John O. Valdivia

Dad, almost ten years have gone by. Ten years without you here. Sometimes I am sad because I feel your memory fading and I can't recall all the images of you without looking at a picture. I still miss you and love you. I have my own family now. Oliver never got to meet his papa on this side of the veil but I know he knew you before and will know you again. I miss you so so so much. I am missing you a lot today and I know I always will. I love you daddy.

dad, i thought about you all day today and i just want to say how much i love and miss you.
katie

today is the first anniversary mom has without you. this is the first year moanzie doesn't have you around for his birthday. no one ever told me it would get harder as time goes on but it has. i miss you dad.

happy birthday
i guess i thought you would be here every birthday
i miss you soooo much
i love you

daddy i miss you so much....

Love
I haven't written anything until now because words have failed me. Although you were sick for so long, and we had so many days to say goodye and say all the things we wanted to say, when the time came, there was nothing worse. But you did it your way. There were no hospital beds, no tubes, no people around you crying and making decisions about your final moments. You sent us away on errands and in that short time, you slipped away..in your home, in your bed, in your sleep with...

"A heart of gold stopped beating
two twinkling eyes closed to rest
God broke our hearts to prove he only took the best"

Nino,
So hard to belive that you are gone. Reality came crashing in when I saw this in the paper.

You were like a father to me. When I stayed with you and nina...you set boundries for me....like you did with your own children. You taught me lessons and made me eat veggies. You were one of the most important men in my life. Though at times I didnt...

HEY NiNO iTs ME. i JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHiNG. iT HURTS TO SEE YOU GONE BUT liKE TYME TOlD ME "HEs NOT EVER GUNNA BE SiCK ANYMORE HES All BETTER NOW & iN A BETTER PlACE" i l0VE YOU NiNO

Papa I love you and I miss you. Me and mom,tiaKatie,tiomonzi and Nani also Nana.But we are happy you are in a better place.Also we are glad that you are never going to get sick ever again.We hope you are happy to.