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1. Name
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3. School you attend/work at
4. Photo of deceased loved one
5. Message to your loved one

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1. Melissa Moreno
2. She/Her/Hers
3. Skyline College
Dear Dad,
I miss you terribly. I am resorting to carrying your humor forward with all the dumb jokes. I am trying to make Mom laugh everyday. It's easy. She laughs at all my jokes. I see now why you married her, because she is an easy mark. She is funny, and always optimistic. I am learning more from Mom now that you're gone than ever before. She is truly adorable. She is living in a cute apartment near me now, that includes transportation, so she can continue to be independent as long as possible, and she can be very stubborn! I am having her over for dinner every night, and I got her a puppy. I think she is as happy as she can be under the circumstances. You broke her heart (and mine) when you passed away. I used to joke with you saying I could not imagine how you made it 65 years with Mom. But now I get it. She's lovely and amazing. You picked the right girl! I am President of a college now and I think you would be proud of that. I love you. Melissa

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1. Ryan Samn
2. He/His/Him
3. Skyline College
5. Sok sa bai Bong, thae rak sa kloun nas chmouy Preah... Satuk

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Olivia | She, Her | Skyline

Watch over my little brother during these times man! I know this ain’t easy for him. Rest Easy🙌🏼 Love to you and yours

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1. Jose Gutierrez
2. He/His/Him
3.Skyline College
4. Man Sitting down is my grandpa.
5. I miss playing around with you, hearing of stories of you in the Army, how you became one of the OG Braceros in the US and many interesting situations you got yourself into and somehow dug yourself out. I still remember how we shared our first time in Disneyland, even though we weren't together for long I will never forget that one time you chased me with your cane in hand, RIP Abuelito.

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Ofrenda for my great grandpa
He/him
skyline college
Please keep protecting me and my loved ones.

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He/Him/His
Skyline College
Can't wait to play ball with you again

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Allen Ocampo
he/him/siya
Skyline College
Thank you for showing me how to navigate this beautiful, but unjust world.

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Alvin Gubatina he/him/his
Skyline College

Thank you pinsan for watching over and guiding me. Thank you for being my strength when I cannnot see past my challenge. Thank you for instilling in me the importance of our story - the love of our community - and the power of history.

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Ofrenda for my dad.
He/him
skyline college

Even though you are no longer here I still like to think that you're looking out for me

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1. Ellaine Arroyo
2. She/Her/Hers
3. Skyline College
5. Thank you for the fun family times we had together.

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1. Sarah Tran
2. Her/She
3. Skyline College
5. 我希望你现在能看到我 ❤️

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1. Yiya Wang
2. She/Her
3. Skyline College
5. This may be the very first time I think about you and talk to you in first person. You left me and my dad before I could remember anything... all I have is a picture of you holding a tiny little me; you looked like a stranger. I wondered what you would be like if you were here. My dad says you were made of iron and an incredible hard-worker. I can tell he really admires you, your passing was a devastating event for him. Too bad I wasn't old enough to comfort him and was probably right at the age of only knowing how to cause troubles.

I want you to know that the little granddaughter you were holding in your arms has grown into a powerful woman. And I wonder if part of my stubbornness came from you. Thank you for the hard work you've done for your family, which has extended into mine, and the rest of the generations to come.

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1. Jaseryll Obing
2. She/Her
3. Skyline College
5. I have never met or have seen a picture of you but I hope I'm making you proud. Thank you for guiding me from up there.

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Thomas Gower
Him/his
Skyline College

I didn't get to spend a-lot of time with you. I know you wanted the best for me and that's why things where hard. I love you and I hope I am making you proud.

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Claire Dandan she/her/hers, Skyline College
Lola, thank you for taking care of me growing up. I will never forget how to always allowed me to secretly eat your Skyflakes dipped in your coffee, and always paid me in coins to walk on your back as a massage. I wish that you were physically here with us so that I can tell you about my accomplishments and aspirations. I know for certain that you would be proud. I hope to see you again soon.

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Rachel Cunningham, she/her/hers
Skyline College & College of San Mateo
Lisa, I had the hardest time deciding which pic to use, but then I saw your Pokémon watch in this picture and it was a no-brainer. Every time I see a Poke ball now, I think of you and smile. The MRC just isn't the MRC without you. Here's to my favorite clarinet player - I will always save a seat for you at Armstrong's.

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Sherelie Lum
She/Her/Hers
Skyline College
Although I do not remember us spending much time together, I hope you rest peacefully. Thank you for being a great tito.

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1. Madelynn Adajar
2. she/her/hers
3. Skyline College
4. Nanay I miss you so much but when you passed I was so happy for you because I knew you lived a long full life and you were ready to join Tatay after over a decade of being apart. I love and miss you so much!

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Andrea Fuentes/she/hers
Skyline College

You are an amazing woman and fantastic aunt.  Here you are with your two nephews Ricky and David.  We love and miss you.

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1. Alejandra Vazquez
2. she/her
3. Skyline College
Tita:
I miss you so much and I would love to see you one more time. I need your warmness and beautiful smile. In my hardest moments, when I feel alone and hopeless, I only can think of you and your huge kindness. Thanks for all your love and compassion. Rest in pace my beautiful. Te amo!!!

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Ofrenda for my parents, Henry & Annalise

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Ofrenda for my parents, Henry & Annalise

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Toma
She/Her/Hers
Skyline College
I love you so much and I'm so proud to be your daughter. You still live on in my memories and in all of the traits and laughs and demeanors I've inherited from both of you.

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She/Her/Hers
Skyline College
Dear Mom,
I was so lucky to have for so many years.  You taught me that faith, family, community and friendships could provide you with a foundation.  By keeping them close to your heart, you could overcome any difficulty.  When someone came to visit with you, you stopped everything and made sure you were present and in the moment.  You showed that you cared.  May the blessings of the day be the blessings you need the most.

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I still don't have all the words together

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I still don't have all the words together

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Janice Sapigao
she/her
Skyline College
Associate Prof, English

I wrote this book about you because I knew, instinctively, that moments and people pass. That all time is fleeting. That it's true what people say--that we have to savor every second of this life. Ma, I knew that yours was a story that I had to tell, with mine mixed in it. I actually haven't read the book since you passed, to myself, to any audience for a reading, to anyone. I just can't. I thought I was writing the book to urge people to be politically engaged with the changing Bay Area and how high tech was/is erasing our livelihoods--and I was--but what I didn't know was that it would be one day be a memorial, a tribute to you when you were not here, because I never thought you would leave. Thank goodness I wrote the book. Thank goodness I had you in this lifetime. Thank you, for being the best mother to me. I wonder often, Where are you? Now I ask you one the same questions you used to ask me, Will you come visit me? I miss you every day.

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Chris Woo
She/Her/Hers
Skyline College

Thank you Dad for always being patient, proud, and present. Present for the important stuff, and for the everyday things too.

-For carrying backpacks when Mom and Dad told them they should learn to carry their own and earning every word of that third grade story about why you were the "favorite relative".
-For every trip you made to California, and every postcard you sent them from every trip-teaching your grandchildren it was important to learn about the world.
-For making sure we knew there was good and evil in the world, and that evil should be met with resistance.
-For showing that your favorite teams were really your grandchildren's teams-She will always remember that you were the only one there for her 1000th point.
-For being the one person who always believed him, even when maybe you shouldn't, and most other people wouldn't.
-For always finding a way to make simple things fun!
-For sharing your love of music and singing with joy even though your voice could make heads turn (not in a good way)
-For being the first to "show up" when someone needed help. Still moving boxes and furniture at 80.
-For still having the energy to bike 20 miles and chase your great-grandchildren around the yard until just last year.
-For sharing your love of reading and sharing your eclectic taste in books - Helter Skelter, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Autobiography of Malcom X, The Source - all of these and more were on your nightstand when I was young.
-For letting us choose - who we were friends with, who we dated, who we married

Most of all thank you for trusting us all and earning our trust and for embodying the phrase "meet them where they are"

"They" all miss you, but each shows pieces of you to us every day. With Love.