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Celebrating Your Loved One in Heaven

Mom went to Heaven on April 27, 2001. Her name was Mary Lou. It's not a very common name. I didn't realize the things I'd miss when mom passed, like hearing someone say her name. I felt betrayed by the calendar when mom died. Days kept coming. Life kept moving. How could the earth keep spinning when my world had stopped? Yet, it did. … [Read more...]

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The House that Built Me

  Two years. That's how long mom suffered. She passed away on a pretty spring day in April. "I can't decide between Fall or Spring. I love them both." Mom used to say. "She's gone." Two tiny words with the power to cut my heart in half. The only ones I can make out through my sister's sobs. Paul and I drove in silence. I looked … [Read more...]

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I Remember Her

  Click Play on this song before reading this post.  Mary Louise Perlando was born in a house in Oakland, California, in 1920. The baby girl in a family of three. She was born to Croatian immigrants. Grandma eloped at 18 to marry Johnny Allen, a Greek man who drove the bus on her route. They were madly in love. Married 15 years, Johnny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Uncategorized Tagged With: death, grandma, grandma cusumano, Grief, grieving

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