Beauty and passion are good descriptions of Carly. The outer beauty she displayed could only be out shined by her beauty on the inside. Carly made the sun shine a little brighter each day with all the love and kindness she shared with us. When she was little, she always had a smile and sweet words for everyone... it never changed.!!! We love you. --Unkie Butch and Auntie Donna

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Carliser and I met when we were little. I honestly don't remember the age, but it had to be somewhere in the early 80's. Her and her family lived across the street from me on LaFrance in Hyannis. Carliser and Shawneen her sister used to come over and we'd run around in the backyard playing hide and seek and kid games like that with me and my younger sister. In the short time we lived there, it seemed we played everyday! After we moved, I didn't see Carliser again til high school! I remember going to the bus stop and she was on my bus. I remember sitting with her one day and then it came out "heyyyyy, I remember you!......" That was the beginning of a trend we started in high school. Every day on the bus (when we were both on it) we would sit together. Talking about everything from school, to music, to what we did on the weekend or what we were doing the coming weekend. I remember one day I came on the bus with my walkman and she asked what I was listening to. I told her Keith Sweat. I was listening to the song "Keep it Comin'" she said she liked that song...she loved Keith Sweat, but her favorite song on that tape was "Why Me Baby?" I remember splitting the chord so we could both listen at the same time. That was became our ritual on the bus. Talking for til we got on the highway...then splitting the ear buds and listening to music all the way to CCT.

You know...for all the beauty Carliser possessed...that everyone saw on the outside. She was much more than that on the inside. Shallow people would gravitate to her for her outer beauty! But to really get to know her...her beauty went much more, than the old adage "skin deep". She was such a caring person. I think a lot of people ..if they had to use one word to describe her, would say "beautiful". I don't disagree one bit. I would say "beautiful" too...but not for the obvious, her looks....thats easy! I think "beautiful" the person...the caring part, far outweighs the looks! Thats not a knock...she was gorgeous! It just puts in perspective what a truly remarkable woman she was!

Some people are blessed with just external beauty! Some are blessed with internal! Carliser was one of the rare people that I've ever known...to be blessed with both! Your Friend always --Trevor Dunbar

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Memories I have had with you are unforgettable everything you have done for everybody will always be remembered. Remnants of you are still in all of us. One of the memories I woud like to share was a discussion we once had. It was how people mirror off of each other. Carliser always had a positive attitude so the feed back she had from everybody else was positive. You could tell it was positive cause the person would always smile back at her. And she then would chuckle. She could always get a smile out of anybody. Through this I learned to stay positive no matter what the case may be.

Like you have always told me. No matter what happens. You will always be around. With that you are an awesome mother that took me in as a family member, big sister that always stuck by my side, and best friend I could ever ask for.

Amen- I love you Big Sis and miss you very much.
--Steven Rodriguez

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I recall meeting Carliser for the first time @ Hyannis West Elementary School in 1st Grade. She was an angel and it seemed like she didn't touch the ground, she just floated around. I couldn't wait for recess so I could swing with her, just to here her laugh and play. She was the only person that could call me Jermainy and get away with it because that's what she'd call me when I'd find her there.

Anyways, I know she hears our thoughts and prayers and that she's constantly by your side Sheila. If you hear that Little Voice saying "Live for me Ma!", don't discount it as your own subconscious. You above all people still have a connection to her in spirit. So rejoice. Love ya and tell her threw your voice that I love her too.
--Jermaine Gomes

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Cousin carliser although we never met in person I feel that we have met from the things auntie has told me as well as listening to the stories your two sons have told also my son Adrian has the same birthday as you! I believe you sent me and auntie to find each other and that you are Adrian's guardian angel:)
--Love your cousin Kimberly

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Carliser and I met when we were little. I honestly don't remember the age, but it had to be somewhere in the early 80's. Her and her family lived across the street from me on LaFrance in Hyannis. Carliser and Shawneen her sister used to come over and we'd run around in the backyard playing hide and seek and kid games like that with me and my younger sister. In the short time we lived there, it seemed we played everyday!

After we moved, I didn't see Carliser again til high school! I remember going to the bus stop and she was on my bus. I remember sitting with her one day and then it came out "heyyyyy, I remember you!......" That was the beginning of a trend we started in high school. Every day on the bus (when we were both on it) we would sit together. Talking about everything from school, to music, to what we did on the weekend or what we were doing the coming weekend. I remember one day I came on the bus with my walkman and she asked what I was listening to. I told her Keith Sweat. I was listening to the song "Keep it Comin'" she said she liked that song...she loved Keith Sweat, but her favorite song on that tape was "Why Me Baby?" I remember splitting the chord so we could both listen at the same time. That was became our ritual on the bus. Talking for til we got on the highway...then splitting the ear buds and listening to music all the way to CCT.

You know...for all the beauty Carliser possessed...that everyone saw on the outside. She was much more than that on the inside. Shallow people would gravitate to her for her outer beauty! But to really get to know her...her beauty went much more, than the old adage "skin deep". She was such a caring person. I think a lot of people ..if they had to use one word to describe her, would say "beautiful". I don't disagree one bit. I would say "beautiful" too...but not for the obvious, her looks....thats easy! I think "beautiful" the person...the caring part, far outweighs the looks! Thats not a knock...she was gorgeous! It just puts in perspective what a truly remarkable woman she was!

Some people are blessed with just external beauty! Some are blessed with internal! Carliser was one of the rare people that I've ever known...to be blessed with both!
--Your Friend always Trevor Dunbar

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Carliser, although your time with us was brief...you lived life to the fullest! Fierce yet kind you touch people more than you knew. Your smile could light the darkest night! A great friend to have, but not one to cross. Being an even better parent...an even bigger loss! We ALL miss you Carliser...and you will NEVER be forgotten!!!
--Your Friend Jeremy Pina

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Carliser Marie Rodriquez. Words can not explain what an amazing woman, mother and friend she is. Truly Carliser is more than a friend she is my sister. I met her at Cape Cod Tech when I was a freshman and she was a junior. We were in the D.E. shop together. I can remember the exact moment we became friends. We were standing in the school store talking about how excited we were that our birthdays were coming up. Finally, one of us asked, "When is your birthday?". To our surprise we shared the same date November 27th. From that day forward we were connected. As we continued to get to know each other we found out how much we had in common. I never met someone so beautiful that was not stuck on herself. She made me feel just as beautiful as she was. She was my big sister and my biggest cheerleader. Any time I was feeling down she always had the right words to say. Any time I expressed doubt she showed me the positivity. This was a constant in our 20 + year relationship. Even when we were miles apart me in North Carolina away at school and her in Massachusetts, all I had to do was pick up the phone and there she was with a listening ear and her words of wisdom. Oh the times we had She was with me through it all. To be in her presence was like a warm ray of sunshine. She made every thing better. When she first told me about moving to NY she asked me to move with her. At that time I was to afraid to do anything like that. Sometimes I wonder if that was the right choice. What if I went with her? Would I be writing these words now? I hate that when this God awful disease was attacking my sister I could do nothing about it. She was dealing with this on her own. Why couldn't I be there for her? I was a nurse for Christ's sake I would do anything for her. After all the years she had my back it would've been the least I could do. The summer before God brought her to Him we talked about both going back to Massachusetts. It seemed likje we were just going to miss each other because she had to go back to Arizona. By the grace of God I was able to leave out a day early, but unfortunately she had a set back that forced her to stay in Massachusetts longer. I got to spend a few more hours that day with my sister. The best part was that she was able to meet my daughter Cheyenne and hold her. Despite what she was going through she said, Kiki I am so proud of you". Here she is going through this and she is giving me a pep talk about how everything was going to be alright. I never in my life dreamed that that would be the last time I would see or touch my sister. Maybe somehow we both knew because our embrace lasted forever. We just stood in her mother's driveway hugging not wanting to let each other go crying rivers of tears. I am truly blessed to have been a part of her life and to have had her a part of mine. Our bond continues even now in her absence. Carliser will always be a part of me. I love you momma. Thank you for loving me. Best friends always and forever.
--Nickeah

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Beautiful Carly will all ways be remembered in the minds and hearts of so many lives that she touched. She was a beacon of light in the midst of my mother's cancer treatment, and my brother and I will never forget this angel we had the privilege to know. We love her very much and will always remember her inner beauty. Thank you, Sheila, for bringing this angel into the world. Much love to you.
--Christine Blanchard

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My Sweet Carliser, I cannot begin to express how missed you are. Your beautiful smile, your loving spirit, and your heart that was open to everyone. You are an inspiration to us all and even tho you are in heaven and no longer here with us, we are all making sure that you are kept alive in spirit and in love. You gave so much and asked for very little and I feel that you are still giving us gifts from above. You make me think twice before I do anything, and I want to make you proud. I pray for you and your sons and your beautiful Mother as well as your entire family! You have been a gift to all who ever knew you. I Love You, sweet Girl!! Always and Forever...
--Miranda xoxo

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From the moment Carliser came into my life, I was blessed. She was always full of love and passion no matter what! She showed me just how amazing a mother could be. Her devotion to her friends and family was like no one else I knew. I valued every laugh and cry we had together!! A day doesn't go by that I don't think of her. Her external beauty was only a portion of her beauty. Her true beauty was inside her heart. Her love of God and her faith were such a blessing. Although I miss her every day, I feel so blessed to know she is an angel from above watching over each one of us.
--Jenna

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I am Carliser's Papa. I have known her since she was a little girl; When I came into her mother's, and hers, and her sisters lives. Carliser was the one who started everyone calling me Papa. Even though I was your step dad you were born to me in my heart; no blood needed. You will always be my daughter. She was always good to everyone. She would do anything for anyone. She had a heart of gold; A very pure heart. She loved having fun, and we would go on family vacations and she loved driving through snowstorms. She was very adventurous and spontaneous. She was the sunshine of mine and her mother's life. I miss you, but God had to take you. No more pain or suffering my sweet daughter.
Love always,
Your Papa.
XOXO To Heaven
Chuck Edwards

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On the Early morning on November 27th 1974 at 7;28 in the morning my sweet Carliser Margarita Rodriquez was born.Carliser was my third Beautiful daughter that I was blessed with..Carliser was just Beautiful ,healthy and unique,She had the silkiest black hair and the most Beautiful blue eyes..Later on changing to amazing beautiful green - hazel eyes they were like beautiful Jewels that she inherited from her grand fathers who on both side had hazel eyes..Carliser was such a happy baby with such a jolly little laugh,she loved for me to sing to her as I sang to all my children.She loved me to sing you are my Sunshine and Valerie Valarah and Old Cape Cod songs..As Carliser grew older I could see such a strong minded and determined little girl who what ever she wanted or put her mind to she was going to make it happen ,There was no telling her it couldn't happen or it was beyond her reach,Not My Carliser she was unstoppable.. She had Dreams and made them Realities...As Carliser grew older and became a teenager she was almost everyone's friend she loved every one it didn't matter if they were the cool kids or the less cool kids :-)That didn't matter..

She loved having fun ,she was a cheer leader later she changed schools and met more wonderful life long friends and she received her certificate of Distributive Education on June 5th 1993. We all were so proud of her.But she never was satisfied always had a great thirst for more knowledge,Then I watched Carliser grow into the most amazing wonderful vibrant.adventurous,loving ,caring ,smart young woman.. So Carliser went on and became a trainer she was so into Health and being the best you could be in mind and in body, In between school she became pregnant with her first son Jeffrey Steven Gonsalves The first love of her life♥ She was truly an amazing and a wonderful mommy.. .,she had a real tough time but it didn't stop her, Carliser again in the middle of her going back to school she was expecting her second child Angel Jacintho Gonsalves the second Love of her life.while pregnant she again was having a difficult pregnancy but still never stopping her she completed college and got her Medical Assistant Curriculum completed in May of 1999. But schooling didnt end there she then went on and became a massage therapist. She loved it..Carliser always just DID IT! As Carliser grew older and became an amazing young woman I was so proud of all she had accomplished all her dreams she had made realities. Carliser was free spirited and made all her dreams Realities. Her last dream Is now becoming a Reality of helping other with cancer with her Foundation,Carliser is still leaving her mark and helping others from Heaven,Thats my daughter Carliser...Carliser was so adventurous always wanting to try new things always wanting to be part of life,She loved to travel and wanted her sons to experience every thing life had to offer them, Her children were the most important to her. Carliser was a wonderful amazing mommy always hands on doing things with them making everything fun.She cooked,cleaned and was there for them in every need they had even when she was sick she still managed to get up out of bed to cook for them always wanting the best for them just weeks before she went to heaven.

As Carliser's mother it was the hardest thing Ive ever had to live through to watch my Beautiful child fight alone and couldn't make her better..I wanted to go with her to heaven when it was time she said no mommy you need to live and be here for the boys. But then telling me she wasnt going to die,That she would be healed and I Believed her,She said it so convincingly.tears~~ I hear her little voice and thats what keeps me going. (Carliser was the most strongest ,bravest ,courageous person I have ever known..Never giving in to cancer always having faith in God she would be cured .And fighting for her life became as natural as breathing. There was no other options she wanted to LIVE for her and her sons...Carliser was my youngest biological child my baby girl,Because I did adopt 3 more children after her 2 more daughters and a son.But Carliser was always close to me she was also my best friend we shared almost everything.And when we weren't together we were chatting on the phone maybe about the kids or about a recipe or her famous thing was mommy I have a question when she called.She also would love to shop especially at Christmas time and she would call me and tell me get my walking shoes on ,I knew it was going to be a long day..She would pick me up in the morning and I sometimes didn't get home till after mid night because after shopping she would want to go to one of her favorite restaurant's and eat before bringing me home.I would be so drained with no energy left but not Carliser she could keep on going.Carliser Loved completely, and unconditionally,Ive not felt that kind of love since before my mother had died..Carliser just did things with out fear or procrastination,Carliser JUST DID IT!!!

My beautiful daughter had taught me so much about living and acceptance of my self. Carliser was and always will be my hero...Carliser was truly extraodinary and impacted everyone she met. Carliser was truly a phenomenal daughter excepted me as I am with no expectations ,never judging me excepting me as I am with all my faults.Always making me feel important and special as she did with her children. And im sure with everyone, her friends were her extended family she loved them as if they were blood related.Every one who met Carliser was instantly in Love with her.....Her Beautiful Smile and vibrant energy just absorbed you.To know her was to Love her.. xoxoxo to Heaven my Love Forever in my heart. Love,
momma

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Carliser was my sister, and she was on of the most purest person I have ever known. She had a heart of gold; and she would always listen to you and help you get through it. She was absolutely gorgeous and twice as beautiful on the inside. Her beauty from the inside would shine through to the outside. She was outgoing and bubbly. Carliser, I love and miss you like crazy! You are my inspiration. She always wanted to go and do something. Thats what I admire about her: Even though she was sick she still wanted to go out and live her life to the fullest. She hated to waste her life by just sitting in the house. I know she is looking down on her family and friends; guiding them through tough times and laughing with them through happy times. She was the one who gave me my middle new nickname. I will cherish that gift for the rest of my life. I love you to the moon and back! ♥
Love,
Lyric Sherie Edwards.♥

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Carliser & I met in high school. She was the most amazing, bright and kind individual I have ever met. There are not enough words to express how incredible she was. These are just a few traits that she had an abundance of ~ beauty, fearless, outgoing, friendly, sweet, loving, caring, smart and whole heartedly loved everyone, no matter who you were, what you looked like and/or what you had or did not have.... Her heart was the purest that a human being can have... She had a heart of gold... Everyone loved her. Words can not even come close to expressing how missed & loved she is.. Her spirit lives on through her mom, her sons and everyone who loved her.. Her love & spirit will forever live on & most importantly will hold a place in each and every single person's life she touched over the years.. We were so very blessed and honored to have her in our lives. Thank you beautiful Carliser for your love & kindness ~ we all love & miss you xoxo
--Loreal

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Carlissa M. Rodriquez
November 27, 1974 – January 31, 2010
Dedicated mother, daughter, sister and friend

On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true...

On Sunday, January 31, 2010 our blessed Carlissa M. Rodriquez received her angel wings. She released her spirit, spreading her wings to soar to the heavens to dance with the angels.

Carlissa has touched many lives as she has taught us the true meaning of courage, love and strength while reminding us of the precious gift of life.

The Jewels of Carlissa's vibrant hazel eyes were and are her two beautiful sons: In 1994, on the September 4 was one of the most treasured days of her life, when she was blessed with her first precious gift her "BABY BOY" Jeffrey Steven Gonsalves Jr. Her heart was happy, full and content and four years later God blessed her again with her second precious gift her sweet Angel Jacintho Gonsalves. She was and will always be grateful for and very proud of her two most cherished gifts. She will always be with them, now she will be their personal angel, protecting, supporting, guiding and loving them in every way she can.

Carlissa was born to Sheila M. (Rodriquez) Edwards of Hyannis, MA and Carlos Rodriquez of Staten Island, NY 35 years ago at Cape Cod Hospital on a lovely November morning. She is the sunshine of her mother and her Pa Pa's heart and life. (Charles Edwards) also of Hyannis, MA.

Carlissa is the sister of light and love to sisters, Corina Angelina (Rodriquez) Lima, of Centerville, MA, Shawneen Lee (Rodriquez) Ng, of Norton, MA, Vanessa Marie Rodriquez, of Swansea, RI., Lyric Edwards of Hyannis, MA and brothers, Roman Joshua Edwards of Whitman, MA and Xavier Rodriquez of Staten Island, NY and brother in-law Michael L. Ng, of Norton, MA.

Carlissa enjoyed sharing laughter and love, with her nephews Rikki D. Lima, Vincent Gomes, Mikey A. Ng and her nieces Exalia A. Gomes, Julia A. Ng and Aleah M. and Amaya M. Gomes, and she is loved by many cousins and extended family.

She is the niece of Henry P. Sylvia and Donna Sylvia of Arizona and the late John O. Mendoza of Marstons Mills, MA.

She is preceded by her grandfather Jacintho Mendoza and grandmother Angelina Mendoza of Acushnet, MA and grandfather Lino Mendes, of Marstons Mills, MA.

Carlissa was and is a free spirit who lived her life with zest and fearlessness savoring each adventure yearning for the next. Carlissa was a successful massage therapist, striving nursing student, with a thirst for knowledge and wisdom.

Carlissa you are like a shooting star, magnificent and amazing but gone too quickly…

A unique flower in the garden of life…

We are so proud that you "Just Did It!" Enjoy your welcome home celebrations, sweetie.

We'll all be waiting for your brownies!
A very special thank you to: Jeffrey S. Gonsalves Sr. and Jason LaMendola.

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Sending a special tribute to such a beautiful young lady. Carliser will be in my heart always. I know that she is with my son David and taking care of him. I love youCarliser and a candle is lit for you always.
--Rhonda Bachner

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On November 27, 1974 a phenomenal woman was born, my amazing sister Carlissa Rodriquez. Throughout your 35 years of life you touched many lives, encouraging strength, vitality and love in others. It was wonderful to watch you, even in the final months of your life, touch so many lives and open many hearts just by emanating your love and light. You helped my heart to open more than I ever thought imaginable. Thank you for gifting me with your love and extraordinary presence.  You've blessed my life in many ways.  I am especially grateful for the final months we shared together. I now know what it feels like to love someone with every part of myself, truly UNCONDITIONALLY. You taught me to live in the present moment, appreciating every part of my life. For each day is a blessing. I will honor you today and always by appreciating my life while I remember yours. Thank you for sharing this life with me. I love you!
Love,
Shawneen Ng