This page contains Tributes and my Gratitude to
all of those who held my hand in my darkest moments.

TO MY ANGEL KAREN FERREIRA Karen in life you have touched so many people and have been the best example of what true love and compassion is all about. You made a difference in so many of your friends lives. You gave hope to the hopeless. When a young girl would cry it was you that would wipe her tears dry. You brought Joy to so many lives. You made so many dreams come true. You gave those a voice that could not speak. You lifted those up that could not reach for themselves. You gave a vision to those who could not see through the darkness that clouded their world. You gave them a love that they had never felt before. You were there for them when no one else could be. You helped those that did not have the strength to help themselves. When those that felt lonely at night and scared it was you that comforted them. It was you that was there to tell them where to go when they were lost. When they wanted to just give up and die, you gave them that extra hope and courage to live through the night. For those that had nothing in there lives you gave them everything. Karebear you were their everything. You passed on that tragic day and no one can take that away. As I walk through the park and listen to the whisper of the wind I hear your gentle voice and it soothes my mind. It seems that all my pain has stood still in this moment of silence. I hear no cries for I know that now nothing has changed for you. You still, even in your heavenly state, still, help those who need you so. A distant memory becomes a place for me to share that happiness that you so readily see. Take me deep within your place that you have gone and show me that peace that you now find. If not for just a moment and I too can share in the happiness. No, my place is here you say, then you take my hand in a gentle way, and show me the light, in whom we do pray. I begin to understand your journey here on this borrowed earth. I stand with you and begin to feel the reassuring essence that you do hold within your soul. The same one that held so many dear to you. Why did you go and I stay? You were so much more of a godly person than I? So much deserving in life than me. What purpose was there to have you gone and me to stay? Why do I have so much pain from day to day? My dear angel sent from God above, tell me these secrets and set my mind free. Why you and not me? As I pondered these questions deep she then began to speak. Search deep within your heart and see that someone on this earth is in need of your worth. Look and look hard, and the answers that you seek you will surely find are deep within you, and that will clear your mind. For my time, I gave my all, and my rewards are fulfilled. I had my time on earth and it ended when I was yet young, but my journey, my brother has just begun. My heavenly father has given me a blessing, something that I once new only in a dream. He gave me wings of an angel, and a healing voice to soothe broken hearts when I sing. Just then I started weeping and she wiped away my tears. Then I began to understand why. Why I was spared that night and did not die. Karen is gone and it is tragic we all know but she left her legacy for all of us to share and love. She is still among us. When you are down and that tear starts to fall, that gentle breeze that blows through your body and soul, is her and that sweet whisper, is her soothing song to mend your heart. It is okay to cry for it is cleansing your soul to make room for the wonderful memory of a wonderful angel to sing her song within your heart. Karen is not gone just starting her new journey as a saintly angel watching over us so caring and loving like no other before her and so unique and special. She has touched so many in her life and even after her passing she still is changing others lives. I know because, my wreck was May 28, 2001, a year after her passing and she has helped me. So this precious angel will be in all of our hearts and we love her and will always love her. Below is a picture of Angel Karen with a link to the article on the Memorial Park that was donated to her, by the Community she has served.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! JENNY MURRAY SUDDUTH To you a true princess whom I have known for many years. I thank you for first coming into my life for the first time many years ago when we both were very young. You have shown me many things but none as important as true friendship and caring and love of a true friend. You have always been someone who no matter what the circumstance have been my true friend and have dropped everything to be there for me. You have always cared for me in many ways. You have taken care of me for many years and have chosen to continue to make sure that I am healthy and have always given me a smile on my face. Jenny no matter what happens in my life you will always be in my heart and soul. You will never be out of my life. You have been and always will be my true friend and I love you for who you are inside and out. Jenny remember that wherever you may go in life that I will always have you in my prayers and in my heart. I will always be your friend and don’t ever forget that. I could not ever find the proper words to truly put into perspective how I feel for you my friend, but be assured that you know deep within your heart just how I do. THE HASSLOCHERS Jim and Veva Hasslocher own Frontier Enterprises the company that I worked for. I have known them for over 15 years off and on. They are such good hearted people. They have always been so kind to me. I have always admired them and they have always taken care of me. They especially taken care of me when this tragedy hit my life. They came and saw me immediately when they heard of the news. They took care of so much so that I never needed anything ever. I am proud to say that my first job was with them and so was my last job. I am also very proud to say that I am proud to call them friends and family. They show so much love and compassion to all of the people around them. I am committed to them. Thank you Veva and Mr. Jim. PASTOR DAN Pastor Dan has been very good to me even before the wreck. He is a very good hearted and understanding person. He is very loving and very non-judgmental. He has helped me through very traumatic situations. I especially want to thank this man of God for the spiritual guidance and the love that he and his wife have given me during these very trying times. If it were not for his prayers and guidance I am not sure that I would have kept up my walk as good as I have to this point. Pastor Dan you have always been there for me and I will never forget that. Even though I feel that Texas has a better football team than Oklahoma I still think that you are a very good man and I know that you will be there for me in the years to come. ANDREA TREASE Andrea you were not in my life during my tragic wreck, but I cannot have asked for a better friend and closer friend when I most needed one. You stumbled into my life when I was so broken and you seemed to pick up the pieces. You lifted me up when I was down. You seemed to be there when I needed to laugh. You seemed to be there when I needed to cry. But most of all you were there. I have had lots of friends that I have known for many years and even though I have just known you for a short amount of time I know that I can depend on you. When I needed you, you were there for me. You were my soul friend. You were my best friend. You were my sister. You were so understanding and so loving and always made me laugh. I thank you for everything that you gave me. The best gift that you gave me though cannot be bought or even measured by any standard known to man. You gave me a certain heartfelt friendship that no one will ever find and no one can ever replace. If I could do it all over again I would never change meeting you. Andrea, you will always be my friend and I hope that you will always remember me. EMILY, JONATHAN MORRIS, AND TODD PARRISH. Thank you so much you guys you know what for those special times when you all talked alone with me when I needed you the most and you were there in the hospital or when I was recovering and you took the time out and gave me hope or gave me just the hug I needed to go on. I am so lucky to have had you with and around me at that hard time in my life. You really did do things for me that you will never ever realize just how much it helped me.