"We're sending Vanessa some balloons, look!", said one little girl with excitement in her eyes. 

Indeed the entire school came out to show a sign of solidarity for their fallen teacher by gathering in the middle of the school's parking lot, getting in a large circle and releasing a balloon apiece to send her a message in Heaven.

"We are here to say goodbye to Vanessa. She was always a very good friend and an excellent teacher. She left us suddenly without warning. I know that at some time we will meet again," said Garcia's friend and colleague Dulce Flores with tears in her eyes, "We loved her a lot and it is very sad to lose someone so eager to get ahead in life who only wanted to teach. "

"God gave us the blessing of bringing her here to help these children," said the director of the Las Coilonias Headstart Program Paty Maldonando, "It was a pleasure to meet her. She was a very friendly, very loving person. Her students loved her. There are some parents who said that their children wanted to go and live with Vanessa. "

As the balloons reached into the heavens, the hopes and wishes of a little school in the heart of Eagle Pass and Maverick County want a special someone to know they cared.