Posts tagged “family”
Another Anniversary
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
Throwback Thursday
Happy birthday (tomorrow) to my awesome little brother, Mike. It seems like he joined the Coast Guard yesterday!
#FridayFive: Happy (Belated) Birthday, Jenny Edition
View the Friday Five from May 23rd, 2014
Christmas Eve, 2013
This is our second Christmas without mom. Last year I wrote a little bit about our Christmas Eve traditions, but I don’t have it in me this year. Christmas will be exactly 500 days since she died, which is simultaneously meaningless and important. I miss her so much.
#FridayFive: Awesome Things About My Dad
View the Friday Five from December 20th, 2013
Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986)
Today would have been the 95th birthday of my Papa, Vincent Albanese. He was born on October 14th, 1918. He was incredibly handsome and my grandmother often compared him to Clark Gable. He fought in World War II as a member of Merrill’s Marauders and married Anna Sofia DiFolco when he returned. He became a