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Tuesday, September 6th, 2005On Wednesday night, we visited my grandfather’s wife Mary, and my dad’s Uncle Isaac and his family at Uncle Isaac’s house. What a blast! It was great seeing Mary again. She met Judah once, when he was first born, and Diana twice. She’s quite the storyteller who enjoyed sharing (too much?) about the time Abuelo [...]
Congratulations, Kristi
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005My cousin Kristi Brattli is engaged! The lucky beau Shawn made the trip from Fort Myers to Orlando last Monday for the requisite protective cousin screening. He seems like a great guy. He’s met a wonderful woman. A few months older than me, Kristi was my rock as a petrified, four-year-old student on his first [...]
We’re outta here
Friday, August 26th, 2005Finally, we’re going on vacation. After a pitstop this weekend in Mass for Willie’s 9th birthday, Diana, Judah and I are flying to Disney World on Sunday! I can’t promise much in the way of blogging before Labor Day, but who knows?
Nonna’s powerpoint online
Friday, August 26th, 2005Thanks to my “virtual” friend Bob Campbell. (We’ll actually meet one day soon, I hope, after corresponding online for almost a year!) Bob is hosting it on his personal website for a month or so, here. There may still be a glitch with the sound (does anyone kow how to embed the music directly into [...]
Another pain in the backside
Sunday, August 21st, 2005[Originally drafted August 9.] Last week and weekend were emotionally grueling. Wednesday, Nonna was sent home with bad news. Thursday, a dear friend had a miscarriage, and on Friday, Caleb was killed in a tragic car accident [8/3-5]. I left Baltimore Monday evening around 5 to return to New York. Exhausted, I pulled into a [...]
Divinely inspired
Friday, August 19th, 2005At Nonna’s memorial service, Boom2 read the following testimony that Nonna had written in the 1970s. It reminded me again how inextricably linked Diana and I and our families are from before either of us were born. Nonna had shared it many times with me over the years, but hearing it recounted last night was [...]
It is finished
Friday, August 19th, 2005The rites associated with mourning the loss of a loved one ended today with Nonna’s burial at Oceanview Cemetary on Staten Island, in a plot 150 yards or so away from her father Joseph Ingarra and her husband Richard. The memorial service last night was special. Never have I attended one that ended with a [...]
Four year olds grieve too
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005Judah gets it. Death, that is. The last two weeks have been hard on him. When I told him about Caleb, he got pensive and said, “I’m sad because Caleb won’t be able to see his parents anymore.” A promise that Caleb could see them from heaven satisfied him for the moment. Then last week [...]
Hopefully, this is it for a while
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005Nonna, c. 1945 Nine days, two slideshows to the MercyMe song, “I can only Imagine.” Last Saturday was for Caleb. Last night was for Nonna, scanning photos and organizing powerpoint slides into the early am. Some of the pics are here. That’s enough (I hope) imagining for a while.
Arrangements
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005Nonna’s wake will be Wednesday and Thursday from 2-5 and 7-9 pm at McLaughlin Funeral Home in Brooklyn. 9620 3rd Avenue (between 96th and 97th Streets) Brooklyn, NY 11209 Phone: (718) 238-3600 R to 95th Street The memorial service will be at 8 pm Thursday at the same location, with the processional to the gravesight [...]
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