Memories
| Emily, i miss you so much! you are still suppose to be down here with us ! everyone loves you so much and will never forget you!- jill<3 |
| Dear Emily, One of my favorite memories was when you spent the night at our house and we went to the grocery store shopping for junk food that Mom would not let you eat. We bought Hershey's Shrek syrup that was green and we made chocolate milk. It turned green but tasted chocolate. I miss you Emily. Your smile, your beautiful hair and your laugh. I can still hear your voice. We love you bunches, Lizzie, Tom and Thomas. |
| Dear Emily, Hi it's me Rebecca. I Miss you so much!! I know you can't respond to this letter but if you can, please send Bri and I one! I MISS YOU! but, I love you!! Love , Rebecca K. |
| Emily was the nicest person, She helped everyone. I enjoyed seeing her flaming hair, and her perfect smile. She was the light in the class. She was the best. From: Maria G. |
| Emily, I miss you, You made all of my days when I was blue become bright yellow. You were my light. From: Maria G. |
| If you saw me at school you probably wouldn't remember me. I remember you! Every morning you'd walk in with a shimmering smile. I was in first grade with you. Even though I only knew you for one year, I still know you are watching over me. You probably are watching over us from heaven with the same smile you had every morning. We miss you Emily! Love, Shannon E. |
| My favorite memory of Emily is her birthday party at Odyssey Fun World. We all ran around, playing games, and winning tickets. I has a lot of fun. I won a lanyard, that had the words "Girl Power" on it. I would like to have a picture of you to put in that lanyard, but I didn't come to the wake. I did come to the funeral though. You were a nice friend to all of us. Love, Dayana Y. |
| March 24, 2007 The last time I saw Emily was the 2004 Bobcat's Cheer Celebration. Just weeks before the fatal crash. She was very happy and her smile could make everyone smile no matter the situation. She was a great "flyer" and everyone loves her. The Bobcat Family all wish she was with us still. Her love and dedication is always going to be with me. I still remember a little Bobcat Cheerleader the same age as Emily were playing in the Andrew High School's main gym before the cheer celebration. She was so happy and all she could talk about is the trip with her grandparents, she told everyone. I know for sure if there was any force in the universe to bring her back we would all do it. We love Emily and hope she is still cheering and doing volleyball with God and the other children up there. I still think Emily is with us. My kids on my cheer team each year say that Emily is there and performing her old routine that she loved so much. They said that at the end of each routine that she would yell " GO BOBCATS". But the most scariest thing was that when it was time for the raffle, her name was pulled out, it read... "Name: Emily Nylec. Don't forget to remember me. I will always be a cheerleader. Age: 9 Date: October 24, 2004." (The day of her last cheer celebration and her father's birthday.) Now every year we are starting a tradition and we are going to have a "Remember Emily" moment where friends of her friends can come up and tell stories about her. We love Emily and I do believe she came back as another cheerleader because there is a girl now that looks like her, and is a "Flyer"! She also plays volleyball and attends Noonan Academy. It is very scary, but we are happy. Emily if you can read this we want you to keep coming to our cheer celebrations. WE LOVE YOU EMILY, Your Bobcat's Cheerleading Family |
| My name is Jessica, an acquaintence with Emily Nylec The story of Emily Nylec got to all of us. Made us all sad, tore our hearts to pieces. Well, like her cousin Jill, I knew Emily Nylec. She was one of my friends from school. We weren't best friends, just normal people who casually knew each other. I remember walking into school, and my teacher was all depressed. Me, a simple 3rd grader, then understood why. She had announced that Emily Nylec, someone I wish I would've gotten a chance to know, had died in a deadly plane crash. We were a grade apart, but I do remember talking, and everything. I may remember, if I think hard enough, hearing a rumor of her triplets. I went to her funeral not long after she died. I remember walking up to the casket, and burst out in tears, and whispering "Why? Why her? I can't do this!" and getting up, and walking away. I wished I would've been stronger. I wish she were still here. I wish I had a chance to say good-bye, along with many others who I'm sure have that same wish. So, I think we shall all say a prayer for Emily Nylec. Emily, if you're there, we know that life isn't always so great. You were strong. You were good. You were an inspiration. You were beautiful. You were pure. You were hopeful. But you still are all of those things. We miss you, love you, and will always cherish the memories. In your name we pray, Your loved ones. |
I remember when Emily would call me when she was in Louisiana and we would just talk the whole time. My mom would answer the phone and it would say on caller id Louisiana call. My mom would say it was Emily, and would give me the phone. Pretty much every time she went to Louisiana she would always call me and we would just talk on the phone for a really long time! Everybody in the school misses you Emily! We all do! Love your best friend Nicole |
| Emily was a Pisces. I think this description describes her well...The young Pisces are adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic and full of energy. The Pisces are pioneers both in thought and action, very open to new ideas and a lover of freedom. These people possess a curiously natural understanding, which they do not obtain from books or study. They easily acquire, or rather absorb, knowledge. |
| Noonan Academy, with my friend and I said She told me that Emily died. I asked what her last name was. It sounded so familiar. When I got home I looked for her in my old yearbook. Well for the past week, before I found out about Emily, I have been singing songs like "I will remember you" and "I miss you". Its really weird. -Kathleen (Kathleen, this is Emily's mom. It's not weird. Emily was communicating with you. I think I know who you are. If I am right, you and a boy named Michael were the two kids in preschool that Emily ALWAYS talked about !!! She considered you and Michael her best friends in preschool. Remember that.) |
| I still have the "FORTUNE TELLER" paper game with her handwriting. and school picture the year Emily died. Emily, I wish and hope you can read this message. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!! I miss you..you were my neighbor and BFF!!! I can't live and suffer without you. I cry every night b/c I think of you !!! I can't wait to see you in HEAVEN ! LOVE YAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) from our neighbor Amanda in Mokena |
| One day my daughter died. But she lived for 9 years and 8 months exactly. |
Just the other day (November 2008), I came across a picture of Emily leaning into a bush with a butterfly on it. She was sleeping overnight at Meaghan M's house and they went to Brookfield Zoo and that is where the picture was taken, in 2002. It's a precious picture to me because butterflies are a symbol of children that have died and here is Emily, two years before her death, posing with her future self! I decided to send the picture to Meaghan. Well a few days later... Meaghan was very smart and got double promoted and so while Emily's class are 8th graders now (2008), Meaghan is a freshman at a local Catholic high school. So this week, Emily's class went to "Step Up Day" at this high school and on this particular day, Meaghan was saying the morning announcements and the daily prayer and then after the prayer just started talking about Emily over the PA throughout the entire school!!! When Meaghan was done with the announcements and talking about Emily, she just said Amen. Emily's best friend Niki was there and said Meaghan was just saying things like "I don't know why you died" and that she (Meaghan) would have died in her place and that she missed her...Niki cannot remember exactly everything Meaghan said because she was so surprised to hear someone talking about Emily over the PA.... What a coincidence that Meaghan was from Noonan, that she was saying the announcements that day and that Emily's classmates from Noonan were at Meaghan's school that day as she spoke of Emily being gone and missing her. (As Emily's mother, hearing this story warms my heart soooooo much. Emily is not forgotten, even 4 years after her passing. It means so much to me that Meghan shared Emily with her school and also had the strength and courage to share her pain.) |
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