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I just got a call that Ambrogio's brother's mother-in-law (Barbara) is on her death bed now and only expected to live a few hours. This is sad, so very sad... deaths suck. :-(
Posted by ~Angela | | | Permalink
Comment from
~Angela
on 12/1/2003
In case anyone is reading this that wants to know...Barbara passed away this morning at about 8am. Such a good spirit and a fighter. She will be missed. May she rest in peace...
That's what the subject line of an email read this morning from my father, DEATH. Inside it just asked me to call him as soon as I got the message. Luckily I wasn't home to get the email and happened to call my mom. I was shopping for Thanksgiving things and got the news that my uncle Phillip (who had a brain tumor) passed away last night.
I never got to know my uncle, because of stupid family quarrels. I have some memories of him as a child that keep flashing through my mind and some of family funerals where I'd seen him over the years. The last time I saw him about a couple years ago, I was finally able to speak to him for a little while. Unfortunately I was chasing after Gaetano at the time so much that I didn't get to speak with him for very long.
I don't care what problems the rest of the family had with him. I don't care what his arguments were with my father. I just know he was my uncle, and that he gave the best bear hugs when I was a little girl. I've missed having an uncle for many years, and I regret not keeping in contact with him by email since I saw him last. My mourning now is for selfish reasons; not having known what it was like to have an uncle all my life, and knowing I'll never have that knowledge. At least I do have some fond memories, and I'll hold on to those no matter what...
Posted by ~Angela | | | Permalink
Comment from
Wojciech
on 11/26/2003
I am sorry for you, Angela.
As you say: "stupid family quarrels". It's not too late...
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wm
Thanks. It is too late for me to ever get to know him well though :-(... ~Angela