“Rylan Alexa entered this world on January 1 @ 1:56am shortly after the ball dropped on New Year’s Day in 2013. We celebrated and sang to that little girl every single year on New Year’s Eve leading into that moment that the New Year came.
Rylan lived an active and fun life, and was healthy all the way up until the couple weeks before her diagnosis when she noticed changes in herself. At age 11, Rylan was diagnosed with DIPG, an inoperable brain tumor. She fought so hard and tirelessly for 370 days. That year was spent giving her our everything and spending every moment with her. We showered her with love, parties, shopping trips, we traveled, went to water parks and concerts, and although it was the hardest year we’ve ever faced, we are thankful for the time we were able to cherish until we were forced to say goodbye. Heaven gained an incredible angel on August 7, 2025.
Rylan was a beautiful girl that had so much to live for. She played softball and was such a natural. She played first base and batted clean up. She also enjoyed soccer, gymnastics and swimming. She was always a hard worker and paid attention to the details of things. She was a great student in school striving to work to do better but always pleasing everybody around her. Teachers really loved her because she was so relatable. Many teachers and adults were able to joke around with her because she always got the inside jokes and saw the sarcasm and humor in things. She was fair, passionate, and thoughtful. Rylan really loved skin care and makeup and spent many hours behind the mirror playing with different products and different looks. She loved music, drawing, singing and writing. She was the best big sister to her three younger siblings and the best dog mama to her loyal bestie, Honey, who stayed by her side every day and night. Although New Year’s will never feel fair or right, we will always celebrate our beautiful girl. She truly touched the lives of so many and to know Rylan is to love her. #TeamRylan”