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Eric Robert Sousa Memorial Scholarship at VRHS
The scholarship that dave and i started at VRHS for Eric has been award to two people so far.
2007 - Johanna Batista
2008 - Roberta Cerruti
We would like to thank the teachers who make up the scholarship committee for selecting the winners for us.
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We Support this Cause! Eric is featured in their book!
It Won't Happen To Me, Inc.
A 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization
Dedicated To Reducing The Number One Cause Of Teen Deaths, "Car Crashes"
Donate in Eric's Name at http://www.itwonthappentome.org/teens.asp
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About Eric - By Good Friend Roberta
Eric Robert Sousa was born on May 30th, 1989 and was taken from us on the night of August 13th, 2006. Eric was only 17 years old.
We all miss his big blue eyes, his smile, and his loud and loving voice.
Eric died in a car accident that night in August. There were three other people in the car, the driver and two backseat passengers. They made it out of the wreck safely, but Eric was killed.
Eric changed my life, as he did to the lives of many other people. It didn’t matter how late it was or how inconvenient it was, if I needed to see him, he would be there. That was just the kind of guy Eric was. He would drop everything if it meant he could help someone he cared about.
Eric was amazing when it came to making people laugh. If you were in a bad mood, it never lasted long when Eric was around. When you needed to cry, Eric was there with open arms. When everything seemed to be going wrong, Eric was there to make you smile. When you needed to talk, Eric was there to listen.
Eric loved being around family and friends. He loved having a good time and lived everyday to its fullest. He made everyone around him enjoy themselves with jokes, stories, singing, and just loving.
Eric was an avid fan of music and loved to play the guitar. He was very passionate about music, singing, going to concerts, and playing his guitar. Eric wanted to make his living playing guitar. He was also interested in wrestling like the WWE, and was going to join the Navy as well.
All of these options are no longer available for Eric. Kids, Marriage, these things can’t happen anymore. His family has to deal with the realization of this everyday.
We know that Eric is gone. We know that even though we wish it, he will not be walking in through the door. But we do know that Eric lives on in pictures, memories, and in our dreams. We all wish Eric was here to make new memories and live his dreams.
Eric, we love you so much and we miss you even more. You will always be apart of us. Our love and memories of you will never die.
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thank you Roberta for loving our Eric!!
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A poem for eric - written by his good friend Tiki:
FOREVER YOUNG
Trapped in the glorious years
within the memory of belief, lost of all grief.
Take the reasons,
which once seemed so clear,
but never mind, you have nothing to fear.
For you my friend will be, forever young,
Forever in the heart of memories.
Lost in the glory of all time,
the wisdom was there within that smile,
You see you could have told us,
there within lies the mystery.
So shed a smile, and grin a tear,
For you my friend, will be,
Forever young, Forever young.
Forever in the heart of memory,
We see not through our misery.
Forever young, forever young.
There's a new angel tonight.
Thank you Tiki for this great heartfelt poem for our Eric.
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The Heart Remembers Best, What it Loves Most
A beautiful life that came to and end, he died as he lived, everyone's friend. In our hearts a memory will always be kept, of one we loved, and will never forget.
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This is How Eric Described Himself On his MySPACE page. He last logged in on the day he died
General: Well, I really like sports, but also like wrestling like WWE, also i like to play videogames here and there, and am allways playing with my 5 year old cousin who is the most important person in my life. I like working on cars and going to concerts and if you get to know me maybe I could bring you along.
Music: I really can listen to anything, from rap to rock but I really listen to heavy metal like Otep, Arch enemy, or slipknot, but like i said anything is fine.
Movies: I watch all kinds of movies action comedy, or Well, chick flicks, it's all really great, if it catches my attention I will watch it.
Television: I normally watch movies but if I watch TV I watch ESPN or I will watch some cartoons like Family Guy or the simpsons
Books: Well, if you know me than you would know that I don't really like to read alot if I do read I normaly read books about war and action
Heroes: I don't really have a hero I really just go for what I want to do and what I feel is the best thing to do for me and my life
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Thank You For Your Tribute To Eric - written by his dad
The heart remembers best what it loves the most. We know this is true as we are experiencing the loss of a loved one... His name was Eric. There is no word in English, or perhaps in any human language, that describes or defines the anguish in the loss of a child. It is the loss of everything - meaning, faith, hope; everything. Perhaps there shouldn't be such a word.
Often, we (us elders) only hear about the difficulties of young adults. The problems, mistakes and short-comings which we hear, can create in us, doubts about the future of today's youth. We sometimes forget that we were once young, had the same problems and made those same mistakes, ourselves. But with your outpouring of love for Eric; your compassion and respect for our family in the days after his passing, you have given to us something we lost with Eric ... Hope. You and your tears, your heartfelt stories and your efforts to remember Eric have restored in us the faith that we'll need to carry on. Your simple and honest humanity has allowed us to make it through these terrible days. We no longer have those doubts.
As stated through his eulogy, and as a true testament to his life, we would not have been able to get through this time without you, Eric's friends. And he had so many friends; both young and old and everything in between - from so many different groups. Each person in this world gauges his life in their own way - by their own measure. Some of us measure our lives in money. Others, measure it in social status or power or "stuff". Each person that Eric met, he wanted to call a friend. Eric measured his life in friends. When he left this world, he left it as a very successful and wealthy young man. We are constantly reminded of how much he meant to everyone by his friend's concern and caring. We want him to know just how proud of him, we are - We want you to know how grateful we are for all of you.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all of you, and you know who you are, for your generosity, compassion, and unconditional display of affection and fondness for our Eric. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have done and said (and even not said). We want you to know that we have been comforted by your everlasting devotion, tears, smiles and love for Eric.
Thank you for being his friend.
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