This hasn’t been the easiest year. By far not the hardest, but still not easy. I’m not someone who likes being sad. I don’t like crying, especially over things I can’t fix or change. But I can’t lie and say it’s been easy to keep the Christmas spirit around here, though Lord knows we’re trying. Holidays are always hard right after loosing someone. It’s funny, in loosing my mom, Christmas wasn’t hard, but Halloween was because that was always her holiday, the dressing up and the candies and her pitch perfect witch cackle. But this year in loosing my dad, Christmas is getting to me. (more…)
Dad’s Funeral, Thanks everyone!! June 6, 2009
As many of you know, at 11pm on April 14th, my father, Gilber Vieira Branco died of pnumonia and complications from renal failure. Though he pasted in LaGrange, IL (Chicago suburb), we decided to have services in Philadelphia at our former parish, St. Joseph’s RC Church (part of Presentation BVM) in Cheltenham, PA. My parents started their married life there, both Victor and I were born there and that was where we had the highest concentration of family and friends.
I want to thank all my friends and family for all their support with Dad’s passing. Everyone came through, even unexpected people. (more…)
