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Thursday, January 8, 2004 12:27 AM CST

Well, it's a new year. I know 2003 can no longer help nor hurt us. 2004 starts with going through a lot of hurt but also continuing to live and create new memories to share with Alyssa and all of the other angels in our lives in heaven watching. Thank you to everybody for the continued support. It's wonderful to read how Alyssa has touched all of these lives and continues to do so. I know Octavio and Yvette read through the guestbook and are very thankful for each and every one of you and your prayers.

Hopefully we can get back to updating more often and sharing thoughts & feelings and becoming the support that others were to us.

Have a very blessed year!- Melanie

PS- I'm hoping to soon get Yvette up and going on these journals, please continue to check back. THX

Monday, December 22, 2003 7:44 PM CST

God's Garden

God looked around His garden
And found an empty place
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face

He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best

He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.

He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb
So He closed your weary eyelids,
And whispered "Peace Be Thine."

It breaks our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone.
For part of us went with you,
The day God called you home.

-Thanks Frank for leaving this beautiful poem in the guestbook. I couldn't have said it any better.

Thank you to everybody that continues to leave messages in the guestbook. I look forward to sitting down with Yvette and Octavio and sharing just how much their little girl has touched all of your lives. I'm wishing you all a very blessed holiday season. -Melanie

Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:38 PM CST

12/18- Today were the services for Alyssa. Today we celebrate Alyssa's new journey and look forward to the day when we can hug her again. Until then she lives inside all of us, in spirit. I know everytime I see a rainbow, it's a reminder to me that she's okay. I feel so privilged that I got to meet Alyssa, see her smile, hear her sing and be on the other end of one of her hugs. I'm proud that my children played with her and have a piece of her inside of their hearts. I wish more people would take time to get to know families like the Arebalo's, they pulled so beautifully together during this trying time and to be around them, you feel the love that's between them and the love they all share for Alyssa. Thank you to everybody who has reached out and shared love and prayers. Today, I'll close with an encouraging word somebody recently gave me when I told them how upset I was that Alyssa was taken so soon, "It's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."

God bless

12/15-The family has chose a private ceremony to be held on Thursday, December 18th. If you would like to send flowers or cards please contact me by email and I will forward you the appropriate information. As always, thank you so much for all of the kind words and support.

12/14-It is with a very saddened heart that I write this right now. On Saturday, December 13,2003 at 4:28pm Alyssa peacefully slipped out of the arms of her mother and into the arms of our heavenly father. Heaven has another angel. The fight is now over.

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and prayer and I ask that you continue to pray for her family's strength during this very difficult time. I will soon update with inforamtion on the arrangements. I encourage everybody to step up and help the family at this time. Whether it be financially or just offering prayer. I've posted donation information above.

Love and prayers, Melanie Davila (family friend)

I received this email from Alyssa's uncle Jorge and I wanted to share it with everybody:

Melanie,
I didn't have the chance to get your number from my brother yesterday after his little girl passed. Yes, she is now with GOD and is no longer in pain and is happy with our Lord. She passed yesterday at 4:28pm not too long after you left, she took her last breath a short while before this time but her heart was still beating. One of the doctors waited for her heart to stop to pronounce her death. Her heart stopped but it will always beat in mine and my family. Words can't describe our hurt nor can they decribe our happiness that she no longer has to suffer in any kind of pain again. No more chemo, radiation, needles, MRI's, CT's, head aches. She will be in our dreams and watch over us to make sure we are all ok and when her parents pass when they are old and gray she will be at the pearly gates to show them the way to glory.

Sincerely,
Her proudest uncle
Jorge Arebalo

Friday, December 12, 2003 8:40 PM CST

12/12/03-Can I be honest here? This is so difficult. Up,down,up,down,up,down.. No family should have to go through this. I'm scared when the phone rings, I worry about the answers when I call. This is all so trying. I'm not even feeling 1/1000 of what Yvette and Octavio are feeling right now. Today hasn't been as positive as yesterday was. We're relying of faith to help and God to see everybody through. I remember reading one of the guestbooks one time and somebody signed and said," It's okay to be mad at God, he can handle it." Nobody wants to be mad at God but nobody wants to lose their child either. We are still hoping for a miracle and putting all of our faith in God's hands. It's his will. Thank you all for the support and as always, Please continue to help us pray.

Thank you and God bless- Love, Melanie

12/11/03-I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!Please keep praying. Alyssa moved her hands and feet today and even half opened her eyes. She can hear voices around her and seems to respond by taking deep breaths. We all know it's just a matter of time before she wakes up and asks for a happy meal. Please keep praying for Alyssa. Also if I may add, please say a prayer for her family as well. Alyssa's brother, Jose, is praying very hard and I'm sure her baby brother, Joshua, is also missing her too. We all have faith that God is holding her right now and making her strong.

12/9/03- I just spoke with Alyssa's dad, Octavio, he says there is still no change with Alyssa and asked for people to continue to send prayers. I told him of all of the special words already left and he and Yvette (Alyssa's mom) thank each and every one of you for being with them during this very difficult time.

I will continue to keep everybody updated as I learn more. A couple of things: please don't send flowers, plants or latex ballons to the hospital- stuffed animals and cards are fine. Thank you so much for all of your support.-Melanie

12/7/03-

Tonight I have a very special request. I just got back from Stanford Children's Hospital visiting Alyssa. It seems her condition has taken an unexpected turn for the worst. In October the MRI said her tumor had shrunk in half. Well now it has grown and become inoperable. As I was leaving today I watched them start the morphine drip to make her more comfortable. Words can not describe the feeling I have in my heart for Alyssa and her family. She is in desperate need of a miracle. My request to all of you is to please lift up Alyssa and her family in prayer. Give them all of the strength they can get. Until I get everything up on this page you can learn more about Alyssa's battle by visiting Alyssa's Page at http://LightingChildrensLives.org/alyssa.html

PS- I'm helping the family by creating this webpage and updating for the family. Please sign the guestbook and let them know you care.

Thanks, Melanie Davila (friend of the family)

Friday, December 12, 2003 8:40 PM CST

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