Roxann/ Melanie Jefferson (Friend, sister, misser )
I havent even typed a word, and already... I cry!!!! I can not begin to think of the pain and anger that is in your heart!!! I'm still really sad, and really mad... about what happened to Adriana!!! When i pray everyday, you are in my prayers!!! I cant stop thinking about "A" ! Kim, Duane and I remain close friends! We keep each other strong!! I dont just feel like i have lost my friend,... but my lil' sister too! I saw "A", two weeks before she passed! Adriana told me, "That We Do Not have time to waste" And she told me all the things that she was doing with her life; I could not believe all the things that Adriana had on her plate(2 jobs and school)!!! I'm so proud of "A", for having the courage to be strong & to be differant!!! I miss her every day!!! I will Strive a lil' bit harder everyday, because i know that is what "A" would be doing!!! I also know that i do not have any time to waste! (Roxann-Thank you for sharing your ANGEL with me.) Love Mel Close
Luv ya Roxana! / Angela Crosetto (Good friend )Read >>
Luv ya Roxana! / Angela Crosetto (Good friend )
Roxana I just want to tell you that I love you so much and I'm here whenever you need to go spend a couple hundred dollars. :) I'm so happy that you and my mom are so close and that she is there to help you through it. Just remember that everything happens for a reason and you may not figure out that reason for another 10 years...but there is one, I promise. I figured mine out with my dad just recently. As hard as it is for you, I can't even imagine, just know that you are surrounded by people who love you and are willing to do anything to brighten up your day. I'm right around the corner, literally!! Mwah! Angela Close
Thank you Dear Family and Friends / Roxana &. Jim Thompson (Parents)Read >>
Thank you Dear Family and Friends / Roxana &. Jim Thompson (Parents)
We thank you all for the candles lit and tributes you have paid. It has been a tremendous comfort to us knowing that you have Adriana in your thoughts and prayers. These candles will stay forever lit. God Bless you all.
To only know how much you are missed / Gretchen Kretschmar (close-friend)Read >>
To only know how much you are missed / Gretchen Kretschmar (close-friend)
Addy, since the day that I met you I knew that you were someone special. Just to look back it was about 16 years ago. All the memories that we have shared in Mexico and all the laughs that we shared will never fade. I truly miss you and never stop thinking of you.
Love Always, Gretchen Close
My dear friends, Rox and Jim / Mary Crosetto (Friend)Read >>
My dear friends, Rox and Jim / Mary Crosetto (Friend)
I did all I could to help you through this difficult time, mostly through the holidays without Adriana. All I can do is be here for you. I know how much it hurts and how much you miss Adriana and I just wanted to let you know that I am here for you always. Both of you have been so amazing and such great friends. I know Roxy you have had some real bad days but what I have seen through all of this is you helping others cope with the loss of Adriana. Its truly amazing, while your heart is breaking you are hard at work mending so many other hearts. You are an inspiration to all of us. I love you my friends Rox and Jim, and you know I am always right around the corner. Your friend Mary
My Memories of Adriana / Terri DeMasi (Life Long Friend )Read >>
My Memories of Adriana / Terri DeMasi (Life Long Friend )
Dear Rox and Jim, My heart will forever be with sweet Adriana. I remember so clearly the morning we learned that she had come into the earth....you called from the hospital on April 7th, 1985 (Skip and my 6th wedding anniversary), the joyous news of Adriana's birth. You and JoAnn Stamile came to visit me (I had just had surgery), and I remember thinking Addy was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. I couldn't pick her up or hold her, due to my surgery, but I showered her with kisses and held her little hand. Over the years, Adriana would sometimes spend weekends with me.....we would go to the bakery in Jamesburg, gathering up all of Addy's favorite sweets, then go to the park and play and play. It always amazed me how mature she was for her age, we'd have discussions about the most interesting things. But, she was still a little girl in some ways.....missing her Mom at bedtime....it was my joy to slip into bed with her, and hold her until she drifted off to sleep. Adriana was, to me, like the child I was never able to have, she brought such joy to me. Once you moved to Denver, our chances to spend time together grew less, but our love only continued to grow. I remember you, Jim and Adriana came to NJ for a visit around the time the movie Titanic was in the theaters. Addy had every single line memorized! Then, I came to Denver for a visit....Adriana and I spent much time in the back seat of your car, as you and Jim gave me the Grand Tour of Colorado...was talked about her favorite band (Green Day), boys, school, and New Jersey...we held hands, hugged and did alot of laughing! She took great joy in showing me her room, her school awards, her clothes....my God do I miss her! The last time we spent together was the summer of 2003 (I think!), when she and her friend Kelly came to visit me in NJ. It was so much fun, we went shopping in Princeton, and visited my great Aunt Theo (age 97), my Aunt adored Addy, and was so thrilled to see her all grown up. My next visit with Addy was at her gravesite, I still cannot grasp the world without Adriana, and cannot imagine what my dear friends Rox and Jim are going through. Please know we love you, support you, and honor the memory of your beautiful Adriana.
Kochana Ciociu.. / Roxana Jackiewicz ("siostra cioteczna" )
Kochana Ciociu.. nie mialam okazji porozmawiac z Toba po tym wszystkim co sie stalo...kiedy mama powiedziala mi ze dzwonilas nie chcialam.. nie moglam uwierzyc.. i u sumie to nie pogodzilam sie z tym az do dzis.. tak bardzo chcialam spotkac sie z Wami wszystkimi... Adriane znam odkad pamietam..zawsze uwazalam ja za swoja cioteczna siostre dlatego i tak zawsze o niej mowie... pamietam jak kiedys przyjechalyscie do Nas i bylysmy razem na spacerze ..obie mowilysmy do Ciebie "Mamo". Addy zawsze bedzie dla mnie kims wyjatkowym...to Ona nauczyla mnie angielskiego i to od Niej przejelam akcent, i choc wiem ze to sprawy blache.. dla mnie zancza bardzo wiele..
Mamusia i Babcia scikaja Cie mocno i przesylaja cieplutkie mysli i zyczenia sily i wytrwalosci dla Ciebie zebys nigdy sie nie poddawala.
A letter to Roxana and Jim / Isabelle Ges (half sister )Read >>
A letter to Roxana and Jim / Isabelle Ges (half sister )
Dear Roxana and Jim, I think of you often and wonder how you are managing. Words cannot express the pain I feel for you. I pray that God gives you the strength to handle each day as best as you can. I am confidant that Adriana is with you every moment embracing you with her love and picking you up when you find it difficult to stand. I think you did a beautiful job putting Adriana's website together. It has allowed me to get know Adriana through the love of her friends and family.She is missed..... Roxana, I wish you peace and love. Please write when you have a chance. Always, Isabelle Close
Letter from Dana to Roxana and Jim / Dana McKeithen (Friend from Spain )Read >>
Letter from Dana to Roxana and Jim / Dana McKeithen (Friend from Spain )
Dearest Roxana & Jim,
I too am sorry for not having written sooner, but your family has been in my thoughts and prayers this entire time. I can not imagine how difficult this last year has been for you both but I am so glad that I had the opportunity to come to Colorado and attend Adriana's funeral. It was so good to meet the friends and family I had heard so much about. I actually might be in Colorado this February to visit family and would love to stop by and say hello. I will let you know once the time gets closer.
I graduated college in June and am now working in San Diego for a sports company. I have two pictures in my cube at work. One is of my boyfriend and I and the other is a funny close up Adriana and I took together in Barcelona. Simple reminder that life is precious, and we should always appreciate the people and blessings that it bestows upon us. It was so obvious how many peoples lives she has touched forever, I am so thankful to have been one of them.
I actually came across some other pictures the other day that I had completely forgotten about from Spain, a couple in particular of Adriana that were particularly funny. One of our last nights in Madrid we all went out, it was the Christmas season and tradition to wear wigs everywhere. We got matching tinsel wigs, passed through crowded streets of holiday goers, Christmas trees, lights, Madrid is beautiful during Christmas. So many memories of Adriana and one thing that I never got the chance to tell you all was how much I can say that those last months in Madrid, she was one of the happiest most spirited girls in our program by far. She had such an amazing enlightening experience. Thank you again for taking me in for Christmas. I realized then that her generous spirit was a direct result of her family. It was such a pleasure to have gotten the chance to meet everyone, and such a special treat to have gotten to spend the extra time with her.
Letter to Roxana / Cory Pulsipher (Friend from Spain )Read >>
Letter to Roxana / Cory Pulsipher (Friend from Spain )
Roxana,
Thank you for your note, it was very thoughtful of you. It was an honor to be able to come and pay respect to Adriana, I wouldn't have missed it for anything else. I didn't have much of a chance to talk to you at the funeral so I thought I'd tell you a little about how I came to know Adriana. Adriana was the first person that I met from ISA when I got off the airplane. Our flights arrived around the same time so we rode in the same shuttle to our apartments. From the very start Adriana was a very inviting and open to new people, she was instantly very likeable and made new people feel comfortable. That is how I first came to know Adriana, chatting in a van driving around a new foreign country. Because of that 30 minute car ride I felt comfortable around her the rest of our time in Spain. I won't pretend like we were best friends and that I knew her better than anyone else, but she was a friend. I admire her desire to experience life to its fullest, that something she made me want to do better.
I know that this must be a hard time of year for you. I know that it is because of Christ's birth that Adriana and all of us will be able to overcome death and sin and return to live in the presence of God. I also know that one day you can be with Adriana again. I hope that will give you comfort during this first Christmas without Adriana.
To all our Family and Friends / Roxana &. Jim Thompson (Parents)Read >>
To all our Family and Friends / Roxana &. Jim Thompson (Parents)
The love and support you have all given us during this time of great sorrow has been like nothing we have ever seen. You have all shared our grief and shed tears with us for the loss of our beautiful Adriana. There are no words to describe how much we appreciate each and everyone of you. Thank you and God Bless you all. Close
Roxanna and Jim our hearts are with you / Sheila Meyer (Friend)
Roxanna, The website is a beautiful tribute to Adriana. I've been reflecting on the memories I have of Adriana and how beautiful she was inside and out. Elegant but down to earth. So many of us were blessed to have known her and have our lives touched by her. She truly gave so much to those of us who's lives she touched. We love you and Jim and our hearts go out to you. Sheila Close
Letter to Roxana / Cammy Kretschmar (Friend)Read >>
Letter to Roxana / Cammy Kretschmar (Friend)
Hi Rox...What a wonderful web site you've created in Memory of Adriana. I know this time of year has to be so very hard...My heart goes out to you. Death is a hard thing to understand, especially when it happens to one so young.
After loosing so many who have been so close, I've learned to look into my heart and I'm able to find them there and they constantly tell me they are happy, healthy and have new work to do. Work that is so very important, and that is looking after you!
What a huge responsiblity that is...So I try to make their job easier, by living life to the fullest and happiest, because that is what they want for each of us on earth.
God is with you and holding you up in your time of need. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Letter to Roxana / Lynelle Lahey (Friend of Mother )Read >>
Letter to Roxana / Lynelle Lahey (Friend of Mother )
Oh Roxana, I think of you always and even though I had never had the opportunity of meeting Adriana, I hug my "one and only child" and let him know how much I love him. I also pray for him when he ventures out into the world. I never take ANY day for granted knowing that life is just so precious and too short. My thoughts and prayers will be with you this Christmas and my hope is that somehow God will take some of your pain away. Thank you for sharing Adriana with us with this website. Love, Lynelle Close
Letter to Roxy / Alexandra DeHart (Friend)
Hey Roxy! I just wanted to let you know that I saw this memorial site and I think it turned out so beautiful. Youve always been good at making things beautiful, just look at your daughter!And that I think about you guys all the time and that your an my prayers! I know that we havent been that close in the last couple of years! but I truly care for you guys and you guys were a big part of my life. latley ive just been thinking about how Addy and I and Andrew would make up dances to X-mas songs on Christmas Eve and show everbody. And a lot of other memorys that I have not really thought about in along time. And I treasure those memorys and keep them very close to my heart! You probably already know this but I just wanted to tell you that Addy meant so much to me and Ive always looked up to her as a big sister! When I was in elementary school and I was going through a lot she was always there for me,and then middleschool and then highschooland shewas still there. Ive always thought of your daughter as perfect. Shes done so much for me and has touched my life in so many ways. Ill never forget her! I just really wanted to share this with you and if you ever need anything know that im always here for you! I love you so much and your in my thoughts and prayers Close
My Dear Friend and Big Sister Growing Up / Alexandra DeHart (Friend)
Addy, I miss you so much and I'll never forget our crazy stories growing up in the townhomes. Theres not a day that goes by that I dont think of you. I'll always remember our talks of what its gonna be like when I get older and how I always coppied you on cloths, music and the words you used! I've always looked up to you and I'll never forget you! You and family and friends are in my thoughts and prayers forever!
Couldn't wait for you... / Jo-Ann Stamile (friend)Read >>
Couldn't wait for you... / Jo-Ann Stamile (friend)
I couldn't wait for you to arrive, planning a baby shower on St. Patrick's day surprised your Mom - then I got the call that you were born and I was on my way to see you. I was there for your first word to your first step. You were like a little daughter to me, oh how I miss you. I think of you almost every day and you will be in my heart forever! Close
Our memory of Adriana / Beata &. Michel Lecko (Friends of her Mum & Dad from London )Read >>
Our memory of Adriana / Beata &. Michel Lecko (Friends of her Mum & Dad from London )
We have first met Adriana when she was 5 months old. Her mum came to stay with us for few days and introduced us to her beautifull little girl. We baby sat for her although Michel was more successfull as a baby sitter than I. We saw her again in 1989 when she came with her mum and stayed with us. She was was curious about everything, and had million questions about everything. I remember, my late dad when he met her, being totally charmed by this young, beautifull, curious, clever and also very polite child. We saw her few times more whenever her parents brought her to London, and were always very impressed by this beautifull, very poised and lady like, but also very spirited young lady. We did not see her on her last trip as we were away, but will always remeber her. And all we can say is, that only someone so very special and wonderfull could leave behind so many broken hearts. I saw it in her Mum's, Grandad's and Godmother's eyes how much she was loved and how much she will be missed. Close
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