| From: | Evelyn Palumbo (evelynp2@cox.net) |
| Sent: | Tue 8/23/11 1:34 PM |
| To: | Ann Tellez (ftell001@hotmail.com) |
Charlotte this is a picture of Vanessa that her boyfriend, or so far, X boyfriend did for her...I just found out this a.m. that they broke up last night......don't know the details.....?? Maybe they'll get back together. who knows.
We cannot run anyone's life, but I believe what's to be will be....
It is hard at first but some things do happen for the best.....22, too young to get involved..My opinion, but who's asking??
You don't like at 32 what you like at 22, correct?? At least for me it was that way.
When I think, if I had married the boyfriend I had at 22 it would never had lasted.....I found out he was a gambler after going with him over 3 years. Left him immediately. Figured I had a hard enough life at that point without a gambler...in my life.....
Went on to meet other nice guys and the one I least expected to marry of course I did.....Camelot marriage...truly.....
Well it was the best choice I ever made in my life.....As I said and will always say it has been such a wonderful life with Tony....
Not that we did not have problems, sickness 31 years out of almost 51 years, Tony is not a complainer, he could be aching badly, just goes in his den plays is soft music and stays there.
His R.A. acts up sometimes to almost unbearable limits.....he is very active walks one hour every day, rain or shine.
Right at this time he is putting stain on the deck......
One thing we almost never, ever, did was argue....we would go out for breakfast or lunch and discuss our problems....
Never did Aunt Julia hear cross words from us.....she, as you know, lived right with us for 32 years.....
We owe all we have to her, Tony had to leave work 21 years ago...never a pay coming in our home....yes he did get federal retirement which was only $800.00 and we had to wait months for that to come through...
He was a progressive toolmaker and could not use his hands for his work.
Julie was the one who got us through all that....I lost half of me when she died Charlotte......10 years November 5th.
I am not and never will be the same person again.....She was like a twin to me.....
Who could ever forget her??
I have a Candle that is lit for her every day since she died at 5:00 PM...it is on my hutch in our dining room...So no one in this home will ever forget her...
The candle is not really necessary because they all loved Julie like a mother. It is beside her picture....it stays lit until 9PM.....Well I am off to a rampage of the past......I think it is because we just lost one of the best friends of our entire life.....It is so sad. I am having a hard time coping with this.
Not someone we saw often but a true friend who would do anything for us.
Take care Charlotte....love aunt Ev
VANESSA LYNN GILBERT
