My dad’s birthday is July 12th, and he’s been on my mind-truthfully-the man is never not on my mind❤️
am:)
Sharing a Vito Memory
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Sometimes the cold tries very hard
to bore into the underbelly of our hearts.
When trying to imagine the light
this grey time of year can envelop us
in its blue without shadow
To taste the sun on our bones
we must always be willing to barrel down the glassy peaks —
ice be damned!
(image courtesy of some screensaver thing somewhere)
– this morning I was thinking about the ice dark outside my studio window and these words found their way into my cold dang fingers – this is my winter desktop every year – it changes along with the seasons
I hope you’re all managing well.
am:)
I Miss Her Too Much—Still
I don’t often show post-stroke images of my beautiful mom. I share the image (below) to share Millie’s joy.
Through three years of relentless pain, Millie smiled and expressed joy. Knowing her was a gift, and her lessons of love🌹 remain with me.
As her Halloween Birthday
arrives, I will smile impossibly wide to pay Millie’s gift forward in a world that needs a hell of a lot more love
I wish you all a fun, fabulous, creative, smiling, and safe👻Happy Halloween!
am:)
(image below taken many harvest moons ago when Millie and Billy were cruisin’ around in their convertible Mustang GT, and my kiddies were not yet costing us college money😁)
Millie’s Rainbow
This post was inspired by a ‘new’ image.
It’s a wonderful gift to receive an image you’ve never seen before of a person you’ll not see again (in this version of life). My mom’s cousin had recently sent me a batch of family photos, a few of the images I’d not seen before – what a treasure to see my mom’s pearlescent smile in a ‘new’ way. I merged Millie’s image into the rainbow photo shown.
The rainbow happened on a most horrible day — a day not blackened by the dark weather but by my words. It was the day I told my sweet mother I was sending her to a nursing home. And that beautiful woman had the gall to smile, to tell me she understood and that everything would be okay.
The weight of my heart forced my tears forward like the storm. Then not long afterward, the rain stopped, the storm clouds moved on their way, and there outside, arcing over my house, was the most complete and perfect rainbow I’d ever seen. It was Millie’s Rainbow.
Thank you,
AnnMarie❤️
Our Precious Topper
This precious angel was once lovingly battled over by six Roselli children expressly for the honor of placing her atop the Christmas tree each year.
Every Christmas since, our dear little angel, freed from her topper duties, gallops into our hearts — hearts a bit saddened for the loss of one so joyful.
Though these days shadows last a bit longer, our hearts remain ever grateful in the light of Millie’s memory — the precious angel atop our hearts.
Missing you and your beautiful voice this Christmas season.
A peaceful, warm, and safe Christmas to all
And Now, They Rest
For Vito and Carmella
anntogether 