JAMES SCIBELLI March 14, 1950 – April 13, 2006 Much loved Deeply missed Always in our hearts Love forever, Carol, Jackie, Glenn Doug, Skylar and your Mom This was in Newsday yesterday and I really should have added “and Jimmy’s …
Last Saturday I sat at my mother-in-law’s kitchen table between her and my brother-in-law, Charlie. Every Easter for at least the past 25 years my family has gone to Charlie and his wife Gabie for this holiday. Here it was …
Some mornings I have an awareness that Jimmy floated into my dream, but he hasn’t played a starring role…until last night. In my dream I’m sitting alone in a theatre. I seem to know the people on stage and suddenly …
The comments to this blog have been incredibly kind and sensitive and many people have told me that they read entry after entry at one sitting. They tell me not just to praise me, but also to blame me for …
I remember dates like Rainman counted toothpicks. Don’t be flattered that I remember your birthday. I remember Mrs. Friedman’s birthday and she was my second grade teacher. My memory for dates is a talent with no real value, like baton …
Music stirs so many memories and feelings that I’ve been forced to listen to the news while driving. I’m up on current events more than ever before. Jimmy used to have a perfect comeback if someone brought up a news …
Jean, my bereavement shrink told me I’m a very honest woman. She said it like she doesn’t come accross one often and that is just weird considering every other session she throws her hands up in the air and announces, …
Jimmy hated the winter. He was a big guy so it was always surprising to everyone how quickly he felt the cold. “This wind goes right through me. Why do we live here? It’s like living in a refrigerator” he’d …
I’m beginning to attempt to use the word ‘died.’ Jean, my shrink says that ‘passed away’ is a cop out. She says that people fumble with the word ‘die’ to keep their loved one present. She insists, “Jimmy didn’t pass …
Superbowl at our house has been a tradition long before HD TV and flat screens and huge screens. For 30 years at least a dozen guys would gather around our 27″ televison and later our 35″ and last year, Jimmy’s …