Buen viaje querido amigo... / Luis Soldevila (University Friend ) Del todo inesperado...hace muy poco, apenas en Noviembre nos vimos en Gatwick y nos contamos batallas, mi vuelta a Espanha, tus ninhos en el cole y lo contento que estabs con tu novia... Hace ya un par de meses que te he intentado localizar y algo me de decia que esto no cuadraba... En verdad amigo solo me queda decirte que nos vemos pronto, alla en el cielo (que tu ya nos estas viendo !). Ha sido todo un lujo el tener la oportunidad de compartir contigo momentos inolvidables en la Uni, mi boda y ultimamente en Madrid. Un fuerte abrazo y hasta pronto Luis
Orlando todos te llevamos en el corazon / Fernando Martinez (alumno de la residencia )
Orlando siempre fue como un hermano mayor para mi, nunca me dejo solo, cuando estavamos el y yo en la residencia, se precupo por mi desde el primer dia que llegue al kings college.
Un dia que le dije que el y yo ivamos a ser los unicos en el colegio ya que todo el mundo se habia ido, llegamos a tener una idea: bajamos a la cocina y le digemos a Paco que no iva a ver nadie para cenar. Fuimos al caprabo y compramos pasta tomate y queso rallado. Nos montamos una cena de lujo, nos llevo un buen tiempo en la cocina pero nos salio perfecto.
Orlando y yo nos prometimos que ivamos a hacer esa cena otra vez y asi fue. Pero esta vez cenamos huevos fritos con patatas y morcilla. Nos lo pasamos de lujo asi fue como llegamos ha cumplir la promesa otra vez.
Este año ivamos a hacerla otra vez pero no tuvimos la oportunidad, pero aun asi la hice yo en mi habitacion solo, pero con su memoria en la cabeza.
Esta historia me enseño que aun que la persona no este hay con tigo aun asi se pueden cumplir los deseos que uno quiere.
Orlando me enseño muchas cosas que el colegio no te enseña, pero aun asi pueden ser muy utiles en mi vida. Intente acordarme de todo lo que me dijo pero me resulto imposible ya que cada dia que hablaba con el me enseñaba algo nuevo.
ORLANDO te quiero siempre me quedare con una parte tuya que nadie me podra quitar.
For every tear a prayer has been said for you. / Sharon Purdom (friend of Orlando's girlfriend ) Dear Peter and Izabella, Through Kristen I had the pleasure of knowing what a beautiful person you brought into this world. Her eyes just sparkled as she talked of his kindness and loving ways. I pray that you find comfort and peace as you reclaim your shattered life. Adam and Alex, I somehow know how you feel- I had a brother die at age 19 then a brother die at age 24. You not only lose your brother, your friend, you also lose a part of your parents. Everyones life is forever changed. Keep your faith and know God has a plan. My Dear Kristen, My heart breaks for all of you. I love you so much. I can't help but feel that you have been very blessed to have Orlando in your life as painful as it is for you. Orlando's presence will be with you and guide you.
Orlando and coincidence / Peter And Sol Finch (Family friends ) We add our heartfelt condolences to all those that know you and the family. Losing a son or daughter IS a parents worst nightmare, so it is very hard to put into words how much we sympathize with your loss. Peter, if you remember, we were commenting on how there have been many coincidences recently concerning Orlando. I have another to add. When I was telling Sol about how Orlando died and how at risk people are who have epilepsy, she told me something that I had not known since we met. Her youngest sister died of epilepsy aged four. Until now I had never even known she had had a sister younger than her youngest brother. She knew all about the risks of epilepsy. From this site and from our conversation I know that Orlando's memory, although an irreplaceable loss, is also an inspiration to your family and his friends and a celebration of how fully he spent his all too brief life.
thank you / Kristin Urbanus (girlfriend)
I am thankful once again...HONORED to spend time with YOUR family, and YOUR friends, HONORED to have known you and to have loved you, and shared so much, HONORED to have buried you-to have seen you off...I feel honored to have your ongoing prescence, your actions, words and all that you have left behind. From one day to the next life takes you in directions that you couldn't even have tried to predict, but without knowing YOU, and having your influence, no one would be the same.
No llores si me amas- (read out by Bella at his memorial service)(English below) / Bella (family friend ) SI ME AMAS No llores si me amas ... Si conocieras el don de Dios y lo que es el cielo... Sí pudieras oír el cántico de los ángeles y verme en medio de ellos... Si pudieras ver desarrollarse ante tus ojos los horizontes, los campos y los nuevos senderos que atravieso... Si por un instante pudieras contemplar como yo la belleza ante la cual las bellezas palidecen... ¡Cómo!... ¡Tú me has visto, me has amado en el país de las sombras y no te resignas a verme y amarme en el país de las inmutables realidades? Creéme. Cuando la muerte venga a romper las ligaduras como ha roto las que a mí me encadenaban; cuando llegue el día que Dios ha fijado y conoce, y tu alma venga a este cielo en el que te ha precedido la mía... Ese día volverás a verme. Sentirás que te sigo amando, que te amé, y encontrarás mi corazón con todas sus ternuras purificadas. Volverás a verme en transfiguración, en éxtasis feliz. Ya no esperando la muerte, sino avanzando conmigo, que te llevaré de la mano por los senderos nuevos de luz y vida. Enjuga tu llanto y no llores si me amas. (San Agustín Numidia - África 354-430)
Do not cry if you love me, If you knew the gift of God and what is heaven, if you could hear the Angels canticles and see me by them surrounded If you could see, growing before your eyes the horizons, fields and new paths I cross. If for an instant you could contemplate like I, a beauty before which all others pale How! You have seen me and have loved me in the land of the shadows, and you are not resigned to see me and to love me in the land of immutable realities? Believe me, when death comes to break the chains as it broke those that chained me When the day comes that God has chosen and knows And your soul comes to this heaven preceeded by my own That day will you see me again You will feel that I still love you, that I loved you And you will find my heart with all its tenderness, purified you will find me transfigured in ecstatic happiness No longer awaiting death, but advancing through it with me I who will take you by the hand, on the new paths of light and life. Cease your grieving and don't cry If you love me.
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