Jason Andrew Alcorta
March 7th, 1988 – March 6th 2005
“Prosomeday1”

Here lies the earth’s greatest unknown treasure. Jason Andrew Alcorta, he was an extraordinary young man becoming an unbelievable man.

Words cannot begin to express the lost we have felt over your passing. This will be one of the hardest things any of us will have to do in our lifetime. It’s not fair that you had to leave us. I can understand that God felt heaven wasn’t perfect enough without you there and he couldn’t wait. I guess waiting sixteen years was more than an eternity. In those fragile short sixteen years you have done more than most could accomplish in sixteen lifetimes.

If you could only stand among the masses of people who showed up throughout the days while we planned your final resting. You might have gotten lost. Yes, even you Jason. The only person I knew who could spank anything life threw at you. Not only spank it, but flip it, twist it, make it your own, and send it on is way. Your only missed opportunity was not staying around for the rest of another sixty/seventy years. I know we sure could have used you. I’m sure it wasn’t completely your choice to leave as early as you did but I guess God always wins in these matters.

We won’t be angry, we won’t be that upset. We will cry, we will miss you, again words can’t even fathom how much. If all the words in the universe were at our disposal I don’t think they would do you justice. We knew you were too good for this earth. We didn’t deserve you. I can safely wager along with everyone standing around you reading this that you are and will remain to be one of the most true, honest, and loving people any of us could encounter in our life. Not even just encounter. But have the privilege, no blessing, to get to know you on a more personal level. There was nothing flawed about you. Maybe there was that thing about not knowing when you needed to stop making us laugh so hard our kidneys wanted to explode from all the excess pressure. We can’t call that a flaw, maybe a foible, yet we loved it.

There was nothing about you we didn’t love. Jason, we can only hope, wish and dream that maybe with you watching us, that we might also one day find as many people that love us as much as they love you in your lifetime. That even in your passing people find it necessary to stand and up recognize the person they see lying at rest at their feet. This was a young man cut down tragically way before his prime. I don’t think you could have lived enough lives to hit your peak. I don’t know if this world could handle another individual; even a fraction of you and of what you were capable of doing in this life. Mostly, I don’t think this world could take the loss again. The world is a far worse place without you. We can only heal so much. The loss of you has been more than enough hurt to last us our lives.

In your life you affected so many people in such a positive way they will be spreading that to others for years to come. We know you don’t want to believe it, but you changed people, you changed them for the better. All you did to achieve that was nothing more than a simple smile; a loving laugh; some crazy antic; some new joke; a new hair color; a new record for sneezing; that look you give to people when you love them. These little things came so natural for you. These where nothing, child’s play for you; yet none of us could do any of them in just the right way you did. These little tools you had at your beck and call were instruments you used to play your symphony we call your life.

If you would take any of the great masterpieces, the great symphonies of our times and times to come, translate them to a life. It couldn’t hold a light to you. Everything about you was amazing, just short of perfection. You had this amazing ability to speak to anyone and everyone. It was almost some sort of universal tongue, not so much a linguistic aspect, but this certain quality about you. Its one of those things you cant put a quantitative finger upon. Just one of those things you believed. There was nothing you couldn’t accomplish. No one was above you or below you. In your eyes you saw the potential of everyone and that’s all that mattered. That natural aspect about you is what is so hard to believe; someone so beautiful, so young, so capable, yet taken too early.

We believe you were something out of this world. Even though you came from the earth and eventually will return. You will always amaze me for being as big as you were; I still don’t now how your massive heart could possibly fit in your chest. You are an inspiration a testament to how a life should be lived. No regrets, never wasting a single moment. You always let us know that we were loved. You are such a loving individual that I hope one day, I might consider myself worthy of that love you gave to me. Its very apparent in the people you called your friends. That love you shared with others. It’s that sort of love that can never be bought, sold, traded, bartered, forced, or stolen. It’s the type that is given freely, completely, unending, and undying. That’s the caliber of love you shared with all of us. You gave without regard for yourself. Your love is priceless.

So with that love we are going to start where you left off. We know you can’t be here to carry on with us. However, you still can play along and guide us along our way. Look out for us. I don’t know anyone else better suited as an Angel. You are forever in our hearts never to be forgotten.

You are not forgotten love one
Nor will you ever be.
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore
As time goes by we’ll miss you more.
Your loving smile, your gentle face.
No one can fill your vacant place. 


With all the Love I possess,
Your Brother for all time,
Joseph B. Alcorta 

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To family and friends of Jason Andrew Alcorta


My dearest Jason,                                 March 10, 2006



One year has gone, and we still feel like we lost you just yesterday! What a journey we have all traveled and continue to travel. We have cried and laughed, and cried and laughed some more, just thinking about how we lost you so young. Then we laugh and smile again, from all the beautiful memories you left us with. You taught us so much in just the few years you were with us on this earth, which will be in our hearts forever. All who loved you will never forget what you were all about.

We know you are physically gone and residing in heaven now, but the love, understanding, loyalty and honesty will last us a lifetime. Your death has touched many, many, many, people, especially all your friends who will be sure to make our future a better place for their kids. All these young adults that you called your friends will set a new trend for our future, because they will be responsible adults who will know what their kids are doing especially in their own homes.

My precious child, you were not given the chance to live to adulthood, because of the circumstances that surrounded your death. If only parents were to take responsibility for their actions, and know that we must protect our young adults, you might have had a chance in this world.

So all your friends will grow up and become parents one day soon. They will remember back to a time that they were young, and reflect on what happened to one of the greatest friends they had, and they will make sure that all kids are safe in their homes. If these new parents follow their heart, and truly reflect on the love they had for you Jason, our world will be a much better place to live. Our future will hold new promises and hope for all.

You will look down on us and be so proud of what you taught all of us, even though you were only sixteen. What a beautiful young man you grew up to be. How I wish I could hold you now. I know God will give me that honor once my time is done. I have lots of work to do still. My precious son, I promise that you will not have died in vain! 

So with this in mind and written for the entire world to see, I will continue my journey. I promise you Jason, that I, and all who have loved you so much will continue their journey as well. I will live my life according to God, to help and protect our children.

Jason Andrew Alcorta, I love you forever, and I will never forget how blessed I was to have had the honor to have you as my child. God is providing me with the courage and strength to continue forward. Until we meet again my precious son, I love you and will love you forever.

Love Mom 

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May 2, 2005 

Jay,
There will never be a day that goes by that I don’t think about you. Most of the time I think about what you would be doing at that moment. If you were not playing a sport, or working, you were at home with your friends, since this was the easiest way for you to make sure your mom didn’t worry about you; you knew she loved you and loved having you close by.

There is nobody on this planet that loved you more than your mom and I will be by her side remembering you for as long as we live.

No Matter where I am or what I am doing I will never forget you, I will be thinking about you:

· When Relaxing at Home – I could tell you were near from the laughter bellowing from your room full of friends
· When sleeping – knowing you were safe and sound by the tapping of the keyboard into the night
· Before work – you being the first person to see in the morning
· While working – the countless time I would call home and you would answer after getting home from school, you would always say “Hey Ed hold on Ill get Gladis”
· After work – the countless times I would get home and walk by your room and I would say “Hey Jay” and you would always reply “Hey Ed”
· When traveling – remembering the trips we took together and how you made them so happy – you even managed to make them happy when you may not have wanted to go
· When shopping – all the times we would bring you something home and you were always happy with it
· When eating out – you were always happy with the items on the dollar menu
· When driving – how you put your trust in me to be the one to pick out your car
· When working out – how you would always take pride in showing me a couple of ways to work out when you are at the club
· When I got mad at you – how you always worked hard to make it right
· When on the computer – the number of new things I learned while we worked on the computers together
· When I see a picture with you – how I know each person in that picture was smiling because of you

In the short time I was lucky enough to be part of your life I will always remember you by thinking of you each and every day.

Love you forever and I will catch you on the other side…………..Your 2nd Dad…Ed
Ed Fornes (Peoria, AZ)

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April 28, 2005
I Want...

I want to...
- Learn how to be a better stunt driver than you were...
- Walk our old school playground and break the new playground equipment on accident because were both too big for the toys...
- See who can jump the furthest out of a swing…
- Beat you in video games…
- Call you baby turtle…
- Swim at 3 am just talking about the stars the earth and everything in between...
- Never go out and eat because our parents couldn’t control us…
- Spend hours upon hours debating who our parents love the most…
- Revisit my old neighborhood where we used to play...
- Relive every moment that we shared on the way to school...
- Wake up early Saturday morning with you to go watch cartoons all day while eating big bowls of frosted flakes...
- Go back to Christmas getting up before everyone else and “arrange” the gifts in no particular order...especially not where all our gifts were on top…
- Envision new possible ways to catch the Easter Bunny and keep him as a pet…
-Wake up early on Easters and place all the good eggs where I can find, only to find you had the same idea only 10 minutes after I went back to bed...
- Find you setting up our legos for me when I get home from school so we can play quicker…
- Waste complete days on making forts, only to have you tear them down in minutes…
- Have you tell on me when I make up fake fundraisers that include the rainforest, after I paid you a dollar not to…
- Watch you change outfits 9 times in one day…
- Teach you how to break out of your crib…
- Have more time to decide whether or not you go back to the hospital…

Most importantly I want to laugh... Laugh the sort of laugh only shared between brothers...

I want to...
- Go back to a time when innocence isn’t lost...
- Leave this place where my future isn’t such a promise but more a threat...
- Go back when money wasn’t ever an issue...
- Relive when it was just you and I verse the world…
- I want to live in a time and age when good people don’t die young...
- Be worthy of your love…
- Find you in Heaven…

I would have Loved...
- The opportunity to take you out on your 18th birthday...
- Being your roommate during college…
- Being your best man…
- To met your family…
- Arranging family trips to travel the world…
- Hearing my kids tell me “Uncle Jason lets us do it…”
- Teaching your kids the “curs”-“ing” game…
- Watching you win your first case, only to say “I could’ve done better…”
- Living to be old men laughing at who made the most mistakes in life…

I wanted…
- A chance to see you become a better man than I...
- To see you change the world...
- To go before you…
- To say good-bye…

All I really want…
All I truly need…
…

I miss you Jason
Joseph Alcorta (Tucson, AZ) 




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April 9, 2005 

Jason, My sweet loving Stepson. I am so happy to have been blessed by your presence for 7 years, time goes by too fast. One day you were just 10 and you opened your enormous heart to me and you allowed me to become part of you and your family's life. Without your consent, it probably never would have happened. Thank you for all the wonderful times we shared, and also for allowing me to take on my new "motherly role". There are so many times I enjoyed with you. The time I spent getting you up for school, making you breakfast each day, reading with you, making the gingerbread house for school, doing cross-stitch, rollerblading with you and Cody and going for long walks with Bishop. You have changed my life forever and I will miss your smile, laugh, your big hugs and of course being your personal chef... I love you with all my heart .
Laura Alcorta (Goodyear, AZ)