**This page is dedicated to special people in my life that have left us**
December 14, 1905 - January 30, 1999
This page is dedicated to my great grandmother Mary who recently just passed away. My great grandma was a great inspiration to everyone she came across. She was a remarkable woman. She raised six children and managed to own her own diner, in which she did all the cooking for. My great grandma always took care of her family. My family is really close and that's because of her. She had the strongest of faith in God, and always taught us to keep that faith too. At every family get together you always found her at some point telling someone in our family to have faith. She always told us how great God is and that he'll watch out for us. One of the main things I remember about my great grandma, is that no matter where we were, she would always try to fix someone up. Even when she got really sick and was in a hospital/rest home she tried to fix me up with some 40 year old doctor and I'm only 16 years old. She also loved to sing. At family occasions she would sing her songs in Italian, no one knew what they actually meant but we were just happy hearing her. One thing I also strongly remember is her always trying to get a laugh. I would remember her making faces at me and my younger cousins when my grandparents and the rest of the adults were having a conversation. She always did get a laugh too. She loved making people laugh. My mom told me that when she were a little younger and in the car in the passenger seat, she would look into the car next to her, cross her eyes, push her dentures forward and pull up her wig (she had a lot of hair of her own, she just liked to wear different styles) and make funny faces so that the car next to them would notice her. She has always been so incredibly strong (emotionally and physically), I think she was the only 93 year old who could still beat someone up. I love my great grandma Mary more than anything, I love my entire family more than anything. I could go on 4ever talking about them all, and I wish I could but... I have great respect for my great grandma Mary as well as for my grandparents too. My grandma and Papa have been there for me always and I know I can always count on them too. And I love them with all my heart. I am truly lucky to have a family like I do.
Do not stand at
my grave and weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush of birds circling in flight.
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep.
-Author Unknown
?? - April 17, 1999
This portion of the page is dedicated to my great uncle Leo, who was my great grandma
Mary's oldest son. He just recently died this weekend, we think from a heart attack.
My uncle Leo never had a wife or children, so the little family's inside our big family
had always considered him a part of that family. He was at every family get together,
and loved us all very much. He lived with his mother his entire life almost, she
took care of him and he took care of her. When we were little I remember my uncle Leo
taking me and my cousins to the park near his house, he used to play hide and go seek with
us, considering the bad shape his heart had always been in. I also remember going to
his house to feed the parrots that always came in his backyard. We had given them all
names. He showed us how to feed them so that they would not be scared of us. I think
we kept coming back to feed them for a couple years, till he got a dog (nino). He
was such a caring man, always putting everyone else before himself. He really cared about
his family, and liked to see us all together. None of us are ready to let him go at
all. We all love him more than anything. We all love him dearly and we will never
forget him, and all that he did for us. But now atleast he is in a better place resting
with God and his mother. We all love him and will never ever forget him, his name will be
carried on throughout our family.
God looked around
his garden and he found an empty place,
He then looked down upon this earth, and saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.
Gods garden must be beautiful. He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids, and whispered, "Peace be thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you but you didn't go alone.
For part of us went with you the day God called you home.
December 17, 1904 - September 20, 1993
This portion of the page is dedicated to my great grandmother Lucy. She passed away a couple years ago. I still and always will miss her with all my heart. I saw my great grandmother Lucy every time I went to my Nana and Granddad's. She was one of the sweetest women you could ever meet. I love her so much. When we went to my Nana and Granddad's for dinner I would always look forward to my great grandma's meatballs. They are the best meatballs I have ever had. I loved when she made them . I also remember going over my great grandma Lucy's house to visit for a little. I would always go into her back room where she had this beautiful doll. I remember lining up some of her dolls on her couch and just playing with them. I also would just stand there and watch this little mechanical bird chirping in a little cage at her house, that hung in her doorway. And at my Nana and Grandad's house at dinner, I remember always setting my place at the table right next to her. I also remember my great grandma and my Nana speaking in Italian to eachother. I loved to hear them talk in Italian. I wish my great grandma Lucy were still around, I love her so much and I will never forget her, ever.
I hear your voice
in every whisper of the wind
I remember your laugh at every riverbend
You're with me when I'm fast asleep
You know every secret that I keep
You're here when I'm awake
You're here when I make a mistake
You're here when I begin to hate
But, you help me clean that slate
You're the guardian who stands knoble on my shoulder
You wrap me in your love when the world gets colder
And as tears fall from the sky
I try to be strong and not to cry
So, I look up at the clouds and I see your smile
Then I know I can go that extra mile.
May 1, 1907 - November 18, 1994
My great grandmother Roma also died a couple years ago. I didn't get to see her as often as I would of liked to. I don't have so many memories with my great grandma Roma, but I love her so much. And wish she were still around so that I could get to know her better. I do remember visiting her once in a hospitle sort of place. We talked for a little bit, then me my sister and my cousin Sara played domino's on the carpet. I also remember her coming over to my Nana and Granddad's house with my uncle Barr. I remember one Christmas when she gave me a "London Bridges Falling Down" book. Thats about all the memories I have with her right now. I will add more if I can remember anymore. But I love her with all my heart also, and I am so incredibly lucky to have gotton the chance to know her, as long as my other great grandmothers.