Dear Maria
If tears could build a stairway and heartaches make a lane, we'd walk the path to Heaven and bring you back again. A heart of gold stopped beating, a shining smile at rest , God broke our hearts to prove he only takes the best. Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but God will call us one by one and the chain will link again.
We love you and miss you so much,
Your brothers and sisters
Eulogy
It is hard for us to express our feelings in the loss of our dear sister Maria.
Our lives are filled with so much sadness and disbelief for what our beloved Maria had to endure in her untimely, horrific and tragic death. Our sudden loss has left us all full of unanswered questions. Maria was a genuinely beautiful, kind and caring person. She was a devoted mother, a loving daughter, sister, friend and wife whose life ended needlessly and ever so violently on March 19th.
Maria had finally found the courage to seek out a better life for both herself and her children. It was truly a heroic effort to have lived through so many years of abuse to have finally found the strength to break free. However, in her efforts to protect herself and her children, she sought help through both our legal system and the Albanian community, but both had grossly failed Maria. When our beloved sister was in such desperate need of love and support not even the church that she had put so much faith in, gave nor offered any protection. In her battle for safety, Maria was ultimately killed by the man she so desperately tried to escape.
While the outcome of Maria’s courageous battle represents the worst possible scenario imaginable to anyone, we find comfort in the fact that Maria is now in a better place.
Maria’s death leaves behind four beautiful children whose lives are going to be forever affected by this gruesome act. Her children will certainly need all of your continued support to get through the difficult road ahead.
I will never forget the day I asked Maria how she felt shortly after she had left her husband. She said to me “I feel like I can breathe….I feel like I’m walking on air”………
Maria……………May you always have that free, everlasting breath of fresh air as you are now safe in the arms of our Lord God in the skies of heaven……..
WE LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE.
Miss all our late night chats, laughs, and cries....but most of all you. I'm glad we were able to share in some really good times in the past months , I will forever cherish those moments. Your death has left a void and heartache that no one can ever heal, but I know the beautiful memories we've shared no one can ever steal. You will forever be in my heart. I Love you and miss you so much! "Kunauta" Roz
