Reblogged from illalwaysbeyours18
See this beautiful girl? well, she wasn’t only beautiful on the outside. she was beautiful inside and out. Today, she passed away and became an angel in heaven. She called me her big sister and we talked about everything, all the time. she had friends and family who cared about her and a boyfriend who meant everything to her. she had a whole life ahead of her it just ended way to early. Reblog for Taylor. Rest easy babygirl.
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hey, andrew. remember this night? remember when your mom took this picture? i sure do. well, i’m missing you more than ever. how many months has it been? 18 months, already? wow, time sure does fly. i hope you’re having fun up there. love you more than anything, kid. rest easy<3
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soooootrue asked: I think that what you're doing for you're friend Andrew is awesome! I am so sorry for your loss he was so young :(
Thank you so much! It means a lot.
Hey Andrew,
Missing you more and more everyday. Today marks seventeen months without seeing your face… I mean, even a day is too long. But seventeen months is…. unreal. Me and Aaliyah were in spanish the other day and Señora said that a lot of people got a 66 on their midterms. Aaliyah turned around to talk to me. “I’ve been seeing 66 everywhere since Andrew passed away.”
I think it’s because you’re always with us no matter where we are. Even when I was watching full house the other day with my sister. For the first time ever, Full House was talking about the girls’ mother who passed away. They were talking about how Stephanie’s Teddy Bear was a present from her mom and it was one of the last things that she still had from her mom. They talked about how it was getting harder and harder to remember their mom because it was too painful for everyone to talk about her. Whenever they talked about her, they realized how much they missed her. But then Jesse said that whenever he thinks of her, he tries to only remember the good times, the times that make him laugh because that’s the best way to remember someone. But even remembering her like that was hard because… then you have to remember that you’ll never have good times like that again. Because they’re over. They said that they always see her in the girls, though. In everything they do they acted like their mom did.
It’s just like that with you. Especially with your sister. Whenever I see her in the hallways I always smile at her. I love Katelyne. I mean, I don’t really know her that well, but no matter what, no matter WHERE I see her in school, she is almost always smiling. I don’t know how she does it, but Katelyne is always putting on a brave face for everyone else and making people laugh and it’s really just so inspiring to see her smile. She really makes you think that no matter what happens, there’s always a reason to smile. And the way that she does that always reminds me of you. Andrew, you were ALWAYS smiling and making jokes at everyone and making others smile. So, I guess, when I look at Katelyne, it’s like I’m looking at you.
I miss you so much, Andrew. Seventeen months is way too long.
Love always,
Julia.
Saddest thing. Ben died age 18 on December 25th 2011. May he rest in peace. This Video goes for 7 minutes, but I guarantee you will have tears in your eyes, and it will be the best 7 minutes of your life. This deserves 384384638438748399 blogs. ♥
</3 Only the good die young, rest in peace, :’(
EVERYONE REBLOG I DONT GIVE A FUCK IF YOUR BLOG IS HIPSTER OR ANYTHING. DROP EVERYTHING AND WATCH THIS.
Everyone needs to watch this. Ben Breedlove is an amazing, beautiful, strong person. Everyone take 7 minutes out of your day and watch this please. May you rest in peace ben :’(
I thought of you, Andrew.
Rest in peace, Ben.<33
Hey Andrew,
So, last night was our last show for Bah Humbug. It was SO much fun, Andrew. And I know that you were there every minute of it.
The kid that played Tiny Tim was hanging out with me and Aaliyah at one point. We were playing “Miss Mary Mack” or one of those hand games when he took Aaliyah’s wrist. “What does that say? Fore..” “Forever Young. It’s for my friend Andrew. …He passed away a few summers ago.” He looked up at us with his big eyes. I looked at Aaliyah. “You know he would be here with us right now, right?” She smiled and nodded and looked back at her bracelets.
Mark told us to make sure we take off any bracelets before we went onstage. For every single performance I wore my bright, red “Forever” under my shirt. And when I sang my Crachit kid’s song, and my head went down to pray, I just looked at my wrist and smiled.
I was walking to Lincoln School the other day and I saw that you wrote your name in the sidewalk. Andrew, we miss you so much.
Love always,
Julia.
Hey Andrew,
We’re missing you so much down here on Earth. The year is flying by but time can never seem to rewind to when you were here. We were in science today and the teacher asked us to bring in objects to burry for a biodegradable garbage lab and when Nadia brought in a Lindt White Chocolate.. she lost it. hhahahaa! I kept hearing your voice, “NAAJIIAA.” And hearing your laugh. I just can’t help thinking how perfectly you’d fit into that class. While everyone else would be struggling, you be outshining us all, making jokes with the teacher about me while we all were working on a test.
The play is coming up soon. I know how you would hate to miss it, but you would probably be at varsity basketball practice, anyways. You and Jc. Messing around together. You’d probably end up convincing me to try out to play and I’d probably end up getting thrown off during the tryouts because you were cheering so loud on the sidelines. But, I didn’t try out. You weren’t there to push me to try to play my best. In fact. You’re never anywhere anymore. You’re not around to support any of us like you used to, Andrew, and it’s kind of like… I hate to use this word.. but it’s like a hole. Like a big empty space in everyone’s life but no one can ever fill it.
The other day our english teacher asked us to write a story about a time when we were in denial about something. Emily and both Jamies wrote about you, Andrew. I knew I should’ve but it would’ve been so hard to begin. By the end of that period, our teacher was speechless. She told us she knew about you but she didn’t know about all the memories you left behind.
And boy, did you leave a lot.
We miss you so much.
Love always,
Julia.<33
Hey Andrew,
I was at play rehearsal with my youngings the other day and they started singing If I Die Young all silly like we do, except I didn’t sing. I looked at Noelle, “I can’t even listen to that song without crying!” She smiled and giggled, “I know, right?” But… she didn’t get it.
Andrew, I don’t even know how many weeks it’s been, but my Forever Young bracelet is starting to loose it’s color. High school’s going great, it’s just that everything reminds me of you, even though you’d be the shining star of Saint Peter’s right about now. Doing pretty much every sport and joining every club and play possible and still being amazing at them.
Honors Biology is impossible. Our teacher gives the hardest tests ever. But, she’s a good person. She calls Mark “Skippio” and always says Billy’s name twelve hundred times whenever she’s waiting for him to hand in a paper. She hates Tylar and always picks on Nadia for taking forever to copy down notes. In my head I always hear, “NAJJIA. HURRY UUPPPP.” And can picture you and her yelling at Tylar together for the stupid little things he does.
No one from Pierrepont made the high school’s play. I can just picture you auditioning with us. Standing up to audition first when Jack told us that the freshman had to go first by tradition. Being crushed that you didn’t get in. And devastated that Emily and I didn’t. I could see you walking up to Mr. Mann and not complaining that you didn’t get in, but that we didn’t.
Anthony was a Jabberwocky for Halloween. I can see you glaring down at him because you and Adam already did that. Then you smiling and ending up wearing the same thing as him just to make him mad.
I see you everywhere, Andrew. And I miss you.
Be with Doniesha. Support us all.<33
Love always,
Julia.
besit0s asked: you don't update anymore :/ i always liked reading your posts about andrew.
I knoooooow!</3 I’ve been wanting to for the LOONGEST time but I never really know where to start…
I’ll probably start them up again soon, don’t worry.(:
Hey Andrew,
I was at gym today, bored out of my mind while the teacher went over the code of conduct or whatever. She smiled as she told me that we weren’t allowed to wear our awareness bracelets during gym. For our safety.
And I wasn’t the only one that was crushed.
Mary turned to me. “They were never a problem when we were with our other gym teachers.. I thought the schools let us for… our reasons.” Allison clutched her navy “Forever.” Kelli just bit her lip, shaking her head.
I plan on wearing my Andrew Ortega Foundation shirts everyday.
Love always,
Julia.
n3xt-2-you asked: hey i know you probably don't know me but i'm from your town and i'm actually going to rhs next yearr lol and i didnt know andrew that well but i did know that he was a great kid with a lott of personality. i just wanted to say that i think its great how your letting andrew live on through your blog. i love reading all the stories you post. your a good friend!
Awwweee, Thank you!
andrewsmom asked: I found these blogs just a week ago. I spent the entire night reading everyone of them. Thank you for remembering my boy, your friend, Andrew. As I read through the postings, I could imagine the moments and visualize Andrew at that time. It bring me pleasure to read others memories and comfort knowing that he is though of and missed. A Big Thank You!
It was nothing, really. I think about him all the time and now other people can thing about him, too! Thank you so much for reading them! It means a lot to me.
