Rita Rose Neri, 1904-2003
Sep. 22nd, 2003 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
A lot like my grandmother.
Rest in peace, nonni.
A lot like my grandmother.
Rest in peace, nonni.
Re: If we'd told her she had to help with dinner . . .
Date: 2003-09-22 11:39 am (UTC)I honestly think she pulled herself back from this last crisis so we'd have time to go say goodbye.
And she ate the polenta I made her.
Re: If we'd told her she had to help with dinner . . .
Date: 2003-09-22 12:23 pm (UTC)I need to strengthen my wrists, and being spattered with flecks of boiling hot corn meal for twenty minutes will be penance for not being able to make it back East for the arrangements.
Not having had enough warning (a week?) I won't be able to have any salted codfish soaked for the occasion, but sardines in hot sauce aren't a terrible substitute as they sound.
Re: If we'd told her she had to help with dinner . . .
Date: 2003-09-22 12:35 pm (UTC)With cheese, even. Yum.
Re: If we'd told her she had to help with dinner . . .
Date: 2003-09-22 01:17 pm (UTC)[mock outrate]
I'm telling.
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Re: If we'd told her she had to help with dinner . . .
Date: 2003-09-22 12:41 pm (UTC)I know you're busy. It was good to see you when you came.