when it's all over it may be to soon for us and it will always be to soon for the one's left behind. That's why we need to love and find out what being loved is, make mistakes and learn from them and just look at the beauty of what life is. We will never forget the people that we lose but if we can learn one thing is never think you have forever. You have the now and that's it don't live for yesterday live for what you have now and make that enough. Just remember to live for today and not tomorrow.

I love you and will miss you Isela! You will forever be in my heart and you were right! Thank you for not letting me give up on myself!

Isela,

I am truly blessed to have had you in my life these past years.  I loved working with you and our friendship saw me through the good times and the bumps in the road along the way.  You always knew just what to say...

It was difficult to see you move back to CA, but I am so glad that you made that decision and went back to be closer to your family and loved ones.  You truly were meant to go home and spend your final time with them.  We didn't even say goodbye on your last day...we just hugged each other and said "see you later".

I am saddened that in only 2 weeks we were to meet in Napa Valley for a girls weekend...I know that you would still want us to go and the trip is still on.  We shall spend our weekend celebrating YOU and your life and sharing our memories... I know that you will be with us.

Rest in peace my dear friend...I shall always treasurer the time we had together.

Love ya girlie!

Sue

Isela,

After our many discussions comparing the ups & downs of marriage vs. being single, it seemed we always ended the conversation being pleased with where we are in our lives.  Although, a small part of each of us would have traded with the other at various times  Maybe the right man never came along because God knew no man could bear the heartbreak of losing someone as amazing as you. 

Your strength, poise, beauty, kindness, and professionalism were always a source of inspiration to me.  I sincerely appreciate all that I learned from you and your patient guidance.  Even in death, I am still learning from you and know that I need to keep my friends closer, hug them tighter, and appreciate all that they have to offer.  I will forever miss you and you will be in my heart until I see you again.  Oh, and thanks for sending the angel to comfort me the other night when I had no one else around.

Love, Kimberly

Upon hearing the tragic news of your passing, disbelief and shock swept over me. To hear the pain and suffering you had to go through brought instant tears to my eyes.  There are truly no words that will fully convey the sadness I know so many of us feel. 

I knew you for a short period of time, but it seemed longer because of how much you always went the extra mile to show you cared and I feel very blessed to have known you.  Thank you for all of your kindness, compassion, and warmth.  I will never forget the memories and laughter we shared. 

The Lord will protect you now in heaven and your spirit will live on forever.  Isela, you will be missed by so many and I look forward to the day we meet again in heaven.

I remember the day you told me you were moving back to California to be around your mom and family.  I was sad that you were leaving, but I could see the sincerity you had in your smile and heart that you were ready to move and help your mom.  I gave you a hug and told you that I hated goodbye's and that I didn't want to tell you goodbye because I would see you again soon.  Little did we know we would not see each other again.  The days and months have past and you were always in my thoughts.  When I found out you left us, I cried, but more importantly saw the smiles you always had on your beautiful face.  You were so kind.  Isela, goodbye and rest in peace!  

Isela,

I thanked God yesterday for having allowed me the gift of knowing you these last 7 years.  It is said that the people we meet in our life have a purpose even if we do not know why.  I know it is not my place to ask why someone as wonderful as you has been called home to be in the arms of God, but I am sure that in God's plan it is known.  None of us really knows how much time we have, all we know is to make every moment count.  You lived you life that way!

I have chosen a song in your memory that when I hear it will always remind me of you.

May you rest in the arms of God, and play among the angels for eternity.

Thank you for having touched my life the way you did - in my heart you will live forever.

Besitos

Marcella