As you all know, starting tomorrow, we mark the 26th sad anniversary of the cruel joke that took our sweet Freddie from us. :( This is a hard kind of death to remember, because of the way it happened as well as the fact that it is spread out over almost 2 days.

Last year I spent the 25th anniversary very depressed and trying to wrestle with Freddie about the whys. I think this year I am at peace with his passing, even though I will truly never be at peace with the way it happened. But that is OK too.

I was wondering how the rest of you plan on marking this anniversary this year. :confused:

For me, I think I will be in a quiet, meditative mode this year. I have spent the past few weeks thinking about all the good Freddie did in his short lifetime. I sometimes wonder if he wasn't destined for this. I think about the 'what if he lived' senerio, but somehow I have a hard time with that, because he was who he was.... forever young. I guess I keep thinking that Freddie is telling me this year that he doesn't want me to mourn, that I did that enough last year. Instead, he keeps telling me he wants me to celebrate who he was and rejoiced that he was able to touch my life at least. When I think of Freddie this year, I don't seem to want to dwell on his death, but think about his life. And maybe that is what celebrating an anniversary of a death should be, a celebration of a life. I think other cultures do this better than Americans do.

I will burn my candle tomorrow night and Wednesday night, in silent tribute this year. I might even watch few of my favorite episodes on Wednesday night. I will be too busy on Tuesday night to do that, but I will burn the candle before I go to bed and say a prayer for his soul.

Please post what you are going to do. I am sure whatever it is, Freddie will be smiling on all of us, his friends and fans. :)

I plan to spend the time light candles in his memory. Thinking of his laughter and happiness he has brought towards others. Watching several episodes of Chico and the Man and listen to his comedy cd. Then possibly make a few wallpapers as another collective memory of his life, love and laughter!
God Bless you Freddie

In rememberance of Freddie...

Awww. that pic is so sweet!!!! It's got me breaking out the hankies... :crying: I'll be busy Tues nite but Wed nite I hope to watch some CATM videos. Bless his dear sweet young heart...

What sweet ways to remember someone you so admire.;) I've had a little practice at this by now unfortunately because of Selena, so I've gotten past the sadness part of this. No, it doesn't get any easier as the years go by, but you can come to a better understanding of why this person is so special to you. As Luckymama said, you realize that this date is a day to look at what was accomplished in his all too short time here on Earth. There's a Mexican belief that a person dies three deaths instead of one. The first is when the body ceases to function, the second is when the body is returned to the Earth and the final is when there's no one left to remember. By paying our respects, we assure that Freddie has not gone past the second. I hope you all will have a reflective day of at least quiet rejoicing for all the gifts that were left behind! ;)

Beautiful...........

You all have expressed such lovely sentiments. I, too, have tears in my eyes. I have felt depression all around me as the anniversary approaches. It is so true that regardless of how many years elapse, our hearts ache from this loss.

I will be lighting a candle each night, saying prayers and thinking of Freddie and how much we all love him.

Luckymama, thank-you for sharing your heartfelt feelings with us. Each point you made touched me in a special way. I wish you could hear me cheering you in agreement.

I've found alot of nice people here in this site. Friends who love Freddie as much as I do... I will spend tomorrow lighting a candle for Freddie and looking at a show or 2 to remember Freddie. I wrote a little something that expressed how I was feeling this evening. I hope you all like it..... :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

Again....

Here is another memorial of our beloved Prinze. I hope to be on tomorrow. If so possibly late. So I have decided to post it tonight instead.

I only met you a year ago this month but you have inpired me as you have so many others. You struck laughter into the hearts of so many and continue to spark vision in so many more. In my eyes you are still with us, a spirit so bright cannot fade easily. Your energy still surrounds us, your mark on the world still heard.

Freddie Prince we miss you but you are not gone. You still live within us - "We are all the same, we all cry when certain things happen, we all laugh when certain things happen..."

Today I celebrate you. Your struggle did not go in vain. You succeeded in life where so many of us fail, you know what it is to be human.

Thank you for all the joy you have given this sad world.

Your Brother,
Lazaro J Viciedo

I'm reading the posts here & seeing all the sweet pictures & about to start bawling or something (reaches for a hankie)... It's so sad what happened to him...

Always remembered and never forgotten by those who really love you so & those who remember you. It is so sad what happened to you & we wonder why you chose to end it all. But we know you are safe in the loving arms of God. We just wish you hadn't chose to leave us so soon. You'll never be forgotten dear Prinze because we will remember you...

That pic of Freddie I was working on & my ADOBE PHOTSHOP kept crashing on me & losing it-- I finally was able to get it done & save it. I went thru a coupla hankies when I was doing it cuz it was so sad... :crying:

So here it is...

Had a dream about Freddie Mon nite/Tues am. All of us here from the boards had a get together where we all got together with each other & Mando. Mando got up on a stage & shared with us all about Freddie telling us all about him. We were all on front row in rapt attention. It got really sad as he was talking about Freddie dying & we all cried. I sat there & just started bawling my eyes out & had to get out a hankie. I finally told Mando that things were getting really sad & I was now bawling my eyes out & had to get a hankie. Mando said-- Oh no now I feel like I'm gonna start bawling myself. He started bawling, reached in his pocket & got out his hankie. We're all sitting there just bawling our eyes out all upset over Freddie dying. Mando finally said that Freddie wouldn't have wanted us to be all sad & crying like that but that he would've understood. I forget all the details but that was basically it...

I know Freddie is smiling on all of you all right now. In a twisted sort of way, his wanting to die young was his way of saying he never wanted to be forgotten. I know we haven't forgotten him. Dani, you are sooooo right about the third kind of death. If we have any influence on the world, we won't let him die that third death. We will keep his memory alive.

It was kinda weird. I chose an all black outfit today for school. I really didn't have anything in mind, except this is one of my nicer outfits and today was grandparents day at our school. With all the visitors there, I wanted to look my best (black is very slimming! LOL) Anyway, I was talking to my friend whom I was telling you about who is now into Freddie too and mentioned that this was the anniversary. She asked me if that was the reason I wore black today. I told her no, but I was thinking that subconsciously, maybe it was my way of quietly remembering and honoring him. Who knows.

I didn't get to light that candle last night, but while I was soaking in the tub I was thinking about him and praying for his soul. May he rest in peace.

Thank you one and all for all of your wishes for him at this time. I am sure if he were here he would give us all a big group hug. (Yes, even you, mi hermano, Laz! LOL)

BTW, Laz, it is good to see you here on the board. Don't be a stranger! :D

It has been AGES since our amigo Laz was around here! Hey, Laz--thanx mucho for the wonderful words about Freddie. You eloquently said what alot of us feel, and I am sure we all wish we had the truly special bond you have had with him by portraying him onstage (not to mention both being half Puerto Rican!).

Come visit us again soon, bebe!

What beautiful tributes to our dear Freddie. Just remember as we all think about our sweet young man today...that he is in
"the place to be." He is safe from harm and busy spreading his magic all around...especially here on this board. He has brought us all together and we have made life long friends because of it.

He left with us an incredible body of work in just a few short years. He will continue spreading the laughter and love that is in his heart.

Something weird happend to me tonite Freddie wise. I was watching a coupla CATM episodes on tape with my hubby Mike. I got to crying over Freddie while watching them & had to get a hankerchief & wipe my tears with it. I went thru a coupla hankies. Well, I have stuck on the front of our satellite dish receiver that is on top of the tv entertainment center, a pic of Freddie from a magazine that says Freddie Prinze 1954-1977 or something like that & he's wearing a tux. When I was wiping my tears with the hankie the pic of Freddie fell down on the floor face up. This happened several times. & The room got cold for a few minutes & I got chills. Weird. I wonder if he knew from heaven I was crying over him?

FREDDIE'S ROOM


There’s a room in my heart
Set aside for heartaches and pain.
It’s kept locked....for if not
I would return there again and again.

On days when my strength is unfailing
I insert a crystalline key,
Enter...and immerse myself in the infinite vortex
Of all that you have meant to me.

Converging time and space enfold me in your light
Through laughter and pain....merging with present peace,
Fallen tears trickle through my fingers endlessly
Till the vision of your essence causes them to cease.

Each of my senses overwhelmed by the memories
I turn and lock the door with my crystalline key.
I carry the visions of the gifts you left behind
When your short journey on this plane ceased to be.

Away from the room, I celebrate your life
Always searching for all that was positive and good
Knowing you feel the love I send through
And would have returned to us all....if only you could.
1-29-03


Always in my heart, Freddie......:heart:

Thanks Ms Marie! ;)
I apologize that my picture was so huge! I forgot to resize.

Wheeone....That poem was soooo beautiful! What a great gift and such an inspiration! ;)

I also invite all you over to my yahoo group where I have two new wallpapers! I hope you like them because I tried something a little different!

Miss Dani! Thanks for the invite! I can't wait to see what fabulous creations you have in store for us!

Another weird thing happened. Either on the day he shot himself or the day he died my Freddie cardboard standup that advertises the LOOKING GOOD album fell off the stereo speaker in the den over onto the floor again. My hubby found it & showed it to me. That was strange the timing of that happening...

Cheryl That is sp:eek: :eek: ky. This is what I encountered yesterday. I have this candle that I put in my kitchen (really for special occasions). I usually have trouble getting it lit because it's awkward. Well yesterday I said a prayer for Freddie and as I was going to light it on, I anticipated the problem but, I thought to myself.... (C'mon Freddie this candle is for you.... I was hoping it would light up) and Presto........ It lit up. Now I call it my Freddie candle.

By the way... I've enjoyed reading the poems and seeing all the beautiful tributes on Freddie.

I have always enjoyed Freddie and Jacks closeness. They worked well together!

What a sweet pciture of Freddie & Jack! Nice job as usual! :) Seeing all this sweet stuff on Freddie has the tears & the hankies going again... :crying: