Hi kids,
I hope that you are all doing (reasonably?) well. I hope.

I got the email from Robert, along with everyone else, that there will be no NYC area memorial / celebration for Brother Bob. I was definitely hoping that there would be one, so I could re-bond with my much-loved and much-missed cousins (what happened to the world?) and cry and laugh through this event.
These are stressfull times, and I never knew how edgy edgy edgy I could be about a subject, until Bobby getting cancer and dying (my brain is still not understanding this). So my emotions are all over the place, and they change hour by hour at times. Me, Dave !

In response to the emails that I am getting, let me put some words on the table.

My very first comment is that I am Ramona's and Nick's biggest fan. She walks on water. I was there, and I saw her and Nick take care of Bobby. In the final analysis, Bobby could not have married a better person. End of file. Seriously. That file is closed and sealed.

Lost in the shuffle of cards? .... Michael Vinny and Robert G, while mourning the death of their father, have been right there supporting Ramona and Nick. ("Supporting" is such a weak word. It's all I can think of at the moment.)

Debbie and I are not going to Alabama, and we (actually Debbie) walked through that, and 1000 other things, with Ramona last night. Everyone (EVERYONE) is sorry that the NYC  event will not happen. I was very upset for a while, because of lack of communication, but I understand things better now. In a perfect world everything would go as I desire; I'll take that up with God when I get the opportunity (She and I never seem to see eye-to-eye !).

I have to say that, I've been through some awful stuff before this, but this is the seminal event of my life to date.

Well ..... life goes on, they tell us. And it does.

You kids hold hands and be careful out there.

Love you all, and I always will.

Dave