Tuesday, August 17, 2010
To La Familia (especially to my cousin�s Mike and Leonard),
Uncle Laurnie will be missed. He was an important piece of our family puzzle that helped �keep us together�. To me he represented your side�s �Head Icon� and made sure we knew one another. He was a �Torch Holder� that helped glue the extended family one to another.
I remember as a child, the family picnics in aunt Claretta�s backyard and looking over to see all of them � Mommy, Aunt Claretta, Priest, Donald, Jimmy�too funny! If I didn�t understand what was going on (and it was always something going on), I could go in the kitchen with the women or out front with the men and listen to private talk/the 411/the gossip. The good ole days and let�s not forget the tymes in �The country, New York, and Boston�. They may be gone but family memories never fade.
