So sorry From: CHRISTINA MUOIO Sent: Thu 9/20/07 12:31 PM
I wanted to sign Christophers guest book but I ended up here. I just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you and your family. My son was murdered as well. He was six. Jared was an amazing child as I am sure Christopher was. It breaks my heart to know that these things happen. I hope that one day you get your answers. You will be in my thoughts often, Christina
www.jaredmyangel.com
My Brother Christopher
From: Paul Acosta
Sent: Tue 9/11/07 1:23 PM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you Christopher! Every morning is my normal routine driving in to work - Praying for all that I am blessed with and all that I cannot control. Of all times, this week you have been on my mind more than ever. My life does go on as Mom says, but the hurt is still there. You are so missed. I can't and don't ever want to know what mom and dad are going through. I can't even imagine my life without my kids. No one person, or words can ever fill the void in my heart for you. When you left us, our whole world changed! I try my hardest to be a good person and not to hate or cause problems. For I want to make sure I will never again give myself the opportunity to mess up seeing you again. Till that day comes Christopher, I promise to be the best person I possibly can! For my wife, my kids, and my family.
Love your brother,
Paul
09/11/2007
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:18:15 -0400
From: laurasmom
Subject: In Remembrance of Christopher
Nora, You're in my heart today and I know the pain you suffer. I'm limping along with you. Today I suffer.
With loving memory of a beautiful soul who lives with God
Christopher
Should you go first and I remain,
to walk the road alone,
I’ll live in memories garden, dear,
with happy days we’ve known.
In spring I’ll wait for roses red,
when faded, the lilacs blue.
In early fall when brown leaves fall,
I’ll catch a glimpse of you.
I’ll hear your voice, I’ll see your
smile, tho blindly I may grope,
The memory of your helping hand
will buoy me on with hope.
Should you go first and I remain,
one thing I’ll have you do:
Walk slowly down that long long
path, for soon I’ll follow you.
I want to know each step you take,
So I may take the same.
For someday down that lonely road,
you’ll hear me call your name
Rest in the Arms of Jesus
With Love
Ann
Christopher,
I miss you more each day. As I build this tribute to you, it feels good to see your pictures, but hurts at the same time. It's a reminder of all the changes we will never see of you.
Tyra
Dear Tyra, Nora and Benny,
This is such a wonderful tribute to Christopher;
your love is shown greatly here and I am sure
Christopher is well aware of it and loves you for it.
May you all find peace and may justice be served
very soon here on earth. We know of God's justice,
and we know that we mortals need to see justice
done here as well. I pray every day that the one(s)
responsible for Christopher's murder will be arrested.
Love,
Pat, Steve's Mom
http://www.geocities.com/loveyouforeversteve/index.html
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Oh Christopher,
Hope your birthday there was a lot better than had you been home. I hope you could see that your Dad and I did come to visit you at your Grave site.
Time has taken away so much since you left. Nothing ever seems to get better, just worse.
We just count the days, when we can join you, as the void in out heart and life is to, much. Perhaps it will be soon, or perhaps I will have to wait so long, as I have waited for your Aunt Lucy. Only God knows.
I think of you as being twenty nine, and think that by that age, I already had all of you five kids. How would your life be, Christopher? What do you do there?
Seems as if everyone else in the family has moved on, except your Dad and I. That can never be, it will never happen. Living without you, is not living.
To bad some people can't understand that, but it is okay, as long as your Dad and I know, just as how we know your life here on earth was, we know how it is to live without you. Hopefully no one else can find out this pain and hell. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, if I even had one.
I hope you can see all the grand-kids growing, and to know that they are slowly reaching their teen years too! Please keep them close by you, and watch over them, as this cruel world could take them in a blink of an eye, as they did you.
Your Dad and I will always keep you close to our heart, and always in our memory, as we live it day after day, and minute after minute, at the moment we close our eyes, and at the moment we open them, you are there. Every where we go you are there. Nothing can take that away from us. Only when we too, close our eyes to meet you again.
Our hearts bleed for you to be here, if it could only be. Love, and stay close to all your brothers, and sister, and all your nieces and nephews. Always and always, Dad & Mom
TO BENNY ACOSTA FAMILY: IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO VIEW AND SIGNED YOUR DECEASED SON'S WEB SITE. IT SHOWS HOW CLOSE YOU ALL ARE AS A FAMILY AND HOW MUCH LOVE YOU ALL HAD FOR CHRISTOPHER. HIS PICTURES ALSO SHOW HOW FULL OF LIFE HE WAS IN THIS WORLD. SORRY IT TOOK A WHILE TO RESPOND. IT HIT ME AND MY WIFE AS IF CHRISTOPHER WAS ONE OF OUR OWN. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL ONE DAY ! OUR PRAYERS WILL BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND CHRISTOPHER.
FROM ISRAEL BARRERA JR. AND FAMILY
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:40
From: "lorena" >
hello to chris family. i dont know what to say...i am sorry for you, chris looks like a really nice man.
i hope you will find whoever did this to chris and to you.i love the song you chose and i listen to the song many times a day. i live in copenhagen with my husband and 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. kevin 18, philip 17. nadia 15 and little esther 3. i can of course never understand what terrible pain you must live with, still this page i look at and listen to each day.
many best whishes from janni.
Subject: Nora, I wanted to sign the guest book
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:49 EST
From: "norma jean
Nora, I just loved the family album of Christopher and your whole family.. It is so precious to see the netted together group of a wonderful family so full of love for each other.. It is also so great to see you and your Benny..Such a wonderful looking couple.. You have a tender heart full of loving words for your handsome Christopher. He is so cute young and so handsome grown up.. He has a smile that just makes your heart feel joy. I know you miss him so much.. Thank you for visiting my Marjorie.. She is as beautiful as Christopher is handsome and Christopher has the look of a very wonderful son who cared about his family and others.. He will be vindicated for the wrong done to your family. I just pray that these guys own up and at least give you some answers to your pain.. May the love you have for others come back to you many times over.. May you feel the love of Christopher each time you look upon his face in pictures and in thoughts.. May the Lord Jesus fill your empty place in your heart with new memories long forgotten.. I love you, my friend who has cared so much for me over these last few years.. God bless you and keep you and yours.. Norma Jean mom to Marjorie Mae
Subject: Your beloved Christopher
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:45:12 -0500
Thinking of Christopher when he was a little, chubby boy
Brings this family lots of laughter and joy
Calling him Gordo as he playfully with giggles played with his toys!
His fun loving ways were such a delight
He brought much mischief in his antics to tease
His brothers and sisters whom he really wanted to please,
but he just could not help pulling those ingenious well thought pranks that gave him little pleasures
That bring many memories to treasure..
Such a warm, tender heart for hurting ones
Just a true and faithful loving son
Caring for others just like Jesus,the Holy Father's Son.
Remembering the many warm, gentle hugs
Forming his inner man into a very wonderful hugging man filled with compassion
Making him a fine gentle man with such passion
For a moment of tenderness that mom will never forget
When Christopher put his loving arms around her in the middle of the kitchen floor
She can only remember wanting him even more
To come once again walking through that kitchen door
Probably dancing a heavenly jig
Putting arms of love around her and kissing her big..
He know doubt has learned some new steps
With dancing with the Master, our Lord
Christopher knows that in heaven you are never bored
His Mexican music now brings a new beat
He dances with perfect joy as he moves his feet
For heaven is joyful and the music is even more sweet !
Christopher thought of others before himself
In heaven he has gained even more wealth,
Giving his family gifts from his heart
These are the treasures they have that will never depart.
Earning his 99' Firebird car
In heaven he is looking from afar
Down to the things that once were and are
Moments of working so very hard
To show others with a smile and a grin
He was the winner from giving so richly from his tender heart within.
Christopher by lifting weights made his body strong
Wanting no harm or any one done wrong
He tried to go help someone that day
And in the process his selflessness took him away
From those so dear to him it is their deep loss
Bearing a hard and difficult cross!
Forgiving was easy for him along life's unpredictable days
Blessing us all,teaching us to learn God's ways
Christopher is praying for us to forgive
So we can come to heaven with him to live
Where dreams are fulfilled and joys never cease
We will find true and inner peace.
Christopher left an example so rare
That he knows that we care
For each other, sisters and brothers
And all the family will find the hope
That will keep us and we can cope.
Remembering Christopher this very day
Celebrating his life we can joyfully say
See you soon with love
Sent on the wings of the Peace Dove!!
Nora, I hope this brings you some joy
Remembering your handsome, gentle baby boy.
He truly is a delight to write about
I will sing and shout
That I am so glad you came my way
Asking Jesus to comfort you on this difficult day!!!
I love you my dear friend,
Norma Jean mom to Marjorie Mae
From Jessica Gonzales,
Nora
It is good to hear from you, my mom & aunt Socorro say hi back. We all miss you guys and hope to see you soon. The web-site is beautiful so many pictures of Chris just like I remember him Happy. I pray to god that some day you get the closure you and your family deserve. We all miss Chris. I hope to keep in touch with you. Tell Mathew we all say hello.
We all love you guys very much, Jessica
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CFrom: yady
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:50:34 -0700
Nora,
I just got your e-mail address from my sister. I was so excited to finally get it. I think about you guys all the time. I know you must really be going through a hard time this month. Please know that you are not alone and that we remember Christopher all the time. I live across the street from where you lived in Bagdad on East Hopi. I remember hanging out at your house. It was so long ago. Time flies.
So what have you been up to?? We have been really busy with our six year old daughter Olivia. There is never a dull moment when she is around. My mom and all my aunts and uncles are doing well. Please tell all your family we send our love and that we are thinking of all of you at this time. Be strong and know that Christopher is with his maker in a place way better than here. Take care of yourself and please keep in touch.
Your friend,
Yady Carpenter
Christopher From: Rockyroadcake Sent: Sun 9/16/07 8:49 PM
Tonight I came across Christopher's story. Words can not express how sorry I am for your loss. I can't even begin to imagine your pain. I am appalled by the fact that there were 100+ people at the party and many of them right around the area where Chris was shot...yet no one will help you catch this murders. Especially since the suspects are already in jail on other charges. My only hope and pray is that they will grow older, become parents themselves, and realize how important justice is to Christopher and all those who loved him. If there was anything I could do to help I would.. But there really isn't. So I did the only thing I could do. I made a memorial for Christopher online. The link is below. If you would like...you can visit and leave him personal notes as well as flowers. My deepest sympathies are with you all as well as my thoughts and prayers. Again, I am so very truly sorry for your loss. Much love and many blessings, MaryAnne
From: Monica Baca Sent: Wed9/12/07 8:29 AM
I can not believe that today is all ready eight years….. eight years since we all have seen you. So sad has time and days go by it is just further and further from seeing you…I miss seeing you every year for the fiestas. I know what your mom and dad are going through today and I fill so bad for the pain they fill… it hurts so much…. I know you are up there taking care of Melanie… along with grandma and grandpa. As much as we went you all here with us I know you are watching down on us….. most of the time I hate to hear that, cause we all would rather have you all here… Nina Nino… I know there is nothing that I can say to you today that will give you comfort or anything… just know you are in my thoughts and prayers and I am here for you…. And I thank you for being here for me and Johnny…. Love, Monica and Family
From: Isabell
Sent: Thu 9/13/07 11:21 AM
TO CHRIS AND FAMILY:
HELLO NORA, HOW HAVE U BEEN? HOPEFULLY YOUR DOING WELL. I GOT UR EMAIL THIS WEEK AND I AS WELL CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE CHRIS HAS BEEN GONE. I READ UR EMAILS OFTEN AND I GIVE U SO MUCH COURAGE FOR BEING A STRONG LADY. I KNOW ITS HARD TO LOOSE A SON OF WHOM U HAVE WATCHED GROW AND START TO BECOME A MAN. CHRIS WAS A SMART GUY AND IM SURES HE WATCHING ALL OF U FROM ABOVE. SOON JUSTICE WILL COME. TILL THEN I PRAY FOR YOU AND UR FAMILY AND I WISH YOU NUTHING BUT THE BEST..
Ci'm so sorry for your loss of your precious son Christopher
From: legobeaver Sent: Sat 9/22/07 9:51 PM
Dear Nora - you dont know me, but you and i sadly have a connection. i also lost a son named Christopher. sigh. my heart truly goes out to you and your family. what a terribly tragic story about how you lost your Christopher. i hope that someday you found out the answers that you are looking for. i will be keeping you very much in my thoughts and prayers. please take the time to visit my web page for my son Christopher, at http://www.geocities.com/legobeaver/index.html
love and hugs, maria
mom to another Angel named Christopher
from: maria
Sent: Sun 11/04/07 9:10 PM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
Rest in peace Christopher and to your family may you have some comfort in knowing he is safe and without pain. Try to be strong and trust in God that the coward and sorry excuse of a human being will be brought to justice, Just have faith. God Bless You
Thinking of the Acosta Family during Christmas Holiday
Sent: Sun 12/23/07 10:31 AM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
Hi Nora,
This is an old friend of Tyra's, Tammy, who thinks of you guys all the time, but especially around times like these...I hope the holidays bring you peace, love and joy. What a beautiful family you are.
Love, Tammy Ramey
Sending My love at Christmas
From: Gail Richardson
Sent: Mon 12/24/07 10:14 AM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
Hi there Angel Christopher - I just wanted to come to wish you a Happy Christmas with the Angels. I know Meshael is close to you and that you have helped to forge the wonderful friendship I share with Nora, your Mum. Your beautiful family has become a part of my life that I hold very dear and wish that I was closer to meet her in person. I know one day we will all be together so until then I will send you my love.
God bless you Chris - you are such a handsome son
Love Gail xx
christopher
From: Umpakisses@aol.com
Sent: Tue 3/04/08 1:41 AM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
hello, it was in 2002 that i first began this journey of grief
i lost my beautiful Dawn Michelle to a bullet from a gang bangers semi automatic gun
There were several of them in the van and no one has come forward to answer for her murder
i still pray for the day that we have closure. i think about those coward and they are still out there
living their lives as if it was all a game and they don't care what they did to my daughter or our family
Sence her death her father has passed never having closure. i pray for you and your family
in Christ
Joanie (Dawn's Mom)
DAWN MICHELLE FICK
BORN 10/02/1980
MURDERED 03/31/2002
FOREVER 21
From: Rosesnspring@aol.com
Sent: Thu 5/15/08 5:15 AM
To: christopheracosta99@hotmail.com
It is good to see how much a family loves and cares for their son. This site is full of love for a son, a brother and an uncle that was taken away so very young.
What wonderful pictures of this young boy who was so full of life and had so much yet to give.
May God continue to carry the Acosta family through each day and hide them under the shadow of His Wings and give them comfort and overshadow them with His unfailing love.
When the days are long and the nights are longer may God grant you a glimpse of heaven and the peace and joy that will one day be yours, just hold to His promises He will not fail.
(Posted by: Judy a mother who also walks this path.)
