Laura Brooke DiPillo

2 days ago was the tenth birthday we've celebrated without you. where does the time go? dear Alaska, i can only imagine the humor, compassion, and love you would have brought as a 25 year old. we still all miss you and love you but i'm confident we'll meet again someday somewhere somehow.

Dear Alaska,
I think of you often. I remember meeting you. Your bright pink hair and your brilliant smile. Your energy lifted the moods of those around you. I remember feeling in awe, in absolute admiration of your strength and character. I remember afterwards I looked forward to getting to know you better, but we lived far apart so I accepted that it would be a while before I saw you again.

The night you died I was in town, visiting with a mutual friend of ours. I think...

I think of you on many days and still during most nights. I can hardly imagine you at 21, we both already thought we were when you were 14 and I was 16. Your death changed the course of every life in a group of close friends and I sooooooo often longed for your wise presence among all of those silly boys. I love you Alaska forever and I know that I will see you again

i still think about you. i guess all there is to say is i hope you're at peace, i hope it doesn't hurt anymore. you brought so much light into this world and you touched so so many people's lives. you won't be forgotten alaska

Still thinking of you.

Not sure if you'll ever see this, but to Laura's parents, I just want to say, not a day goes by I don't think about Laura. I knew her as Alaska, we met at Journey camp when we were little kids. I never met you, her parents, but we always talked about meeting up over the school year for Harry Potter marathons and the like. I wasn't able to attend her funeral, but she meant the world to me. I think about her all the time and I wish I could have been there for her more. I miss her so much, and...

we still miss you, alaska. you won't be forgotten, and a part of you will live on in all of us.