MY DAUGHTER  / SELMA FLYNN BOBBO.MEMORY-OF.COM (friend)
"MY DAUGHTER On the day God took you I thought that I would die I wondered where the time went? I asked alot of whys?? With people all around me I felt alone inside From all their words of comfort, I couldn't seem to hide, I thought I might be dreaming That I'd wake and find you here, I thought "This can't be happening." As I wiped another tear. On the day that you were laid to rest My heart broke yet again, I wondered if the pain would end, But mostly, I wondered when?? It's hard to be without you, At times the days seem long, Sometimes I just sit crying, When there's really nothing wrong. I wish we'd had more time, Before your life was done. I hope your resting peacefully, My precious daughter, Close

Homecoming / Jamie Kraft (Friend)
Dear Heather, This weekend is Stout's homecoming a time of partying and good times. It wont be the same as last year because you won't be here to celebrate it. Last years homecoming day is a very special memory for me because I spent nearly the whole day with you. I have this funny image in my mind of you waiting for me after selling tickets at the football game with about 3 layers of clothing, hat, mittens, and 2 blankets and hot chocolate and ready to go watch the rest of the game. I also can't forget our afternoon falling asleep to movies (who does that on homecoming day? haha), and going to parties later that night.
This weekend just happens to be my birthday also. Thank you for taking me out for my birthday last year and showing me your favorite bars and drinks. This year I have you, my angel, watching over me for my birthday/homecoming...and the rest of your friends as well! I love you and miss you HAJ!
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Angel / Bob Johnson (Father)
Dear Heather, You are a blessing to us.  Knowing you are our Angel gives us comfort.  Mom and I talk about you everyday.  Mom looks at your website each evening.  Me Me is with you now.  She is in a better place with you which gives us peace.  You made such wonderful friends.  We can't say enough good about them.  The flowers and cards we recieved in honor of your birthday brought us to tears of happiness.  They filled our hearts with comfort and joy.  WE LOVE YOU
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BIRTHDAY / Lindsey (Good friend )
Heather I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I miss you and think of you everyday and how you would be in class with me! All we would be doing is complaining together how much projects suck and PINK rules!! I love you forever!!! MUAH happy 22nd!  ~lindz Close

Birthday thoughts  / Bethany Bonnell (Friend)
I just know you had fun yesterday, you always knew how to have fun! The girls made a toast to you and ate some brownies (substituted for cake). I unfortunatly got stuck in the art building, I thought of you non-stop. I just know that you had a great day laughing at the fact that you now get out of doing all of the art crap. I miss you tons and tons. Love ya lots hun. Happy Birthday! Close

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!  / Tracy Mueller (Friend)
Wow. That is all I can say about this day. I look at all these people that lite candles to say happy birthday to you today and it is so amazing how many lives you have touched, how many smiles you provoked, how much laughter you gave, how many memories you have made with us all, and how much love you had for us and us for you. I feel like somehow I should be in Menomonie celebrating with our friends and remembering you and sadly I cannot be there. I miss you so much sweetie. I hope you had a beautiful birthday and that the other angels sang to you! I love you so much! Love Tracy Close

to the birthday girl ;)  / Maggie (burping soulmate ;) )

hey you :) Happy Birthday girl. I hope your day has been awesome and they better have really good chocolate cake up there for you or they're going to be hearin it from me ;)
I was thinking today about gettin stuck in the driveway at Brooke's cabin up north... and i couldn't help but smile. Don't get me wrong i know we were all freaked out at the time, and in the back of our minds we were thinking that we were never going to see a McDonalds again... but we made it. And now it is just another one of those memories i bring out whenever things get hard and i miss you alot. and i can't thank you enough for each memory i have of us together... And lately, when i spend time with the girls, i truly feel that you are there with us and that nothing has changed... and it is because we all have so many wonderful, and absolutely halarious stories to tell.  You are constantly there with us, and i know it will always be that way.
I miss you... so incredibly much. I still feel like i am waiting for you to get off of work or come home from school for the weekend so that we can make puppy chow at midnight and watch a scary movie. Heck i would even settle for one of our two AM trips to Walmart... haha
I still see people on campus who look like you and my heart jumps and i have to take a second glance just to check... and yet i know that you are in a better place and someday we'll all be together again and have the entire collection of Dawson's and an endless supply of Mountain Dew and puppy chow to keep us entertained. ;)  I still come to this website everyday... sometimes more than that... because it is such a comfort to me and i am sure it is for so many others...  I still can't touch my Mary Kay box... and lets face it... you're just gonna have to come back down here and help me out with that cuz it was only fun when we were doing it together. :) I still think of you every time i hear a burp, see something pink, or listen to a pop song... and i am so thankful to have these reminders of you because i can't help but smile everytime it happens. You still bring so much happiness to my day.
I love you girl... and i miss you so very much... I'll be thinkin of you ;)

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Happy Birthday  / Emily Knoop (Best Friends )

Heather Ann, 

     HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY!! (a day early...)  Jer and I drove to West Bend to visit you today before I had to go back to school; we brought you pink balloons and pink flowers, I hope that you liked them :).  Your mom and dad stopped by the house this afternoon, they were in West Bend today too.  It sounds like your grandma is going to be joining you in heaven soon, but I know that you will greet her with a hug and that million dollar smile that you used to get when you hadn't seen someone in a long time. I would give anything to see that smile right now... 
     I am missing you so much Heather; words can't describe what life is like without you here.  I just keep thinking about your 21st birthday last year, and how we were so excited for you and couldn't wait to celebrate; I wish that we could be celebrating together tomorrow for your 22nd. 
     We all experienced our first "legal" Wo-Zha-Wa a couple of weeks ago, and it was interesting to say the least.  The six-pack all had dinner at Darcy's before we went downtown and your mom came to dinner too. We had a lot of fun talking about you and all of the memories we all have together.
     Darcy and Nick are getting married in Florida in January and Maggs, Brooke, Amanda and I are going to drive down there and stay for a couple of weeks so we can be there for it.  We all wish that you were going to be there with us, having fun and making new memories, but we know that just because you aren't there physically doesn't mean that you aren't there with us.  I can feel you with me all of the time....
     That's about it for gossip and excitement around here, I just have one last thing to talk to you about.  I used to dream about you all of the time, and at first it was really hard, but then it became comforting.  You havn't been in my dreams at all lately and I was just wondering if maybe there was something you could do about that. I am missing you so much and I really need to see your face, so if you could just do that for me......I love you girl and hopefully I'll see you tonight.


Love, Em

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"Happy Birthday to Our Special Daughter"  / Mom &. Dad (Parents)

Your Birthday tells a story about a daughter too special for words, about hopes not quite realized, but memories to keep those dreams alive.  Your Birthday tells a story about how beautiful a life can be when it holds as much warmth and friendship and love...as yours did!  That is why today is so important to everyone who knew you and loved the wonderful person you were.  We wish you the happiest of birthdays.  Please smile your beautiful smile... for the clouds were pink again in the western sky.  We know you are with us and are looking after us.  Your smile is in our hearts today and every day!  With much love,   Mom and Dad                                     

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Happy Birthday Heather :)  / Jenny Fravel (Friend)
Hey There Birthday Girl,

I just wanted to wish you a happy 22nd birthday, and tell you that we all miss you so much.  It's October 3rd today, but for some reason when I posted my comment, it said October 2nd....oh well, guess I just created another opportunity for you to call me a "dork" :) right.  Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that I will be thinking about you alot today, probably the whole day....I hope I can see some pink in the sky during sun set later tonight, but no pressure.

I got some pink roses today and set them on the island in the kitchen for you, little jenny made this awesome homemade bread the other night with ginger in it or someting.... it was really really good!  I am so lucky I got such a great group of friends up here heather, and it all started with you...  :)  sorry, I like smilie faces.... well anyways I just wanted to say that I miss you alot, and always will, but I'm sure your aware of that by now :)
Okay, well i love you, and happy birthday sweetie :)

Love Jenny F.
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hey you....  / Tracy Mueller (Friend)
Its me again. I have been thinking about you alot this weekend. I went to Menomonie to do the Menomonie Idol bit again and it made me sad to know that you were supposed to be there this year. Little Jenny also chatted with me a bit and I was going to go for a visit but my heart just couldn't take it. I don't think that I could have handled entering the house where you were supposed to be living with the rest of the girls. My friendships with them have gone just like you...you held us all together, were our common ground.....so much has changed. There are so many things that I wish I could talk to them about but it seems as though they have done thier grieving and I am still trying to let it all out and accept that you are gone forever. I know that you wouldn't want any of us to drag out our grief or to be sad because you are in Heaven but I just keep thinking that someday I will wake up and it will be a lie. That someday I can pick up my phone and just call you, that someday I can see you again....someday. I miss you sweetie. There isn't a day that I am reminded what you brought into my life. Thank you for those happy memoires and good times. I love you so much.xxooxxoo Close

6 months is a long time...  / Tracy Mueller (friend)
Six months is a long time to not see your beautiful smile, hear your voice, see your face, talk to you on the phone. So much has been going wrong lately and you were the one I always talked to. Late at night when we both got off work...I looked forward to those long talks on those summer nights where we both were frustrated and somehow knew just what to say to the other to make it better. I look at pictures all the time and I just wished that we took more. I know you are here with me. I know you always wanted to come and see me in one of my musicals and my next one opens next weekend...I know you will be with me, but I am so sad that you will never be there in the flesh. You always stood by me and now I am facing the world with you in my heart and trying to be as great of a person as you were. I miss you so much...there is no one to call "smelly" anymore. I love you Heather.xxooxxoo Close

You Are the Light of Our Lives  / Mom &. Dad (Parents)

The day you came into our lives a star dropped from the sky and lit a flame inside our hearts.  Watching you grow, that light inside our hearts burned brighter!  It was fueled by pride in each of your accomplishments, and by the greatest love for all that you had become.  This flame keeps us going, it comforts our souls and completes our lives...knowing that we had been blessed with the most precious of gifts...a daughter.  You made your place in this world so quickly, discovering your independence and becoming your own beautiful person.  We want you to know always that no matter the time that passes between us, no matter the distance separating our hearts, our hearts will be filled with the light you sparked so many years ago and will continue to burn.  You will comfort us as we feel your love and presense, as well as inspire us to live each day to the fullest!  XXOO                                                           

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Graduation/Beginning of the Summer  / Emily Knoop (Best Friend )

Hi Sweetie! Well, our little brothers graduated last night and I just keep thinking about how excited we were to go and watch them together.  Aaron sang the Mr. Pancake song in front of everyone there and it was perfect. You would of loved it.  You would of been so proud of him Heather, but I'm sure that you are up there watching over him and you are just as proud.  It didn't feel right watching him walk across the stage without you sitting next to me.  I remember when I went to Chad's graduation with you and I wish that I could of had you sitting there with me like that again last night. 
The summer season officially started today in town and Mr. Pancake just wasn't the same without you or Jordan.  You would of laughed so hard today...all the boys came in and they were either still drunk or really hungover from last night...they did some interesting things and it made me think about you, Claudia, and me and how goofy we used to act all of the time.  I'm really going to miss having you there Heather... singing like Teletubbies about the waffles and singing the song from the real Peter Pan just isn't the same with Wade! Haha.  I love you girl and I miss you so much... I think about you all of the time and I know that you are up there watching over me, and I thank you for that. 

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Teacher of Life  / Nancy Kuhnau (Fan of Heathers )
Heather, Now I know both of your parents are teachers but Heather you really have become the teacher of life for us. You have taught us so much in your short 21 years here on earth. But more importantly you keep teaching...... I was taking Randi Rae back to school on Sat after your track meet( you would of been so proud of your family and friends that night) Randi rae was saying how hard her tests were and when she thinks she can't do this ..... Then she thinks about you and how you would be, and things get better. I have so much to say to you, hope you don't mind me talking to you everyday, you know me blah blah blah. But typing is very different. Thank you so much for being there for Randi Rae always, all the rides back and forth, just to talk to, you were a true friend to her and one that she will cherish for ever. I never got to Thank you for the Christmas cookies that our family enjoyed so much and will keep the plate you gave them to me on forever and ever. And will look forward to seeing it every year. Heather thanks again for all the lessons of life. Nancy Close

Hallway/Stairwell / Ashley Thiede (peer/classmate)
Hey Heather,
   I hope all is well up there. I didn't know you too well but I was supposed to live with you next year and I had a few classes with you as well. I remember one day that we were talking and getting to know each other in one of the hallways/stairwells in the art building. I got chills the other day because it was the first time I have walked in that stairwell since we had class together. You were a wonderful person and I wish we could have had the chance to become friends. I think about your family all of the time and hope that they are doing well. I can not imagine how hard it must be for them but I am thinking about them and I know that you were needed in the lords hands. God bless.
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Art Homework  / Jenny Mottl (Friend)
As I sit here hunched over my art homework, I can’t help but laugh and remember you. Those many evenings you spent “drawing” till the sun came up. The other Jenny and I cracked each other up telling stories about you and all your artwork, and of course your crazy BURPS! Oh, Heather WE MISS YOU!!!! Three months, it just doesn’t seem real sometimes. The house for next year is still going to be great, but our biggest piece of all is missing…you. Love you so much and come play with us lots next year. Close

beautiful angels of ours..  / Jackie,vickys Mum Johnson (just another heartbroken mum )
i felt the urge to let you know how much i understand your pain diana and robert, heather is such a beautiful girl and is now with the angels, a angel herself ,watching over all who she loves.i was happy to read from bethany that she had a dream,..i believe this to be what i call a visitation rather than a dream, i have had these visits from my darling daughter vicky who we lost in 2003 aged just 20 to a condition we still dont know, but comes under the s.d.s (sudden death syndrome) title...she just collapsed and died while she was pushing her baby daughter shannon aged 5mths in the buggy, so sudden ,so young..in seconds we had lost our precious child.
 the dreams(visits) are so intense, and make you feel so content , you can feel the true pure love radiate from them in a hug, and the feeling of love is so pure, i wish you all many more of these visits from heather while you are in sleep state.. the loss of a child no matter what age is the most heartbreaking thing to endure, and the pain has not gone any less for me, infact has become worse , i  send with all my heart love and light to shine among you and family and friends of heather ,and please know you can contact me anytime should you need a friend to share your grief , someone who understands this pain ..
much heartfelt sadness of your loss ,i send you much love and warmth..

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In dreams  / Bethany Bonnell (Friend)
Heather, you came to me last night in a dream that was so real that I could swear you were still here. You told me not to be sad, and you talked about the conversation Jenny and I had about you as if you were there with us. I got to rub your head and it was such a great feeling almost like it was a reoccurrence of our christmas party where you laid on my lap. I miss you terribly for not a day goes by that I do not think of you. In the art class we were to take together this semester I can feel you laughing at my side at the projects we are suppose to do. I thank God every night for letting me get the chance to know you. I know we will meet again one day and until then I get to look forward to seeing you in dreams. I love you now and forever. Close

You, Me and the Ballet  / Tracy Mueller (close friend )
Heather,
I went to the ballet last night and thought of you! I remember when I used to put my hands on your waist and lift you up and you would do the ballerina leg thing......we used to do all sorts of crazy things like that together. I miss you so much right now. I also remember how on that one day when it first became spring last year we all sat outside of JTC and did homework even though it was kind of cold; we just basked in ths sunshine. I miss your smile and your laugh. I don't know how many times I wanted to call your cell just to hear your voice again, but I could never bring myself to do it. You meant so much to me and brought so much to my life. Your love has touched me heart and soul. I will never forget you. I feel your presence sometimes.....soon I will visit your grave for the first time and I am scared. It still feels like you are here and then reality sets in and my world crashes down again. I hope you are keeping a seat for me up there...we have to watch the other Lord of the Rings movies together!!!!
Lots of love dearest Heather Ann....I miss you so much....I wonder everyday if my broken heart will heal...I know you wouldn't want me to be like this so I am trying to move on...but you know how I am. Love you,Trace Close