Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Monday, September 13, 2010

"This Is The Season Everyone Is Leaving"

Seriously! What's the maximum number of family members one is allowed to lose within a month?
Last month, my beloved cousin Dan. This month, my dad's oldest brother Louie...


The Original Brat Pack: Uncle Louie, Uncle Stanley, Aunt Joan, Uncle Artie, Richie (my Dad), Uncle Tony, & "Cha-Cha" Vinnie!

Growing up in a big family, especially, an Irish-Italian family, means a lot of yelling over one another. It's difficult for others to realize that this is how we communicate- as Cuba Gooding so eloquently put it in Jerry McGuire, "You think we're fightin', I think we're finally talking'"!
Recently, I've been making it my life's mission to run away from all the noise in my life, now I wonder- what will that mean when it's finally quiet?

"May you get to heaven a half-hour before the devil knows you're dead!"
Cin Cin!

R.I.P. Uncle Lou...Dan