Uvalde victims who texted 'I love you' to be buried next to one another

[orangecrush]

In August, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez came home from her first day of fourth grade at Robb Elementary School and told her mom about a boy.

She said the boy, Xavier James Lopez, smelled and dressed "really nice," her mother recalled -- and within weeks, the two began passing notes in class. Months later, when the weather warmed, their families got together for weekend barbecues, where Annabell and Xavier would play tag.

Their mothers, Monica Gallegos and Felicha Martinez, soon discovered the children were texting each other "I love you" at bedtime. "Me and Felicha would laugh, like, 'How do y'all know about love?'" Gallegos told ABC News.

By spring, Annabell had a picture of Xavier strung around her neck, a gift from Martinez. She put it on for all of his little league games. Other times, she kept it safely in her backpack.



https://goodmorningamerica.com/amp/news/story/im-ready-uvalde-victims-texted-love-buried-85208670

[TigressDem]

1. OMG -- not the happy ending they deserved

They were destined to be THAT couple who loved each other forever.

[orangecrush]

2. I have no words.

[TigressDem]

3. Me either

[Alexander Of Assyria]

8. I do...I hate the gun industry and the Republicans and Fox who value gun money over children.

Value fascism over democracy, immorality over morality…etc.

[YoshidaYui]

16. FOX NEWS needs to be made null and void at this point

They will after the hearings start!!

[UpInArms]

4. .....

[Guilded Lilly]

5. My heart just cries.

[ck4829]

6. ...

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Wow ... just crushing ...

Xavier looks a lot like my girlfriends boy Miguel (his dad is Latino) at that age, and he played little league and next year will play varsity baseball.

That pic of him in his uniform was as far as she could get in reading the article.

I slogged thru, reading thru

[Handler]

9. Damn 😢

[JI7]

10. So fucked up. They might have ended up together forever

or it might have just been their first girlfriend/boyfriend they would forever have memories of and tell others about in their adult years.

But they will never have the chance to live that life .

[Fla Dem]

11. Heartbreaking.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. ""

[peacebuzzard]

13. 2 little angels abruptly terminated from life ...😢

heaven help us from this seething hell.

[gademocrat7]

14. So very tragic

[bronxiteforever]

15. Kick & recommend for visibility.

I don’t know how these parents can deal with this pain and cruelty inflicted upon their little ones.

[Snackshack]

17. Heartbreaking 💔

[CaptainTruth]

18. 10 years old... I just can't anymore...

[Blue Owl]

19. K&R for visibility

[JudyM]

20. K&R

Incredibly touching…

[Retired Engineer Bob]

21. 💔