PLEASE LIGHT A CANDLE! 

SHE WOULD HAVE SIGNED/LIT ONE FOR YOU.



 

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Special thanks to cousin Dawn for this Fabulous Graphic she made






























































     Brenda is the one in the middle








Brenda Greenwood was born in  Texas on September 
16, 1982 and was Savagely murdered on January 01, 2007 at the 
age of 24. We will remember her forever.
       



                     MOMMY AND DAUGHTER MOMENTS

December 29th 2006. 2 days before her murder. Brenda Holding her bautiful daughter and her neice.






Brenda lived a hard life but She always looked for the best and was
 grateful to those who helped her and loved her. She was as real as
 they came her nickname was the realist bitch. 

I hesitated to write that but thats who she was. She minced no words 
and lived knowing this place doesn't last. She loved writting poetry, 
music, relaxing with her little family,Her daughter was the BEST thing that could have ever happened to her. She loved her friends, smoking, cookouts, cooking, scrapbooking, she was clean and LOVED HER DAUGHTER Mireya, { say Me-Rae-Yuh. please she hated when people didn't say the mamas name right.}more than life itself.

She suffered for many years domestic violence, leaving, going back, 
calling the cops getting away and he always came back. She always forgave him because she loved her daughter's father to death. They were in love at one time I don't doubt that but.... 
This last time he threatened to kill her.
She still left him. He ended up in Jail for other things. 
Months passed and Brenda ended 
up calling a friend from the past. 
They hit it off instantly.

 It wasn't easy but they were building up. After a week of trying to get her daughter back from her ex, (they shared and he had her a lot, he decided he wanted to keep the baby) she finally had to get a restraining order against him from he seeing either her or the baby while she arraigned a lawyer for a custody hearing. In her order of protection it says "Greenwood fears for her life against ********" 3 days before her murder!

 She came over Friday, December 29 . Finally after days of begging 
for help she had her daughter back. 

On Friday she was telling me how she was so happy with him, they had had a recent argument but she said they were doing great. They had just Baught a house. 

She was looking for a new job and school and that they were 
engaged. She said 2007 was going to be her year. No matter who got a long 
or what cookouts and visits at her house, everyday, she said.

The next day I was supposed to cook for her. My oven didn't want to work...she decided to stay home and 
relax with her baby and man where..... she was safe....she said. 

According to reports, newspaper articles, and her 
boyfriends testimony here is what I was told. Shortly 
after midnight at least two armed gunmen broke in. 
She send him (HER "MAN") to investigate he says he caught her ex breaking in the window with a other person.

He originally said my sister's ex pointed and shot at him and got him in the stomach piercing his liver in two. He ran upstairs where he said Brenda's face was of utter fear, shock, and disbelief. He was 
still being fired upon so he ran towards the 
back stairs while my sisters ex chased after him, he thought. 

                
All I know for a fact is my sisters face had to be reconstructed she
was shot 3 times in the face, 1 in the neck and 6 times in the body! 

THREE to the face! so unnecesary.

My baby neice who isn't even two yet (Written today 1/3/07) was also shot in the left lung (she survived somehow) AND in her shoulder which caused the bullet to shatter and break off so she still has shrapnell in her neck!! 

                   WHO SHOOTS A CHILD?!?!

THere is so much we do not know YET. Honestly I believe only those responsible and her know. They are NOT speaking and Brenda was silenced forever. 

So much that should have never happened, WHY?!! Why was my baby neice shot?!? I can almost  ALMOST see maybe being angry at her enough, she still didn't deserve her ending, but an innocent baby?!?!

All I know is Brenda was always open she would tell you 
how it is, even if it hurt your feelings. But she was always
forgiven she forgave people and befriended them even 
after being wronged. She was a very loving person and when she loved, she loved. She loved children and her daughter was her salvation...literally.

She gave people many, many chances, that was her crime this was her sentence. She forgave and let people back in to her life, time and time again. 

I guess one of them just couldn't handle that she had 
enough. 




NO ONE will EVER know how hard it is too grieve 
when you couldn't even say goodbye properly.

SHE DIDN'T  DESERVE THIS!! NOT LIKE THIS

 


Love is strong but Jealousy will make
you blind with hatred, jealousy will make you kill. 
BE SAFE.
















a very young 7 year old Brenda with brother Joe




















In honor of Brenda and her daughter. For all the struggles and love she went though to get her daughter a theme for her. A Care Bear theme





  




A Happy young Brenda with brother Jason and tía Delía







THIS IS THE EMPTY PLATE. IT SYMBOLIZES THE EMPTY SPOT WHERE A WOMAN WHO WAS SUPPOSEDLY LOVED NO LONGER EXISTS



              



visit Destiny's site at
http://www.ilovedestiny-perez.memory-of.com
 


     together forever again.


Brenda's favorite color was blue, she was spiritual, loved candles, butterflies
fireflies and love she believed all of them were gifts and signs from above.

Brenda was very spiritual and believed in God. She held mostly Christian-like beliefs, however, she was open to alot of other ideologies. She also was of the idea that their were spirits, signs, love, and dreams meant something.

She also loved angels, statues, cherubs, dream catchers, books, butterflies, front lawn decorations, and holidays because of the get togethers....

with the words, her very own writtings, the graphics and the pictures I hoped to have captured her as accuratly as possible.

I copied this off of my friends page @ Myspace who also lost a daughter, Meriesa's mommie.  who is so talented and going through her own turmoil but their for me and these words feel right to me so here they are

"I have fallen, Gone so low. You pushed me over the edge,
 I started falling towards hell; I could feel the heat of the flames 
On my bare flesh. My screams were drowned out By the scorching
 flames. There was a bright light, A cool wind from the flapping of
 wings. My Guardian Angels had heard my cries, Felt my pain.
 They took me in their arms are carried Me away, out of Hell "







Okay so maybe I'll plead the fifth on this one....



Special Thanks To:
 Kathie, LISA COPELAND, and Angie Traviezo for the beautiful graphics with my sisters pictures on here, they are so precious. Also Margaret & Maria from the forum wishlist!

Let me not forget Jeannes house of Graphics!!! Thanks you guys

Brenda loved candles so these are for her.









Also thanks to http://www.jeanneshouseofangels.com/graphics3.html 

for alot of lovely graphics

Thanks for the updated  graphics and work you guys 
are awesome! Every time I update the graphics you guys make me what I ask for thanks