“Ten Seconds More”
Every heartbeat thunders your name,
A sacred echo in the silence where you once stood.
Your absence is no longer a shadow—it’s a weight I carry,
A space carved into the soul that only you ever filled.
I fear forgetting…
The shape of your laugh, the light in your eyes,
The way you taught love with your quiet grace.
But even when my memory wavers, my spirit remembers—
You are etched there deeper than thought.
Christ holds you now,
In a place untouched by pain,
And though I question,
Though I weep and tremble and ask "Why?"
I trust Him still.
Because if He loved you more than I ever could,
Then you are where love is perfect.
Ten seconds.
Just ten seconds to hold you again—
To feel the miracle of your hug,
To whisper all the words I never got to say.
But you live in every choice I make to press forward.
You live in my strength.
You live in tomorrow,
Because we will see each other again.
You were daughter, sister, wife, mother—
But always, always my little princess.
So until that day,
I walk with your footprints beside mine,
Learning to live with a beautiful ache
Where you always were.
See you tomorrow. XOXOXO.
Love Pipa.

They were this bouncy, bubbly person that just appeared in my life one day. We would hang out for hours talking about nothing or not talking at all. But the silence now is more deafening since you aren't there. I miss you bud. I miss you so much.

She was important to me, and such a fantastic person for the four years I knew her. I'll miss you dearly.

Elizabeth, 
Siempre  estarás en nuestro corazón 
Y te recordaremos  como la niña carismatica y soñadora,  Has volado hacia el Cielo como un angelito. Descansa en Paz .
Con mucho amor siempre te recordaremos. 
Miguel y Jacque

Kennya and you exploring the world of the butterfly habitat place. I was sad to be separated by you both but still happy that you were both able to experience walking all over and seeing butterflies.

I'm pretty sure this is Kennya and you sitting in the gym for a school activity thing. You got to be with her and I in different grades and we were lucky because we still got to play together in recess and talk about all sorts of things.

When I came to visit back in 2023, your dad called me a fairy because of how joyful and bright I was. In this photo, as teenagers, you are the fairy being all bright and joyful. The smile on your face not showing a care in the world as you should always be. Happy and bright you continue to be in my heart.

This photo reminds me of how all of us as kids would end up playing together. Do you remember when you came over with your brothers and then when we were playing grocery store, the boys all came to rob us? That was funny and I know we took photos, but I can't find them. But the memory is still within me. This visit was fun because we all got to hang out together as teens.

This was taken by you when my family and I came to visit your family. We enjoyed so many adventures in your house and backyard especially with all the stories that we created.  I wish I had one of us together when I came to visit in 2023, another showing both of us as adults and seeing how we are still friends after all the years have passed.

OBITUARY

Elizabeth Oquendo

22 August, 1995 – 14 January, 2025

Dunbar Funeral Home - Northeast

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