My Eulogy

By the time you will be reading this I will already be dead. No I did not commit

suicide. I just figured who would be better to write my own eulogy than me. I would love

to say that I died doing something cool like shark wrestling, but I most likely got run over

by a bus or something (I’m a bit of a day-dreamer).

Well I, Vanessa Alexis Rangel, was born June 14, 1993 on what I’m assuming

was a beautiful summer morning. I was the daughter of two loving parents named Carlos

and Leticia Rangel and family meant a lot to me. I had a very strong bond with my sisters

that I still cherish. I was also a loyal friend who would have done anything to help one of

them out. I enjoyed making people laugh and didn’t like to bring others down even when

I felt glum. I figured things will eventually improve, so why dwell on the negative? I was

even lucky enough to have an amazing boyfriend that I often annoyed because of my

lack-of-thinking-before-I-speak disorder.

In regards to my accomplishments, I’ll probably be best remembered for being an

honor student at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. Being educated was always

important to me. I strived to be successful and to not have to depend on another to get

what I wanted. I used to dance a lot too. I loved music. I performed in and choreographed

for S.L.A. (Somos Latinos Aspirantes).

I would like to think I was a pretty good person. I lived a happy life that like most

had some rough patches, but I wouldn’t trade a single one of them. Mistakes and

challenges teach people the most whether they realize it at the time or not. There’s always

something else to learn. Well, except for me because I’m dead.

Vanessa Alexis Rangel

June 14, 1993- September 9, 2010