All About Max

In Loving Memory of
Maximilian Alexander Sanchez I
December 3, 1987 - February 17, 2002

This photo of Max was taken at my wedding to David, in March, 1999, when Max was 11.

Above are two beautiful and loving gifts for Angel Max from my dear friend, Carol, mom to Angel Michael.

We Do Not Need A Special Day

We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find

Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on

Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know

Our thoughts are always with you
Your place no one can fill
In life we loved you dearly
In death we love you still

There will always be a heartache
And often a silent tear
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here

If tears could build a staircase
And heartaches make a lane
We'd walk the path to Heaven
And bring you home again

We hold you close, within our hearts
And there you will remain
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again

Our family chain is broken now
And nothing seems the same
But as God calls us one by one
The chain will link again.
Written by Connie Dyer

This beautiful image is a gift to Angel Max from my dear friend, Linda.

This photo of Max was taken in Summer of '99, on a backpacking trip to Sword and Lost Lakes.

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through...maybe they get it all down faster than the rest of us. They don't need to stick around for a hundred years to get it all right. They get it down real quick... it's like... some people just come through our lives to bring us something, a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn, and that's why they're here. He taught you something I'll bet... about love, and giving, and caring so much about someone...that was his gift to you...he taught you all that and when he left, Maybe he just didn't need to stay longer than that. He gave you the gift, and then he was free to move on...
he was a special soul...You'll have that gift forever."

From Danielle Steel...."The Gift"

This is Max at school, shortly before his death, in late 2001.

The Broken Chain

We did not know that morning that God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly, in death the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone,
for part of us went with you the day God called you home
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide,
and though we cannot see you, you are always by our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same,
but as GOD calls us one by one, the CHAIN will link again.
~ Author unknown

This photo of Max was again taken shortly before his death in late 2001.

You Live

You live in the beautiful wind that blows.
You live in the soared of birds that crow.
You live i n the sun that shines so bright.
You live in the peaceful dark at night.
You live in a star I see in the sky.
You live in ocean waves that come in with the tide.
You live in the smell of flowers and grass.
You live in the summer that goes so fast.
You live in my heart that hurts so much.
You did not die, we only lost touch.
By.: Shari Swirsky
Toronto, OH, Canada
~reprinted from BP St. Louis Newsletter

Dear Cecilia
A hard month for us all.
Our ANGEL'S always did something
Special for us on Valentines
that we will forever remember.
I Pray your day was Peaceful.
GOD BLESS CECILIA
Sue-Anne/LEE