Memories of Amber Nicole Martin

Please accept my deepest sympathies.
I send my prayers to her family.

I couldn't even attend your funeral amber. I'm absolutely heartbroken. I am looking through your page here and just bawling. I remember dying your hair that dark color with your basketball pictures and watching my mom "trim" it haha. Or you parading around the house in your uniform when you got it. I remember sitting outside your high school waiting for you to come back from games or pick you up from practice. I remember all those chats on the way home and the things you were going through.

I'm mad at myself. I'm mad for not showing you enough love. I'm sorry. That day you were walking down the street and I picked you up, I should have never taken you to get gas or back to that truck. I should have taken you to my house and sat you down for a serious wakeup call. I'm sorry I didn't.

I can't even deal with this or let it sink in too far. It hurts way too much.

You are going to missed more than you will ever know. You will always be one of my sisters. I don't want to leave this off on such a horribly sad note..so these are my happy memories of the time I lived with Amber...

-essence telling you that you have a butt chin the first time she met you.

-sitting on the couch together watching every episode of beauty and the geek and the bachelor season

-me having to babysit everyone in the house while anna was in her "diaper" stage and everyone was acting awful...you had such a heart to help and always came to my rescue

-when i moved to okeechobee, i had no friends or no one to really even talk to...you went to tribulation house with me and never left my side. you'd bring me home a huge mountain dew every night when i'd pick you up or you'd come home from gators...you sure made me feel welcomed and at home.

- you making hardly anything on allowences and chores...volunteering to wash my car for extra cash and then spending it on your family and the other girls...you were so self-less and so giving.

i can't continue this anymore...i don't blame you though amber for what happened. you know i love you with all my heart.

me n amber were always close bc of my sister. She was a great friend and an awesome person! She was always friends with everyone n had no regrets. I remember the day she played her first varsity basketball game, she was so excited. And even tho she was so nervious, u couldn't tell bc she put her heart n soul into that game. She ignored amy bs that came her way bc she knew none of that was important. Just playing the game n being with her friends is wat made her happy. There's noone in this world that I will ever meet that will be like her. She Is truely someone I'll remember for the rest of my life. I love u girl n miss u terriblely. Always loved n remembered my friend I'll c u again some day.

amber and i were best friends for 2 years.. we played basketball together our junior year.. she was such a funny person!! something that we both had in common was that we were both twins.. it was kinda cool to us.. we were such nerds around each other and we always made each other laugh!! she told me all of her secrets as did i.. she made me swear to never ever tell anyone.. and im still keeping my word.. it tore me up when i heard that she had passed away.. i couldnt stop crying or get a hold of myself.. we had grown apart our senior year, just because we didnt see each other that much and she didnt play basketball again.. but everytime we saw each other we would give the biggest hugs and i would tell her how much i missed hanging around her.. she will always be my best friend and noone will ever replace her..

we are all gonna miss you amber, esspecially at graduation.. its sucks that i cant see you walk up on that stage and see you get your diploma.. you meant alot to me and like i said before.. YOURE ALWAYS GOING TO BE MY BEST FRIEND..

just a reminder to all you kids out there..
most of us think that since we are young, nothing is going to happen to us.. i think that has been roven wrong, actually it has been,, 3 times!! we have lost 3 of our graduating class over our high school years.. kids, you need to wake up and realize that anything could happen at any moment in time!! remeber to always be safe and never ever do anything stupid or anything that you know youre going to regret in the future..

I LOVE YOU AMBER!! MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.
LOVE ALWAYS, YOUR BEST FRIEND
KAYLEE JOYCE ECKHARDT 2008