... limit one candles..  / Kaylee Caldwell (daughter <3 )

soo. hi.. :) so i just started to get in contact with crystal!! im soo happy that i did it.. and i pray that you keep watching over her. and make sure she stays healthy.. and i want to let nana and aunt shanon and everyone in atlanta that i cant wait to come see you guys soon!!! i mis you soo much!! and i hope i can get good pictures and videos of my next concert to show you.. well i love you and miss you.. :) <3 and chance is doing good right now.. shes alittle upset cause we had to put a cone on her head.. ha:)

                                          love you<3

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AS TIME GOES ON  / Rita Sittig (mom)
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ALREADY PASSED 5 YEARS WITHOUT YOU. IT SEEMS JUST YESTERDAY I HEARD YOU LAUGH. THAT LAUGH WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME. YOU HAD YOUR ROUGH TIMES BUT WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY YOU WERE THE FUNNIEST PERSON AROUND. YOU MADE SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY WITH YOU TALENTS. THE DJ BUSINESS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. JESSE AND ANTHONY ARE DOING WELL AND SHE SEEMS HAPPY WITH HIM. HE KNOWS HE BETTER TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER OR HE WILL HAVE MANY PEOPLE TO ANSWER TOO. KAYLEE IS IN THE 10TH GRADE NOW AND SO DAMN GROWN UP. SUCH A SWEET GIRL THOUGH AND I WISH I COULD SEE HER MORE. HANNAH IS GROWING UP FAST AS WELL AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE SMART AS EVER. SHE MISSES YOU. SHELBY LIVES WITH SHANNON AND THE REST OF US IN ATLANTA. SHE IS GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL HER SENIOR YEAR AND HAS BEEN FILLING OUT COLLEGE PAPERS. NOT SURE WHERE SHE WANTS TO GO OR WHAT TO STUDY BUT SHE IS VERY SMART AND WILL DO VERY WELL FOR HERSELF IF SHE STAYS FOCUSED. SHANNON KEEPS HER BUSY AND SHE IS ADAPTING WELL TO ATLANTA. ADAM EVEN TOOK HER TO A NASCAR RACE. ADAM!!! I THINK HE WAS ALMOST DEF BUT HAD A GOOD TIME. GEORGE IS DOING WELL AND GOES BACK TO THE DOCTOR NEXT WEEK. HAVING SOME HEADACHES I DON'T LIKE AND WILL LET THE DR KNOW ABOUT THEM AND SEE WHAT'S UP. I NEED HIM HERE WITH ME. IT'S JUST TOO SOON FOR HIM TO JOIN YOU. I WOULD HAVE TO COME WITH HIM AND I AM JUST NOT READY YET. WE LOVE YOU CHRIS AND WILL WAIT UNTIL WE CAN HOLD YOU AGAIN AND LAUGH WITH YOU. LOVE YOUR MOM Close

Missin' the Man  / Ted Kosiek (Freind and DJ protoge' )

It's hard to believe that today marks 5 years. I still remember the call from Crystal. To this day I won't play the Eric Clapton song that was sung at the service it tears me up. I've lost touch of everyone that was part of the Caldwell household and that is regrettable. I'm sure the girls are all grown up now and Chris would be proud.

Today is a tough day but I'm sure Chris would just say to suck it up and move on. And that's what I'll do.

Much love to his family and freinds.

Ted

(aka MC = Mini Chris)

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WHERE DID THE TIME GO  / MOM (MOM)
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WILL 5 YEARS AND A FEW DAYS SINCE I LAST HEARD YOUR VOICE. HOW HAVE WE SURVIVED THESE YEARS? GOD ONLY KNOWS. CHRIS WE MISS YOU SO MUCH AND NOW YOUR COUSIN MITCHELL CAME UP ON THURS 17 SO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM. TELL HIM TO MAKE SURE HE SENDS SIGNS DOWN TO LET HIS FAMILY KNOW HE IS WATCHING THEM. I KNOW YOU ARE THERE EVERYTIME I SEE A SHINEY PENNY HEADSUP. IT MAKES ME SMILE. SHELBY IS COMING TO LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL IN ATLANTA. I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD AT FIRST BUT SHE WULL GET A GOOD EDUCATION WITH SHANNON AND ADAM PUSHING HER ALONG. AND ELIE IS THRILLED AS SHE LOVES SHELBY. CHRIS I MISS YOU SO MUCH THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I AM NOT SURE I WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THEM. SOME DAYS GOOD AND I CAN SMILE I KNOW EVERYONE WISHED I HAD MORE OF THOSE DAYS. I WISH THINGS HAD BEEN DIFFERENT IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO LIVE WITH WHAT I DID AND WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF. I ALWAYS LOVED YOU FROM THE SECOND THEY PUT YOU IN MY ARMS THAT SAT MORNING. IT TOOK 3 DAYS OF LABOR TO FINALLY GET YOU HERE. I WISH I HAD BEEN A BETTER MOM TO YOU AND GAVE YOU A GOOD CHILDHOOD BUT NOTHING CAN CHANGE THE WAY THINGS WERE. I KNOW YOU MISS YOUR GIRLS BUT LOVE THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOW. WATCH THURSDAY AS WE SEND ANGEL ANNIVERSARY BALLOON UP TO YOU AND ONE FOR MITCHELL TO SAY WE LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM ALREADY. ALWAYS YOUR MOM Close

5 years  / Shelby (Daughter)

Just as everybody has been saying lately it is so hard to believe that it has been five years since you left us...i can't tell if the time has gone quickly or slowly; all i know is that it has been a very hard time. I will be leaving for Atlanta in three weeks; please watch over me in my travels and then, while im living my life there. I can feel you sometimes, mostly when im at the beach. I try to talk to you but it feels strange not to hear anything back because you always had something to say...i got that from you. I always hear from people that i look so much like you; i find a lot of comfort in that because i can look in the mirror and almost feel you there with me. I am going into my senior year and i just ask that you help me along the way because i am most definately going to need it. I feel like im going down the same road of anger and unhappiness as you and it scares me. Please just giver me the guidence i need with the things that you experienced. I love you more than anything in or out of this world.

Shelby

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5 long years  / Kaylee (daughter)

i miss you soo much somrtimes its to hard to take.. i miss being able to talk to you about anything. you used to tell me i could do whatever i wanted to do if i believed in my self.. you were rite i made womens chorus.. its all because of you!!! i felt you with me you gave me the strangth to be able to show people wat i could do .. thank you so much for that!!!it was like you were rite there holding my hand it was like i could feel you rite there.. thank you . i have you picture on my binder and wen ever some sees it there compliment  me on how much i look like you and it makes me feel so good!! and im deffinetly starting to pick up some of your trats like being stubern... good that one really bad !! but i love it because it came from you !! i love you so much!!!!!!! forever and always,

                                                                      your baby girl kaylee<3

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5 long years without you  / Mom (mom)
It's hard to believe that the 5th year without you is closing in on us. I wake everyday wishing it had been just a bad dream but I know that the bad dream was real. No family should ever have to go through what we have endured these past years. We all miss you so much. I hope you can see how beautiful and smart your girls are now. Jesse seems to be very happy with Anthony, Shelby struggles but we hope we can help her in Atlanta, and kaylee is still Kaylee, sassy as ever but we love her just as much. Elie now knows all about her Uncle Chris and she is such a beauty and so smart. Stay close to us Chris and we all be together again one day. Love from your mom Close

Just a note  / Valorie Moses (babysat your kids long ago )

chris,

My Mom and Cheryl were good friends for quite a while and I babysat your children quite a few times (Jess, Shelby and Kaylee). I was online today looking for cruises for my husband and I to go on, and I came across a certain website that compelled me. That is when I discovered a link to this memorial page. I recognized the name and I am so very, very saddened that it really is you. I've been reflecting for an hour now here from my desk at work and I could not help but leave a message saying what a shame this is. Your daughters are absolutely gorgeous and I know you're proud. I'm glad I was able to know you even for the short time I did, as the daughter of a friend of yours. And glad I got the privilege to encounter your lovely daughters, who giggled and laughed at my silly "button factory" song. My best to your family...

Valorie Moses

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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO LEAVE A MESSAGE  / Mom
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EITHER KNOW US AND THE ONES WHO DON'T AND STILL LEAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES. IT SEEMS ONLY YESTERDAY WHEN WE GOT THE PHONE CALL BUT THIS JULY 23 IT WILL BE 5 YEARS. I WISH I KNEW HOW TIMES GOES SO FAST. RECENTLY WHEN THE NEWS OF THE MISSING FOOTBALL PLAYERS WAS ON THE NEWS I BROKE DOWN AND REALLY CRIED AS I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT EACH ONE OF THE MOMS WERE GOING THROUGH. THE HEARTACHE OF LOSING A CHILD IS BAD ENOUGH BUT WHEN YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IT COMPOUNDS THE PAIN. THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY BUT LIFE GOES ON AND WE ARE HERE TO LIVE IT UNTIL OUR DAY COMES TO LEAVE. THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE LOVE RITA Close

To Marc  / Jessica Caldwell (Daughter)
I read your message on here a few weeks back and since then have tried to contact you by the email address listed. If this address isnt your correct one please let me know. i would very much like to keep contact. Thank you.

-Jessica
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My Condolences  / Keisha Romero (none)

I never knew Christopher but happened to stumble upon your memorial by accident and was so touched I wanted to let you know you have my deepest sympathy,it must be an unbearable heartache to lose someone so full of life and so young and for him to leave behind his children,it is truly a tragedy. I don't know how you have managed to hold onto your sanity but my thoughts and prayers are with you,my dad died when i was 13,that was 25 years ago and it never has gotten easier and he was ill,to lose someone overboard on what is to be the vacation of a lifetime,and i'm sure every time the phone rings,the door opens or you think you hear someone call your name you pray that it is your darling Christopher,that is a life sentence that his entire family is left to serve hoping against hope that you will wake-up from this horrible nightmare. I live in South Louisiana and we have several missing persons on the water here every year and it is always such a sad,tragic mess that the families have to deal with. Once again i'm so sorry for your loss but i'm sure he is up there in Heaven looking down smiling and wishing he could take away your pain but rest assure he is never away from you for one second even in the smallest of things and in the beauty all around you,the smiles of his children,the many accomplishements that children make,the sunset,a butteryfly,rainbow or a magestic dolphin he is there,don't miss out on the beauty,celebrate his life and rest assure that one day you will be together again without pain when God calls you home.

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Hey daddy  / Shelby Caldwell (Daughter)

hey daddy

sorry i dont get on the site more often but i just cant bring myself to do it. its hard enough thinking about you but the pictures and all of the memories are too hard to bare sometimes.everyone tells me i look so much like you and its like i carry you everywhere with me...i just cant understand why this had to happen i get sooo angry sometimes and just dont know what to do. you  were too great of a person to leave so early and i still need you. its sooo horrible to think about the fact that you wont be there for my graduation, my wedding, my children...they would deserve to know you!i still cant listen to the song L.O.V.E with out bawling because we had always planned to dance to that song at my wedding...i cant even be in the room at a wedding when the father and daughter dance is happening.People always say it gets easier with time but it really doesnt...im still just as depressed, angry, and confused as i was the day you died.I cant even express how much you are missed by me and EVERYONE.i love you so much!!!!!!

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i miss u sssssssssssssssooooo--ooooooooo much  / Hannah Fortuner (kind of daughter )

Dear Chris,

 

  everyday i think about when i see my sisters cause they look so much like u i even see kaylee shed a tear every once in a while and it makes me start crying. well lifes goin good 4 everyone in the faimly. Shelby is in an acadamy i play softball in fastpicth and going in2 middle school PAMS like my sis did kaylee playing violn mom a stay at home mom dad still a GREAT dj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but everyday i still think about u because of  all of the memories my mom put around the walls its like we have a faimly wall with tons of pics of  us with u and when ever my friends come by they ask whos that????????????? and i tell them the whole story about the ship and crystal and us how we miss u STIL AND THAT WE ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no matter what i will always see pics of u and save them 4ever and ever

 

love u and miss u still,

Hannah Fortuner :) :)

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i miss u more and more  / Kaylee (daughter)

hi daddy

i miss you so much. i wish you were still here with us. you know theres not a day that goes by and i dont wake up hopping it was all just a bad dream or just a joke. i wish u were still here with me comforting me when im crying or helping me up when im down, but tnats the thing you are maybe not were i can see you but to were i can feel you. myfriend josh just died about a month ago if you dont mind keep an  eye on him for me. and Crystal if you are reading this i read your tribute and we do we forgive you and we understand why we all wish that things would've happend differently but it didnt and remember we all still love you SOOOOOOOOO very much and we wish we still talked to you. if u ever need to talk call us please we wish you would. we miss you

kaylee<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

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HAPPY FATHERS DAY  / MOM

ANOTHER FATHER'S DAY IS HERE AND YOU AWAY FROM US. NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT YOU AND MISS YOU. CHRIS NO MATTER WHAT EVER HAPPENED YOU WERE THE BEST DAD TO THE GIRLS. IT MAY HAVE BEEN LOUD AT TIMES BUT THEY ALWAYS KNEW THEY COULD COUNT ON YOU FOR WHATEVER THEY NEEDED. YOU WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE GROWING INTO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WITH SO MUCH AHEAD OF THEM. KEEP WATCH OVER THEM AND KEEP THEM ON A GOOD PATH. WE LOVE YOU. MOM

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i wouldve lit a candle but, theres a limit.  / Jessie Caldwell (daughter)

Hey daddy, sorry i havent been on here in a while. i dont have a computer where i live. fathers day is coming up, as well as both of our birthdays. thinking of you still makes me cry. the other day i was sitting with Anthony and Shelby listening to one of the songs that was on that cd you used to play at bedtime for me ,shelby and kaylee when we were little.  i needless to say ceased to keep any sort of composure. Anthony helps as much as he can. as much as anyone can really. he wishes he had known you and works to make sure that he is someone you would have approved of. he just told me to tell you he says hello. we all miss you greatly. its still hard to figure out how to deal with certain milestones(those past and those still yet to come) without you being there. we all try to do our best and at the very least keep you in our thoughts whenever we approach important descisions. i love you so much. still trying to think of something to do for you on fathers day. talk to you again as soon as i can.

                                                                     Jessie

p.s.(to angela and crystal) if you happen to read this i would like to try and get in touch with both of you. if for nothing else than to mearly catch up. i dont know if this site automatically shows my e-mail or not so its J.Leigh7@yahoo.com any time you would like to contact me please feel free.

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TO MY CHRIS  / RITA (MOM)
WELL CHRIS, THE FORTH YEAR IS CLOSING IN ON US SO VERY SON. GOD, IT SEEMS JUST YESTERDAY I RECIEVED THE CALL NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GET. I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHAT AGE YOUR CHILD IS, THE FACT IS THEY ARE ALWAYS A CHILD IN YOUR EYES. THE LOSS HAS BEEN SO HARD FOR US ALL. THE GIRLS ARE DOING BETTER THESE DAYS BUT THEY STILL MISS YOU TERRIBLY BUT ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE YOU PROUD. JESSE HAD HER OWN APT WITH SOME FRIENDS, SHELBY WILL BE IN I HOPE PREMED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND KAYLEE IS SO SWEET BUT STILL NEEDS YOUR GUIDANCE. EVERYDAY I WAKE I AM FACED WITH YOUR PICTURE IN FRONT OF ME ON THE DASH AND THE REALITY THAT YOU ARE GONE FROM THIS EARTH. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN I FEEL YOU AROUND AND HELPING ME OUT OF BAD SITUATIONS. I SAT LAST NIGHT ON THIS SITE JUST LOOKING AT ALL YOUR BABY PICTURES AND JUST WISHING I COULD GET THOSE YEARS BACK AND CHANGE SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED. BUT I KNOW THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE SO I WATCH YOUR DVD ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND JUST CLOSE MY EYES AND REMEMBER YOU WITH MY HEART. WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR STEPHANY TO JOIN YOU PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HER AND MAKE HER SAFE AND FREE FROM THE PAIN OF AIDS. THE THOUGHT OF YOU BOTH BEING GONE IS ALMOST MORE THAN I CAN BEAR BUT I KNOW SHE WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS AND I WILL JOIN YOU ONE DAY SOON. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MY CHILD. LOVE MOM Close

The only thing we take when we go....  / Christopher W. Caldwell (I did not know Chris )
Its not exactly true that "You can't take it with you."

The instant we leave this earth, every tangible possession we have amassed  during our lives becomes an immediate irrelevancy to us.
 
The only thing we do take from this planet when the Train Conductor calls for our ticket,  is our reputation - and that is determined,  understood and remembered by those left behind. 

It is based upon and judged by the nature of the relationships we formed with our family, friends and even those people we may not have gotten along with, and how we interacted with and cared for one another.

It's what this little "test" we call life is all about.   It is how God measures our failures and successes.
 
To quote the Wizard of Oz "Remember, Tin Man, a heart is not judged by how much you love but my how much you are loved by others."

So judging by the things said and seen in these Memorial Pages about your Chris, and the size of his heart as told by his mother, daughters and friends, you might sum up his reputation in 5 little words:   The man was a success.
I did not know your Chris but we shared a few similarities.  We have the same first and last names.  We were born in the same year, 1967, some 6 months apart (though I was born in Connecticut and IT WAS COLD IN JANUARY!).  We both have children for whom we'd fight a locomotive with a tennis racket, if we had to.  And we both have ex-wives that we got along with.

I only hope that when I go, I can leave this world a reputation  that shines as bright as the the one your Chris left for all of you.

God bless you all.
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A LETTER TO SHELBY  / MOM NANA TO GIRLS (MOM)

DEAR SHELBY
I JUST READ YOUR LETTER AND HAD SHED TEARS WHEN DONE. YOU ARE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CARBOB COPY OF YOUR DADDY. HE WAS ALWAYS SO PROUD OF THAT FACT. HE WAS A CONTROL FREAK AND I GUESS HE PASSED IT ON TO YOU. NEVER BE ASHAMED OF HOW YOU ARE. YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL AS ARE THE OTHER GIRLS.
YOUR DADDY IS ALWAYS WATCHING OVER YOU. JUST TRY TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES IN WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN OUR LIVES, JUST REMEMBER SOME ARE STUCK WITH US FOREVER. MAKE THE MOST OF THE SMARTS YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN. YOU ARE ALWAYS LOVED BY US ALL. NEVER NEVER BE AFRAID TO CALL ME WITH ANYTHING. 
LOVE NANA

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