Santiago Rodriguez Gonzalez

In a galaxy far, far away, on the day of 8 August, a baby boy was born along with his twin sisters. The jedi council named him Santiago and they knew he was the chosen one. In the 29 years that followed his birth, young Santiago has been training and learning the powers of the force. Meanwhile, the republic discovered a new enemy. Many jedi knights have been lost. The very future of the jedi order is in jeopardy. Young padawan Santiago has been called by the council to seek out future jedi, as master Yoda is urging the younglings to complete their training and take part in the upcoming trials. It was with great misfortune that Santiago did not survive Order 66. On this day, the galaxy lost one of the greatest jedis there was. But those who survive him will always spread his light. As master Yoda once said, "luminous souls we are, not this crude matter". We will always remain living for his legacy so that the darkness does not find us. May the force be with us all. -love, Valeria

It hurts to have to say goodbye this way without your warm big bear hugs and I love you’s. I never imagined in a million years that you would be taken home to heaven so soon. In a matter of seconds my heart broke to pieces when I found out what had happened to you. My only peace right now is that you are in a much more happier place with grandparents and our cousins that have passed too. You had the most beautiful soul that I know and the purest of hearts. God blessed us with 29 years of amazing moments spent with you. It was such a privilege to have you in our lives. From our younger days til now there are countless of happy memories I have of you. I wish you could have stayed a little longer to have one last Disney trip with you. We were so excited for the December trip we had planned. I will never forget you and all that you have done for our family. You have impacted so many people through your kindness, love, support, and friendship. You are so amazing, caring, talented, thoughtful, educated, noble, and you used the gift God gave you transform so many lives. Your spirit and energy was like no other. You have touched the lives of so many. I am going to miss you like crazy, it’s going to be hard so give me the strength I need to get through this. For now, I promise to keep your memory alive by doing things how you liked them to be from our sibling bond to keeping our Mexican traditions going for generations to come. You were too good for a world like this. We had a wonderful time with the best brother anyone could ask for. This is not my goodbye to you, because I know your spirit lives on and is very much present. I pray one day I will get the chance to go to heaven to see my twin brother again and to be with you forever. Parents had the 3 for the price of 1 deal, but I think they got scammed at the end 😂 I love you so much, thank you for being a big part of my life. Take care of us, and give us plenty of visits. I’ll save you a plate of your favorite dishes whenever you stop by.

To my sweet brother bear,

I thank God for giving me 29 years of unforgettable memories with you mijo. I will always keep in my heart forever. I will hug your shirt tight whenever I need your bear hugs. I know you’ll be there. It will not be easy, but I know God and you will give us the strength to get through this. We will keep your memory alive forever mijo. You were the best brother I could have asked for.. always putting everyone else before you, thoughtful, kind, loving, and you always had the right comforting words. I’m going to miss our “conference calls”, bear hugs, advice, and our funny memes. Thank you so much for loving and spoiling the boys and Xime.. know that they are missing you a lot and will forever remember you as the best uncle ever! Oh hunni… I will never understand why but God has a plan for all of us and all that is left is the beautiful memories we have together. I love you with all my heart and will miss you dearly mijo. My brother bear.🐻

With much love, Nena♥️

P.S, we already see your signs 😉

August 8, 1994, that was the day we were brought into this world, and from that moment on we would embark on this thing called life together, me, you and vache, the three of us.

It was supposed to be the three of us until then end Junior, we are a package deal, buy two get one free… mom and dad after trying three times already with Maricruz, valeria and aby finally got their baby boy…

Now that you left I feel such an emptiness, I don’t feel whole or complete anymore, because the day you left a little bit of me also died inside, I knew Junior… I felt that unbearable pain the moment your soul left your body.

Junior I’m going to try my best to be so strong for Sebas… you know you were his father figure and you helped me raise him, you were his padrino, his tio and his best friend. I’m glad sebas got to meet you in the little time he had with you. I won’t ever stop talking about you, about the memories, the adventure’s, the experiences ,the holidays, the family parties and todo los convivos.

I will keep your memory alive. I will continue on the best I can raising him with all of our traditions and family ideals and values that you held special to your heart with such importance.

Junior please give us the strength to get through this as a family, nos va a hacer mucha falta en esta familia, 29 years I had the honor and blessing spending those years with you. It’s hard to accept and let go because we had so much more to live together. I understand you were in pain and suffering and I can’t be selfish in wanting to ask for more time… God took that suffering away from you.

Every time I look up to the sky I’ll be looking for you, calling for you … please leave me signs, I’m going to miss you very much mi gemelo hermoso. You were to kind, to pure and loving for this world. I hope you are in heaven living your happily ever after ❤️ I love you 3000

(Chucky voice) Juniah, Juniah, Juniah.

Oh my world, my heart, my soul. My other half. The lamb to my tuna fish. What a wild ride man. What a damn good ride we had. The smile on your face...everyone is talking about how infectious it was. Your energy was so pure and so full of goodness and light that it was too much for this wretched, cruel world. You were the glue that held us together and always made sure everyone was okay. I could go on and on and on dude. I love you so damn much. Your aura was like no other my brother. You made me shine so bright, and now not my light is no more. I can't believe I have to sit here and write this to you. And yes, I did leave it for last minute, you know I wasn't gonna submit an assignment on time 😆 I was just looking at our Disney schedule and remembered how excited you were to go next month. It was gonna be a blast. Now you're having the time of your life up there with Alex partying it up 10x better. I promise you that I will take real good care of Kenobi and take him back to training. He is going to be so spoiled by all of us, he's going to be the family baby. I will take good care of everything man, I promise you. You always said he was your guardian angel sent from above. You are so amazing. I am so very proud of you. We had such big plans for the future. I am so so proud of all the battles you won bro. You were my hero and so strong and so talented and the world didn't deserve you. You were my motivation and my happiness. How am I going to go through life without you, without seeing you every day and talking about our day. God you were so caring, you loved our family so much. And I love you my brother. I love you, I love you, I love you. Not even an entire galaxy could fit my love for you. One day we will battle it out with our lightsabers. One day we will go on trips again. One day we will watch YouTube videos together while we pig out. One day, we will all be together again, and you will give our family a great big bear hug. I love you man. I could go on and on but I just need to say I love you and we will see you again. You're my favorite deputy, now go reach for the sky. From your pal, Sheriff Woody.