[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 172 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING FERNANDO JOSE MOLLEDA RAMIREZ

                                 ______
                                 

                       HON. THOMAS S.P. PERRIELLO

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 21, 2010

  Mr. PERRIELLO. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Fernando Jose 
Molleda Ramirez, who was with us from December 21, 1976 through August 
22, 2008.
  Beloved son of Oscar and Elia Molleda; loving brother to Diego and 
Diana. You are dearly missed by your family and friends for the 
profound way you touched our lives and always sought to bring out the 
best in us. Your efforts will be long remembered and will continue to 
drive us in the future to exceed our expectations of what we are 
capable of accomplishing.
  I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatsoever we were to 
each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name, speak 
to me in the easy way which you always used to. Laugh as we always 
laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of 
me, pray for me. Let my name be the household word that it always was. 
Let it be spoken without effort. Life means all that it has ever meant. 
It is the same as it ever was, there is absolutely unbroken continuity. 
Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight? I am 
but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around 
the corner. All is well. Nothing is past, nothing is lost. One brief 
moment and all will be as it was before, only better, infinitely 
happier and forever--we will be one with God.

                          ____________________