Todd (VO): I think that's the question I always start off with when I review a currently popular song. And it is with me.Screenshot of article titled "Drake Celebrates "God's Plan" Spending 11 Weeks Atop Billboard Chart" Remembering this is important: Even when I don’t feel it so, it is there. From my friends, those around me and my family. In the aftermath of Alexa’s death, Rob said he wishes everyone could be kinder, the way she was, not just in the time immediately afterward, but always. Stewart said they're putting together a memorial page for Alexa in the yearbook. Kids walking around and being with each other and reminiscing and comforting each other,” he said. and then Wednesday morning was just really comforting. I sent an email out at five o'clock on Tuesday. “(I’m) just really encouraged by the community that CSPA has shown over this entire week.
“So Long,” they said, referencing the song "So Long, Farewell" from The Sound of Music.Īlexa’s principal, Matthew Stewart, also spoke at the service about the extraordinary impression she left on the student body. Rogers and close friend Ellie Ulman spoke together during the service. The two remembered Alexa with humor and love, reflecting on her growth during her time in theater and her efforts to accept and include everyone. I don't know what it was, but she was going to do it,” said Kevin Rogers, a director at CTH. “When someone young dies and you say that they were going places, it's like, she really was going to change the world. Many at the funeral were Alexa’s fellow thespians. He said reading her journals is how he's coping with the loss. While mildly scattered, he spoke with passion and love about his daughter and the discussions they had. Speaking to Rob, it’s clear where Alexa's philosophical and analytical mind came from. “She was (an) extremely compassionate and loving person, just like all of the eulogy said.” He was honored when Rob asked him to conduct the service. “She was a beautiful, intelligent, compassionate young woman.”ĭillon had only known the Zielkowski family for a few months when Alexa died. “Alexa was my barista,” Dillon said to tear-choked laughs. Pastor Jerrod Dillon stood to address the crowd. Those who couldn’t get a seat stood in the back of the chapel and in the lobby, looking on. The large chapel was overflowing with family and friends. The day before her death, the community theater wrapped their production of The Sound of Music.Ī memorial service was held for Alexa on Wednesday, May 31, at Watkins Funeral Home in Howell. She was an enthusiastic participant in her school choir and theater program, as well as the Community Theatre of Howell, which she joined at 10 years old. I love you because I love God."Īlexa was a junior at Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy, where she was enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and a member of the National Honor Society. I don’t love you because you hate me, and I don’t love you because you love me either. Start by spreading love yourself, and then spread the idea of love. In the days after her death, her family started reading through Alexa’s journals, where they found she'd been writing down her thoughts, as well as recording and analyzing her dreams.Īlexa’s family always knew she was unusual, extraordinary, wise beyond her years, but they didn’t realize how deep her understanding of the world went until they saw her entries. Her father, Rob, pulled her out and began to perform CPR, but Alexa was gone. On the evening of Monday, May 22, Alexa, 16, was found unresponsive in her family’s hot tub by her mother, Cheryl. These are the words of Alexa Zielkowski at just 12 years old. More: Howell teen dies in accidental drowning incident May 22
Just carry on the messages I wished to spread, and more, if necessary to.” If this can happen only after my death, then so be it. All I want to do is make the world and universe a better place. HOWELL - “If I die too young, before I am able to make my impact on the world, please, all I wish for you to do is change the world for me (for the better and for love).
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