16-year old Keily Silva-Roman had a dream just a few years ago, growing up with five other siblings and their mom.
It was simple. “I was the first one that was going to leave and my mom was still going to be old and still be walking around and stuff and I was going to take care of her.”
But that changed when Flagler County investigators say Joesph Bova walked in and shot Zuheily Rosado to death back in February of last year as Rosado worked behind the counter of a convenience store just off I-95.
Since her mother was buried, Keily had a new dream.
A proper headstone for her mom. The family couldn't afford to bury their mom, donations made that possible, so a headstone was definitely out of the question.
Yet on Good Friday, that dream came true.
With the help of The Justice Coalition, a Jacksonville-based victims advocate group which helped with the burial, Keily and her sister Teysha were able to unveil that new grave marker.
It has been a tough time for for all the Rosado children but the new marker helps.
17-year-old Teysha Silva-Roman says her mom was just trying to help other people. “She died working to support us so we felt like she deserved more than what she had in her tombstone.”
The six kids are now split up but the two eldest daughters hope this will always be a place they can meet as the years pass.
Something that would not have been possible if not for the dream of a 16-year-old girl.
It's an act for which her older sister will always be grateful.
“I wanted to tell her that I love her, you know, in public," Teysha said to a wall of cameras. "So I'm all over the TV now saying that I love you but I do love you and I just want the best for you so please stay in school.”
Keily passed along the love and the 'stay-in-school' message right back to her sister.
The marker was donated by Southern Monument in Jacksonville.