This memorial website was created to remember and honor our dear daughter Christina "Chrissy" Rossi who was born in New York on December 31, 1979 and left this world on July 25, 2006 at the age of 26. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
Please visit
www.chrissyswish.com
for upcoming events & information.
With your help we will
continue to work towards better
treatments and cures for mental
illnesses.
Thank you for joining us in the
fight to change the face and
treatments of mental illness!
Somewhere over the Rainbow there is a World without Mental Illness", Please help us find that World.
Please visit the Chrissy's Wish memorial fund website at WWW.CHRISSYSWISH.COM
Anyone interested in information about the memorial fund and/or for a BBRF (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation) packet, Please e-mail us at WWW.LINDANIGHTENGALE@AOL.COM
or call 631-243-3573
All checks should be payable to BBRF with a notation for Chrissy's Wish on the check and mailed to LINDA ROSSI 13 HERRICK AVENUE, DIX HILLS, NY 11746. A tax deductable receipt will be sent to you from BBRF.
Please help to bring Chrissy's Wish to life and end the mental torments millions of people suffer with everyday of their lives.
We Remember Chrissy......
CHRISTINA
WE’RE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE OUR DAUGHTER CHRISTINA’S LIFE. WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER IS HOW CHRISSY “LIVED”, NOT HOW SHE DIED! ON DECEMBER 31, 1979 CHRISTINA WAS GIFTED TO US AND THIS WORLD, AND IN HER VERY BRIEF 26 YEARS ON THIS EARTH MANAGED TO TOUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND CREATURES. ONLY 5 FEET TALL AND 90 POUNDS SOAKING WET, SHE HAD THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVED IN, SAID IT LIKE IT IS, NO MATTER IF YOU WANTED TO HERE IT OR NOT, AND YET, WAS AS GENTLE AS AN ANGEL TO ALL WHO NEEDED HELP. CHRISTINA’S ILLNESS BLESSED HER WITH AN INSIGHT INTO HUMANITY AND THE ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE.
SHE HAD A SPECIAL GIFT THAT MADE EVERYONE WHO MET HER, EVEN FOR JUST THE BRIEFEST MOMENT, COME AWAY WITH A SPECIAL FEELING. SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP AND UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLES WEAKNESSES BUT WAS UNABLE TO HELP HERSELF RID THE TORMENTS IN HER MIND. THE DEEP PAIN THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW IS WHAT OUR DAUGHTER LIVED WITH HER THROUGH HER LIFE. SHE WOULD SAY TO ME, MOM, I WANT TO BE HAPPY AND ENJOY LIFE, BUT I CAN’T. SHE TRIED HER VERY BEST TO REMAIN HERE WITH US, BUT THE PAIN WAS TOO MUCH TO CONTINUE TO BEAR!
CHRISSY WAS UNPRETENTIOUS ON THIS EARTH, AND NEVER CARED ABOUT ‘THINGS’, BUT IT WAS WORDS AND FEELINGS THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO HER. SHE WAS BLESSED WITH A FAMILY , EXTENDED FAMILY OF GOOD FRIENDS AND A VERY SPECIAL BOYFRIEND WHO ALL TRULY LOVED HER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE COULD NEVER FEEL WORTHY OF THAT LOVE OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOVE HERSELF.
EVEN TIL CHRISSY’S LAST DAY ON EARTH SHE CONTINUED TO WORK AND CARE IN A GROUP HOME FOR DISABLED ADULTS WHILE FIGHTING HER OWN TORMENTS.
BEFORE SHE LEFT US, CHRISSY MADE SURE TO TELL US ‘SHE LOVED US’, ENDING HER MULTIPLE PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH ‘I LOVE YOU’. HER LAST GIFT TO US AND THIS WORLD WAS A HEALTH CARE PROXY STATING HER LAST WISHES REGARDING NO VENTS TUBES OR EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO KEEP HER ALIVE,AND THEREBY RELEASING US FROM ANY ADDITIONAL PAIN.CHRISSY’S LAST SELFLESS GIFT WAS TO LEAVE PART OF HERSELF TO HELP OTHERS BY DONATING HER BONE AND TISSUES FOR RECIPIENTS TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE.
ON JULY 25TH, CHRISSY CELEBRATED HER REBIRTH WITH MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE WHEN SHE WAS BORN ON EARTH, AND I KNOW MAMA, PAPA, PAPU , GRANDPA AND A HOST OF CREATURES WERE JUST A VERY FEW WHO SURROUNDED HER WITH OPEN ARMS TO GREET HER ON THE OTHER SIDE . AS WE ARE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING THIS GENTLE SPIRIT, SHE IS CELEBRATING HER NEW LIFE, A LIFE IN PEACE.SO NOW WHEN WE THINK OF CHRISSY, LETS SMILE AND REMEMBER HER BEAUTY, COMPASSION AND UNIQUENESS, BECAUSE CHRISSY IS FINALLY TRULY SMILING.
"What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, God calls a butterfly!"
Please take the time to add your Tributes and Condolences, and light a candle for Chrissy. It is very comforting to read how Chrissy has touched so many lives,while on earth and even now as she is in Heaven, so if you have a story please take the time to write! Let us remember
"All things beloved live on in our hearts
..... Forever."
Http://Suicidepreventionlifeline.org
(live phone support)
Http:// WWW.teenhelp.org
(live online support)
FOR INFORMATION
Http:// WWW.suicidology.org
If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, please know there are people who care. There is help, here are a few places you could call or visit online by clicking on any link.
A LIFE IS LOST TO SUICIDE EVERY 18 MINUTES IN AMERICA. NINETY PERCENT OF ALL PEOPLE WHO DIE BY SUICIDE HAVE A DIAGNOSABLE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH. WE BELIEVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, BETTER TREATMENTS AND EFFECTIVE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC WILL BEST PREVENT THIS TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. PLEASE CONTACT THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR INFO ON-LINE WWW.AFSP.ORG
Chrissy we know that this is what you are saying to us and what you want us to remember.....
I'M FREE
"Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free, I'm following the path God laid for me; I took his hand when I heard him call I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day to laugh, to love, to work, or play; Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that place at the close of the day. If my parting has left a void, then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss; Ah, yes these things I too will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow; I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life's been full, I've savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don't lengthen it now with undue grief Lift up your heart and share with me. God wanted me now- He set me free".
Chrissy...
I thought of you with love today,
But that is nothing new.
I thought about you yesterday
And days before that too.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name.
All I have are memories
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is my keepsake,
With which I'll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
I have you in My heart.
Chrissy's Favorite Poem for Mom....
And if I Go, while you're still here....
Know that I Live on,
Vibrating to a different measure
-Behind a thin veil you cannot see through.
You will not see me,
So you must have faith.
I wait the time when we can soar together again,
-Both aware of each other.
Until then, Live your life to it's fullest.
And when you need me,
Just whisper my name in your heart,
...I will be there.