I miss u so.... / Julie Hoefs (Aunt)
Well Ang I just got done watching a video about foster care, but it is from the kids point of view and oh my goodness does it give me a better understanding of why some of your behaviors were like they were. I also just watched a dvd put together by your other foster mom Carol and her family and it was just awesome. It really made me feel good to see how much you were loved by them. I wish we would of known about them when you were still alive. It had to of been so hard for you to leave them when you did. At least if we would of known about them we could of talked to you about them or given you the chance to talk to us about them. They were a big part of your life! I do thank God though for giving us the chance to let you be part of our family too. Our lives have forever been changed. You taught us so much. I love you Angie! Julie Close
I miss you so much angel / Sabrina Eskridge (foster sister )
I rember whaen she first came to me and Dawns house. She was very quiet and shy.After a while she goot use to us. She was the only sister I've ever had. I was very mean to her,because I was so use to being the only child. When I found out she died my heart fell It felt as if my whole world came tumbeling down I regret everything that i did and wish I could take it ALL BACK.If only it could've been me instead of her. I am now 15, I havent seen Angel since I was about11 and sh was 4. I have nothing but good memories of us. Rest in piece my baby sister!
Happy Easter Angie, I wish you couldve been here this morning to find your eggs and your easter basket. This Easter was so different without you here, seems like everythings way different though. I remember last Easter when you came in my room and wanted to help me find my eggs. I miss the little things like that more than anything. I miss you so much. Hope you had a great Easter in heaven with Grandpa and Brett. Love you hun.
As always missing you this morning. Being Easter it is a harder day yet. There is no excitement of the day in this house without you. I can picture you in that pretty dress of Vanessa's last year all excited to look for your basket and eggs. I am missing that so much this morning. No one is here begging me to let them start looking for their basket and eggs. I hope you are spending the day in heaven with Brett and Grandpa Potter. I hope you have a good Easter with them. I miss you so much everyday. I love you more than you know. I am on this site everyday although I don't write always. You will be in my heart today as you are everyday.
Missing you... / Julie Hoefs (Aunt)
Hello Ang~ I have been thinking about you all day. This last weekend we went to Jellystone to the indoor water park and I just wish so much that you could of been there with us! Vanessa did play with Megan but I just know she was missing you. Donna gave her your pretty Bratz towel to use. Things will just never be the same without you here. I keep thinking about how last year you had so much fun at the Easter egg hunt in Bruce, that is coming up this weekend and I just don't even want to go. I know that is not fair to do that to my kids but it is hard to care sometimes. I love you hun and I miss you much! Love, Jul Close
have a heavenally easter angie / Cheri Brooks Read >>
have a heavenally easter angie / Cheri Brooks Close
Angie's Idea of a deer hunting season / Carol Retzer
Me and all the kids were coming home from town. Angie started talking about the deer hanging in the tree at our neighbor's in Ogema. "There's a deer in the tree, we need to feed the deer in the tree, hurry the deer in hungry,ect." She chattered so fast all we could do it count the word "deer". We still argue the amt of times she said deer but it was in the 60's and our trailor was only 3 miles away. We laughed so hard. Then when we got back to the trailor Stevie went next door to see the deer. He came in the door and said "how can we get the deer out of the tree, I think he's hungry" Close
many questions remain with the same sad ending / Carol Read >>
many questions remain with the same sad ending / Carol
Without even getting to who I am and the loss of Angie, I work at a nursing facility for aprox. 25 years. One of the biggest changes I've seen it the state not allowing us to restrain resident to prevent them from falling and getting hurt. We used to use belts , hand restraints,med restraints, waist restraints. While I know at times people used poor judgement the best intention was to prevent injury. All of that has been outlawed, we now use alarms, floor pads, mattress alarms. Even with the best intention people fall constantly. We even had a extremely agitated man who showed brain damage in a MRI from so many falls. One of my points being , how can a facility NOT be trained in restaints on children. How can so many be involved and not held responsible. How can the owner of a facility not have the balls to attend court , afterall , isn't he standing behind his employees and facility. If I walk into a room and any sort of bahvior is rough, dangerous, unacceptable, inappropriate isn't it my job (no matter what position I hold) to stop tha behavior and protect the people I care for. What the hell happened here? How much staff was there? Another thing, I get called to rooms all the time " will you talk to so and so, your good with him" ect. My guess is Bradley was there for a reason and if it was because he handled Angie well would'nt that have been shoved down our troats by him and his lawyer. What does that leave us to believe. Picuring a bad sceniro going tragic it was "let me, I'll get her to settle down" Well Bradley Ridout , you have to live with knowing you sucked the life out of a girl 5x's smaller than you, for HOW long???? In a job , any job who has the time to lay on a person. The incident lasted 98 minutes. Over 1 1/2 HOURS and NO ONE intervened. What did he take a nap???In that time even the family that was caring for her could have been called if she was so out of control. They NEVER had that problem wouldn't that have descalated the situation . He now has to live with that, and people look at him funny. I hope they do for the rest of his life, because he killed a little girl. I heard no mention of a wife or family but Someday I hope he has a little girl and looks in her eyes and sees Angellika and has the love for her that we all do and at least understands our pain. Close
Where Words Aren't Enough / Cindy (Aunt, Sister of Mama Carol )Read >>
Where Words Aren't Enough / Cindy (Aunt, Sister of Mama Carol )
I'll always remember our telephone conversations and your visits with cousin Mara. I know how much you mean to our family, even though others may not. Mama Carol loves you more than words can tell and that love is spread across the 900 miles to me. The sadness we feel is undescribable for our loss of you from our family, and then your death - totally senseless and unreasonable. Mama Carol and I still cry together, the only saving grace is knowing you are in Heaven, on Streets of Gold with Uncle Dave (taking care of each other and both as our specials angels looking our for us), and one day WE WILL ALL MEET THERE! Close
Life isn't always fair - but we won't give up / Isabelle Zehnder (Her voice )
Hi Angie,
Today was not a good day. I just received a phone call from a reporter who broke the news - Bradley Ridout will only serve 2 months in jail (maybe) and he only has to pay $88 for court costs. He brought in people who said what a wonderful guy he is, and how great he is because he works with kids at his church.
Angie, we all know better. If he were such a good guy he would have listened to you when you reached out to him during your last moments. One thing I know. He can bring people to court to say what a good guy he is and all that, but in the deep of the night he will have to face the fact that it was he who ended your life. It was his stupidity, his lack of concern, his lack of compassion and kindness, that ended your llife - nothing else. I personally blame him for your death because he should have known better. I don't care how he was trained, or if he was told he was supposed to restrain you every day - he as a grown man should have known better. If he loved children so much how could he use such force and such mean-spirited ways to deal with a young little girl like you.
We are going to keep fighting for justice. We are not going to sit idly by and just allow this to happen without the world knowing how disappointed we are at the outcome of court today. But we want you to know something, little girl. We know your life was worth oh, so much more than $100,088. We know you deserved so much better than Mr. Bradley Ridout gave you, and that the rest of the staff at Rice Lake gave you. We are going to do everything in our power to see to it that this does not happen again.
I know that you are in a better place now - it is the people left here on earth who knew and loved you so much who are hurting today. I want them to know that I am here and I will do anything I can to help them be your voice.
We all miss you - and we all know what really should have happened in that courthouse today. Remember, Mr. Ridout will have to live with the fact that your life ended at his hands. He is responsible for your death, and he will have to answer. Maybe not in a court of law here on earth but there is another court he will face some day.
We all miss and love you!!
Isabelle Zehnder Founder and President Family and Child Advocate Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse (CAICA) www.caica.org info@caica.org Close
God be With all that lost this young one. / James J. Barrek
Im very sorry for what those horrable people did to you,I wish i could of heard your cry for help.
My heart cry's for you and your family little one.
Happy late birthday / Melissa Servin (cousin)Read >>
Happy late birthday / Melissa Servin (cousin)
Sorry I haven't wrote anything for a while. I haven't been able to come on here without getting all upset. Happy late birthday. I really wish you could've spent it down here though. But I'm sure you're keeping Grandpa & Brett good company. I love you and miss you lots. -Melissa
remembering you always / Carol Retzer
As your birthday approaches I think we all have that sickly feeling and yet we remember your beautiful smile about anything! Even with the difficult life you had , look at all the joy in you., all the joy you brought to others, and all the people who love you. Uncle Dave held you and loved you and I believe he is in heaven helping take care of you. I often picture you in his arms and safe. All of our lives go on and that is the difficult part of grieving , the world keeps turning. Carly and I toasted you but with sadness, I couldn't even tell the other kids until your b-day was over. Carly went to your grave by herself but someday when were all together I'll take everyone. I overhear the kids talking to their friends and I see your pic on myspace and you will never be forgotten in our home. Lindsey suddenly gets a sadness Mom's can't fix but were remembering and starting to talk about the funny times. Remember when you we were hugging and I was rocking you back and forth to make it funny instead of sad and you were pick pocketing me. We all laugh about that. I love to see Ryan, he looks like you and has those" chirpy manners". I see your Gramma and Grandpa and we have our moments of grief but our frienship is based on you and that helps us all. Nothing changes that we all love you. I have so many memories, happiness then sadness. I wonder constantly how 4 people could suck the life out of you and only 1 is being sentenced. What is he like? Does he have children? Is he sorry or cocky? Enough , loving you and remembering your birthday and you always. Mama Carol Close
Happy Birthday!! / Julie Hoefs (Aunt)
Happy 8th Birthday Ang, I wish so badly your were here with us to celebrate it! I know that our parties here could never compare to the awesome ones you are having in heaven. I love you very much and I miss you with all of my heart! Love, Jul Close
Happy Birthday from Mom & Ryan / Dawn Wetzel (Foster Mom )Read >>
Happy Birthday from Mom & Ryan / Dawn Wetzel (Foster Mom )
Hi Angel, I have been missing you so much. Ryan & I watched the DVD that Mama Carol had made of you today, and it makes me feel a little closer to you. Ryan told me that he knows you are in heaven, celebrating your birthday with God. He said that you are having a big party up there, and that you probably will blow out your candles up there too! Tomorrow is Grandma's birthday, and we are going over to their house to celebrate, I know how special you thought it was that your birthday and Grandmas were right next to each other's. I am hoping to come visit your grave in the near future. Mama Carol invited Ryan and I to come up with them, I really need to come say goodbye to you. Plus, spending time with them comforts me, because they love you just like I do. We love you, and think of you daily. Until we meet again. Love, Mom and Ryan Close
Happy Birthday (Thinking of you) / Diane/ Mom To ^j^ Jessica Brown Read >>
Happy Birthday (Thinking of you) / Diane/ Mom To ^j^ Jessica Brown
Today Is My Birthday
Today is my birthday Celebrate my life with you And remember the good times Forget the bad. Look up towards the sun And catch every ray of light Upon your cheek. For I am there with you. Today is my birthday, Be happy for me. My life was full. I had the pleasure of love And the joy of my family. Do not be sad Look up towards the stars And catch each twinkle In your heart. For I am there with you
Today is my birthday My legacy is not wealth Or mighty belongings, My legacy is you and your life. Spend it wisely and carefully, Guard it always. Do not be sad. Feel the wind on your face And in your hair And know that I loved you For I am there with you in your laughter And in your hearts.
Today is my birthday, Learn to live again without me. Take my strength with you For you are not alone. Do not be sad Feel the rain on your face Feel all life's treasures and Know that you are alive! At each step of the way I will help you For I am with you always Until we meet again. Today is my birthday...
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