I am Elizabeth’s Tío. She had two other uncles, but I have that unique distinction. My sister Ruth calls me Isumaeru Sensei, because I was one of Elizabeth’s home school instructors, as Elizabeth was brought up and educated by a village of elders. Now, we have left a collection of memories and momentos of a […]
Elizabeth was our go-to babysitter for our 3 kids when they were young. She was patient, fun, and trustworthy. The kids adored her. She took her job seriously; she maintained a Red Cross babysitter’s certificate and even had a resume. Elizabeth and Ruth watched James for his first year – he couldn’t have been more […]
Elizabeth and I met when Ruth was bringing the youth kids from Lancaster Pres to Horizon for group. She heard me and the other leaders talking about college group (the bible study we started), and she asked me if her daughter could come because she was our age and she thought we would get along. […]
32 years ago our Elizabeth was struggling to be born. She was three weeks overdue and labor was not progressing. By the early hours of the morning the doctors decided on a Caesarian birth. Ruth labored on through the night. I went outside of the hospital to use a pay phone to let Ruth’s parents know […]
Thursday, February 25th would have been Elizabeth’s 32nd birthday. Today I ended up in the drug store in front of the birthday cards for daughters as I read each one tears ran down my face. Every beautiful word I wanted to say to Elizabeth. I knew I would never give her another birthday card. I’d […]
Every day the reality our Elizabeth is gone becomes more overwhelming. We are moving though what needs to be planned, managed and handled to build a service to remember and celebrate the life of our most precious gift, Elizabeth. With the pandemic it’s even more difficult to balance in-person and virtual, technology, etc. all to […]
As the days go by without Elizabeth, I continually return to this thought: This isn’t supposed to be happening. I am not supposed to be eulogizing my niece, only 31 years old. I am not supposed to be finding pictures for a memorial website. I am not supposed to be calling my sister, her mother, […]
Elizabeth loved my mom’s cucumbers she would make in lime juice and seasonings. ❤🥒🍋 One of my many silly memories with Elizabeth is when she would come visit the family in Calexico. My mom would always be making dinner and Elizabeth and Myself would sneak off the Cucumbers with Lemon and eat them all. Then […]
Over the last several years I’ve received two texts from Elizabeth. One wishing me a happy birthday in 2019 and another one in October 2020 around her Anniversary. We did not share our time together in text or emails, but almost exclusively in person. We did not entertain a social media presence, but got together […]
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