A birthday bash was held at the Uvalde American Legion to celebrate the sisters of Annabell Rodriguez and honor her life.
Reporter Leigh Waldman asked Angeli what her favorite part of the night was and her response was simple: “Annabell.”It’s a feeling shared by her older sister Anastasha.
“My friend had took a picture of me before everything, before we got dressed and my picture glow. And it was like a, like a yellow and you could see her face in it. And then earlier this morning, Lidia had told me, ‘remember Bell is always with you.’ And when I saw that, I felt like she was there,” Anastasha said.
Across the pink and blue decorations and the crowd of families laughing and dancing, Annabell’s pictures stand watch.“Annabell was my daughter-in-law. She still is my daughter-in-law,” Xavier’s mom Felicha Lopez said. “I feel very special that they honored Xavier along with the girls. I feel very happy and I feel the love.”As is the love they have for the ones they left behind, the ones they watch dance the night away for Angeli and Anastasha.Leigh Waldman is a news reporter at KSAT 12.
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