Remembering Faith

On March 14th at exactley 11:14pm, Faithful Demelez AKA Faith, died two hours after surgery of her kidney. She did it to save her mother who's kidney was suffering major damage and she volunteered for the procedure. Her 16th birthday was yesturday as well...

Faith was like my sister; we did everything together. We were especially obsessed with Harry Potter, or else I wouldn't be here writing this. lol She was corky, creative, hilarious, sneaky, and so sweet!

well, i didn't kno what else to type. hopefully, u all can take it from here.....

Faith was a really nice person, and I'm glad I got the chance to meet her.

I'm so sorry you had to be the one to tell the site, Cherriez. But thank you for letting us know. *Hugs*

I didn't know faith that well...but she was creative, hilarious, sneaky, really kind, sweet, polite, jumpy, and made us smile...

Faith was really cool...and I really wish I would've said good bye to her before this happened...I just wish this never happened...this si the worst week in my entire life...

*cries*

I miss Faith...


I'm so Sorry cherriez..I'm so sorry..

Faith DIED!!!?? she's in my Gryffindor house and everything. She was so nice to me... wish i could have gotten to kno her better...i should let the others kno as well.

Thanks for letting us kno, wifey. lol

I'm so sorry Cherriez.. *hugs*
I just wish there was something I could do for you all, and for myself to take away the pain... I'm so glad I met Faith, she was a very sweet and unique person and she was one of the first people I met on hpff and one of the first people I ever roleplayed with.She was jumpy, happy, one of those people who always made you smile and always seemed to carry a bit of light with her no matter where she went; she could light up even the darkest place with her presence. She was still a friend to me, and even though I didnt know her as well as some of you did, I'm devistated and I cant stop shaking, I cant stop crying, and I'll always remember her and she will always have a special place in my heart. You are all a part of my family... and Faith,you are a part of it too, and I'll always miss you and never forget you.

If there's anything I can do for anyone, please let me know

Faith is my li'l Gryffindor pal She'd pounce tackle hug me, she'd be generally happy. She's always happy...

I'm so glad I know her. She's full of happiness! But I miss you, Faith....

faith was a sunshine. she was always happy and me and her used to try and tame animagus_girl during the first days of the hpff chat. she was one of the first people i talked to as well, and she was so nice to everyone.

last time i saw her she and iced were bickering about iced calling her faithful. she was a sweetheart... i love her dearly

Faith was faith.. lol, when we were on HPFF someone stole her name so that they were faith1, and she would always say "look I have a colone(sp?)" I didnt know her as well as others but she was my friend, and I will always remember her. *huggels Icey*

i never got the chance to talk to her as im new but if shes anything like the other people on her then im sure that she was great im sorry for all the people that new her its tragic.

I didn't really know Faith that well, but I chatted to her a few times.

This is such a sad thing to happen, I'm very sorry Cherriez. We'll miss Faith.

OMG! are u all sirius??? Faith really....died? *cries* jeez, i first met her on HPFF and she was so nice to me when others weren't that welcoming. We sorta clicked , almost attached at the hip everytime we signed on. lol

She was very happy....all the time, i don't think she ever got mad in her life. *cries* ok, let me stop...my eyes are welling. heh... Miss you Faith!! *kisses and hugs* I stil can't believe it....

Im so sorry Cherriez, I really am... *hugs*

Elfie, that was touching...I really miss her, and she will be another angel in heaven. I wish I could say hi to her right now...but right now, she doesn't want us crying and weeping over her, she wants us to be smiling and giggling.

We'll miss you faith.

Oh my God...

I was not prepared to that... well, who was? How could we all have been? Faith was so sweet... I remember every time I came into the chatroom, she would shout my name and make me laugh, every single time...

So young... so sad! Remembering Faith is the title thas this post needed, because I'm sure nobody will ever forget her... I know I won't. She was so nice and funny, and such a laughing girl...

I'm very sorry for you Cherriez, because this news touch you probably more deeper than us. I'm also very sorry for all her family, and I wish you all you can need. *hugs*

And like elfie said... Faith, God bless you, and I'll miss you

I think I might've talked to her a few times...this feels so weird. All us hp freaks are such a tightly nit group that it really does pain people when one of theor own leaves. I barely knew her, and yet I feel deeply sad. like something is missing...I'm sorry cherriez, and just to think, she was only 16...

Faith was one of my first friends on HPFF. She had a powerful personality, and could make anyone laugh while talking to her. When I was having a bad day, I could always turn to Faith to make it better.

Faith was a beautiful girl. All around, she was touching.

If only I would have gotten to know faith just a little better, and gotten a chance to say a good bye to her one more time. She was a good person, who will be missed by everyone.

To all who are friends and family of Faith: Faith will be in my prayers and so will everyone that knew her. She will be missed by everyone. You have my greatest sympathy. If only I could do anything, I would.

I'll miss Faith(and still haven't gotten over the reality that it's true). To Cherry: I love ya! Anything you need, that i could help you with, I will.

I Love you Faith. You'll always be in my heart.

Lisa Marie

*cries*

I didn't really knew her that well, but still...

*cries more*

omg...

*runs away to cry*

I'm sad to say that I didn't know Faith that well, just from a few times in chat and around the board. But it is a time like this that is sure to make us all think about how short our lives can really be and how suddenly we can lose those we know.

All of us on this site have been brought together by a common love of the Harry Potter series, but what we've found here is much more special. It's in a place like this that alliances are formed and friends are made.

The loss of one of those friends takes a moment to comprehend, it always seems far too unreal. But the moment arrives where we must wrap our minds around it and we take the time to remember.

We've lost one of our own, and while we mourn, we shall make sure we always remember and we must be sure to allow Faith, whose name seems perfect, to bring us closer together as a community.

To Faiths friends and family, my thoughts and my prayers are with you. To Faith herself, may your star forever shine bright.

I think everyone has summed up the pain and shock of this sad news. My thoughts are with faiths family and friends, and although I didn't really know faith, I know how she touched the heart of many.

Death is something that has to be dealt with in a very personal manner. You always feel that you need to say something - but there is NEVER a 'right thing' that can be said. There are no words to adequately express what is being felt and there are no words that can offer any true comfort to those who are left behind....

But we still try, don't we....

Faith, your light burned for such a short time - but it burned so brightly that it left its impression on those whose paths you crossed.

It will be a while before my next novel is published - but I will dedicate it to your memory. A small something I can do to try to make sure you are remembered for the brightness of your light.

Remembering is important. As long as we remember, something of Faith will remain with us. It's the very least that she deserves.

Hmmm...i really have no words to say. I didn't know her that well, only a few times in the chat. She was so sweet and nice, always made sure I was enjoying myself when I wasn't into the convo with everyone else.

I send all my prayers and wishes to her friends and family. We will miss you Faith, our guardian angel...

I was shocked to hear about this! I'm really sorry for you, ice, and I wish you and Faith's family the best.

I didn't know Faith extremely well, but I remember talking to her on the chat. We had some hilarious converstations that I remember well.

Faith was a really cool person. She was nice, funny, and relaxed.

I know that it's hard to get over death, but in time it will pass. I know from personal experiences (I had a twin sister who died when we were thirteen) that once time passes, it will become easier to remember good memories about the person, instead of sad memories.

I think posting this information about Faith was extremely brave and thoughtful of you, ice. It's nice to know that we have a chance to honour her and remember her. Thanks for the opportunity to do this.

Pillow

Omg...my mom is going to yell at me again. I am crying now...sorry I do it often..but omg. I'm soo sorry...this is so..unexptected.. I can't beleive it. I didn't know her well...but she seemed really nice. I'm sooo sorry!

~Ashes

cheeriez, i am going to say something which my bestfriend once said to me.

i believe friedns are like quite angels who gently guide us to our feet when our wings forget how to fly.

He died when he was 19, and like faith is to you, he is to me, does that make sense?

Losing someone so close, even someone who you have only just met can leave a mark which is so deep and so strong that sorrow floods your heart when they have gone.

I met Faith a few times, she was fun, bubbly and always happy.

Something a friend once told me is that when someone dies young and unexpectedly, God is taking them to be his angel. And when it rains, Heaven is crying with us for a loss which is hard to believe and come to terms with. Just remember tho, Faith has gone in body but not in spirit.

Even though i never knew who she was the reality of one of our own is so scary and shocking although none of us have ever met face to face we are still all friends at heart.
We will remember you Faith

I didn't really know faith as well as I would have liked to but she was one of the first people to welcome me on my first time on chat and i know that that will stay with me forever.

She turely was a brave Gryffindor and I have the utmost admiration for her.

As a hindu, i pray that faith will have safe journey on her path to god and that she will not have to suffer the sins of the human world in reincarnation. I hope that she is happy in the place that she is in and can see us remembering her and may she be at peace.

Shanti. Shanti. Shanti.

I still can't believe it. I just saw the news today and it brought tears to my eyes.

I have known faith from the hpff chat. She is always this hyperactive girl who would greet me with "Trish!!!!!!!!!!" and a dozen more exclamation points when I come on. She would always make sure that you feel welcomed. We rarely talk to each other and yet everytime we do, her personality shines bright that you know she is really a good person.

She was also the last person to post in my introduction thread here. I really don't know what else to say. I'm sad and I'm crying now. I haven't known her that long but I consider her as one of the best people I've met.

Faith dear, I love you and I will surely miss you. I thank God that he had given me the chance to meet such a great girl like you. You are truly someone I can never ever forget. God bless, Faith. I know you're in a much better place now. We will always remember you here.

<3 Trish

I just saw what happened. I can't believe this. Is this faith? The faith? Oh my God...she was the first person I ever talked to on HPFF chat and I remember every time I would come on she would scream my name.

She was always so happy and vibrant. She could make me smile even when I was in the worst of moods. I didn't no her personally but I can still feel her loss. I just wish I could have had a chance to say good-bye... I remember her telling me once that she couldn't wait to be engaged. Now she'll never have the chance.

I will never forget you faith. You were a great person and a wonderful friend to all of us.

I am really sorry to hear about this. Unfortuantely I never got to meet Faith, but my thoughts are with those of you who did. She sounds like a wonderful person and I am desperately sorry to hear the sad news

Now that everyone has said such nice things about Faith, I feel stupid. I've got nothing to say, really. I'm shocked, I feel at a loss for words and I regret not learning to know her better, but at the same time it was nice not to, because then it wouldn't hurt as much.

The way she died was brave. I hadn't seen her like a brave person before, just like the one shouting your name when you logged onto the hpff chat. Sometimes it annoyed me, but most of the time it felt nice to know that someone cared. I wish I had cared for her the same way, not sitting here like a wind in an uniform, cold as a storm.

Because really, that's how I feel. She lived so far away from here, so very far away that I couldn't have gotten to know her the way some people did. She wasn't real to me, and I feel guilty for even thinking that way now. But yet, isn't that how I feel? I mean, isn't it more respectful to Faith to sit here, and be honest, than to sit here and lie about knowing her, that I loved her, that I'm thinking of her all the time? That we were the best of friends?

I wish I could be like her. Just as easy to connect with, just as troublefree and happy. I'm not, but I admired Faith for her ability to leave a mark in peoples memories, to be so nice and.. free. She was free, and she still is.

So, I'm not crying because I miss her. I'm close to tears because all of you, the people in this site, can connect so easily to people you barely know. I'm feeling as if someone would have been inside of me, pushing their thumbs against the inside of my throat because you here have touched something inside of me. Your concern for other human beings, your ability to make my mood lighten several degrees, the fact that you help me so much more than you think. You, Flisan, for example, made me eat lunch today. It's true, I ate potatoes and meatballs at school.
The contents in my stomach are because of you.

And everyone else. Did you know you make me smile every day, that you make me feel like I'm actually worth something? That you actually care? It's genuine, and it's worth all of the money in the world. God bless faith, she contributed to that feeling.




I know none of you understands, but this is for her memory. i love this poem to tiny bits. It's about how hard it is to let go, but that it's sometimes necessary.

Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister.
Varför skulle annars våren tveka?
Varför skulle all vår heta längtan
bindas i det frusna bitterbleka?
Höljet var ju knoppen hela vintern.
Vad är det för nytt, som tär och spränger?
Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister,
ont för det som växer
och det som stänger.

Ja nog är det svårt när droppar faller.
Skälvande av ängslan tungt de hänger,
klamrar sig vid kvisten, sväller, glider -
tyngden drar dem neråt, hur de klänger.
Svårt att vara oviss, rädd och delad,
svårt att känna djupet dra och kalla,
ändå sitta kvar och bara darra -
svårt att vilja stanna
och vilja falla.

Då, när det är värst och inget hjälper,
Brister som i jubel trädets knoppar.
Då, när ingen rädsla längre håller,
faller i ett glitter kvistens droppar
glömmer att de skrämdes av det nya
glömmer att de ängslades för färden -
känner en sekund sin största trygghet,
vilar i den tillit
som skapar världen.

Oh my gosh. I will really miss faith. I did not know her the best but I knew she was one of the best people I have met. SHe was willing to go into surgery to save her mom. SHe posted and said she would be back soon. ANd I was going to pm her when she got back and congragalate her for helping her mom. But I didnt think I would not be able to pm her. I am truley sorry faith that I did not get to know you well and thanks for helping your mom,

Padfoot Potter.

WE will never foget you faith. I was crying as soon as I saw.

i can not believe it!!! she was such a nice girl and a great friend she was kind to everyone. i am in shock. my prayers are with her friends and family. faith we loved you all and you will never be forgot!!!!
we all love you so much mwah xxxx

This is so hard to post on this thread that I almost didn't because I am truly emotional about it. And even now I am getting that way. I didn't know Faith in person but sometimes you don't need to see a person to feel a warmth from them. And Faith had a warmth that you could FEEL just by talking to her.
I want to tell everyone about Faith. I want to share with all of you how she touched me. Because writing is how I get my emotions out. It's my way of coping.
This may be long but I have to get all of it out as it has been tearing me up inside.

Faith is truly a sweet person. She is one of the first people that I met and she was always happy and bubbly and full of energy.
When I would come into chat, she would always greet me with her special greeting.
"HI PRETTY KITTY!!!!"
And I would smile and laugh because even if I was in a bad mood she always found a way to cheer me up. She said things like "How's my pretty kitty?" and "Yaaay I missed my fuzzy kitty".
She loved reading my story and said she was excited about every chapter. She and I had many heart to heart talks in the chat. She was there when I told her about my uncle passing. She told me to let it out and then when I did she said "Kitty, the ones we love aren't really going to be gone. And you will make it through this."
I'm crying again now as I type this because it was those conversations that made me really love her. With a big heart like that, how could you Not love her??
Did you know that she is one of the people who encouraged me to continue my story? When I was really having a depressive moment in my life, I was going to just delete it and give up. But she told me not to. She was like "I love it, please don't delete it. I want to read it all.You're a good writer and you should be a professional."
You guys, I had no confidence in myself and that was back in the 20 something chapters.
These are just some of the things that I had to mention that made Faith special to me. I love her and miss her dearly. She has left us in body. But to quote her: "The ones we love aren't really going to be gone."
That's true for she is with us in our hearts.
Losing someone that has been apart of us, makes us feel that we've lost a small part of ourselves. Everyone of us who knew her and even those who didn't know, have been touched by this sweet, caring girl.
Being a mother myself plus knowing Faith since HPFF; this news touched me deeply. If one of my children were to make a sacrifice like that for me, I'd be filled with mixed feelings. I would be blaming myself and at the same time I would be so grateful. I can imagine her mother will be feeling like this but the Greater Powers work in strange and unexpected ways. My heart goes out to you Iced and Faith's family. **Hugs**


What Faith did for her mother was brave and a true act of love. We will never forget her as she will always have a place in our hearts.
We will get through this together everyone. Besides, Faith would want us to smile, right?
*tries to smile through her tears*

<I><B>Faith, I love you and will remember you. Thank you for your encouragement and I will dedicate my story to you.For if it weren't for your kind words, I would have given up on it.</I></B>
~Kitty

WytchKitty wrote:

She loved reading my story and said she was excited about every chapter. She and I had many heart to heart talks in the chat. She was there when I told her about my uncle passing. She told me to let it out and then when I did she said "Kitty, the ones we love aren't really going to be gone. And you will make it through this."

My god, I remember that day. *hugs kitty*

I can't believe I'm crying again. Fifth time today! I didn't even get to talk to Faith for more than 5 times and yet she affects me like this.

I know I already posted in this thread, but I just want to share what I learned from all this. Her passing has brought me to realize a lot of things. We truly don't know when our time will be up and I'm here today, like what Cill said, thankful that I have met such wonderful people like you. Like Cill said, when I'm here, I feel special.

I may not know all of you, but I know most of you. To all the friends that I've made from hpff till here, I just want to say that I LOVE YOU and Thank you very much.

To Jen, who has really been there for me right from the very first day the hpff chat ever came to be, I love you, Jen! Thank you for putting up with my insanity sometimes. Thank you.

We also got something good from her passing. We should never let an opportunity pass to tell someone we care about that we love them and that we appreciate them. Faith made us realize that.

May Faith rest in peace.

faith wrote:

Hello Gryffindors!!! :D

Im just letting u all kno that I shall be away for about a month or so ; maybe even longer because of some surgery I have to undergo in order to save my mom. But, I will be bak soon enough! No worriez!! (Hakuna Matata! lol) :lol!:

And I hope that when I return we are in the lead in house points!!! hehe! Lets GO GRYFFINDOR!!! :cheers: lol

I will miss all of u guys! *hugglez and kizzez!!!* wish me luck! I'm so scared! *gulp* heh heh.. :|

I kno I posted already...but i came across this ^... Faith wrote it to the Gryffindor House a couple of hours b4 she went. It just reminds me of her strong free willed spirit and of how brave she was. My heart goes out to all her family. God bless her! ::ltangel::

Hope I don't get in trouble for posting this outside of our Gryffindor House. Just thought I'd share it.

I was reading that before.... it brought shedloads of tears to my eyes...

She was such a brave brave girl... I hope you're resting well, Faith

Kingsley wrote:

faith wrote:

Hello Gryffindors!!! :D

Im just letting u all kno that I shall be away for about a month or so ; maybe even longer because of some surgery I have to undergo in order to save my mom. But, I will be bak soon enough! No worriez!! (Hakuna Matata! lol) :lol!:

And I hope that when I return we are in the lead in house points!!! hehe! Lets GO GRYFFINDOR!!! :cheers: lol

I will miss all of u guys! *hugglez and kizzez!!!* wish me luck! I'm so scared! *gulp* heh heh.. :|

I kno I posted already...but i came across this ^... Faith wrote it to the Gryffindor House a couple of hours b4 she went. It just reminds me of her strong free willed spirit and of how brave she was. My heart goes out to all her family. God bless her! ::ltangel::

Hope I don't get in trouble for posting this outside of our Gryffindor House. Just thought I'd share it.

it breaks my heart to see that...but she still had her brave spirit and all...she was still so happy and vivacious. But...she's somewhere more happy now

Oh, my God. I am so so sorry. Although I didn't know Faith personally, she sounds like she was a wonderful person, and it hurts, really hurts, to know she's gone. She was so brave to go into surgery for her mother...and so young...a true Gryffindor. I'm crying now...

My prayers are with her family and friends, and God bless her.

THanks silver. Well she was one of the nicest people on this site. And we all are crying. She will always be checking this site in heaven. See I am crying. I will really really really really miss faith.

I hardly knew Faith, but from what i did learn from and about her, i am glad. Have Peace

I'm soooo sry...I didn't know her, but still, it feels like something is missing from our little community...goodbye, faith...

I didn't know Faith, and I'm not going to pretend that I did... But what happened is so sad and so tragic.... and so unfair... . God bless you Faith.

~bows his head and takes a moment of silence~
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The last memory I have of Fath, we were rping.
My character (Fated or Draco-forgot which one) killed hers(Ron).
She just laughed and said not to worry because after she got out of the hosiptal she'd rp with me again.
Man, that hurts me. Though I didn't know her well, she was a sweetheart to me. She's still a sweetheart and I bet that she's in heaven right now with her angel wings and halo smiling down. She's glowing with beauty and warmth. Though I didn't know her that well she touched my heart. When I think of her, one song always comes to mind and I'm gonna post it here. <B>


Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me....
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.



T'was Grace that taught...
my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear...
the hour I first believed.



Through many dangers, toils and snares...
we have already come.
T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far...
and Grace will lead us home.



The Lord has promised good to me...
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be...
as long as life endures.



When we've been here ten thousand years...
bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise...
then when we've first begun.



"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me....
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see. </B>

It's especially emotional if you listen to it on bagpipes.

It's a moving song. One that I hear and immediately think of the special people who indeed "saved" me in their own ways.
Peace and Love Faith. In my eyes, you will always be the Angel of Faith and Hope for me.

Jesse

i have only bumped into faith once or twice on HPFF but my heart goes out to all her family and friends.
She was such an awesome person, she was so young, WE LOVE YOU FAITH!
Faith will stay with us forever in our hearts.
*hugs* Cherriez.
*sniff*
Life

Jesse.. I'm not going to say it made me cry, but almost.

I cant believe i'm back on this page after all this time.



I have always kept Faith in my heart... thought about her often, visited this place periodically. Even when my computer was crashed, I'd manage to view it some way or another from friends's computer or even from the school's when I wasn't supposed to.

I know that things are supposed to gradually pass over time... that holes in your heart are supposed to heal. But I still cry about Faith's death often, and it STILL hurts. Just as bad as it did when I first found out about her passing.

I guess the point is... I've never really... been able to get over it, or come to terms with it. I've never really been able to let go... and it hurts. It hurts, so bad.


I suppose I'll always miss Faith. Maybe I'll never come to a plateau of acceptance, and maybe it will always hurt. All I know is, I'll never, EVER be able to fill that empty void inside of me. Ever.

I love you, Faith. I'll always remember you...

i am lost at words....i am shock, she died for a noble cause but again shock..lost and sad...