Your last night sleeping in your bed.....  / Mom

Four years ago tonight was the last night I saw you sleeping in your bed. I remember I woke up in the middle of the night and went upstairs to check on you. You looked so beautiful with your little turned up nose and your sweet face laying on your pillow, surrounded by your monkeys sleeping so peacefully. For some reason I had this overwhelming feeling of wanting to keep you safe and protected from everything bad in this world. You were such a kind, giving and loving girl and I know how much it hurt you to see some of the bad things that were happening in this world. Anything from the bullies at school hurting other children’s feelings, homeless people, abused and starving children, to the events of 9/11, you were so passionate about doing something to help. Maybe God answered my prayer to keep you safe and protected by taking you Home so early. Maybe He didn’t want you to become tainted by all the bad in this world. In Heaven you will always be safe and there is only goodness, happiness and love, the way you hoped this world could be. You truly were an Angel here on earth Sara. You left your footprints on everyone’s hearts and now you are in Heaven taking care of us. I will never forget that last soft kiss I gave you on your cheek as you slept, never knowing it would be my last...(Or maybe deep down I did know)...I will kiss your cheek again Sara and that will be the moment I become whole again.  Until then I will do my best to honor you and make you proud. I love you so much and miss you more and more each day…. Love forever and Always, Mom
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to the family  / Marissa
to the family: 

First i want to say how very sorry i am. I grew up in Boca, i even went to eagles landing when sara did..i didnt know her but i remeber when this happened. It realy shocked us and taught us a lesson on how important safety is. To this day i still pray about sara even though i didnt know her. My sister got into an ATV accident a about a year ago. She was pretty badly beatin up. I remember being in the hospital waiting while the doctors did their business and i was thinking about Sara. i asked sara to protect my sister because Sara had been through this. Kaitlyn came out okay she had broken her legs and had brain surgery to stop the swelling. I just wanted to tell you that the stength of your family helped me get through the time we had to deal with my sisters accident. You have been a great inspiration and sara was a beautiful girl. 

Thank you so much for spreading the awareness
R.I.P Sara Rose Hennarichs

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cant stop thinking bout u  / Katie Milwick (friend)
Whenever i think about you it makes me very sad. i keep having dreams about u and it all seems so real not realizing that it was all just a dream. I wish my dreams came true and as if none of this ever happened. Its been almost 4yrs now and time has flown by. It seems like just yesterday we were hangin out havin a good time. Well there wont ever be a time like that again. As i write this the tears wont stop rushin from my eyes. I miss u, my best friend, very much. I love ya sweetie. Close

4 years  / Aunt June (aunt)

Dear Sara,
      
     It is almost four years now and I do not know what to say!
All I know is that i miss you so much. I miss your beautiful smile and your love for life. I think God needed someone like you that is why you left us. I know you are with my Gregory and the two of you have no idea of time, while we mourn our losses, all you feel is joy and happiness. I promise to live life to the fullest, laugh often, and love everyone. Again I just want you to know I miss you more and more each day, my two wonderful angels!

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My Deepest Sympathies and Condolences  / John Plourde (Bereaved Father-Passing By )
(((To the Family of Sara Rose Hennarichs))),
I am SO SORRY to read of your beloved, beautiful, and loving daughter, Sara Rose’s horrible accident and her sudden, sad death.
I am sure even after 4 years, I know the pain, anguish and devastation that you feel as you continue to ask…”WHY”. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, as you travel along this horrible journey.
As I read about your beautiful Sara, I am sure that your daughter, Sara touched so many in her life; she will forever be an amazing young woman. I hope that Sara’s life and the happy memories have provided you some comfort on your darkest days of grief.
The death of a child is the most devastating event of a parent’s life. The road of grief is a LONG and DIFFICULT journey; we as bereaved parents and our families need to live “one breath at a time”.
My wife Bernice and I are the parents of a beautiful, loving, heavenly Angel Danielle Marie. On February 20th, 2006 at 11 years 1 month and 17 days old, our beautiful, precious and life-loving, young daughter, Danielle Marie died at 10:59am in an automobile collision in Sturbridge, MA. She died of a massive traumatic head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene. We also have a wonderful, handsome 15 year old son, Jonathan.
Take Care & May God give you & your loving family the strength and courage to guide you all along this terrible, emotional and relentless journey. 

With Deepest Sympathies,
John-Danielle Marie’s Daddy
1/4/95-2/20/06 (head trauma-motor vehicle accident)
http://danielle-marie-plourde.memory-of.com/
In Loving Memory of Danielle-Marie
“Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing”

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Till We Meet Again  / Lucille Solimine (Grandmother)
Oh how I miss you my sweet Sara.  Your unique beauty came from within your kind and loving heart and radiated to all who knew and loved you.  You were truly special.  Your short life touched so many in very many ways.  You will never be forgotten.

I can't wait to feel your hugs once again.  I know that someday,  I will  see you running to me  once again, with arms outstreched, and I will hold you tight and then, my heart will no longer ache and I will smile again. Close

Beautiful poem to Sarah  / Acacia 's Mom Santaite (some one who cares )

Dear Cathy,
            Oh my "GOD"  I am literally sitting here with tears rolling down my face, just reading this poem and  your feeling's about "Sarah.". Just absolutely beautiful words,, "Just the way i feel,
Hope u  don't mind if i use it someday...You sure know how to write poems...
My heart breaks for u and all of us that have to walk this awful walk and nightmare everyday we wake up.  It is so unfair, and I can not wait till , I see my baby , and I hear her say "MOM , I love you..That is when my heart will be complete and content once again.. That spot that is always empty and not to see them in the physical is heart wrenching.. I do not know how I have done it this far either...
I, unfortuneatly will never beable to feel like the same person, I once was.. i go out with friends, and in the middle of being out there, it just cuts
like a knife and I drive home , with thought;s of being so alone and I must continue on in the future with this feeling of loss,  tha t I will never be able to truly enjoy myself..Pretty pathetic huh?  Well , my deepest feelings of my heart is with you,  
Warm Hugs to you..
Love Cindy(Acacia's mommy)

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my feelings....4 years later  / Linda (Sara's Aunt )


Silence

A fateful night of treacherous play
of innocence lost
a tragedy to suffer,
the endless day...

Pain that drags to icy depths
clutches, creeps
and gasps for breath...

Anger simmers, lingers
a pulsating ache
engulfed by helpless fury

shattered dreams
pointed shards that tremble and quake...

Tears of hot, bitter sorrow
a rage filled battle
an anchored scream beckons forth...

Silence


I love and miss Sara so very much...I miss all that she meant to my children and all that she meant to me. I miss what could have been...what should have been. I will think of her always and forever and continue to pray for the healing of so many broken hearts! 

love always,
Linda

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It's almost 4 years Sara  / Mom

Dear Sara,

Four long years have come and gone
My heart aches for you from dusk till dawn
I don't know how I go on living each and every day
God, please help me get through this, PLEASE, I pray

I still wonder how the sun continues to rise
and how the moon sets without you here by my side
This pain inside I try so hard to hide
I have not been the same since the day you died

I want to cuddle and hold you like I used to do
there is so much left I needed to do with you
It gets harder and harder everyday
And I won't be happy till in my arms you lay

I miss you so much, this pain runs so deep
This life is so hard, all I really want to do is sleep
Because when I sleep I can't feel the pain 
and in my dreams I'm able to see you again

I can dream of the way life used to be
When I had you safe and here with me
but then I wake up and reality sets in
my world becomes dark and I try to find the light within

Tears sting my eyes as I recall
All our special moments, I try to remember them all
You were always so happy,  so sweet and so kind
Here are just some memories that come to mind:


.....Remember how you would try to get rid of my headaches by rubbing my eyes and then putting cold Gatorade squeeze bottles on them? Ha ha. I told you that you had magical fingers because you would always make my headaches go away. I remember how we would cuddle in bed before you went to sleep and talk about your day, your hopes and your dreams. I miss that so much Sara. Remember the mess you would make when you ate and how no one would sit next to you because your food would end up on thier shirt? You were so funny Sara. I remember your bag collection you kept in your closet. Your closet was full of bags from all over. I remember always finding goldfish crackers crushed on the carpet in your bedroom. You loved goldfish crackers and my heart still sinks when I walk by the goldfish crackers in publix. Remember how we would look at the clouds together and always see the same shapes? We had so many laughs together over such silly things. You never liked to read but you loved to write stories. You wrote so beautifully and I found the book you were writing on your computer. You were up to chapter 9. How I wish you were able to finish your book.  Remember Marcie with the heavy New York accent? You used to call me and pretend you were her and I believed you most of the time. Remember middle-middle time? Oh my God Sara, what I would do to have those times back.  I miss you, my best friend, my daughter.

There are so many things I want to remember Sara, I don't want to lose anything. I can't beleive it's been almost 4 years, how am I still here? I guess my strength  comes from knowing that no matter where I go or what I do you will be there with me. And in the blink of an eye I will be there with you.....I love you so much sweetie. I'll see you in heaven...

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Life changing...  / Alex Calcan

After watching your video on you tube, it has made me think twice avout the risks that I am exposed to while riding my atv. I used to drive very fast and i did not always take into consideration that there can be other people in my way and that all an ATV is, is a piece of metal and that ultimately it is my parrents' lives that suffer the most in case that annything happens to me. So I think that even though you suffered a tremendous loss, at least you have not let it go and keep it a secret. I believe that by making this website and your video, you have made people think twice before showing off on a piece of metal with wheels. I am really sorry for your loss and I hope that you have gotten over it at least a tiny bit and I know that your daughter did not die for nothing.

Alex Calcan

PS, i ride a BRP Outlander 800 and i an now 16 years old.

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..... / Ben (none)
JUST FIGURED I WOULD LET U KNOW THAT THE STORY CHANGED ME ALOT, IM 15 AND I RIDE ONE OF THE LARGEST SPORT ATV'S SOLD, AND I STUNT WITH THE ATV, AFTER READING THE STORY ABOUT SARA IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT IF I MAKE ONE MISTAKE THE SAME COULD HAPPEN TO ME. NOW I KNOW TO STOP DOING STUNTS AND RIDE SAFE. Close

God Bless you all.  / Besra Laws (visitor)

I am a mother myself and I cannot imagine what your family is going through right now.Please be strong and teach others about this issue.God bless you,Sara and your family. 

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wow. / Suleima Ortiz (just visiting )
sara was a beautiful girl. im sorry for your loss. wow. i really dont know what to say. but yea, my condolences to everybody who was close with her. <3 Close

The girl that became my teacher in life  / Monica Soto (friend)
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so nice to hear from you  / Acacia's Mom Santaite (passerby)
Cathy ,
  Nice to hear from you,  I hate that when you write something and the right words flow and then you loose the whole thing, I've done that on several occasions.  I do not have your e-mail address,.  Mine is above,  Yes, we lost our beauy's ina friggin twinkling of an eye because of someones carelessness and not being spervised.  Unbelieveable!!! And i never hear from the lady or her friend or the guy who hit them .  I can't even imagine the cayous that night,  It just kills me in My heart and soul,  I don;t want to open wounds that might of healed a bit but we did loose our 13 yr. old and under similiar conditions ,yes there life goes on.  Just crazy!!Hope to hear from ,you gotta get ready for school, it's the only thing that keeps me together,  I can't wait till the day I will be with her again.

Blessings to you and your family,
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Hello / Acacia's Mom Santaite (passerby)
Hello,
     I was watching the sweet sixteen video, such a beautiful girl and video, it just touched me like my own daughter I lost last April at the age of 13 as well..  The song on there could you tell me who say it is it Avril Lavingne?  I would like to buy that song.  My e-mail is cincleri@yahoo.com.. How do you put all this in prospective, now being 3 yrs, Do you go to Compassionate friends ,I have a couple of times , Hope to get the name of the song and my heart is with you ,I know the pain and missing someone like this.

Peace
Cindy
Acacia;s mom

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I too lost my daughter last april 16th 2006, 13 yrs old spending the night at friends  / Cindy Santaite (passerby)
Hello,
     My name is Cindy ,I live in Colorado Springs Colorado.  I also lost my daughter last year , April 16th, the utmost worst day of my life, not only that she was my only child ,,, my EVERYTHING""" She spent the night at a friends  as well and the mother allowed two 12 yrs. old to go out on a scooter, to go to the cousins house, but they went about 4 miles down the road, to go see friends and coming back her friend was driving there and back.  When they crossed 3 lanes {very busy} got to the median and she took off and they got hit, Brooke the driver lived almost unharmed and I lost the love of my life that evening.  My life changed for ever.. It's sounds alittle like your child spending the night, and a parents not thinking, before allowing 2 children to go out.  Unbelievable,  Am I angry ,yes ,I am , I just passed a year and I literally feel alot of days like I am going to die.  My daughters memorial is Acacia Cleri-memorial -com. if you'd like to read about my daughter as well.  Your site is beautiful and she was a beauty and looked like an angel on earth.  I will never accept or understand this, never.  Love to hear from you and keep  doing what your doing.

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Forever Young......  / Mom
Sara,

Last night as I was driving in my car I heard “our song” on the radio, "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. I cried my eyes out because I haven’t heard that song since you left us. I remember how I would sing that song to you and your sisters when you were little. I told you that the song was written for the three of you and to listen carefully to the words. Every time it came on the radio you would turn up the volume and tell me “our song” is on:

May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
Surround you when you’re far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you’d have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you’ll always stay
Forever young…

May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven
With a prince or a vagabond

And may you never love in vain
And in my heart you will remain
Forever young…

And when you finally fly away
I’ll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell

But whatever road you choose
I’m right behind you, win or lose
Forever young….

When you were younger I sang those words to you thinking you would be flying away to college, not to heaven at such a young age. But even though you are in heaven the words to that song still have special meaning and it will always be “our song”. I know that the good Lord is with you now and that sunshine and happiness surround you where ever you are. In your short life you grew to be proud, dignified and true, three things that usually take a lifetime to achieve, if ever. We have always been proud of you and always will be. You lived each day as if it were your last, always treating others as you would want to be treated, no matter who they were. You were courageous and brave in anything you attempted to do. If you lived a full life you would have had many more opportunities to prove just how courageous and brave you were. I pray that your guiding light continue to be strong and you will shine down on all of us as you build us a home in heaven. You now have all the wisdom of a lifetime that those of us who are left behind will never know. I know you will never love in vain since where you are now there is only pure and genuine love. What a perfect place heaven must be. I hope I have served you well in this lifetime Sara, please know that I am still right behind you, win or lose. No matter how many years go by, in my heart you will always remain…forever young. God Sara, I love you so much………. Close

IF ROSES GROW IN HEAVEN  / David

IF ROSES GROW IN HEAVEN

If Roses grow in Heaven
Lord please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my Daughter's arms
and tell her they're from me

Tell her I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for awhile.

Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there's an ache within my heart
that will never go away.

Unknown Author

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*The day I found life wont be the same*  / Monica Soto (Best Friend )

No matter where I turn, her memory is always with me. Along with them comes the pain, which continues to linger three years later. The winding road of my life began on September 13, 2003. It was the day that has influenced me to be who I am today. The day that my dear friend,Sara Rose Hennarichs, passed away. I always knew that life would force me to face many obstacles and challenges, but the question was could I arise from the one that impacted me the most?

It was Eagles Landing Middle School cheerleading squad that first introduced me to Sara. Although she was a year younger than I, age could not come between the great bond that quickly formed. When we were together doing childish pranks made us feel like we were little kids again, and we loved ever moment of it. It is memories like those, which I will cherish forever.

The Hennarichs household became a second home to me over the summer. Adventures at the local water park, making music videos, attending cheerleading camp together and sharing our deepest secrets were what we enjoyed the most. Until the day tragedy struck, when I received a dreadful phone call, I never realized how easy it was to take friendship for granted. The call came on September 14, early in the morning. It was a phone call that has silenced my pain forever. My best friend died on an ATV accident.

My emotions at that time were indescribable. All of our memories we had shared together collaborated into a mind slide show. I recalled my last words I had said to her that night, and the sleepover we were supposed to have together that night. I felt that I was to blame, and I still wonder to this day, What if I called her an hour before to come over my house? The situation felt surreal.

School the next day seemed like a frightening nightmare that I was unable to awaken from. Walking down the soundless halls, watching every face turn in slow motion sole because I was known as "the girl who was best friends with the girl who died." Some kid had even asked me if I saw "her wounded body laying on the ground with her head crack opened." That comment traumatized me evermore, and school was not something I attended very much. It became harder to comprehend that I would have to live my life without my best friend, even to this day.

Sara's personality, as I like to define it, was carefree, determined, adoring and that is how I have tried to become. The common phrase, "you never realize what you have until it's gone," is sadly true in every aspect. Sara taught me a great deal about myself, although it took a while to realize the impact she had on me, I thank her for every moment she was in my life for. If I can say that anything good has come of this, it has taught people to live every day to it's fullest because it can quickly be taken away. Living my life for those that I love wouldn't have been fulfilled until such a great tragedy and that is something I’m greatful for.  Not only was she an amazing friend to me, but also she taught me so much about life by leaving and becoming an angel.

This web site is absolutely gorgeous and has really made me feel as if Sara still lingers. You have brought back such fond memories, which at a point I felt as if I was forgetting. I pray for you Cathy and your family every night before I go to bed. You have been such a great inspiration to me and your a hero in my eyes.
I Miss you
Always in my heart and dreams
-Monica-

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