Missing You  / Uncle Mike

Sara

I think about how you would visit us in New York and deal with our clock in our lower level play room were you would spend a lot of time and sleep at night.  It probably made you crazy hearing that chime on the half hour and the Westminister chime on the hour.  You never complained and probably did not sleep much.  When I hear a chime now it goes straight to my heart and I see your face and it will never leave me.  Missing you very much.

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Happy Birthday!  / David Rowland
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My sweet Sara, it's your twentieth Birthday!  / Nanny (Grandmother)

My sweet Sara, please send birthday hugs and kisses to me today on our birthday.  You are the most perfect gift I have ever received and I thank God for the blessing of 13 1/2 years of your beautiful smiles and warm hugs and kisses.

I will never forget that early March 15th morning, 20 years ago, when your mommy woke me to say "Mom this baby wants to be born on your birthday".... and you were!  I will always remember that perfectly round little face as you lay in your mommys happy embrace.  You were such a special gift to all of us and YOU WERE BORN ON MY BIRTHDAY!! We celebrated every birthday together.  We blew out our candles and made our birthday wishes. Oh how I wish you were here with me today. You may not be here physically my sweet angel, but you are with me always and forever as a glowing spark in every beautiful memory we made together.

Until that day, when we can celebrate together, I send my deepest love to you on this your 20th birthday.

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Sara<3 / Vanessa ((Laura's friend) )

I've been sitting her for hours reading every word listening to every song and looking at every single picture. This is the most beautiful website.  I never knew Sara personally but i feel like I know so much about her, just thinking about her makes me smile. I've only known your family for only a few months and your all such wonderful caring people. I'm so thankful for having Laura as a friend and i'm so happy that we've gotten so close, she's one of the sweetest people I know. I love the way Laura talks about Sara and how Laura sleeps with Sara's monkey every night.

 

Mrs. Hennarichs you write so beautifully. I remember Laura talking about how much of a talented writer you are one day, now i know what she was talking about it.

 

-- Happy 20th birthday pretty girl! Keep on smiling :)

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Happy 20th Sara!!!!  / Aunt June (aunt)

Happy 20th Birthday Sara

I  miss you more and more each day!! I wonder what college you would have gone to the one your sister goes to or your cousin goes to. I wonder if you would have become a wedding planner you would have been great. You were such a caring and kind person with such a warm heart who cared for people as well as animals.

I know that you are watching over all of us and giving us signs that everything is ok and I thank you for that. I know you are with Gregory and that helps me get through my day. I know you will have a big celebration with God on your 20th. Shine down on us with beautiful smile!!!! 

                                   Love and kisses

                                    Aunt June

                                  

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Happy birthday to my beautiful 20 year old...  / Mom

Dear Sara

It’s almost your 20th birthday and I want so much to call you, but you won’t answer.  I want to talk to you and hug you, but I will never be able to.  All I can do is write you this letter and hope you can somehow read it. Twenty years ago you came into my life. Your birth was so quick and easy, the physical pain of my short labor became a distant memory once they placed you in my arms. Thirteen and one half years later you died just as quickly, but the unbearable pain in my heart and soul will remain forever. I will always be thankful for the 13 ½ years I had you in my life and I am grateful for the time I had the honor of taking care of you.  I know God is taking care of you now and you are in the greatest of hands. And God has graced me with the ability to know that you are still in my life.  He helps me to see the signs that let me you are still around. He helps me to feel your presence. I will always have so many beautiful memories and pictures of you that I am thankful for, but those memories and pictures will never be able to replace the future memories and pictures we could have had together. And that is something I will never be able to come to terms with. I will always wonder what could have been, what should have been.  So for now I will use my imagination and my dreams to take me places far beyond this life where I can see you, feel you and talk to you again. It may sound crazy to some,  but to anyone who has lost a child, they know exactly that place I’m talking about. Our love is still alive Sara and it always will be.

“Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on...
We’ll stay forever this way, you are safe in my heart and my heart will go on and on…” .

 I miss you so much Sara Rose. I love you ALWAYS and FOREVER ...Happy 20th birthday in Heaven, I hope you have the best celebration ever....Love, Mom

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I Want You To Know  / David Rowland

I Want You To Know

A brief moment of darkness
was all that I knew
before Heaven's Gate
came in to view.

Loved ones and friends
I had missed for years
welcomed me with open arms
and many happy tears.

All the hurt fear and pain
that I have ever known
is gone from my life.
I am finally home.

I gazed upon the Lord's
sweet smiling face
and for the first time in my life
all that I felt was grace.

I know that you miss me
but please dry your eyes.
I will always be watching and Loving you
from my home in the sky.

A cool breeze on your face
a touch of light rain
I will send as a reminder
that we will be reunited again.

Life on earth is but one
brief moment in time.
I am finally home and
Eternity is mine.

Author Unknown

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Nights are so hard. Missing you more than ever  / Mom
Oh Sara what do I do in the middle of the night when thoughts of you race through my head uncontrollably, thoughts of all that happened and not beng able to stop it,  thoughts of everything that is missing in my life because you're not in it. How do I stop myself from falling into this dark hole in the quiet of the night, the same hole that  I can so cleverly walk around all day long. Where do I put all this sadness and pain and just how much can one heart handle. All I want is to see you, hug you and talk to you. All I want is to have you back. And that just can't be. What do I do? Close

To Sara's family and friends  / David Rowland
There is a new beginning in every sunrise and in the new flowers bloom in spring. The way the night makes way for the day and winter makes way for spring. Sara has arrived in to that beautiful new day! And that Rose has bloomed again! To all Sara's family and friends I want you to know that this night will surely give way to a beautiful new day and when that day breaks Sara will be there. The Sara you know and have always loved. The dawning of a Beautiful New Day In Heaven! Just imagine waking up and seeing her and her beautiful smile! you wouldn't even have to ask where you were! Close

I carry you with me  / Jessica Moore (Friend)
Cathy I just wanted to let you know that I think of you Duane Amy and Laura often. I was so excited when I ran into Laura on New Year's Eve (during the day) at Wellington mall. I still can't get over how grown up she is! Any way I hope all of you are doing well! I think of Sara often. Sara I started student teaching (interning for my education degree) in Januari and it has been going really well. Starting Monday I will be at 100% so I will be in complete charge of my 2 5th grade classes everyday for 6 weeks. A mom came in about 2 weeks ago talking about an end of the year project that would get the students to feel good about themselves. As I was grading papers this mother and the teacher in my class were talking about a girl who passed away a few years ago and how she was a beautiful person who made others smile and feel good about themselves. I stopped grading papers and listened to her explain how she heard about a project she could do with students that started locally to pay tribute to this persons passing. I couldn't help but wonder if you were the reason it started because I know Mrs. Thews does something similar. This mom said she would have all the students write something ice about each of their classmates and she would then take the time to type them out for each individual student and frame it. I was so excited about the idea because it's been something I've thought about doing to pay tribute to you and my cousin Ray when I have my own class. Needless to say I am so excited to see the final product of this project! I love you and I will carry you with me always! All my love to everyone!! Always and Forever Jessica xoxox Close

Rest in peace Sara  / David
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Sara, you are saving so many lives!  / Dennis (A very moving video )

First of all I am very sorry for your loss. You are living every parent's worst nightmare. I know it would be ours. After seeing your video on YouTube I decided that I had to contact you.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am a mechanic/husband in Ohio. I have one boy age 12 and two girls ages 10 and 7. I have ridden dirt bikes and ATV's my entire life and injured many times. Needless to say I have passed my passion for it on to my children. After 5 years of being a volunteer EMT-Basic and seeing more than anyone's share of tragedies I have decided that there has to be a better way of learning safety other than the way I had to learn (the hard way!!) I didn't want my wife and 3 children to go through that pain and/or loss.

I have started having ATV safety demonstrations for the local youth and my wife and I would love to use your video as a visual aid. I am contacting you to hopefully get permission to use this video for this purpose and also to ask if by any chance you have a dvd of the video available to send to me as I am unable to download anything off of YouTube. I hope by having these demonstrations we can help to prevent this nightmare from happening to more families. If we can help at least one family than we did our jobs.

Thank you so much for sharing your story to the world. I hope it helps someone else.

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Your beautiful daughter Sara and her site!  / Donna Mom To Angie Robert (someone who cares )
Dear Cathy

I just wanted to drop in to tell you that I think all the beautiful words you wrote on Sara's timeline page are precious. You've done a wonderful job keeping Sara's memory alive and glowing.

Your daughter is a very beautiful girl. Imagine what she would have grown up to look like. She'd probably be a top fashion model.

I'm so sorry for you loss but kids are kids and I'm sure if I was thirteen and someone let me take their machine for a run I would have. I don't think at that age you really think of the dangers or think you'll ever die. Everything and anything for a second of fun is what youth is all about.

Sarah seemed to have had a great loving and fun life and that's the important thing...I honestly feel it's not the amount of time you spend with someone it's the quality of time spent with them. Don't get me wrong it still angers me that our children have died at young ages but they did die happy! We have to feel blessed for that. So many children don't have loving and caring homes. God Blessed our children with great parents.

One day thank goodness if we get the promise we're guaranteed we'll get to spend forever with our daughters never to be separated again. I hang onto that hope so much.

I thought like you did for awhile why God did this...but God didn't do it and he is hurting like us. We are his children and he doesn't want his children hurting any more than we do.

Take care and I hope Sara slips n2 your dreams regularly so you can at least feel like you've been with her for another short time.

Hugs and luv

Donna xoxo

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Sara is still here...  / Ally Smith
The strangest thing happened to me about an hour ago. I was leaving a picnic that I went to for Drama and when I got in the car I made a quick phone call. When I got off the phone the song "Sara Smiles" came on the radio. The weird thing was was that the station was on Lite FM which I don't ever listen to and don't even remember putting it on that particular station. Then it also dawned on me that today was the 6 year anniversary of Sara's death. I knew it was a sign that she was still here...watching over everyone who has been touched by her story. It gave me chills through the whole song. Sara you will always be in our hearts and our lives...Love Ally. Close

I Love You with all my heart.  / Jamie Moore (Best Friend )

Sara I honestly cant believe its been 6 years today. I feel like i just saw you in our science class and you were a car rider and i was a bus rider so you got to leave class first and I remember saying the longest goodbye to you. It really feels like yesterday. You are my very best friend and I cant wait to see you in heaven one day. I think about you all the time and when I pray at night I love to talk to you and just tell you about my day if i was sad mad or just so happy that day. You brought so much Joy in my life. The night you had to leave with god before we knew what happened i went in my room before i went to bed and i looked at the picture of us and started crying and it was not a sad cry it was such a happy feeling. Its like you wanted me to know you are ok and that god knew he needed a new angle in heaven and you know what he picked the perfect one you Sara.

I Love You Sara and I miss you.

Jamie Rose Moore

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With Love & Hope  / Linda Solimine (Aunt)
Psalm 91 1-2

He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord "He is my refuge and my fortress my God in whom I trust."

God brought you to us and keeps you with us in our hearts our minds and our souls.  We are forever connected through our Love.

I love you Sara Rose Hennarichs and I will hang onto that love and live in the hope that you continue to be embraced by it.

Love
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thinking of you always  / Taylor Weiss

sara i can't wrap my head around the fact that it has been six years without you. the pain still feels so fresh that it feels like yesterday. there is not a single day that goes by that i dont think about you and stephanie. alot of times its all i can think of. i cherish the memories ive made with you more than i can say. you helped me come out of my shell and become the person that i am today. i feel you with me everyday through little things that happen and even when i am having a horrible day something will happen that will remind me of you and give me a burst of hope. thank you for that. i wish so much that you were here with me but ill have to settle for my dreams. i love you so much sara skittles always.

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Cant Believe its been 6 years  / Nico Pepia (Friend)
Nothing ever makes this easier.  I think about you all the time and wish you could just be here.  I have become good friends with Amy and the resemblance between you two is crazy.  Your younger sisters have visited Tallahassee a couple of times and they look even more like you.  I think about how much fun we use to have at Eagles Landing and only wish that you could still be here and that couldve continued. I know your always lookin down and I love you and miss you and i always will... Close

To my sweet girl...  / Mom
It’s so hard to believe six years have gone by since I last saw you, talked to you, hugged you, laughed with you, cried with you, heard your sweet voice. Six years without your smile, your friendship, your affection, your silliness. It hurts so much Sara and there are just no words to express whats in my heart right now. I guess these tears are the words that I can’t express. There is nothing worse in this world than missing someone you love so much and not being able to do anything about it. Each year that goes by is another year further from the last time I saw you, but it's another year closer to the next time I will see you again. No matter how much time goes by the love bond between us is timeless and can NEVER be broken. Death ended your life, not our relationship. Our relationship is heart to heart rather than face to face and I’m learning to listen with my heart a little better as each year passes. In my heart I know you are still very close, listening to my constant cries for help, helping me to get through the really dark moments and guiding me on the right thing to do in certain situations. I keep you very busy, I know. I also know that you have moved on to bigger and better things and you are now saving lives, educating people and making sure that no one has to go through this kind of senseless, preventable tragedy that ended your life and changed your families life forever. There have been so many people, especially parents, who have been touched and educated by your story and have been able to make wiser decisions and choices because of it. They now think twice before they act, not just with atv’s but with anything dangerous. And because of this their child’s life, or the life of another child can be saved. So many people tell me what a difference you have made in their lives, even people who never knew you. So you see Sara, even though you are no longer physically here you are continuing to make lives better from where you are. And although I would give my life to have you back, your loss is doing so much good for others. As hard as your death has been for your sisters, I know it has taught them both a great deal about life, about love and relationships. I know you continue to be a big part of their lives and when I look at them I see you looking back at me. They remind me so much of you, they are just different flowers from the same garden. Sara, I promise you that your message will always be heard, your death has not been in vain. I love you so very much and I will NEVER let go… I can’t wait to see you in Heaven one sweet day, until then I will live to make you proud…Always and Forever Mom Close

missing you..  / Kim Donohue (friend)
I was cleaning my closet the other day and found the video from the 5th grade safety patrol trip and all of my pictures from the trip. I can't believe it's been six years it feels like yesterday I saw you at Ms. P's...I love and miss you and there's not a day that goes by I don't think about you.. Close